IMH just held its 2nd Military History Network Conference. This time co-hosted & held in Warsaw University. 5x National Defence Universities and 6x Civilian partner Institutions met over 3x great days. @forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social #Skystorians #MilHist www.linkedin.com/posts/instit...

Our PhD student @martinaberggren.bsky.social gave no less than 3x presentations at the 31st Nordic History Congress in Iceland this week on the theme of Human-Animal relations. www.linkedin.com/posts/instit... #MilitaryAnimals #AnimalHistory #MilHist #Skystorians @forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social

One for @lmbd1418.bsky.social 😂

#Collared #animalhistory #Doglovers

Our PhD students have all the fun! Looks like a great day of research @martinaberggren.bsky.social ! @mhafhs.bsky.social @forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social #DogsOfWar #MilHist #Skystorians #AnimalsAtWar

Join our IMH International Workshop in October: Human-Animal Entanglements in Military History. www.fhs.se/en/swedish-d... For further information and sign-up please contact: @martinaberggren.bsky.social @mhafhs.bsky.social @forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social

Major offers a live demonstration of “Methods of Animal Resistance”. #HumanAnimalStudies

IMH's Fredrik Thisner and Försvarssystem's Hanna Jungwallius took part on the ALB Bokstafetten today. They discussed their favourite book, both fiction and non-fiction. A wonderful and edifying event! www.fhs.se/anna-lindh-b... @forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social

IMH's Martina Berggren presented a paper to the European Social Science History conference in Leiden (NL). Martina's talk centred on the Swedish Blue Star organisation and the broadening of military labour to include animals - "Four legged soldiers" as a 1942 Swedish military source named them.

Internationella kvinnodagen uppmärksammades med ett föredrag på Armémuseum om 'Djur i krig', där samtalet kretsade kring Svenska Röda Stjärnans arbete. Medverkande var Martina Berggren (IMH) och Fia-Cottrell Sundevall (Stockholm University).Tack till alla som var med @forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social

The talk in Europe is “how to get a seat at the table.” Respectfully, that’s the wrong question. The right question is, “how can Europe build a new table.”

This is Winston Churchill visiting the White House during World War II. Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.

Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people. Be strong, be brave, be fearless. You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy. We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.

I’m George Takei and I approve of this message.

Message from the front! During WWII, army dog Dolly served as a messenger dog on the border between Finland & Sweden. Dolly's handler regularly sent letters home to her owners, sharing updates about her well-being and performance. The two below are written on birch bark, 1944! #Skystorians

Breaking - White House is forcing out top leadership at the National Archives. “The exodus of senior staff is seen as a huge loss for the agency, which is considered nonpartisan and dedicated to the preservation of history and documents.” www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/p...

Inga planer för internationella kvinnodagen? Kom och lyssna på ett föredrag om djur, krig och genus med Martina Berggren och Fia Sundevall "Djur i krig - försvarsfrivilliga kvinnoföreningar" www.tickster.com/se/sv/events... @svenskhistoria.bsky.social @martinaberggren.bsky.social

Another fabulous turn out for our IMH seminar. Dr Juha Flinkman enthralled some 40 scholars with special thanks to our online guests from The UK, USA, Finland and South Africa @forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social #Internationalisation 📸 @martinaberggren.bsky.social

On FB, I posted this fact sheet (left) from the White House's own website, with a comment: "Update, it's not going very well." Today, FB declared it "false information" even though the fact sheet is still on the White's House's website. I guess what's "false information" is my comment. 😡

Idag träffades representanter för IMH och Narviksenteret för att diskutera forskningsprojektet Banen, malmen og maktene 1935–2025; om malmbanans stora ekonomiska, strategiska och politiska betydelse. Här finns det många intressanta möjligheter till utbyte och forskning @forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social

We are delighted that our next IMH Seminar will be held tomorrow, Thursday 23 January at 15.00 CET (14.00 UK) Prof Guy Rowlands @standrewshist.bsky.social "Logistical Geography and Waging War: The Past and the Present of Louis XIV’s war efforts" Ask for Zoom link 🗃️ #Skystorians

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If you are interested in women immigrants simply go to the "Simple search" & type FEMALE This should bring up over 400 records. Of these there are about 100 robust bios. Read about some here: www.academia.edu/44219200/Ber... 🗃 @womenknowhistory.bsky.social @emwjournal.bsky.social

Merry christmas 🎄🐑❤️

Saw someone upbraiding someone else for having a hobby while the world is on fire, and, my friends: 1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration; 2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you; 3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.

'War as such is a stern and remorseless tyrant, and the toll it exacts is reflected in the temporarily 'broken' animals that are humanely evacuated with the utmost speed' - Sidney Galtrey 📷@IWM Q 560 No. 5 Veterinary Hospital; Abbeville, 3 March 1916. #WarHorseWednesday

The ecocidal aspects of Russia’s war against Ukraine, from Kakhovka to oil spills and carbon footprint, need to be a major talking point for experts www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

Vårtecken! 💐🐥

Researchers: NARA has digitized hundreds of thousands of operational reports from US units in the Pacific Theater of WWII, to include divisional reports with regimental reports, maps, and sketches. It’s a gold mine. Go nuts catalog.archives.gov/id/305275

Taking the Human out of Humanities😬

The Swedish Red Star, founded in 1917, was a voluntary defense organization primarily composed of women, dedicated to providing veterinary care and support for animals in times of war and crisis, particularly to war horses. The organization (now Blue Star) still exists today. digitaltmuseum.se

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Continuing with the IMH podcast we are delighted to introduce, Mutiny and Discontent in the Swedish Army, 1609-1617 with Jaakko Björklund (@jaakkob.bsky.social) on.soundcloud.com/dHPuzDys2ejj... 🗃️ 📚 🪖 #Skystorians

‘Tis the season, so, for the 1000th time: This photo isn’t commemorating ‘all the dead horses of WW1’ … lucybetteridgedyson.com/2019/05/21/h...

We are happy to alert you to our next International Military History Seminar. Our speaker on 13 November is Rikard Westerberg (CSSC) discussing "Soldiers of Misfortune: Swedish volunteers in the Estonian War of Independence, 1919"   Date: 13 November 2024 Time: 15.00 (CET) DM for the Zoom Link