SWW Studies Edin

@SWWStudiesEdin was founded by @wugolini @tobiaswkelly & Jeremy Crang. It received funding from the Royal Society of Edinburgh to run the Second World War Network (Scotland) 2021-23: blogs.ed.ac.uk/swwnetworkscot…

The SAHR is pleased to share the long list for the Templer Medal and associated Chapple Prize. sahr.org.uk/event-report.p…

The bronze Liverpool Blitz Memorial in the grounds of Our Lady and St Nicholas Church Garden. Sculpted by Tom Murphy.

Join us at our #SWW colloquium at the University of Edinburgh 9 May 2025. Abstract submission deadline: 6 Dec

Thanks @wugolini ... a great article. I visited him this weekend as the cemetery in near where I am based. Incredible story.. x.com/sean_f_scullio…

Remembering my cousin Giovanni Amedes Cabrelli. Died 5 May 1946. Buried in Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt. @wugolini @SimocbPalladin @McrMuseum @Terri_Colpi

🥳 It's (almost) here! Ancestry has announced the long-awaited online release of the first tranche of Second World War service records - plus seven days of free access to mark #RemembranceDay: whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/news/ancestry-…

6 weeks till the deadline for our #SWW colloquium @HCAatEdinburgh (details below) . To encourage ECR participation, the registration fee will be only £10. There will be an informal dinner on the evening of Friday 9 May. Look forward to seeing you then!

Thanks largely to the hard work of @rgethompson91 our co-authored article on the post-war memorialisation and cultural representations of WW2 COs is now out in @JWCS_Journal. Open access here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… Delighted to see this out!

@Marctr93 @wugolini @CPenistonBird No, this is not a hybrid event.

CFP: 1945/2025. Reflections on the Second World War. One-day colloquium @SWWStudiesEdin Edinburgh, 9 May 2025. Keynote @CPenistonBird. Deadline for abstracts 6 Dec 2024; details below:

Supremacy at Sea: Task Force 58 & the Central Pacific Victory (@YaleBooks 2024). Join us for the launch of Prof Evan Mawdsley's insightful new book on pivotal #WW2 naval history, introduced by Prof @PhillipsPOBrien. Friday, 25 October, 10 Uni Gdns, Rm 203. yalebooks.co.uk/book/978030025…

Join us tomorrow night--Wednesday, 9 October at 7:30pm Eastern--for a session with Daniel Giblin (@Citadel1842) on his chapter, "‘By the Way, Not All of Them Were Bad:’ Trauma and the Experience of a War of Annihilation in Kursk Oblast, 1941-1943.” Email for reading/links.

Hope to see you at our #SWW colloquium next May: '1945/2025' @HCAatEdinburgh

Thrilled to share that elements of my research on army training across the British Empire are featured in this exhibit! Great to see academic research having public impact. @ahrcpress @UKRI_News @I_W_M @CDPConnect

Join us for our President's Address on 22 November to hear incoming president Professor Lucy Noakes (Essex) speak on 'War and Peace: Mass Observation, Memory and the Ends of the Second World War in Britain'. The lecture will be preceded by our AGM at 6pm and followed by a drinks reception. Register to attend in person in London here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/101625632903… Alternatively, you can attend online here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-rhs-p…

Tickets are now live for Dr Marie Puren's talk on Thursday 24 October at @theUL. Marie will present her fascinating research during her time as Liberation Collection Visiting Scholar. Book your FREE tickets here: loom.ly/3T-6zwU

Delighted to have been interviewed by Miranda Melcher @NewBooksNetwork about my book 'Wales in England 1914-1945'. We talked about Wales as a site of solace for the 'broken' English soldier & lots more: newbooksnetwork.com/wales-in-engla…

I'm looking forward to delivering the Royal Army Chaplains' Museum Annual Lecture on 15 October at @TheGuardsChapel in London. I'll be discussing the unique contribution of army chaplains in the liberation of Bergen-Belsen. Free tickets can be booked - bit.ly/3Z0E4tR