Dr Harriet Beadnell
@hbeadnell.bsky.social
Independent researcher interested in memory, veterans, commemoration and material culture. PhD in History from @york.ac.uk (WRoCAH) on the representation and identity of Second World War veterans.
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‘The Only Time I Think I’m a Veteran is When I’m Dressed up’ – Medals as Symbols of Second World War Veteran Identity
This article argues that the object of the campaign medal can deepen our understanding of British Second World War veterans’ sense of veteran identity and indicate how far they, as individuals, hav...
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I am delighted to share that my journal article ‘"The Only Time I Think I’m a Veteran is When I’m Dressed up" – Medals as Symbols of Second World War Veteran Identity' has been published in the Journal of War & Culture Studies! doi.org/10.1080/1752...
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Delighted to see my article exploring how Britons planned for retirement in the mid-to-late 20th century out in the world! It tries to capture the mixed feelings prompted by ageing & retirement whilst connecting those themes to wider histories of social democracy, selfhood & financialisation.
New article (OA): Helen McCarthy @historianhelen.bsky.social on 'Planning for Retirement in Post-war Britain'
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Planning for Retirement in Post-war Britain*
Abstract. This article explores how Britons envisaged and planned for the end of working life across the second half of the twentieth century. It shows how
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October 13, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Delighted to see my article exploring how Britons planned for retirement in the mid-to-late 20th century out in the world! It tries to capture the mixed feelings prompted by ageing & retirement whilst connecting those themes to wider histories of social democracy, selfhood & financialisation.
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Delighted to see that my book Joining Up is published today, a mere 11 years after I started writing it. You can read it for free here: doi.org/10.7765/9781...
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July 29, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Delighted to see that my book Joining Up is published today, a mere 11 years after I started writing it. You can read it for free here: doi.org/10.7765/9781...
@manchesterup.bsky.social
@manchesterup.bsky.social
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New Members: we are very happy to welcome @jasonhiggins.bsky.social and @hbeadnell.bsky.social to the Network. Check out their work via the Members' Page #milwelfhist
New Members: we are very happy to welcome @jasonhiggins.bsky.social and @hbeadnell.bsky.social to the Network. Check out their work via the Members' Page #milwelfhist
April 1, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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New Members: we are very happy to welcome @jasonhiggins.bsky.social and @hbeadnell.bsky.social to the Network. Check out their work via the Members' Page #milwelfhist
New Members: we are very happy to welcome @jasonhiggins.bsky.social and @hbeadnell.bsky.social to the Network. Check out their work via the Members' Page #milwelfhist
I had a fantastic morning learning all about the historic pubs of York with @york.ac.uk Centre for Lifelong Learning at King’s Manor. Thank you to @joesaunders1.bsky.social for an informative and entertaining insight into the taverns, ale houses and inns of York through the ages.
March 29, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I had a fantastic morning learning all about the historic pubs of York with @york.ac.uk Centre for Lifelong Learning at King’s Manor. Thank you to @joesaunders1.bsky.social for an informative and entertaining insight into the taverns, ale houses and inns of York through the ages.
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REGISTRATION OPEN for our '1945/2025. Reflections on the Second World War' colloquium @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social @swwstudiesedin.bsky.social Audience places limited; £10 registration fee:
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1945/2025: Reflections on the Second World War
A one-day colloquium at the University of Edinburgh marking the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in 1945
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March 14, 2025 at 1:05 PM
REGISTRATION OPEN for our '1945/2025. Reflections on the Second World War' colloquium @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social @swwstudiesedin.bsky.social Audience places limited; £10 registration fee:
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New Affiliate: we are also very happy to welcome the Journal of Veterans' Studies as our newest Affiliate and look forward to collaborating with them going forward. Check out what they are up to at journal-veterans-studies.org
Journal of Veterans Studies
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March 11, 2025 at 11:53 AM
New Affiliate: we are also very happy to welcome the Journal of Veterans' Studies as our newest Affiliate and look forward to collaborating with them going forward. Check out what they are up to at journal-veterans-studies.org
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New Member: we are very happy to welcome @hbeadnell.bsky.social to the Network. Check out more about her research on #veterans at york.academia.edu/HarrietBeadn...
Harriet Beadnell | University of York - Academia.edu
Harriet Beadnell, University of York: 23 Followers, 108 Following, 12 Research papers. Research interests: History, Cultural History, and Memory Studies.
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March 11, 2025 at 11:53 AM
New Member: we are very happy to welcome @hbeadnell.bsky.social to the Network. Check out more about her research on #veterans at york.academia.edu/HarrietBeadn...
I enjoyed sharing my research on the commemoration of El Alamein at #SAHR2025 @societyarmy.bsky.social conference in Leeds on Saturday. I have been inspired by so many fantastic papers. Thank you to the organisers for hosting such a well organised event.
February 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I enjoyed sharing my research on the commemoration of El Alamein at #SAHR2025 @societyarmy.bsky.social conference in Leeds on Saturday. I have been inspired by so many fantastic papers. Thank you to the organisers for hosting such a well organised event.
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Our 2025 Conference intends to provide an overview of all aspects of British soldiering, but also its development. Healthcare has come a long way in recent decades, and one of our panels demonstrates the impact of these changes on the British soldier of the 20th & 21st centuries
January 24, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Our 2025 Conference intends to provide an overview of all aspects of British soldiering, but also its development. Healthcare has come a long way in recent decades, and one of our panels demonstrates the impact of these changes on the British soldier of the 20th & 21st centuries
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One of the last panels in our 2025 Research Conference, now only short weeks away, considers understandings of leadership and motivations in the years before, during, and after the #FWW. After all, what makes people actually fight, and what keeps them in the fight, is essential to military life
February 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
One of the last panels in our 2025 Research Conference, now only short weeks away, considers understandings of leadership and motivations in the years before, during, and after the #FWW. After all, what makes people actually fight, and what keeps them in the fight, is essential to military life
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Conference tickets are available at ahc.leeds.ac.uk/history/even...
Conference: Land Forces of the Crown, c. 1660- c. 2000
The Society for Army Historical Research is pleased to host its next conference at the University of Leeds
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January 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Conference tickets are available at ahc.leeds.ac.uk/history/even...
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So good from Joe Moran here on family history, voice and the unrecorded.
What might be found in 'the insides of history', the knotty details of a life that don't make it into the archives?
Joe Moran imagines the voice of his grandfather, questioning what histories might be lost and writing the histories left behind:
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Joe Moran imagines the voice of his grandfather, questioning what histories might be lost and writing the histories left behind:
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Lost Voices: The Insides of History
Joe Moran on what is lost and what is left behind in history, through imagining the voice of his grandfather.
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January 16, 2025 at 6:40 AM
So good from Joe Moran here on family history, voice and the unrecorded.
I am delighted to share that my journal article ‘"The Only Time I Think I’m a Veteran is When I’m Dressed up" – Medals as Symbols of Second World War Veteran Identity' has been published in the Journal of War & Culture Studies! doi.org/10.1080/1752...
‘The Only Time I Think I’m a Veteran is When I’m Dressed up’ – Medals as Symbols of Second World War Veteran Identity
This article argues that the object of the campaign medal can deepen our understanding of British Second World War veterans’ sense of veteran identity and indicate how far they, as individuals, hav...
doi.org
January 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I am delighted to share that my journal article ‘"The Only Time I Think I’m a Veteran is When I’m Dressed up" – Medals as Symbols of Second World War Veteran Identity' has been published in the Journal of War & Culture Studies! doi.org/10.1080/1752...
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🚨 An article I wrote with @chriskempshall.bsky.social & Gabriel Kupper @hass-cornwall.bsky.social is now available 📣 Open Access 📣 in the Journal of War & Culture Studies. It’s on journalism at the Iraq War’s 20th anniversary, cultural memory & political ‘overing’ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The Iraq War at 20: Anniversary Journalism, British Cultural Memory, and the Politics of Closure
War anniversaries are important milestones that enable certain understandings of the violent past to be naturalized in the present. This article is the first qualitative analysis of British press c...
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January 7, 2025 at 10:09 PM
🚨 An article I wrote with @chriskempshall.bsky.social & Gabriel Kupper @hass-cornwall.bsky.social is now available 📣 Open Access 📣 in the Journal of War & Culture Studies. It’s on journalism at the Iraq War’s 20th anniversary, cultural memory & political ‘overing’ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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If you're looking for a christmas present idea, why not give the history nerd in your life an amazing February weekend in Leeds?
Tickets for the @societyarmy.bsky.social research conference available now!
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#18c #c18 #19c #c19 #20c
Tickets for the @societyarmy.bsky.social research conference available now!
ahc.leeds.ac.uk/history/even...
#18c #c18 #19c #c19 #20c
December 2, 2024 at 3:32 PM
If you're looking for a christmas present idea, why not give the history nerd in your life an amazing February weekend in Leeds?
Tickets for the @societyarmy.bsky.social research conference available now!
ahc.leeds.ac.uk/history/even...
#18c #c18 #19c #c19 #20c
Tickets for the @societyarmy.bsky.social research conference available now!
ahc.leeds.ac.uk/history/even...
#18c #c18 #19c #c19 #20c