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Dr Aimée Fox
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Senior Lecturer in IR at University of St Andrews | Historian of war | Award-winning author | Series editor, War & the British Empire (McGill-Queen's UP) | I research the First World War, military innovation & learning, and gossip in the armed forces.
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Dr Aimée Fox @draefox.bsky.social · Oct 7
Only a month 'til the publication of “Framing the First World War: How Divergent Views Shaped a Global Conflict”, edited by me, @mpmfinch.bsky.social & @dmorganowen.bsky.social!

US readers: get 30% discount (code: FRAMINGWWI) & free shipping if you order direct from @univpressofkansas.bsky.social
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There's a lot going on the world, but I was glad to see an article of mine published in the @jbritishstudies.bsky.social
Read about Shadrack Byfield, an English War of 1812 veteran who buried his own arm, designed a custom prosthesis, and wrote multiple memoirs: doi.org/10.1017/jbr....
January 19, 2026 at 12:44 PM
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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
January 19, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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univpressofkansas.bsky.social
Read more about the book Framing the First World War: How Divergent Views Shaped a Global Conflict edited by @mpmfinch.bsky.social, @draefox.bsky.social, and @dmorganowen.bsky.social here - kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700640560/.

#modernwarstudies #militaryhistory #WorldWarI #upkansas
January 14, 2026 at 6:12 PM
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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: Doug.Delaney@rmc.ca

Details below ⬇️
January 5, 2026 at 7:10 AM
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alanallport.bsky.social
90% of military history is about where the latrines are dug. You cannot make war if you have dysentery.
December 24, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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princetonupress.bsky.social
A sweeping narrative of war, great power politics, & ordinary people caught up in the devastation, Mustafa Aksakal's The War That Made the Middle East offers new insights about the Great War & its profound & lasting consequences.

Available Jan 13 (10 Mar UK pub): press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
The War That Made the Middle East: World War I and the End of the Ottoman Empire by Mustafa Aksakal
December 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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mrcwarwick.bsky.social
As it is the season for Christmas dinners, we thought we'd share you this picture of an RAF Christmas Dinner from our archives - taken in December 1944.

A great reminder that even in the darkest of hours, the spirit of Christmas keeps going.

#ArchiveAdventCalendar #ChristmasParty #RAF
Black and white photograph of an austere looking room decorated with bunting and festive signs. The room is filled with long tables set for Christmas dinner. Rows of men in Royal Air Force uniform are sitting alongside the tables, waiting for dinner. Photo from the archives of Jack Plymen (b.1915), Scientific Officer, Royal Air Force, Operational Research Section (MSS.335/PLY/12/11).
December 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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stefanmueller.bsky.social
Our neighbours at @tcdpoliticalsci.bsky.social are hiring 3 (!) tenure-track faculty members:

– Assistant Professor in Political Economy
– Assistant Professor in International Politics
– Assistant Professor in Political Science

Deadline: 15 Jan 2026
More details: jobs.tcd.ie
@tcddublin.bsky.social
Photo of Trinity College Dublin taken by Stefan Müller
December 19, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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vandawilcox.bsky.social
me talking to friends and mentees: just SAY NO to all these unnecessary distractions and other people's projects! focus on your own book, prioritise yourself!

me every time I'm invited to contribute to conferences, edited books, talks, random events of all kinds:
an older man is holding a ring in his hand and asking why shouldn 't i .
Alt: Bilbo Baggins holding a ring in his hand and asking why shouldn 't i .
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December 17, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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gwendalpiegais.bsky.social
Call for papers: “Experiencing, reporting, recording civil wars, 1917-1949” University College Dublin (@ucddublin.bsky.social), 25-26 June 2025.
Deadline: 13 February 2026. More info to come here: civil-wars.eu/workshops/
#CivilWar
“Experiencing, reporting, recording civil wars, 1917-1949” University College Dublin, 25-26 June 2025 From 1917 to 1949, Europe saw a proliferation of internal conflicts and civil wars that were often connected with global conflicts and wars of decolonization. Historians have long established the (re)founding nature of experiences such as World War I (often described as the crucible of the 20th century) and World War II. Despite the omnipresence of civil wars contemporary to these two major conflicts, their experience was almost often examined within narrow national frames. Yet , the experiences of Europe’s civil wars were both distinct and, above all, connected: many Spaniards who experienced exile during the Retirada joined the anti-fascist resistance in World War II; veterans of the Russian Civil War joined the Republicans; reporters sent to the Spanish Civil War travelled to other European conflicts to forge the narratives and images disseminated in the press and media; Greek officers who had served during the Russian Civil War featured prominently in the Greek Civil War. With time these cross-national experiences were overshadowed by one-sided national narratives, with limited archives available, and the experiences of the other side of the civil war often preserved in exile, excluded from the national community. The aim of this international conference is to examine everyday experiences in Europe’s civil wars of 1917 and 1949, and to explore how they were recorded and narrated at the time and after the conflict. We particularly welcome papers which seek to explore entanglements and interconnections between different civil wars.
December 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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dmorganowen.bsky.social
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
December 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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#OTD 14 December 1941. A Christmas party in the Ward Room of HMS Westminster, Rosyth. Photo by Lt J H Smith. www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Bearded naval officer sits at table with monkeys, one of which steals his food.
December 14, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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julialaite.bsky.social
When will this crisis get any attention whatsoever!? A THOUSAND ACADEMIC STAFF AT ONE INSTITUTION SERVED REDUNDANCY RISK NOTICES! And that's not counting what's surely being visited on professional services staff too. This is an economic catastrophe, to say nothing of the intellectual catastrophe!
lucynoakes1.bsky.social lucynoakes1.bsky.social @lucynoakes1.bsky.social · Dec 11
Ongoing decimation of British universities part 252:

Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email.

Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk
December 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Ongoing decimation of British universities part 252:

Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email.

Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk
December 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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univpressofkansas.bsky.social
Get your copy of Framing the First World War today and receive 40% off with discount code: UPKHOLIDAY25 at checkout (kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700640560/).

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#modernwarstudies #militaryhistory #WorldWarI #militarythought #upkansas
December 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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jgmaber.bsky.social
"masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable" - now tell me again that we don't need to include gender in our political analysis 🤦
gilduran.com Gil Durán @gilduran.com · Dec 6
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.

“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.

This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:

www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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nshibley.bsky.social
I'm honored that my article, "Policing Venereal Disease at Fort Huachuca, 1941-1945," published in the Journal of Military History, won the 2025 Nupur Chaudhuri First Article Prize from the Coordinating Council for Women in History.
December 4, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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vandawilcox.bsky.social
As an aside: I did most of the work for this piece in the history library of the Università Statale di Milano and it was bloody freezing, so much than when I skimmed through my essay today I felt a sudden shiver of intense cold 🥶 😅
vandawilcox.bsky.social Vanda Wilcox @vandawilcox.bsky.social · Dec 3
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
Front cover of Framing the First World War which features cover art showing CRW Nevinson's Returning to the Trenches. Table of Contents pt 1 - see https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700640560/ for full details Table of Contents pt 2 - see https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700640560/ for full details
December 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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mahonmurphy.bsky.social
Ordered a copy and it arrived last week much to my delight
vandawilcox.bsky.social Vanda Wilcox @vandawilcox.bsky.social · Dec 3
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
Front cover of Framing the First World War which features cover art showing CRW Nevinson's Returning to the Trenches. Table of Contents pt 1 - see https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700640560/ for full details Table of Contents pt 2 - see https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700640560/ for full details
December 3, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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donalh.bsky.social
This looks great. Particularly looking forward to reading the brilliant Sneha Reddy's chapter.
vandawilcox.bsky.social Vanda Wilcox @vandawilcox.bsky.social · Dec 3
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
Front cover of Framing the First World War which features cover art showing CRW Nevinson's Returning to the Trenches. Table of Contents pt 1 - see https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700640560/ for full details Table of Contents pt 2 - see https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700640560/ for full details
December 3, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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vandawilcox.bsky.social
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
Front cover of Framing the First World War which features cover art showing CRW Nevinson's Returning to the Trenches. Table of Contents pt 1 - see https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700640560/ for full details Table of Contents pt 2 - see https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700640560/ for full details
December 3, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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bennetthuw.bsky.social
Delighted to see my chapter on the British Army published in this book today. Thanks to editors Jan Hoffenaar and Brian McAllister Linn for having me along!
National Armies and NATO, 1949-1991 - Leiden University Press
By providing a comparative study of NATO’s armies, this volume provides both a long-needed historical assessment and essential understanding of the problems facing the alliance and its members today.
lup.nl
November 28, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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willpooley.bsky.social
What makes historic collections difficult? And how do researchers work with “difficult” collections?

New CFP from Paper Trails here:

blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll...

Deadline for proposals 31/1/2026
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Call for Papers: Difficult Collections | UCL UCL Special Collections
UCL Homepage
blogs.ucl.ac.uk
November 27, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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jenniferwellington.bsky.social
My new hero, whoever you are
tomhulme.bsky.social Tom Hulme @tomhulme.bsky.social · Nov 27
I heard a story about a female academic giving a paper at the IHR who, after receiving a long and aggressive question from a senior male professor, simply leaned back with her hands behind her head and replied “Oh, do fuck off.”
plashingvole.bsky.social Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · Nov 27
One of my colleagues went to a seminar at Berkeley and when someone asked a question Derrida brushed it off saying ‘what you ask may be important but it is not interesting’.
November 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Port Sunlight War Memorial. Commissioned from sculptor Goscombe John by Lord Lever while the Great War was in progress. It commemorates the employees of Lever Brothers killed in the war; its bronze statues are amongst the most dynamic and detailed to be seen anywhere. Its detail is breathtaking
Bronze statue of kneeling ww1 soldier in cap, with rifle and fixed bayonet Steel helmeted bronze statues of two WW1 soldiers, one of whom is an officer with field glasses Bronze figures of Lewis gunners firing skywards Bronze sailors, with a pointing officer and matelot shielding his eyes with his hand
November 23, 2025 at 9:24 AM