{"id":9348,"date":"2015-10-15T11:21:44","date_gmt":"2015-10-15T18:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/?p=9348"},"modified":"2015-10-19T09:29:50","modified_gmt":"2015-10-19T16:29:50","slug":"ready-and-true-india-and-the-great-war-exhibit-opens-oct-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/2015\/10\/15\/ready-and-true-india-and-the-great-war-exhibit-opens-oct-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Ready and True: India and the Great War &#8212; exhibit opens Oct 23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ready and True: India and the Great War<\/p>\n<p>Oct 20\u2013Nov 6<\/p>\n<p>Through selected archival photographs, art work, and written accounts, <em>Ready and True<\/em> showcases the almost forgotten contribution of approximately 1.7 million Indian soldiers and non-combatants to the Great War. Offering an intimate glimpse into their experiences on the battlefield, at rest, and during convalescence, these remarkable images provide a visual chronicle that illustrates and commemorates their commitment, valour, and sacrifice.<\/p>\n<p>A conference on India and the Great War opens on Thurs, Oct 22.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Oct 23, there will be a formal launch of the exhibition with some light refreshments in the Visual Arts area in Abby C1401 at noon. Speakers will include Tony McCleneghan and Prabhjot Parmar (UFV English).<\/p>\n<p>Everyone is welcome.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact Grace Tsurumaru at <a href=\"mailto:grace.tsurumaru@ufv.ca\">grace.tsurumaru@ufv.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #fff;\">11\/06\/2015<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ready and True: India and the Great War Oct 20\u2013Nov 6 Through selected archival photographs, art work, and written accounts, Ready and True showcases the almost forgotten contribution of approximately 1.7 million Indian soldiers and non-combatants to the Great War. Offering an intimate glimpse into their experiences on the battlefield, at rest, and during convalescence, &#8230; <a title=\"Ready and True: India and the Great War &#8212; exhibit opens Oct 23\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/2015\/10\/15\/ready-and-true-india-and-the-great-war-exhibit-opens-oct-23\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,12,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-myufv","category-calendar","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9348"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9367,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9348\/revisions\/9367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}