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Beyond the Ridge / Par-delà la Crête
Beyond the Ridge, a series of conversations in partnership with the National Film Board of Canada, brings together Vimy Foundation program alumni and expert academics to examine knowledge of the First World War and how it relates to the Canadian experience today. // Présentée en partenariat avec l’Office national du film du Canada, Par-delà la Crête est une série de conversations qui rassemble des participant-e-s aux programmes de la Fondation Vimy et des expert-e-s dont les connaissances de la Première Guerre mondiale permettent d’aborder l’expérience canadienne sous un jour inédit.
Beyond the Ridge / Par-delà la Crête
Conflict Archaeology and Anthropology with Dr. Matthew Leonard
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Vimy Foundation
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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Dr. Matthew Leonard is an archaeologist and anthropologist of modern conflict, and a post-doctoral researcher at Birkbeck, University of London. His doctoral work at the University of Bristol examined the subterranean landscapes of the Western Front, and his research continues to explore how people engage with the physical and ecological legacies of modern war.
He is Chairman of the Durand Group and Editor-in-Chief of the Western Front Association’s journal Stand To!. Dr. Leonard conducts regular fieldwork in France and Belgium, and has been widely published as well as featured in numerous documentaries on the First World War.