[Cross posted at Thoughts on Military History] This originally started out as a reply to James Daly’s post ‘Why we write?’, however, as it grew in length I decided to post it here. Of course I have taken issue with one aspect of James’ post, however, it is an important issue that I think we, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Military History’
The Problems of Writing Academic History
Posted in Academia, Blogging, Public History, Publishing, tagged Academic Engagement, Academic History, Military History, Public History, Publishing, Research Excellence Framework, Writing on March 5, 2012 | 5 Comments »
30th Edition of the Military History Carnival
Posted in Blogging, Military History, War Studies, tagged Blogging, Blogs, Military History, War Studies on March 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The 30th Edition of the Military History Carnival has been posted at Cliopatria.
British Commission for Military History’s New Research in Military History Conference – Registration Details
Posted in 18th Century, 19th Century, Air Power, Conferences, Events, First World War, Historiography, Military History, Naval History, Second World War, War Studies, tagged British Commission for Military History, Conferences, King's College London, Military History, Spenser Wilkinson, University of Birmingham, World War I, World War II on October 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Call for Papers – New Research in Military History: A Conference for Postgraduate and Early-career Historians
Posted in Academia, Call for Papers, Conferences, Military History, War Studies, tagged British Commission for Military History, King's College London, Military History, National Army Museum on September 3, 2011 | 1 Comment »
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 in the field of military history. The British Commission for Military History’s New Research in [...]
Perspectives in Military History Lecture Series at the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Posted in Military History, Podcast, War Studies, tagged Military History, New Media/Web 2.0, Podcast, U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center, United States Army Center of Military History, War Studies on August 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center (USAHEC). In my quest to find more online resources such as podcasts (see here and here) I have come accross the US Army Heritage and Education Center’s Perspectives in Military History Lecture Series. These have been placed online and cover a wide variety of subjects. As the blurb [...]
Military History seminars podcast at the Institute of Historical Research
Posted in Academia, Events, Podcast, tagged Events, Military History, Podcast, War Studies on July 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Military History seminars podcast | Institute of Historical Research. As well as the regular seminars held at Birmingham there is another series of important semianrs that occur at the Institute of Historical Research. If you can not get to them they have started to record them for podcasting. Click the link above and you will [...]
Why didn’t France fight on against the Sixth Coalition after the Battle of Waterloo?
Posted in 19th Century, Military History, Napoleonic Wars, War Studies, tagged Battle of Waterloo, British Army, Duke of Wellington, Hundred Days, Military History, Napoleon I, Napoleonic Wars, Nineteenth Century, War Studies on January 24, 2011 | 2 Comments »
As this is my first post I thought it best to write something relating to the period in which my research is focused; this being the age of horse and musket. The question I wish to pose relates to the Waterloo campaign in early June 1815, namely why did French resistance to the Sixth Coalition [...]
How do we define ourselves?
Posted in Academia, Military History, War Studies, tagged Academia, Education, History, Military History, War Studies, Wars and Conflicts on October 18, 2010 | 1 Comment »
[Cross posted at Thoughts on Military History] An interesting question for this historian on a Monday morning; what do you call yourself? If you look through listings of academics at a university you may well see the title Professor of…, but what does this mean? Is it accurate? We have a tendency to caveat ourselves [...]
The War Studies Seminar at the University of Birmingham
Posted in Events, War Studies, tagged Air Power History, First World War, Gary Sheffield, Military History, Second World War, University of Birmingham, University of Cambridge, War Studies, Warwick University on October 2, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I have just recieved the list of this years seminar programme. It is as follows: Autumn term 12 October: Mr Andrew Lonergan (Western Front Association), ‘The experiences of a New Army Division: the 21st Division at War, 1914-1918’ 19 October: Dr Spencer Jones (University of Wolverhampton), ‘The thin khaki line: British infantry and the dilemma [...]
Book Review – War Studies Reader
Posted in Book Review, War Studies, tagged Book Review, Gary Sheffield, Historiography, King's College London, Military History, University of Birmingham, University of Wolverhampton, War Studies on August 6, 2010 | 4 Comments »
[Cross-posted at Thoughts on Military History] War Studies Reader: From the Seventeenth Century to the Present Day and Beyond edited by Gary Sheffield. London: Continuum, 2010. Tables. Notes. pp. 257 When I began my undergraduate degree in War Studies at the University of Wolverhampton back in 2001 it was a small subject that was only [...]