Second World War Studies Edinburgh
@swwstudiesedin.bsky.social
Second World War Studies is based at the University of Edinburgh. We host the Second World War Network (Scotland), funded by the RSE (2021-23), & set up by Profs Wendy Ugolini & Toby Kelly
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Thanks to Drs George Hay @cwgc.bsky.social & Talat Ahmed @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social for speaking to the CWGC #SWW report, 'Remembering the Dead of the British Empire' at our round table event.
October 31, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Thanks to Drs George Hay @cwgc.bsky.social & Talat Ahmed @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social for speaking to the CWGC #SWW report, 'Remembering the Dead of the British Empire' at our round table event.
May 16, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Final colloquium prep for '1945/2025' @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social. Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow!
May 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Final colloquium prep for '1945/2025' @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social. Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow!
On 8 May 👀
May 4, 2025 at 9:50 PM
On 8 May 👀
CFP: "1945/2025. Reflections on the Second World War". Our colloquium at University of Edinburgh in May 2025. Deadline for abstracts: 6 Dec
November 18, 2024 at 1:23 PM
CFP: "1945/2025. Reflections on the Second World War". Our colloquium at University of Edinburgh in May 2025. Deadline for abstracts: 6 Dec
Our co-founder Wendy Ugolini's new book is out next month. It addresses how 'Welshness' was performed & mobilised in England during the two world wars, using a range of original case studies.
November 16, 2024 at 9:09 AM
Our co-founder Wendy Ugolini's new book is out next month. It addresses how 'Welshness' was performed & mobilised in England during the two world wars, using a range of original case studies.
And Saturday's programme. Looking forward to seeing you there!
November 16, 2024 at 10:15 AM
And Saturday's programme. Looking forward to seeing you there!
Here is the most up-to-date version of our SWW conference programme #FromPersonaltoGlobal which starts tomorrow @HCAatEdinburgh (Friday)
November 16, 2024 at 10:23 AM
Here is the most up-to-date version of our SWW conference programme #FromPersonaltoGlobal which starts tomorrow @HCAatEdinburgh (Friday)
Our free event, Scottish Poets of WWII, includes the poetry of Hamish Henderson @HamishMatters performed by @JimCMackintosh & colleagues. Edinburgh 14 Nov:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/puir-bliddy-swaddies-scottish-poets-of-world-war-ii-tickets-422935781307
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/puir-bliddy-swaddies-scottish-poets-of-world-war-ii-tickets-422935781307
November 16, 2024 at 10:54 AM
Our free event, Scottish Poets of WWII, includes the poetry of Hamish Henderson @HamishMatters performed by @JimCMackintosh & colleagues. Edinburgh 14 Nov:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/puir-bliddy-swaddies-scottish-poets-of-world-war-ii-tickets-422935781307
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/puir-bliddy-swaddies-scottish-poets-of-world-war-ii-tickets-422935781307
We are hosting an online PGR Showcase event in November. This provides an opportunity for PGRs/ECRs to present papers on their #SWW research. More info here:
November 16, 2024 at 11:11 AM
We are hosting an online PGR Showcase event in November. This provides an opportunity for PGRs/ECRs to present papers on their #SWW research. More info here:
Our expert Round Table on The British Empire and the Second World War takes place on Tues 26 April at 2.30pm BST, on Zoom. All are welcome. Please register free here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/round-table-the-british-empire-and-the-second-world-war-tickets-266687849537
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November 16, 2024 at 12:33 PM
Our expert Round Table on The British Empire and the Second World War takes place on Tues 26 April at 2.30pm BST, on Zoom. All are welcome. Please register free here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/round-table-the-british-empire-and-the-second-world-war-tickets-266687849537
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To mark our #SWW workshop today, our final pick is Raiders' Dawn (1942) by Welsh poet Alun Lewis. The beauty of his poetry was matched by his wartime prose in The Last Inspection, mediating on the life of the 'civilian' soldier.
November 16, 2024 at 5:08 PM
To mark our #SWW workshop today, our final pick is Raiders' Dawn (1942) by Welsh poet Alun Lewis. The beauty of his poetry was matched by his wartime prose in The Last Inspection, mediating on the life of the 'civilian' soldier.
With 2 days to go until our #SWW workshop, here's Evelyn Waugh's 'Sword of Honour' trilogy plus Brideshead Revisited (1945), written whilst Waugh was recuperating from a minor wartime injury:
November 16, 2024 at 5:08 PM
With 2 days to go until our #SWW workshop, here's Evelyn Waugh's 'Sword of Honour' trilogy plus Brideshead Revisited (1945), written whilst Waugh was recuperating from a minor wartime injury:
C P Snow's classic, The Light & The Dark (1947) explores the transformative impact of war when depressive academic Roy Calvert becomes a RAF pilot:
November 16, 2024 at 5:08 PM
C P Snow's classic, The Light & The Dark (1947) explores the transformative impact of war when depressive academic Roy Calvert becomes a RAF pilot:
The first two books in Anthony Powell's #SWW trilogy within his 'A Dance to the Music of Time' sequence. They follow the military career of Powell's literary alter ego, Nicholas Jenkins:
November 16, 2024 at 5:08 PM
The first two books in Anthony Powell's #SWW trilogy within his 'A Dance to the Music of Time' sequence. They follow the military career of Powell's literary alter ego, Nicholas Jenkins:
Today's book choice: Penelope Fitzgerald's Human Voices (1980) which re-imagines life at BBC Broadcasting House in the final yrs of the #SWW:
November 16, 2024 at 5:08 PM
Today's book choice: Penelope Fitzgerald's Human Voices (1980) which re-imagines life at BBC Broadcasting House in the final yrs of the #SWW:
Two by J B Priestley today: Blackout in Gretley (1942) - counter-espionage in a North Midlands town & Daylight On Saturday (1943) - the lives of wartime workers in an aircraft factory:
November 16, 2024 at 5:23 PM
Two by J B Priestley today: Blackout in Gretley (1942) - counter-espionage in a North Midlands town & Daylight On Saturday (1943) - the lives of wartime workers in an aircraft factory:
Today's #SWW pick: A Game of Patience (1974) by Francis King, a wartime conscientious objector. It recounts the disruptive arrival of a balloon-barrage crew in a Surrey village in the final mths of the war:
November 16, 2024 at 5:23 PM
Today's #SWW pick: A Game of Patience (1974) by Francis King, a wartime conscientious objector. It recounts the disruptive arrival of a balloon-barrage crew in a Surrey village in the final mths of the war:
In the run up to our workshop, we will be highlighting #SWW related books. Today is Elizabeth Taylor's At Mrs Lippincote's (1945) which reflects upon marriage to a RAF officer in wartime:
November 16, 2024 at 5:23 PM
In the run up to our workshop, we will be highlighting #SWW related books. Today is Elizabeth Taylor's At Mrs Lippincote's (1945) which reflects upon marriage to a RAF officer in wartime: