Centre for War and Diplomacy

Confronting today's challenges through the study of the past. Research on war and diplomacy from the medieval to the present day @LancasterUni.

[SophieThérèse Ambler @RG1253]

It's the summer 2025 season & #LowtherMedievalCastle is on! Phase 3 is our biggest dig yet, excavating the ringwork castle & two areas of the medieval village -potential house platforms & lots of medieval pottery. @lowthercastle @LancasterHistor @UCLanArchAnth @allenarchaeo .

[PPR @ Lancaster @pprlancaster]

Our colleague Cindy May writes this fascinating piece about presidency and the Congress in the US

[SophieThérèse Ambler @RG1253]

My review @CurrentArchaeo of Ian Atherton's book 'Britons and their Battlefields: War, Memory, and Commemoration since the 14th century' (OUP): 'essential reading … thoroughly researched, cogently argued, and stuffed with important findings': https://t.co/Eot3vXhBTs

[Centre for War and Diplomacy @CWDlancaster]

Thanks to all who joined u this week for the CWD-RAFM Air Power lecture, co-hosted with @RAFMUSEUM - & thanks to Dr Dominika Kunertova for her expert insights into 'The Changing Character of Drone Warfare'. Read about this & the Air Power series here: https://t.co/KJfUORZLGn

[Centre for War and Diplomacy @CWDlancaster]

A new article from our Early Career Fellow, Dr John Marshall! You can read more about John's work here: https://t.co/An0Zi8zf6P

[John Marshall @jmarshallmed]

Very pleased to say that I have just had an article published in Historical Research, which is completely Open Access thanks to @TCDHistHum
@ihr_history @CWDlancaster

https://t.co/KqAz4uHFLD

[SophieThérèse Ambler @RG1253]

When is it right to take up arms against your government? A medieval perspective:

[SophieThérèse Ambler @RG1253]

If you're listening to the latest podcast with @monstroso on @wwhspodcast on Simon de Montfort father & son- from the Fourth Crusade to the Albigensian Crusade & England's First Revolution -and wondering why Henry III of England wanted to conquer Sicily and what happened next:

[Centre for War and Diplomacy @CWDlancaster]

The first issue of 2025 of the International Journal of Military History and Historiography is out now! It features research articles covering a broad range of chronologies and geographies, a historiographical article, and of course numerous book reviews.
https://t.co/yklWNVTtrm

[SophieThérèse Ambler @RG1253]

'How old is war? Is it a deep-seated propensity in the human species or is it a recent cultural invention?' For anyone interested in war - past, present or future - Hugo Meijer's latest research, published in Human Nature, is highly recommended: https://t.co/2XSGNz92MN

[Centre for War and Diplomacy @CWDlancaster]

@MedHistoryMan @LancasterHistor This may be of interest @BCMH_news @HistoryWelfare @MHS_NSW @SMH_Historians @CAMICMH @societyarmy @BCMH_ECR_

[Michael Brown @MedHistoryMan]

📢AHRC PHD funding alert📢
Applications now open for an AHRC CDA scholarship @LancasterHistor for a project on emotional objects in the British regimental museum. See below for details and & how to apply. DM me if you have any questions. Spread the word!
https://t.co/bL95ZMGvu0

[SophieThérèse Ambler @RG1253]

Congratulations @brosset_thomas on a fascinating and important doctoral thesis, which changes our understanding of siege warfare in 12th-century Syria and the Jazīra!

[SophieThérèse Ambler @RG1253]

Had much fun recording this episode @wwhspodcast on William Marshal with @monstroso - we cracked in a few of my fave Marshal stories. What a legend!

[Centre for War and Diplomacy @CWDlancaster]

CWD Researcher Dr Hugo Meijer publishes groundbreaking article on the origins of war:
https://t.co/pVsYzWqNLI

[SophieThérèse Ambler @RG1253]

1066 and all that? Here in the North West it's 1092 that matters - when the Kingdom of Cumbria south of Hadrian's Wall fell to the Normans. Fiona Edmonds @VCH_Cumbria & I @LancasterHistor discuss for @HistoryExtra - including new work on the important Norman site @lowthercastle!

[Centre for War and Diplomacy @CWDlancaster]

Last week Prof Marco Wyss Deputy Director led the third workshop for the Grey Zone Warfare Project @NATO_DefCollege . 15 leading academics came together to share and develop their thinking on the Grey Zone. We are grateful to the NDC for their hospitality!

[NATO Defense College @NATO_DefCollege]

🔍 The NDC Research Division hosted Into the Grey, the third workshop in a series underpinning a book project on “grey-zone warfare”. Participants examined the increasingly blurred lines between peace and war in 21st-century conflict 🌍

👉 Discover more: https://t.co/wRDEOE5ogl

[Centre for War and Diplomacy @CWDlancaster]

Interesting story "Into the Grey at the NDC: Grey-Zone Warfare in Past, Present and Future" via @NATO_DefCollege https://t.co/3DbuKwB9mi

[Centre for War and Diplomacy @CWDlancaster]

CWD’s Prof. Marco Wyss spoke on LBC this morning about what a ‘wartime mindset’ could mean for NATO, Europe, and the UK.

[LBC @LBC]

“It’s important to be measured and not cause panic.”

As NATO tells Europeans to start adopting a ‘wartime mindset’, security expert Professor Marco Wyss tells @Matthew_Wright that attempts to ‘ratchet up the dialogue' are sensible, but only if done in a ‘measured way’.

[Centre for War and Diplomacy @CWDlancaster]

Thank you to our audience at 'A New Approach to China?', last night. It was great to see such a large and engaged audience. We heard fascinating presentations from our distinguished panel and a lively question and answer session! @OliviaCheung_oc @ProfESimpson @zhubochubo

[Centre for War and Diplomacy @CWDlancaster]

Coming up on 27th November in Lancaster: our panel featuring leading experts on relations with China. @LancasterHistor Free tickets available from: https://t.co/gc5CP5k0GW https://t.co/WonB2RxuR9