Air Power Seminar at the University of Birmingham – Air Vice Marshal (ret’d) Peter Dye

The next War Studies Seminar at the Centre for War Studies at the University of Birmingham is an Air Power Seminar and is being given by: Air Vice Marshal (ret’d) Peter Dye (University of Birmingham and Director-General of the RAF Museum) ‘The Royal Flying Corps and Logistics in the First World War’ (exact title TBC) [...]

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Air Power Seminar at the University of Birmingham – Ross Mahoney

The next War Studies Seminar at the Centre for War Studies at the University of Birmingham is an Air Power Seminar and is being given by: Ross Mahoney (University of Birmingham) ‘Leadership Effectivness: Understanding a Key Metric of Operational Military History – The Case of Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory‘ The event will be [...]

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British Commission for Military History’s New Research in Military History Conference – Registration Details

New Research in Military History: A Conference for Postgraduate and Early-career Historians 18 November 2011 This conference, organised by the British Commission for Military History in association with the History of Warfare Research Group at King’s College London, intends to highlight the breadth and depth of research being undertaken by postgraduate and early career historians [...]

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War Studies Seminar at the University of Birmingham

Next weeks War Studies Seminar at the Centre for War Studies, University of Birmingham is as follows: Dr Jonathan Boff (University of Birmingham) ‘The Battle of Midway – An Incredible Victory?’ The event will be on 18 October. The Seminar meets on TUESDAYS at 5.30 p.m. in Lecture Room 1, 1st Floor, Arts Building.

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War Studies Seminar at the University of Birmingham

Next weeks War Studies Seminar at the Centre for War Studies at the University of Birmingham is as follows: James Pugh (University of Birmingham) ‘Early British Air Power Doctrine and the Influence of the Staff College, 1908-14′ The event will be on 11 October. The Seminar meets on TUESDAYS at 5.30 p.m. in Lecture Room [...]

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War Studies Seminar at the University of Birmingham

Next weeks War Studies Seminar at the University of Birmingham is as follows: Dr. David Jordan (King’s College London and the Joint Services Command and Staff College) New Perspectives on the Battle of Britain The event will be on 15 March. The Seminar meets on TUESDAYS at 5.30 p.m. in Lecture Room 3, 1st Floor, [...]

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War Studies Seminar at the University of Birmingham

Next weeks War Studies Seminar at the University of Birmingham is as follows: Ian Shields (University of Cambridge) Airpower and Ethics The event will be on 1 March. The Seminar meets on TUESDAYS at 5.30 p.m. in Lecture Room 3, 1st Floor, Arts Building. You can also see our new Facebook page here.

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War Studies Seminar at the University of Birmingham

Next weeks War Studies Seminar at the University of Birmingham is as follows: Dr William Sheehan (Open University) ‘A New Mission: Trenchard, the RAF and British Counter-Insurgency in Ireland 1919-21 The event will be on 15 June. The Seminar meets on TUESDAYS at 5.30 p.m. in Lecture Room 3, 1st Floor, Arts Building. This is [...]

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The Joys of the Archive…

[Cross-posted at The Aerodrome] One of the advantages of being a researcher is the little gems of information that crop up from time to time in the course of examining new files. Having recently completed my MPhil I was pleased to come across to extra pieces of information in the course of my PhD research [...]

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