2010 Conference Programme
Researching FEPOW History Group invites you to attend the3rd International Conference
at the National Memorial Arboretum (NMA), Alrewas, Staffordshire
on Saturday & Sunday, 9 - 10 October, 2010
INTERNEES, EVACUEES AND FEPOW:
Far East Captivity Explored
INTERNATIONAL SPEAKERS:
Rod Beattie – Director,Thailand-Burma Railway Centre, Kanchanaburi, to talk about the “V” scheme and we are awaiting confirmation from
Tony Banham – founder of the Hong Kong War Diary website and author of several books on Hong Kong FEPOWs
GUEST LECTURERS:
Dr Geoff Gill – Professor of International Medicine, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine – talking about Coping with Crisis PhD thesis on medical aspects of camp life on the Thailand-Burma Railway
Dr Bernice Archer – author of The Internment of Western Civilians under the Japanese 1941 – 1945: A Patchwork of Internment - The women's experience of Internment in the Far East during the Second World War
Dr Rob Havers – Executive Director, US Churchill Memorial, Fulton Missouri, author of Reassessing the Japanese Prisoner of War Experience: the Changi P.O.W. Camp, Singapore, 1942-45
SPECIAL GUESTS:
Roger Mansell – US Center for Research Allied POWS under the Japanese – latest developments
Mr Jeyathurai A. (Jeya) – Director of the Changi Museum, Singapore
Roderick Suddaby – Keeper of the Department of Documents, Imperial War Museum is planning to attend
and still to be confirmed – a speaker from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Once again, we hope to welcome several FEPOW as guests of the conference.
Click here to view the full conference timetable
£100 per delegate
Places will be allocated on a strictly first-come, first-served basis.
Click here to download a Registration form (73 KB PDF)
This is a unique opportunity to meet and listen to leading international and UK-based experts in the field of FEPOW history research.