Re-upping in case anyone is in London on 28 May - come along to hear about maritime business, the state, and British war-making 1914-1918

Check out our call for papers.

Princeton University Press has a 50% off sale, lasting until the 9th of June. It covers most of their catalogue. If anyone is interested, it includes a few of my own books:

The @royalhistsoc.org Funded Book Workshops are now open for applications for 2026-27! I honestly cannot recommend these enough: the workshop it facilitated for my second book was among the most positive and affirming days of my career. If you're thinking about it, do it! #skystorians

Great to see another positive review of Framing the First World War come out in. Jesse Tumblin writes that the book 'takes on this task from helpful and surprisingly original angles' and highlighted that 'that several quite distinctive types of readers will find this volume directly

This is a bizarre contribution, really. Whom, precisely, does Tugendhat imagine was in government when many of the decisions/non-decisions he criticizes occurred?

@draefox.bsky.social @dmorganowen.bsky.social and my edited collection is available now! (I hate to listen back to myself, so I can only hope I said something sensible)

Reading 1SL speech from yesterday - www.gov.uk/government/s... - I'd be interested to know via what means Fisher became coded within the military mind as equating to 'innovation', 'technology', 'disruption' etc. This is not entirely new and was evident within PME. Nor is it especially surprising in

Advertising 2 more positions (doc/postdoc) as part of BLOCKADE. PhD cand to examine the heroization of blockade runners in the era of the world wars; postdoc to explore the transatlantic dimension of blockades. 4 year positions in beautiful Freiburg. Please SHARE! www.hsozkult.de/opportunity/...

As my maternity leave comes to an end, a reminder that I’m now offering an archive photography service primarily for museums/archives in the south east England (IWM, TNA, BL etc etc) to help make ends meet. Details below: lucybetteridgedyson.com/archive-rese...

Really pleased that this is now out (available both in print and Open Access)!

Pleased that my latest article, 'The First World War at Sea: Death, Commemoration and Cultural Remembrance', is now out (open access) in History: The Journal of the Historical Association (@hisjournalha.bsky.social): onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Looking forward to talking about my current project on seapower & the FWW at @kcllnucsc.bsky.social on 28 May. Link here: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/the-w...

Go download a free chapter of my book…then order a copy! Look forward to sharing the book at SMH this weekend!

Nominations are open for the next Prize Lecture! Eligible scholars are postgraduates or within 5 yrs of their PhD. Nominees are assessed on research innovation, public speaking, & collegiality. Deadline is June 1st. Learn how to nominate a scholar: firstworldwarstudies.org/dennis-showa...

Call for Papers: To Fight and Win and Sea - 125 Years of Australian Naval History seapower.navy.gov.au/news-and-med... ⚓

Hearing word of a complex new form of hybrid weapon operating in the UK, combines integrated forms of sleep denial, financial devastation, emotional trauma and hypersonic barking to utterly destroy the equilibrium of those who come to own it. Recent pic here @draefox.bsky.social

This is excellent, bracing and well argued - and free to access!

Framing the First World War explores how perceptions shaped military decisions. On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6lqHGPVUv7NS0ykwvb4Xgt Learn more: https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700640560/ #WorldWarI #MilitaryHistory #UpKansas @mpmfinch.bsky.social @draefox.bsky.social

Great to speak to the World War I podcast about Framing the FWW, check it out here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f... @draefox.bsky.social @mpmfinch.bsky.social @univpressofkansas.bsky.social

Without doubt the most significant development of the last few days: BOFFINATION. Thanks for the kind words, @jfb1066.bsky.social very lucky to have worked with some wonderful authors on this @univpressofkansas.bsky.social @mpmfinch.bsky.social @draefox.bsky.social

Deadline approaching (9 March) for two exciting postdoctoral positions within the BLOCKADE project at @uni-hamburg.de!

Want to work for @britishacademy.bsky.social? We are hiring several roles at the moment including 3 policy roles at different levels, a Deputy Head of Research Funding and several more. We are a lovely place to work. Take a look www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/about/jobs/

ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIP IN HISTORY OF SCIENCE My home department at Uppsala University is advertising an endowed professorship in the history of science. This is the best position in the field in Sweden, and probably in all of Scandinavia. Apply before 30 April 2026. www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

I cannot recommend highly enough this free, open access resource for anyone teaching about slavery in the UK uclpress.co.uk/book/teachin...

