Our conscientious objectors of WWII database project featured in The Friend, as did the paper presented by ⁦Julia Hope⁩ and me at the Protesting War conference at ⁦Northumbria Uni⁩ - 'Friends compile CO database'⁩ #wwii #pacifism #peace thefriend.org/article/friend…

I'm looking forward to delivering the Royal Army Chaplains' Museum Annual Lecture on 15 October at The Royal Military Chapel (The Guards' Chapel) in London. I'll be discussing the unique contribution of army chaplains in the liberation of Bergen-Belsen. Free tickets can be booked - bit.ly/3Z0E4tR

Delighted to have been interviewed by Miranda Melcher New Books Network (@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social) about my book 'Wales in England 1914-1945'. We talked about Wales as a site of solace for the 'broken' English soldier & lots more: newbooksnetwork.com/wales-in-engla…

Tickets are now live for Dr Marie Puren's talk on Thursday 24 October at Cambridge University Library. Marie will present her fascinating research during her time as Liberation Collection Visiting Scholar. Book your FREE tickets here: loom.ly/3T-6zwU

Join us for our President's Address on 22 November to hear incoming president Professor Lucy Noakes (Essex) speak on 'War and Peace: Mass Observation, Memory and the Ends of the Second World War in Britain'. The lecture will be preceded by our AGM at 6pm and followed by a drinks

Thrilled to share that elements of my research on army training across the British Empire are featured in this exhibit! Great to see academic research having public impact. Arts and Humanities Research Council UK Research and Innovation Imperial War Museums CDP Connect

CFP: 1945/2025. Reflections on the Second World War. One-day colloquium SWW Studies Edin Edinburgh, 9 May 2025. Keynote C Peniston-Bird. Deadline for abstracts 6 Dec 2024; details below:

Hope to see you at our #SWW colloquium next May: '1945/2025' HCAatEdinburgh

Join us tomorrow night--Wednesday, 9 October at 7:30pm Eastern--for a session with Daniel Giblin (The Citadel) on his chapter, "‘By the Way, Not All of Them Were Bad:’ Trauma and the Experience of a War of Annihilation in Kursk Oblast, 1941-1943.” Email for reading/links.

Supremacy at Sea: Task Force 58 & the Central Pacific Victory (Yale University Press London 📖 2024). Join us for the launch of Prof Evan Mawdsley's insightful new book on pivotal #WW2 naval history, introduced by Prof Phillips P. OBrien. Friday, 25 October, 10 Uni Gdns, Rm 203. yalebooks.co.uk/book/978030025…

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Thanks largely to the hard work of Rowan Thompson our co-authored article on the post-war memorialisation and cultural representations of WW2 COs is now out in @JWCS_Journal. Open access here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… Delighted to see this out!

🥳 It's (almost) here! Ancestry has announced the long-awaited online release of the first tranche of Second World War service records - plus seven days of free access to mark #RemembranceDay: whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/news/ancestry-…

6 weeks till the deadline for our #SWW colloquium HCAatEdinburgh (details below) . To encourage ECR participation, the registration fee will be only £10. There will be an informal dinner on the evening of Friday 9 May. Look forward to seeing you then!

Remembering my cousin Giovanni Amedes Cabrelli. Died 5 May 1946. Buried in Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt. Prof Wendy Ugolini Simona Palladino Manchester Museum Terri Colpi

Thanks Prof Wendy Ugolini ... a great article. I visited him this weekend as the cemetery in near where I am based. Incredible story.. x.com/sean_f_scullio…

Join us at our #SWW colloquium at the University of Edinburgh 9 May 2025. Abstract submission deadline: 6 Dec

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The bronze Liverpool Blitz Memorial in the grounds of Our Lady and St Nicholas Church Garden. Sculpted by Tom Murphy.

The SAHR is pleased to share the long list for the Templer Medal and associated Chapple Prize. sahr.org.uk/event-report.p…