Yesterday I got to enjoy @meganahamilton.bsky.social's excellent paper on learning and innovation in the SWW. Today I'm listening to @milhistcurator.bsky.social , @mhptpodcast.bsky.social and @amyjay401.bsky.social on making military history accessible and connecting people with the past #SMH2026

Recently received some very special (and wonderfully nerdy) mail from home... Thanks @carlajeanstokes.bsky.social and the Magic Lantern Club! Details here: www.patreon.com/cw/MagicLant...

In just over 5 weeks' time, the SWWRG will host over 150 scholars representing all 6 continents in London. We are thrilled with the fantastic line-up of scholars presenting their cutting-edge research! See the rest of the programme here: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/fzshx... #SWW #SWW80YearsOn

Thrilled to finally announce the release of our edited collection - Homecoming Veterans in Literature and Culture. I am incredibly grateful to the brilliant contributors who have established 'Homecoming' as an analytical lense for understanding veterans' return www.routledge.com/Homecoming-V...

SHoW's heading to Potsdam! 📢 Call for Papers – SHoW 2025 🗓 27–28 November 2025 📍University of Potsdam 📝 Abstracts due: 30 June How do societies understand, justify, and remember war and violence? And how do cultures resist, represent, or misrepresent it? All details can be found below! ⬇️

My contribution to the Imperial War Museum's exhibit 'War and the Mind' is now available online! See it and the other fantastic videos from the exhibit here: www.iwm.org.uk/events/war-a... You can also view the exhibit in-person in London until 27 April 2025. @dsdkings.bsky.social @ukri.org

Give this blog a read - where I explore an interesting bit of correspondence between Julius Nyerere and the pro-Western International Confederation on Free Trade Unions on the future of trade unions in Africa.

Well, in the end we have received more than 200 paper proposals in total, either as individual submissions or panel submission components! Many thanks to everyone, and especially to @meganahamilton.bsky.social for her outstanding organisation! Now comes the really hard part 🗃️

🚨 This is the FINAL WEEK to submit for the Second World War Research Group conference! We have been delighted at the strong response so far and are working on some exciting plans. Looking forward to it! Details ⬇️

Had a lovely time in Regensburg last week at the "Playing War" Conference! The theme was approached from all angles, including training and video/war/board games. Many thanks are due to Jon-Wyatt Matlack, the Bundeswehr Centre, and the whole organising committee.

CALL FOR PAPERS - 1 month left to submit! The Second World War Research Group is pleased to host an international conference at King's College London on 12-13 June 2025. 'The Second World War: 80 Years On' Further info: www.swwresearch.com/post/the-sec... #SWW #WWII

🚨Sir Michael Howard Centre for the History of War - Annual Lecture 'Decolonization Across Empires: Political Economy and the Violence Continuum' by Prof. Martin Thomas. 📅4 Dec 2024 ⏰18:00-19:30 📍KCL or Online With a free drinks reception to follow! Register now⬇️ www.kcl.ac.uk/events/sir-m...

6 weeks till the deadline for our #SWW colloquium at University of Edinburgh (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!

Call for Papers! #SWW #WWII The Second World War Research Group is pleased to share the details for our upcoming annual conference. 'The Second World War: 80 Years On' 📍King's College London 📅 12-13 June 2025 Please share widely! www.swwresearch.com/post/the-sec...

As my first post here, I am thrilled to share two upcoming events put on by research groups that I am involved with. Bonus - both are available online! See below⬇️