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:
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Really pleased that this is now out (available both in print and Open Access)!
Apart from the good ones
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/...
See also, IR/war studies departments
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
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100% effective greed enabled terminal guidance effective on biscuits, tennis balls, and some other things that should/should not be eaten
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!
Something I am sure Churchill was seeking to obscure somewhat in the relevant passages of World Crisis given his own experience of escapades in narrow waterways in the wider region...
historically - tremendous professional knowledge and aptitude in 'operational' matters, but that has very limited carry over to being able to see war in broader terms
My personal experience was that whilst the military students I taught were immensely impressive in a huge number of ways, & had often experienced conflict in ways I (thankfully) never would, the breadth of their knowledge of war was surprisingly limited. Also reflected in the figures I study
Liked it so much @lmhalewood.bsky.social and I had to write about it: www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
Irresistible opportunity to use the perfect Churchill quote from World Crisis: 'the Silent Service was not mute because it was absorbed in thought and study, but because it was weighed down by its daily routine...at the outset of the conflict we had more captains of ships than captains of war’
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
My limited powers are tied up attempting to edit past me's errors and shortcomings, unfortunately. I recommend @redunley.bsky.social as a man with the energy and expertise
Another FWW riff is to highlight the deeply faulty forms of civil-military interaction and intrigue that defined the decision-making process - if one can dignify it in those terms - behind the original plan, and it's subsequent creep into something never intended but which could not be backed out of
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/
Men studying a dragon
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...
Still incredible to me that a palantir product was seemingly fed all of the evidence submissions to the sdsr: www.politico.eu/article/arti...
Tried twice, failed twice
