View all news

"Resistance to War 1914-1924" - a plenary address by Professor Lois Bibbings

Press release issued: 24 March 2016

100 years after The Military Service Act was passed, Professor Lois Bibbings delivered a plenary address, ‘Resistance to War 1914-1924’ in Leeds at the weekend.

The international conference brought together scholars from more than eleven nations along with community groups from across the UK to explore aspects of opposition to the First World War during and in the aftermath of conflict. 

The event included a one-day public, activist  and academic event at the City Museum. Bibbings's paper on gender and dissidence, focusing on connections and dissonances between conscientious objectors to military service and campaigners for female enfranchisement, formed a part of this unique day.

As an expert on military conscientious objectors and conscientious objection, Lois was recently interviewed by ITV West. The interview focused on the letters that revealed their untold stories.

Further information

Lois has written about violence, sexuality and the body as well as widening participation policy. An interest in men, masculinities and history is reflected in her work on conscientious objectors to military service. This was the subject of her first monograph Telling Tales About Men: Conceptions of Conscientious Objectors to Military Service During the First World War.

Her current research focuses upon the First World War (including studies of the introduction of military conscription, and of the nature of 'conscience'), as well the Edwardian period (looking at gendered dissonance and campaigners for women's suffrage).

Visit the ITV West website to read a recent article on conscientious objectors and to watch Professor Bibbings' interview.

Edit this page