Prof. Catriona Pennell

Prof. of Modern History & Memory Studies & Director of Research/Impact (HaSS Cornwall), Uni of Exeter. PI/Co-I on various AHRC, BA, GCRF & Leverhulme projects.

[Prof. Catriona Pennell @teachlearnwar]

I’m in the process of moving over to sunnier horizons @bluesky (it’ll take me a while, I’m a Luddite). I’ve been uncomfortable with this space for a some time; its relationship with a certain president-elect has confirmed my position. You can find me @teachlearnwar.bsky.social

[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

How Musk broke Twitter and helped elect Trump
(Location: Tesla European HQ, Amsterdam)

[British Online Archives (BOA) @boapublishing]

@teachlearnwar Catriona and Tommy reflect upon the way in which notions of race underpinned western thought during these conflicts, instances of colonial resistance, memorialisation, and how colonial participation has been taught in British schools.

Listen here: https://t.co/FhoLOsAex2

[British Online Archives (BOA) @boapublishing]

In the final episode of this series of Talking History, Dr. Tommy Dolan is joined by @teachlearnwar to discuss the necessity, and challenges, of recovering colonial experiences of the wars. Their conversation focuses on the First and Second World Wars.

[Marjorie Gehrhardt @M_Gehrhardt]

Bookings are now open for this year's Armistice guest lecture! On 14th November, Professor Heather Jones' talk will focus on 'The Forgotten Front? The civilian experience of war in the Mediterranean in the First World War'. @WW1POWs @UniRdg_Research @UniRdg_Lang

[Prof. Catriona Pennell @teachlearnwar]

The exile of Mosab Abu Toha: how a Gazan poet was forced to flee his home https://t.co/s2aQCHLrMQ

[Prof. Catriona Pennell @teachlearnwar]

Dreaming of a pint and a ‘girl’ back home: first world war soldier’s poignant sketches of life in the trenches https://t.co/N6uvc5zOzZ

[Prof. Catriona Pennell @teachlearnwar]

@AdrianGregory20 @TimWilsonCSTPV @giantpoppywatch Probably earlier than 2014-18…it’s the classic ‘Help for Heroes’ tropes which (along with the ‘new’ wars in Iraq and Afghanistan) see the revival of the poppy/commemoration in the late 2000s.

[Prof. Catriona Pennell @teachlearnwar]

@AdrianGregory20 @TimWilsonCSTPV Thanks for this. I’m not sure about actual studies on micro-commemoration but there are studies on ‘poppymania’ (in fact there’s a piece in the Guardian this week) on the subject of veneration and ‘worship’ of the poppy. @giantpoppywatch is also an interesting follow.

[Prof. Catriona Pennell @teachlearnwar]

@DavidVoisey @OWALPodcast @ein_haus Completely agree David, and this has been encouraged by heritage organisations like the @CWGC doing important critical self-reflective work. We ran out of time in the podcast!

[Prof. Catriona Pennell @teachlearnwar]

@donalhassett1 @jevershed01 Thank you very much! I’m glad that work is helpful to you. Sounds like a fascinating session.

[Prof. Catriona Pennell @teachlearnwar]

Was a lot of fun to spend time with @OWALPodcast folk alongside my longstanding comrade @ein_haus to reflect on our work over the past decade. Thanks for having us! @HaSSCornwall

[Oh! What a Lovely Podcast (Account Inactive) @OWALPodcast]

@greg_jenner How do you teach the #FWW?

We’re joined by @ein_haus & @teachlearnwar to reflect on their ‘First World War in the Classroom’ project. We discuss battlefield tours, time constraints faced by teachers, & whether the centenary changed how the war is taught

https://t.co/liJCvsIFsC

[Prof. Catriona Pennell @teachlearnwar]

Push for black and Asian soldiers’ input in world wars to be taught in UK schools https://t.co/DRe3zNyYb3

[Corinne Fowler @corinne_fowler]

@DavidOlusoga: 'I think [the job of historians] is to try to stand there at this arsenal of dangerous ideas and to make it more difficult for people to raid that arsenal to use it for their political projects. It is to complicate the picture; it is to show that these simple assertions are much more nuanced; it is to muddy the waters and to try to de-weaponise the past.'
https://t.co/n9EZtwzi1z

[Prof. Catriona Pennell @teachlearnwar]

Very pleased to see one of our excellent ECRs @jin_alison @HaSSCornwall smashing it with their journal publications!

[Dr Xianan Jin @jin_alison]

My first single-authored paper is out in @Peasant_Journal w/#OpenAccess.

It explores how land shapes women's agency across intersecting identities after the genocide in #Rwanda, and theorises the nexus between land dispossession and gendered violence👇 https://t.co/pM7j8ugLR2

[Prof. Catriona Pennell @teachlearnwar]

The staff and students of our interdisciplinary department @HaSSCornwall had the absolute pleasure of hosting Prof. Susan Grayzel today for our Departmental Research Seminar series. She spoke on chemical warfare and international law in the interwar period. Standing room only!

[RTÉ News @rtenews]

A Co Roscommon man has marked his 90th birthday by completing a 165km fundraising walk along the National Famine Way. Jim Callery set out from Strokestown Park on 25 September and arrived in Dublin today. He has raised more than €50,000 for charities working with immigrants.

[Prof. Catriona Pennell @teachlearnwar]

@DrAliceKelly @HaSSCornwall @pierrepurseigle Thank you so much for being part of it! I know our ECR colleagues found it very valuable and I appreciate everyone being willing to talk openly and supportively about their journey through academia so far.

[Neil Henderson @hendopolis]

INDEPENDENT: 365 days of horror since October 7 #TomorrowsPapersToday

[Prof. Catriona Pennell @teachlearnwar]

@prior_robin Sending you good health wishes from
across the sea!

[Prof. Catriona Pennell @teachlearnwar]

Britain to return Chagos Islands to Mauritius ending years of dispute https://t.co/1CifX1e7Vn