The Falklands Conflict and Post-traumatic Stress; the Ipsative Journey

This talk will be led by Tracey Currall, former Royal Marines Commando and Falklands veteran, poet, playwright and lecturer, whose latest collection of poetry, entitled This Panopticon Life, examines issues surrounding Post-traumatic Stress. Other recent work includes his play Letters Home, based on his experiences in the Falklands, performed at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The forthcoming play I am Soldier B, is also based on historical events centred around the killing of 15 year old Daniel Hegarty in Operation Motorman. Trace teaches Sociology at Edge Hill University.

The Translate Trauma network at Sussex University is a multi-disciplinary network bringing together those whose work relates to trauma and stress. We deliberately do not define trauma, in order to enable a wide range of researchers looking at trauma within different disciplines, to come together with the aim of provoking new ideas, inter-disciplinary connections, and debate.

RSVP: Jill Kirby. Email: fk37@sussex.ac.uk
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