London War Special Subject

Students of a fun and challenging special subject class @QMHistory. Inaugural dissertation conference 15/04/2021. Stay tuned!

[London War Special Subject @QMUL_lonwar]

Pleased to share the schedule for our dissertation Twitter conference on 15 April 2021. All presentations will be retweeted later in the day. Put the date in your diary, RT and follow! @AnnaMaguire24 @daniel_todman @QMHistory

[London War Special Subject @QMUL_lonwar]

@RafNicholson @JWCS_Journal Hi Raf, I really appreciate this and I certainly will be looking into this. Do you have an email I could contact you at?

[London War Special Subject @QMUL_lonwar]

Good Afternoon, I’m Thomas and today I will be talking to you about my dissertation, A Vital Innings: #Cricket during the First World War. If you are interested please follow along/share and any feedback would be greatly appreciated. #tailendersoftheworlduniteandtakeover

[London War Special Subject @QMUL_lonwar]

@JWCS_Journal @RafNicholson Thank you for getting in touch! I will certainly read it and I’m sure it’ll prove useful!

[London War Special Subject @QMUL_lonwar]

@IslayShelbourne Thank you very much! For my oral testimonies I’ve been focusing on the opinions of the British public after watching these films in the cinema, as well as some polish opinions on representation!

[London War Special Subject @QMUL_lonwar]

Hi #twitterhistorians I'm Weronika and I will be kicking off this twitter conference with my dissertation project: Representations of Polish Exile Armed Forces in British Media from Dangerous Moonlight to Hurricane. Any feedback and advice is greatly appreciated #lonwar #polww2 1

[London War Special Subject @QMUL_lonwar]

@zecer_bdg Thank you for the reference! I'll have a look into the book.

[London War Special Subject @QMUL_lonwar]

Hi fellow historians, my name is Arek and I’m here to present to you my current research about my dissertation topic – Polish interwar and post-war migration in the UK. Any feedback/suggestions would be greatly appreciated #lonwar #history #Polishhistory 1/12

[London War Special Subject @QMUL_lonwar]

@DrDionGeorgiou @thehistorygirl1 @teachlearnwar @AdrianGregory20 @LucieWhitmore @LucyNoakes1 @ProfAlisonSFell @teaandnerdery @daniel_todman Thanks Dion. It is a long while back to the start of last semester (feels like forever) - but it was a big part of helping us to think about the different identities that exist within a capital city. It is lovely to know that we are following in your footsteps at QM too.

[London War Special Subject @QMUL_lonwar]

Thanks to everyone who tuned into our conference today. As one of the module organisers I wanted to say how proud I am of the students for being brave enough to share their work - and how grateful I am to all of you for your positive and helpful interactions with them 1/

[Dr Anna Maguire @AnnaMaguire24]

Echoing @daniel_todman's comments here. What a fantastic way to finish a module where collaboration and kindness (as well as a lot of history) have been the order of the day!

[London War Special Subject @QMUL_lonwar]

@AdrianGregory20 FAO @daniel_todman

[London War Special Subject @QMUL_lonwar]

@IslayShelbourne @QMHistory Thanks so much Islay, it is lovely to know we are following in a tradition!

[Islay Shelbourne @IslayShelbourne]

The #lonwar twitter conference was one of the highlights of my time @QMHistory , I hope this year's cohort enjoyed the experience as much as I did and I am so excited to read through all the amazing topics today.

[London War Special Subject @QMUL_lonwar]

@WheelofEnubis @GilesMacDonogh @KrzysztofCam Thank you very much for the links @GilesMacDonogh @WheelofEnubis. Unfortunately I won't be able to conduct any interviews but this is something that's of great interest to me and might be developed in a postgrad piece as it would shed light on the grass roots history of migration

[London War Special Subject @QMUL_lonwar]

@zecer_bdg Thank you for your response Piotr! Yes, I will be looking at reasons for families leaving the UK to other countries as well as why some returned to Poland at the time.

[London War Special Subject @QMUL_lonwar]

@KasiaTee @ChrisKempshall Hi Kasia, thank you very much to you and @ChrisKempshall for your interest and responses! My dissertation is 10,000 words in length and I haven't yet looked into the London met archives but I'll be sure to look into them for more insight into Polish life post-war.

[London War Special Subject @QMUL_lonwar]

@asgeirue Thank you I will take this into account when furthering my research!

[London War Special Subject @QMUL_lonwar]

@teaandnerdery @thehistorygirl1 @teachlearnwar @AdrianGregory20 @DrDionGeorgiou @LucieWhitmore @LucyNoakes1 @ProfAlisonSFell @QMHistory It's the hats we need to source...

[London War Special Subject @QMUL_lonwar]

@ProfAlisonSFell @thehistorygirl1 @teachlearnwar @AdrianGregory20 @DrDionGeorgiou @LucieWhitmore @LucyNoakes1 @teaandnerdery Thank you. @daniel_todman keeps promising to do a proper thread on our research on London WAACs....

[London War Special Subject @QMUL_lonwar]

@LucieWhitmore Thank you that is really kind (your article was held up to us as a model of how to talk about methodological challenges to strengthen our analysis).

[London War Special Subject @QMUL_lonwar]

@chloesue7 Thank you!

[London War Special Subject @QMUL_lonwar]

Hi, I’m Jess and I will be presenting some of my research on Air Power and Control in WW1 and how this is gendered. #lonwar

[Dudley Giles @battleguide]

I was so wrapped up in a project with @vickersmg this week that this event totally passed me by, but I recommend reading this thoroughly interesting thread. Clearly a course worth considering if you are looking for an academic challenge.

[London War Special Subject @QMUL_lonwar]

@JDKightly Thank you!