Megan Hamilton

Recently received some very special (and wonderfully nerdy) mail from home...

Thanks @carlajeanstokes.bsky.social and the Magic Lantern Club!

Details here: www.patreon.com/cw/MagicLant...

Thank you for being there! So lovely to have friendly faces in the audience.

So happy to have you with us!

I agree!

Thanks Nicole! Hopefully next time :)

@dsdkings.bsky.social @warstudieskcl.bsky.social @yalebooks.bsky.social @nationalarmymuseum.bsky.social

A handful of General Attendee tickets are still available, either for the evening reception on 11 June at the National Army Museum, or for the main conference on 12-13 June - or both!

Details in the link below:

estore.kcl.ac.uk/conferences-...

In just over 5 weeks' time, the SWWRG will host over 150 scholars representing all 6 continents in London.

We are thrilled with the fantastic line-up of scholars presenting their cutting-edge research!

See the rest of the programme here:

www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/fzshx...

#SWW
#SWW80YearsOn

For sure!

Thrilled to finally announce the release of our edited collection - Homecoming Veterans in Literature and Culture. I am incredibly grateful to the brilliant contributors who have established 'Homecoming' as an analytical lense for understanding veterans' return

www.routledge.com/Homecoming-V...

SHoW's heading to Potsdam!

📢 Call for Papers – SHoW 2025
🗓 27–28 November 2025
📍University of Potsdam
📝 Abstracts due: 30 June

How do societies understand, justify, and remember war and violence? And how do cultures resist, represent, or misrepresent it?

All details can be found below! ⬇️

Very kind of you, John!

How were recruits from across the British Empire trained to think and act like soldiers? YouTube video by Imperial War Museums

My contribution to the Imperial War Museum's exhibit 'War and the Mind' is now available online!

See it and the other fantastic videos from the exhibit here: www.iwm.org.uk/events/war-a...

You can also view the exhibit in-person in London until 27 April 2025.

@dsdkings.bsky.social @ukri.org

Give this blog a read - where I explore an interesting bit of correspondence between Julius Nyerere and the pro-Western International Confederation on Free Trade Unions on the future of trade unions in Africa.

Well, in the end we have received more than 200 paper proposals in total, either as individual submissions or panel submission components! Many thanks to everyone, and especially to @meganahamilton.bsky.social for her outstanding organisation!

Now comes the really hard part 🗃️

🚨 This is the FINAL WEEK to submit for the Second World War Research Group conference!

We have been delighted at the strong response so far and are working on some exciting plans. Looking forward to it!

Details ⬇️

Had a lovely time in Regensburg last week at the "Playing War" Conference!

The theme was approached from all angles, including training and video/war/board games.

Many thanks are due to Jon-Wyatt Matlack, the Bundeswehr Centre, and the whole organising committee.

Lovely to meet you! Us historians need more economists around.

IWM (D 25640), VJ day, London

CALL FOR PAPERS - 1 month left to submit!

The Second World War Research Group is pleased to host an international conference at King's College London on 12-13 June 2025.

'The Second World War: 80 Years On'

Further info: www.swwresearch.com/post/the-sec...

#SWW #WWII

Sir Michael Howard Centre for the History of War Annual Lecture 2024 - Decolonization Across Empires: Political Economy and the Violence Continuum Discover how violence shaped the complex and often hidden dynamics of decolonization in this year's Sir Michael Howard Annual Lecture, as Professor Martin Thomas challenges conventional narratives and...

🚨Sir Michael Howard Centre for the History of War - Annual Lecture

'Decolonization Across Empires: Political Economy and the Violence Continuum' by Prof. Martin Thomas.

📅4 Dec 2024
⏰18:00-19:30
📍KCL or Online

With a free drinks reception to follow! Register now⬇️

www.kcl.ac.uk/events/sir-m...

6 weeks till the deadline for our #SWW colloquium at University of Edinburgh (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!

@rjhammond215.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @laughtonunit.bsky.social

Call for Papers! #SWW #WWII

The Second World War Research Group is pleased to share the details for our upcoming annual conference.

'The Second World War: 80 Years On'

📍King's College London
📅 12-13 June 2025

Please share widely!

www.swwresearch.com/post/the-sec...

Thanks very much, Matt! Really enjoyed the evening.

New Histories of the Home Front: Global Online Seminar Series, 6 December 2023 Are there similarities between Scottish, Russian, and New Zealand Māori experiences of the Second World War? Join us for the next event in our online global seminar series to find out more. This even...

2. The Second World War Research Group has collaborated with @moffski.bsky.social (University of Otago) to bring together esteemed scholars from 3 different continents for what promises to be a fascinating discussion of SWW home fronts.

6 Dec UK/Eur/US
7 Dec NZ/Aus

Registration is required!

Sir Michael Howard Centre for the History of War Annual Lecture 2023 -… This Annual Lecture will explore Grand Alliance of the British Empire, the Soviet Union and the United States during the Second World War

1. The Sir Michael Howard Centre for the History of War (King's College London) is hosting our annual lecture on 5 December @ 18:00 GMT.

We are delighted to have Professor Margaret MacMillan, who will be speaking on "An Unlikely Match: The Grand Alliance in WWII."

Registration is required!

As my first post here, I am thrilled to share two upcoming events put on by research groups that I am involved with.

Bonus - both are available online!

See below⬇️

Thanks to you!