Wendy Ugolini
@wugolini.bsky.social
Professor of Second World War Studies (Edinburgh Uni). Co-founder of RSE-funded Second World War Network (Scotland); PI on AHRC project 'Beyond Borders: The Second World War, National Identities and Empire in the UK'; Author of Wales in England 1914-1945
What do you call a cluster of #SWW historians @thenacbs.bsky.social?
November 14, 2025 at 8:10 PM
What do you call a cluster of #SWW historians @thenacbs.bsky.social?
Arrived for @thenacbs.bsky.social
at Montreal last night. Looking forward to an exciting few days of papers and my panel with Juliette Pattinson & @linseyrobb.bsky.social #FWW ##SWW
at Montreal last night. Looking forward to an exciting few days of papers and my panel with Juliette Pattinson & @linseyrobb.bsky.social #FWW ##SWW
November 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Arrived for @thenacbs.bsky.social
at Montreal last night. Looking forward to an exciting few days of papers and my panel with Juliette Pattinson & @linseyrobb.bsky.social #FWW ##SWW
at Montreal last night. Looking forward to an exciting few days of papers and my panel with Juliette Pattinson & @linseyrobb.bsky.social #FWW ##SWW
Early morning @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Early morning @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social
A favourite pic from my recent inaugural @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social - with my gorgeous friend and colleague @agroundwater.bsky.social Thanks to everyone who came ❤️
October 27, 2025 at 12:54 PM
A favourite pic from my recent inaugural @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social - with my gorgeous friend and colleague @agroundwater.bsky.social Thanks to everyone who came ❤️
View from teaching room @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social #AutumnLeaves
October 14, 2025 at 12:41 PM
View from teaching room @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social #AutumnLeaves
Thanks to everyone who came long to my inaugural lecture last week @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social : friends, family, and colleagues. It was a wonderful evening!
September 29, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Thanks to everyone who came long to my inaugural lecture last week @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social : friends, family, and colleagues. It was a wonderful evening!
Move over, Miss Marple.
September 12, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Move over, Miss Marple.
Delighted to have signed a contract with @edinburghup.bsky.social to produce a scholarly edition of Fred Urquhart’s war-time letters. Urquhart, an accomplished writer, was a lover of men and admirer of flamboyant women. His letters offer a Rabelaisian account of the British #SWW home front.
September 1, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Delighted to have signed a contract with @edinburghup.bsky.social to produce a scholarly edition of Fred Urquhart’s war-time letters. Urquhart, an accomplished writer, was a lover of men and admirer of flamboyant women. His letters offer a Rabelaisian account of the British #SWW home front.
Slightly belated, but I have a promotion code from @oxfordacademic.bsky.social for my book, Wales in England 1914-1945:
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August 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Slightly belated, but I have a promotion code from @oxfordacademic.bsky.social for my book, Wales in England 1914-1945:
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Amazon UK is apparently 'price pulsing' my book. This means some days it is £90, but today it is £31!!! Grab this bargain whilst you can 😁
August 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Amazon UK is apparently 'price pulsing' my book. This means some days it is £90, but today it is £31!!! Grab this bargain whilst you can 😁
At the Scottish National War Memorial (Edinburgh Castle) for VJ Day 80th anniversary commemoration service. Is there more of a concerted effort this year to pay attention to VJ Day? Or were previous significant anniversaries the same?
August 15, 2025 at 11:23 AM
At the Scottish National War Memorial (Edinburgh Castle) for VJ Day 80th anniversary commemoration service. Is there more of a concerted effort this year to pay attention to VJ Day? Or were previous significant anniversaries the same?
The film critic Dilys Powell is often mentioned on the @warmovietheatre.bsky.social podcast. A relatively unknown name these days, she is one of the biographical studies in my book, Wales in England 1914-1945.
August 1, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The film critic Dilys Powell is often mentioned on the @warmovietheatre.bsky.social podcast. A relatively unknown name these days, she is one of the biographical studies in my book, Wales in England 1914-1945.
