03 November 2023
Watch our ‘Commemorating the Past: Safeguarding the Future’ panel
On Thursday 9 November the Commonwealth War Graves Commission will be hosting an event in London jointly with the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).
The event ‘Commemorating the Past: Safeguarding the Future’ will take place between 10:00 and 12:00 GMT and is available to be live streamed via the RUSI website.
Ahead of Remembrance Day 2023, CWGC and RUSI are hosting this event to start a conversation about the future of Commemoration.
As the world wars of the 20th Century fall out of living memory, it is the right time to take a critical look at what commemorations organisations do it and to challenge the way we think about commemoration, to keep it alive and relevant for future generations.
A range of panellists with international military, political, and diplomatic expertise will consider the relevance of war commemoration for future generations and the potential of commemoration to help governments and nations meet global challenges.
A keynote addresses will be given by Professor Sir Hew Strachan, Professor of International Relations, University of St Andrews, and the Hon Matt Keogh MP: Australian Government Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and Defence Personnel. Here will also be a panel session hosted by BBC Newsnight’s Diplomatic Editor Mark Urban.
The panel will feature CWGC Director General Claire Horton and Commissioners Lieutenant General Sir Ben Bathurst KCVO CBE and HE Vikram K. Doraiswami, High Commissioner of India to the UK, as well as the Rt. Hon David Lammy MP and RUSI Director General Dr. Karin von Hippel. The panel will consider what commemoration might mean for future generations, and its potential to help governments and nations meet global challenges.
You can join us on the live stream by signing up on the RUSI website.