Great to speak to the World War I podcast about Framing the FWW, check it out here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f... @draefox.bsky.social @mpmfinch.bsky.social @univpressofkansas.bsky.social
Without doubt the most significant development of the last few days: BOFFINATION. Thanks for the kind words, @jfb1066.bsky.social very lucky to have worked with some wonderful authors on this @univpressofkansas.bsky.social @mpmfinch.bsky.social @draefox.bsky.social
Deadline approaching (9 March) for two exciting postdoctoral positions within the BLOCKADE project at @uni-hamburg.de!
Want to work for @britishacademy.bsky.social? We are hiring several roles at the moment including 3 policy roles at different levels, a Deputy Head of Research Funding and several more. We are a lovely place to work. Take a look
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Men studying a dragon
ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIP IN HISTORY OF SCIENCE
My home department at Uppsala University is advertising an endowed professorship in the history of science. This is the best position in the field in Sweden, and probably in all of Scandinavia. Apply before 30 April 2026. www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
I cannot recommend highly enough this free, open access resource for anyone teaching about slavery in the UK
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My review of Odd Arne Westad’s The Coming Storm, out in @thespectator1828.bsky.social today:
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We are advertising a two-year lectureship in Modern British History at University of Cambridge, please spread the word!
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Still incredible to me that a palantir product was seemingly fed all of the evidence submissions to the sdsr: www.politico.eu/article/arti...
Tried twice, failed twice
Pre-order this, you will not regret it @smh-historians.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social
Now that only the final proofs/indexing remains, it is probably a good time to mention that my first book, Organised Militarism in Interwar Britain, is coming out in April (open access) with @uolpress.bsky.social as part of the @ihr.bsky.social / @royalhistsoc.org New Historical Perspectives series.
New open access article by @fabiodeninno.bsky.social and I available here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
It focuses on the impacts of blockade on Sicily and Sardinia, 1940-43. It links 3 themes that, in our view, have too often been siloed in the historiography of the SWW (esp Italy). 1/
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Delighted to have talked about “Uncivil War”, my book on the British Army in Northern Ireland, at the National Army Museum. If you missed it, here’s a recording:
Of all the wealth of content produced on the subject this week none is better than this, very insightful, nuanced and trenchant
Our team at Centre for Joint Operations at the Royal Danish Defence College is looking for new Assistant/Associate Professors
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2 jobs in contemporary war and conflict and international security:
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1/10. Tory peer Daniel Hannan has posted a potted history of slavery that demonstrates how historical understanding is being twisted by politicians. I’ll examine it in light of historians’ research.
Classic piece of editing success, chapter of 9250 words reduced down to 10350
We're growing further and are hiring again!
2 posts as Assistant/Associate Professor at the Royal Danish Defence College's Institute for Military Operations
We're looking for people who are interested in different aspects of military operations, read more below
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Enjoyed talking about this project with @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social this week, have a listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/framing-the-... @draefox.bsky.social @mpmfinch.bsky.social @univpressofkansas.bsky.social
Huge if true @dreadships.bsky.social
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/.
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When in doubt safe to assume that what I think about the issue is already the result of David French & proceed accordingly. Shockingly good books
Is there a German word for the paralyzing fear experienced by historians trying to write about British strategy in the FWW whilst their copy of David French remains stubbornly hidden and inaccessible in a box of books somewhere. Asking for a friend
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
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Today three years of work come to fruition with publication of Steve Broadberry's and my book, Economic Warfare and Sanctions since 1688 www.cambridge.org/gb/universit... @cagewarwick.bsky.social @warwickecon.bsky.social @cepr.org @britishacademy.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org 1/4
Winces in 'historian re-opening files containing a 75% edited book manuscript that have not been opened in over 6-months'