My book, 'Wales in England 1914-1945. A Social, Cultural, & Military History', is currently available at a more affordable price (✨️58% off✨️). How ideas of Wales and Welshness influenced two generations of English soldiers & writers:
www.amazon.co.uk/Wales-Englan...
www.amazon.co.uk/Wales-Englan...
July 30, 2025 at 5:13 PM
My book, 'Wales in England 1914-1945. A Social, Cultural, & Military History', is currently available at a more affordable price (✨️58% off✨️). How ideas of Wales and Welshness influenced two generations of English soldiers & writers:
www.amazon.co.uk/Wales-Englan...
www.amazon.co.uk/Wales-Englan...
The Lascaris War Rooms, Valletta commemorate Malta's pivotal role in Operation Husky, the Allied invasion of Sicily, beginning 9 July 1943:
July 9, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The Lascaris War Rooms, Valletta commemorate Malta's pivotal role in Operation Husky, the Allied invasion of Sicily, beginning 9 July 1943:
If it's a departmental poster, it must be happening...
June 20, 2025 at 12:52 PM
If it's a departmental poster, it must be happening...
Visited The Robin Chapel today, an exquisite #SWW memorial to Lt. Robin Tudsbery (1919-45). It is situated within a disabled veterans' housing scheme in Craigmillar, set up by his grieving parents.
June 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Visited The Robin Chapel today, an exquisite #SWW memorial to Lt. Robin Tudsbery (1919-45). It is situated within a disabled veterans' housing scheme in Craigmillar, set up by his grieving parents.
Mersa - Keith Douglas (1920-1942)
Now from the skeletal town
the cherry skinned soldiers stroll down
to undress to idle on the white beach...
I see my feet like stones
underwater. The logical little fish
converge and nip the flesh
imagining I am one of the dead
Now from the skeletal town
the cherry skinned soldiers stroll down
to undress to idle on the white beach...
I see my feet like stones
underwater. The logical little fish
converge and nip the flesh
imagining I am one of the dead
June 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Mersa - Keith Douglas (1920-1942)
Now from the skeletal town
the cherry skinned soldiers stroll down
to undress to idle on the white beach...
I see my feet like stones
underwater. The logical little fish
converge and nip the flesh
imagining I am one of the dead
Now from the skeletal town
the cherry skinned soldiers stroll down
to undress to idle on the white beach...
I see my feet like stones
underwater. The logical little fish
converge and nip the flesh
imagining I am one of the dead
At City Chambers event today commemorating the #SWW presence of Czech service personnel in Scotland. Thanks to Veronika Macleod for organising.
May 17, 2025 at 8:06 PM
At City Chambers event today commemorating the #SWW presence of Czech service personnel in Scotland. Thanks to Veronika Macleod for organising.
A lovely UG student sent me this 'academics in action' shot from our #SWW colloquium @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social. From our AHRC panel on UK service personnel in colonial spaces.
May 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
A lovely UG student sent me this 'academics in action' shot from our #SWW colloquium @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social. From our AHRC panel on UK service personnel in colonial spaces.
A fitting end to our #SWW colloquium: St Giles Cathedral Edinburgh lit up for VE Day commemorations. Thanks to everyone who made it such a wonderful day 🫶
May 9, 2025 at 10:19 PM
A fitting end to our #SWW colloquium: St Giles Cathedral Edinburgh lit up for VE Day commemorations. Thanks to everyone who made it such a wonderful day 🫶
Solid quotation in @theipaper.com today on VE Day and memory of the Second World War in the UK, thanks to Cahal Milmo.
May 8, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Solid quotation in @theipaper.com today on VE Day and memory of the Second World War in the UK, thanks to Cahal Milmo.
Our SWW Studies colloquium, '1945/2025' @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social is just three days away. For the first time, we will be speaking about our AHRC project, Beyond Borders. I will be addressing British officers who served in East Africa.
May 6, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Our SWW Studies colloquium, '1945/2025' @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social is just three days away. For the first time, we will be speaking about our AHRC project, Beyond Borders. I will be addressing British officers who served in East Africa.
Brief respite from exam marking @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Brief respite from exam marking @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social