[Cross Posted from Thoughts on Military History] What is it for? We are told that it is there to highlight the wider literature the surrounds our research. It is to: Situate your research focus within the context of the wider academic community in your field Report your critical review of the relevant literature Identify a [...]
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What is the Point of the Literature Review?
Posted in Historiography, Military History, Research, Writing, tagged Battle of Britain, Bill Newton Dunn, Literature Review, PhD, Trafford Leigh-Mallory, Vincent Orange, Writing on April 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
What not to do at the archives…Or don’t mess with the National Archives…
Posted in Research, tagged National Archives, Royal Air Force, Trafford Leigh-Mallory on February 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
[Cross posted at Thoughts on Military History] I have spent the past week in the archives for the first time in 6 months, which has been a relief as I think I was getting withdrawal symptoms. However, in the course of trawling through the files I came across the following entry in one of the [...]
New Research in Military History
Posted in Conferences, Events, Military History, Research, War Studies, tagged Academia, American Civil War, British Army, English Civil War, Events, War Studies, Wars and Conflicts, World War I, World War II on October 17, 2010 | 5 Comments »
[Cross posted at Thoughts on Military History] Conference for Postgraduate and Early-career Historians University of Sussex, Friday 19th November 2010 This conference, a collaboration between the British Commission for Military History, the Centre for War, Representation and Society, University of Sussex and the History of Warfare Research Group, Department of War Studies, King’s College London, [...]
History and the Information Revolution
Posted in Research, War Studies, tagged Center for History and New Media, George Mason University, Historical Method, Historiography, New Media/Web 2.0, Stephen Fry, Twitter on June 7, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Well I did it today. My name sits alongside those of other such eminent individuals as Jimmy Carr, David Lloyd, Stephen Fry and the War Cabinet c.1940. I am, of course, referring to Twitter. Coasting along on one of those lovely Virgin trains thinking of some witty or profound statement to kick-start my twittering life [...]
The Joys of the Archive…
Posted in Air Power, Research, Second World War, tagged Air Power History, Air supremacy, Combined Operations, Dieppe, National Archives, Operation JUBILEE, Royal Air Force, Second World War on April 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »
[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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