Very sorry to hear this. One of the Titans of British Military History. A name that is synonymous with quality, innovation and originality. An indispensable source of guidance for those who studied and worked with him, and a source of inspiration for those who read his considerable body of work.

Statement from @smh-historians.bsky.social on the meaning of military history and its importance, including honest history at museums and in PME, was slow in coming for *reasons* but is also really important. 🗃️ www.smh-hq.org/docs/Stateme...

Just wanted to draw people's attention to the Fellowship programme at the Greenwich Maritime Museum - it looks like a lot of fun to me. www.rmg.co.uk/collections/...

This is stupid. The real list is 1. Being assigned to a boring committee 2. Grant proposal rejections 3. Papers not cited by colleagues 4. Teaching evaluations 5. Promotion to Head of Department

Hi everyone, the Society for Military History is pleased to be here and contribute to this space. Join us as we work to advance the study of military history! www.smh-hq.org

1/7 This is the key development in the culture war over the history of Empire that I’d anticipate in 2025:

Happy Christmas from The Terrier (who required quite a few Christmas dog treats for this single shot)!

Saturday morning foray: Matched KCL (@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social) Department of War Studies people with Bluesky accounts to compile an unofficial Starter Pack of lecturers, researchers, and other academics. Give them a follow. go.bsky.app/QN1CVyc

I don't know the historiography well enough to speak to that last point, but the rest is spot on! Wandering Army is a great read for anyone interested in the 18th-19th century British Army #wargaming

Generous review by Gavin Daly of Wandering Army in English Historical Review. “Engagingly written, well organised, rich in detail & source material, vast in geographical sweep, & long in its time frame, this book offers a major new interpretation of the development of British military leadership…”

Gavin Daly reviews 'The Wandering Army: The Campaigns that Transformed the British Way of War', by Huw J. Davies @huwjdav.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-... @yalebooks.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social

Fascinating lecture last night at Pembroke College, Oxford, by @mpmfinch.bsky.social on his book 'Making Makers: The Past, The Present and the Study of War.' Mike explored the origins, development & impact of the first edition of 'The Makers of Modern Strategy', a seminal text in the history of war.

Not an exhaustive list, but we're all likely exhausted.

It’s time, friends! We welcome submissions for #batw2025 in Liverpool, UK. Join us at John Moores University 25-27 June 2025 for another great conference! We can’t wait to see you there! Watch here for more info. britainandtheworld.org/2025

A year ago I visited New Zealand on a research trip for the new book. On my last day, I hired a car and explored locations linked to the first of the New Zealand Wars, 1845-1846. I posted about it in the Bad Place, but thought I would transfer the thread over and update. 1/15 🗃️

Very pleased to be working with the National Maritime Museum on this conference in 2025, supported by them and some generous funding from @britishacademy.bsky.social - www.rmg.co.uk/collections/... - applications open now so please share & reach out if you have any questions

@rauchway.bsky.social Good Morning! Would you mind adding me as a poster on What’s History? 🗃️ Thank you!

🧵 A few ideas about my forthcoming book: It will be organised around four overlapping themes: knowledge networks; technological transformation; indigenous influences and counter-influences; and the emergence of political ideological influences such as liberal imperialism, and imperial federation. 🗃️

Thought I’d make my first post both positive and useful-so here’s a list of all of the free-to-view titles now available on the British Newspaper Archive: blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2024/09/19/a...

Delighted to share that I have signed with Yale University Press for my fourth book. The working title is 'Forging Armageddon: The British Army and the Global War for Empire, 1835-1914'. I'm investigating the role of knowledge networks in British Army development up to the First World War.

Call for Papers British History Today Queen Mary University of London 1-2 May 2025 projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/qmcbs/ #skystorians 🗃️

Hello BlueSky! We are the world's oldest English-language academic history journal and will be looking to rebuild our online community here. Please follow and share. (It may take me a while to get the hang of yet another platform...)

Hello & welcome to all my new followers (some 600 of you have accidentally or deliberately joined me since Friday)! I’ll try and post more here, and when I do, it will be about knowledge networks in the British Army, military innovation, & my terrier, who is also happy you’ve started following me!

Ok, this is a start at least! Starter pack for the long eighteenth century and Romantic period - reply if you want to be added! go.bsky.app/JMDQj4n

Reposting these this morning for those who were tucked up in bed last night - I’ll also go through and add those who’ve requested this morning 💪🏼 go.bsky.app/KNeAnRj

With the influx of folks here, I recommend these great folks that write on military affairs…and are members of the @milwritersguild.bsky.social.

Great to see that more and more military and intelligence historians are coming to this space. It’ll be exciting to engage with many. I created this starter pack a few months ago in case you want to follow people in intelligence studies! go.bsky.app/R1FTDdU

Someone had to do it, so I did: Military History (Very Broadly Defined) starter pack. This is just a start but already at over 100, with a 150 account limit on packs. Therefore I didn't duplicate the WWI or WWII history starter packs. Let me know if you want to be included, deleted, or...

Here you go newcomers, another way to get acclimated.

How I landed on Bluesky

today is #HistoryWritersDay24 which basically means that Yale are offering a fabulous 30% discount on all my books (and some others!) including free postage ... it's only today, so grab a bargain which you can :-) discount code: HWD24 yalebooks.co.uk/author/lee-j...

It's #HistoryWritersDay24 over in the Bad Place. Some great previews of the latest in historical research. But there's no reason why they should have all the fun... Yale UP have a 30% discount with code HWD24 including on The Wandering Army. Check out yalebooks.co.uk/historywrite... by midnight.

How I landed on Bluesky

Not seen Ridley Scott’s Napoleon - Scott has no respect for my profession, so I have none for him. Not that he cares. However, I have watched this clip. Artistic licence is fine if it makes history more accessible, or visually stunning on camera. This is just nonsense. youtu.be/eW_Fb-fkrCk?...

Wonderful that @bennetthuw.bsky.social excellent book Uncivil War has been long-listed for the 2023 Templer Medal by the Society of Army Historical Research. www.sahr.org.uk/event-report...

My new book Love and Marriage in the Age of Jane Austen comes out in February, published by @yalpress.bsky.social It looks at how couples met, courted, got married and their lives together, using a wide range of first hand accounts and some of the fiction of the period. #JaneAusten

We're here at @bsecs.bsky.social #BSECS2024. Come and say hello! We're offering 30% off selected #18thc books at the conference, and online at yalebooks.co.uk/eighteenth-c..., including books by Amanda Vickery, @rorymuir.bsky.social, @huwjdav.bsky.social and Penelope Corfield.

Happy Christmas!

Delighted by the write up of my new book, Uncivil War: the British Army and the Troubles, in this weekend’s Belfast Telegraph

Pleasure as ever to be able to talk on my book to such an engaged audience, and with so many interesting questions. Also great to catch up with a few old friends.

A fascinating evening out with SAHR and a talk by @huwjdav.bsky.social at the Army & Navy Club.

Very much looking forward to giving the annual Society of Army Historical Research Templer Lecture this evening at The Army & Navy Club, on my recent book, The Wandering Army: The Campaigns that Transformed the British Way of War, 1750-1850. Here's a preview of my lecture. prezi.com/view/eTiTCuF...

Currently sat in the departure lounge at Jo’burg International. Judging by the fact most people are wearing Springboks shirts, combined with the spontaneous rendition of the South African national anthem, I think there might be an important match on?

Nice to be with you all here on the other side. Looking forward to cooling off after escaping the dumpster fire *over there*!