Second World War Studies is based @HCAatEdinburgh. We host the RSE-funded Second World War Network in Scotland: https://xitter.cf/t.co/2Btt1rKQyC
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@SWWStudiesEdin was founded by @wugolini @tobiaswkelly & Jeremy Crang. It received funding from the Royal Society of Edinburgh to run the Second World War Network (Scotland) 2021-23:
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The SAHR is pleased to share the long list for the Templer Medal and associated Chapple Prize.
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The bronze Liverpool Blitz Memorial in the grounds of Our Lady and St Nicholas Church Garden. Sculpted by Tom Murphy.
Join us at our #SWW colloquium at the University of Edinburgh 9 May 2025. Abstract submission deadline: 6 Dec
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Thanks @wugolini ... a great article. I visited him this weekend as the cemetery in near where I am based. Incredible story..
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For those interested in Donnini, I wrote this article a while back:
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🥳 It's (almost) here! Ancestry has announced the long-awaited online release of the first tranche of Second World War service records - plus seven days of free access to mark #RemembranceDay:
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6 weeks till the deadline for our #SWW colloquium @HCAatEdinburgh (details below) . To encourage ECR participation, the registration fee will be only £10. There will be an informal dinner on the evening of Friday 9 May. Look forward to seeing you then!
CFP: 1945/2025. Reflections on the Second World War.
One-day colloquium @SWWStudiesEdin Edinburgh, 9 May 2025. Keynote @CPenistonBird. Deadline for abstracts 6 Dec 2024; details below:
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Thanks largely to the hard work of @rgethompson91 our co-authored article on the post-war memorialisation and cultural representations of WW2 COs is now out in @JWCS_Journal. Open access here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Delighted to see this out!
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CFP: 1945/2025. Reflections on the Second World War.
One-day colloquium @SWWStudiesEdin Edinburgh, 9 May 2025. Keynote @CPenistonBird. Deadline for abstracts 6 Dec 2024; details below:
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Supremacy at Sea: Task Force 58 & the Central Pacific Victory (@YaleBooks 2024). Join us for the launch of Prof Evan Mawdsley's insightful new book on pivotal #WW2 naval history, introduced by Prof @PhillipsPOBrien. Friday, 25 October, 10 Uni Gdns, Rm 203. yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300…
ALT The cover for the book Supremacy at Sea: Task Force 58 & the Central Pacific Victory, by Evan Mawdsley, featuring images of WW2 US naval ships and aircraft, and a quote saying "Naval history at its finest" by Vincent P. O'Hara.
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Join us tomorrow night--Wednesday, 9 October at 7:30pm Eastern--for a session with Daniel Giblin (@Citadel1842) on his chapter, "‘By the Way, Not All of Them Were Bad:’ Trauma and the Experience of a War of Annihilation in Kursk Oblast, 1941-1943.” Email for reading/links.
Hope to see you at our #SWW colloquium next May: '1945/2025' @HCAatEdinburgh
CFP: 1945/2025. Reflections on the Second World War.
One-day colloquium @SWWStudiesEdin Edinburgh, 9 May 2025. Keynote @CPenistonBird. Deadline for abstracts 6 Dec 2024; details below:
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Thrilled to share that elements of my research on army training across the British Empire are featured in this exhibit!
Great to see academic research having public impact.
@ahrcpress @UKRI_News @I_W_M @CDPConnect
War and the Mind – our new, free exhibition at IWM London will be opening this Friday, 27 September.
The exhibition explores war's many psychological dimensions, from the First World War to the present day.
Read more: bit.ly/45VHYpj
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Join us for our President's Address on 22 November to hear incoming president Professor Lucy Noakes (Essex) speak on 'War and Peace: Mass Observation, Memory and the Ends of the Second World War in Britain'.
The lecture will be preceded by our AGM at 6pm and followed by a drinks reception.
Register to attend in person in London here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/101625632…
Alternatively, you can attend online here:
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Tickets are now live for Dr Marie Puren's talk on Thursday 24 October at @theUL. Marie will present her fascinating research during her time as Liberation Collection Visiting Scholar.
Book your FREE tickets here: loom.ly/3T-6zwU
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Delighted to have been interviewed by Miranda Melcher @NewBooksNetwork about my book 'Wales in England 1914-1945'. We talked about Wales as a site of solace for the 'broken' English soldier & lots more:
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I'm looking forward to delivering the Royal Army Chaplains' Museum Annual Lecture on 15 October at @TheGuardsChapel in London.
I'll be discussing the unique contribution of army chaplains in the liberation of Bergen-Belsen.
Free tickets can be booked - bit.ly/3Z0E4tR
Join us at 18:30 on Tuesday 15th October at The Guards’ Chapel for a Lecture by Dr Rob Thompson on Army Chaplaincy at the Liberation of Bergen-Belsen.
Book your FREE ticket now on Eventbrite
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@TheGuardsChapel @ArmyChaplainMus
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Our conscientious objectors of WWII database project featured in The Friend, as did the paper presented by @JuliaHope2 and me at the Protesting War conference at @NorthumbriaUni - 'Friends compile CO database' #wwii #pacifism #peace thefriend.org/article/friend…
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BCMH NEEDS YOU! We have extended our call for papers to Friday. Please consider submitting, any questions can be directed to Chloe as per below. Please also share widely with your networks, we hope to see you there! #conference #military #History #BCMH #MilitaryHistory
