Program Description
Event Details
Jan 9, 2026 marks the 110th anniversary of the end of World War One’s Gallipoli campaign: a disastrous failure for the Allies but a stunning victory for the crumbling Ottoman Empire. We will learn more through Peter Weir’s “Gallipoli” (1981) about this defining moment in Australia’s national identity. After the film, military historian Dr. Scott Hileman will discuss the campaign’s impact on world events like the Armenian Genocide. Microbiologist Dr. Mark Chee will discuss how Britain’s involvement of its colonies in the war eventually helps the 1918 influenza spread across the empire upon which the sun never set.
“From Great War to Great Flu, Year Three: Gallipoli”