My review of Odd Arne Westad’s The Coming Storm, out in @thespectator1828.bsky.social today: spectator.com/article/lear...

We are advertising a two-year lectureship in Modern British History at University of Cambridge, please spread the word! www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...

Pre-order this, you will not regret it @smh-historians.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social

Now that only the final proofs/indexing remains, it is probably a good time to mention that my first book, Organised Militarism in Interwar Britain, is coming out in April (open access) with @uolpress.bsky.social as part of the @ihr.bsky.social / @royalhistsoc.org New Historical Perspectives series.

New open access article by @fabiodeninno.bsky.social and I available here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... It focuses on the impacts of blockade on Sicily and Sardinia, 1940-43. It links 3 themes that, in our view, have too often been siloed in the historiography of the SWW (esp Italy). 1/ 🗃️

Delighted to have talked about “Uncivil War”, my book on the British Army in Northern Ireland, at the National Army Museum. If you missed it, here’s a recording:

Of all the wealth of content produced on the subject this week none is better than this, very insightful, nuanced and trenchant

Get in kids, it’s hot take Thursday. My latest⬇️

Our team at Centre for Joint Operations at the Royal Danish Defence College is looking for new Assistant/Associate Professors candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

2 jobs in contemporary war and conflict and international security: jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

1/10. Tory peer Daniel Hannan has posted a potted history of slavery that demonstrates how historical understanding is being twisted by politicians. I’ll examine it in light of historians’ research.

Classic piece of editing success, chapter of 9250 words reduced down to 10350

We're growing further and are hiring again! 2 posts as Assistant/Associate Professor at the Royal Danish Defence College's Institute for Military Operations We're looking for people who are interested in different aspects of military operations, read more below www.jobindex.dk/jobannonce/r...

Enjoyed talking about this project with @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social this week, have a listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/framing-the-... @draefox.bsky.social @mpmfinch.bsky.social @univpressofkansas.bsky.social

Huge if true @dreadships.bsky.social

We couldn't have said it better, Heather! Read more on Framing the First World War: How Divergent Views Shaped A Global Conflict here: kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700640560/. @mpmfinch.bsky.social @draefox.bsky.social @dmorganowen.bsky.social #WorldWarI #modernwarstudies #militaryhistory #upkansas

Is there a German word for the paralyzing fear experienced by historians trying to write about British strategy in the FWW whilst their copy of David French remains stubbornly hidden and inaccessible in a box of books somewhere. Asking for a friend

CFP | Empires and War Royal Military College of Canada & University College Dublin 📍 Newman House, UCD | 🗓️ 17–18 September 2026 Papers invited on imperial war from Antiquity onwards. Panel proposals welcome. 📝 Deadline: 15 March 2026 📩 Submissions to: [email protected] Details below ⬇️

Today three years of work come to fruition with publication of Steve Broadberry's and my book, Economic Warfare and Sanctions since 1688 www.cambridge.org/gb/universit... @cagewarwick.bsky.social @warwickecon.bsky.social @cepr.org @britishacademy.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org 1/4

Winces in 'historian re-opening files containing a 75% edited book manuscript that have not been opened in over 6-months'

Its release-eve! “Orchestrating Power” is officially released tomorrow. Today is the last day to get in your pre-order…please consider grabbing your copy (or a copy for your history nerd friends and family) to ensure they arrive before Christmas! www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

If you're a university-based historian needing advice and inspiration on how to tackle that tricky second book project, this event is for you www.history-uk.ac.uk/2025/12/08/h...

Stocking filler for the war history enthusiast in your life - come for the excellent cover, stay for outstanding chapters on everything from inter-theatre learning to maritime law and strategy to patriotic propaganda. Featuring chapters from @sdanisimova.bsky.social

If you are a historian with policy-facing interests who has recently submitted their PhD (or will do so imminently), this fantastic new London-based postdoc fellowship in Applied History could be for you. www.history.ac.uk/fellowships/...

Delighted to receive my copy of Framing the First World War, a great collection edited by @draefox.bsky.social @mpmfinch.bsky.social and @dmorganowen.bsky.social who have put together a broad range of original essays