🇦🇹 November 4, 1918 – The Armistice of Villa Giusti On November 4th, 1918 fighting between Austria-Hungary and the Allied Powers officially ended, marking the collapse of the Habsburg Empire at the close of the First World War. 🧵

📚 New Book Reviews Out! In late October four new reviews were published by Taylor & Francis. @tandfresearch.bsky.social "The British Home Front and the First World War", edited by Hew Strachan (Cambridge University Press, 2023) — reviewed by M. Wang. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🎉Congratulations to Alexandra Doménech (University of Edinburgh), who recently won the inaugural International Society for First World War Studies President’s Undergraduate Essay Prize for her essay, “Flirting with the Front: The Marraines de Guerre and the Unofficial Intimacies of the Great War.”

We’re proud to highlight Jiang Zizheng, an early career researcher in history at Kyoto University, who has a particular interest in Japan's racial equality proposal at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference whose work discusses how questions of race, diplomacy, shaped China’s diplomatic position.

Apply now for the SAS Public Humanities Fellowship! Applications are invited from those working at the forefront of shaping the future of Public Humanities, deepening its reach, and expanding its impact. Apply by 21 November: www.sas.ac.uk/research-eng...

🕵️‍♀️🗓️This week, in 1917 a devastating defeat unfolded on the Italian Front. The Battle of Caporetto saw Austro-German forces break through Italian lines and forcing a chaotic retreat. The disaster affected the political and social climate as the government struggled to maintain national unity. 🧵🧵

📚 New Book Reviews Out! We’re excited to share three brand-new book reviews just released in First World War Studies! These works offer fresh perspectives on honor, empire, and the experience of soldiers and nations during and after the Great War. 🧵

I have reviewed this book and recommend it to anynone interested in a truly global history of international relations (who can read Italian). It is highly regarded @fwwsjournal.bsky.social Missions Abyssines: L’Etiopia, la Grande Guerra e la Conferenza della pace www.tandfonline.com/eprint/QCGYS...

How did Italian servicemen see their enemies in FWW? My review of ‘Uomini come noi’ is just out – a sound study of how soldiers imagined the foe, based on their writings and personal narratives. Take a look here via @fwwsjournal.bsky.social! www.tandfonline.com/eprint/TXBEV...

🕵️‍♀️ 🗓️On this day, October 15, 1917, Mata Hari, the Dutch dancer and courtesan accused of spying for Germany, was executed by firing squad in France. She was one of the First World War’s most infamous spies, embodying both the paranoia and fascination surrounding intelligence work during wartime. 🧵

Now open: call for the Royal Historical Society's First Book and Early Career Article Prizes, 2026. Eligible titles, published in 2025, may be submitted by the author before the closing date of 15 December. Further details and how to apply: bit.ly/3KnR47v #Skystorians

🎉 We are delighted to announce that Dr Sofya Anisimova (@sdanisimova.bsky.social) has been elected President of the International Society for First World War Studies starting in January! 🧵

📢 Today at the International Society for First World War Studies Conference in Thessaloniki, join us for a Q&A session on the First World War Studies journal. this is a great opportunity for anyone who is interested in knowing more about the journal itself! 🕚 Time: 11:15 – 11:45 (October 2nd)

📢 🧵 This year the International Society for First World War Studies @fwwsoc.bsky.social is hosting a conference in the University of Macedonia! If you can't attend in person, you can still take a look at the work that has been published in First World War Studies by some of this week's speakers.

We’re very excited to share that First World War Studies Volume 16, Issue 2 was recently published and is now available from Taylor & Francis (tag). This new issue brings together fresh perspectives and critical reviews that push forward the study of the Great War. 📝Articles include: ⬇️⬇️⬇️

We’re very excited to share that First World War Studies Volume 16, Issue 2 was recently published and is now available from Taylor & Francis (tag). This new issue brings together fresh perspectives and critical reviews that push forward the study of the Great War. 📝Articles include: ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Delighted to see this announcement of the forthcoming Dennis Showalter Memorial Lecture, a prize awarded annually by @fwwsoc.bsky.social and eventually to be published in our journal

First World War Studies is very happy to finally have arrived on Bluesky! please follow for news on our publications and activities