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
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
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
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:
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
'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
📢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
Congratulations @brosset_thomas on a fascinating and important doctoral thesis, which changes our understanding of siege warfare in 12th-century Syria and the Jazīra!
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!
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!
🔍 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
“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’.
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
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