Scottish Centre for War Studies and Conflict Archaeology

Select tickets – “The First World War and the Birth of Modern Intelligence” -- Peter Jackson – Humanities Research Hub, 1 University Gardens, Room 102 “The First World War and the Birth of Modern Intelligence” -- Peter Jackson – Humanities Research Hub, 1 University Gardens, Room 102, Thu 5 Mar 2026 - Thursday, 5 March, 5:15pm (Humanities Research ...

Please find below the link to sign up for free for our Research Seminar on Thursday 5 March at 5.15 pm, to hear Prof Peter Jackson's insights on ‘The First World War & the Birth of Modern Intelligence’. Hybrid in-person at the University of Glasgow & online: www.tickettailor.com/events/scott...

"Signalmen using Morse code equipment in a Signal Exchange Station", "British Army Morse signalers Battle of the Somme July 1916" IWM Q128. https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205193983

Prof Peter Jackson, ‘The First World War & the Birth of Modern Intelligence’. @uofgwarstudies.bsky.social & Cambridge Intelligence Seminar, Thurs 5 March, 5.15pm, Humanities Research Hub, 1 University Gardens, @glasgow.ac.uk.📷Image: IWM (Q 128), British Army signalmen, Battle of the Somme July 1916.

Framing the First World War: How Diverging Views Shaped a Global Conflict Published in First World War Studies (Ahead of Print, 2026)

My review of excellent new book ‘Framing the First World War’ edited by the dream team @draefox.bsky.social @dmorganowen.bsky.social and Michael Finch is now in @fwwsjournal.bsky.social
50 free eprints available here:
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/VRRIQ...

Uncertain Warriors Cambridge Core - Military History - Uncertain Warriors

Sign up for Thursday 5 February's event on “Uncertain Warriors: the United States Army between the Cold War and the War on Terror” (book available from cup.org/40REW2H) at the link below. www.tickettailor.com/events/scott...

Cover of book with text "Uncertain Warriors: The United States Army between the Cold War and the War on Terror" (Military, War, and Society in Modern American History) Hardcover – 9 Nov. 2023 by David Fitzgerald.

“Uncertain Warriors: the United States Army between the #ColdWar and the War on Terror” by Dr David Fitzgerald. Join UofGWarstudies & the Andrew Hook Centre for American Studies, tomorrow, Thursday 5 February, 5.15pm, in the Humanities Research Hub, 1 University Gardens (📷of book cover).

All are welcome to this seminar today on "Opting to Change? British Defence Policy & the End of the Cold War, 1986-1991", which is joint with the Cambridge Intelligence Seminar. The sign up link below includes further details & a longer description. www.tickettailor.com/events/scott...

HMS Ark Royal was the former flagship of the Royal Navy. One of three Invincible class aircraft carriers she was affectionately known as The Mighty Ark. Her keel was laid by Swan Hunter at Wallsend on 7th December 1978 and she was launched on 20th June 1981 and completed in 1985. Major deployments included the Bosnian war (1993) and the invasion of Iraq (2003). More recently, she assisted in the repatriation of air travellers stranded by the 2010 volcanic eruption. Image from 'Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums'.

“Opting to Change? British Defence Policy & the End of the Cold War, 1986-1991”. Join us this afternoon, Thursday 29 Jan, 5.15pm, in the Humanities Research Hub, 1 University Gardens, to hear Prof Huw Bennett's insights. Photo of HMS Ark Royal, 'Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums'.

We have a Scottish theme on
Day 15 of #HutVent2025 as Taff tells us about iconic Scottish headwear from 1915...

youtu.be/4rACg4zj3t4

#HutVent

Money in Modern War and the Blockade of Germany, 1914-18 by Jonathan Boff — The Changing Character of War Centre Tuesday 3 February, 13.30 Old Library, All Souls

If you’d like to hear me talk about my new book in Oxford on 3 February, please come along to All Souls at 1330:

www.ccw.ox.ac.uk/events/2026/...

What happens when gaming meets nuclear diplomatic history? 🎲 Latest episode of the Stories From Glasgow podcast with @drtimpeacock.bsky.social

@uofggameslab.bsky.social @uofgwarstudies.bsky.social
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Book cover containing the words "From the battlefields of World War 1 to the streets of today", by Anna Feigenbaum. Link to sign up for this seminar is in the next post.

“Is Tear Gas as British as Tea? An Examination of the UK’s Historical Role in the Marketing & Deployment of Tear Gas” - Seminar with Prof Anna Feigenbaum, Thursday 20 November, 5.15pm, Humanities Research Hub, 1 University Gardens @uofglasgow.bsky.social. Link to details & sign up in the next post.

A memorial to the South African War 1899-1902 in Hertford, listing those who served in the 4th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment, Hertfordshire Imperial Yeomanry and the 1st (Hertfordshire) Volunteer Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.

In Hertford today to take the offspring to the theatre, and my eye was caught by this memorial to the men of the town who served, and a few who died, in service during the #BoerWar, a conflict that is almost completely forgotten today. #history

A #Roman wooden barrel, once used to bring supplies to the soldiers stationed at Bar Hill fort on the Antonine Wall (Scotland) - hopefully it was a little luxury that made frontier life a bit more bearable! #AncientBlueSky

Link to further details & to sign up for this seminar is below. The picture in the previous post is the cover of Prof Anna Feigenbaum's book - "Tear Gas: From the Battlefields of World War I to the Streets of Today". #WarStudies @uofgsocsci.bsky.social www.tickettailor.com/events/scott...

Book cover containing the words "From the battlefields of World War 1 to the streets of today", by Anna Feigenbaum. Link to sign up for this seminar is in the next post.

“Is Tear Gas as British as Tea? An Examination of the UK’s Historical Role in the Marketing & Deployment of Tear Gas” - Seminar with Prof Anna Feigenbaum, Thursday 20 November, 5.15pm, Humanities Research Hub, 1 University Gardens @uofglasgow.bsky.social. Link to details & sign up in the next post.

Second world war veterans applauded as king leads Remembrance Sunday service Royals joined by senior politicians at Cenotaph in London and events are held across UK to pay tribute to war dead Veterans of the second world war were applauded as they arrived at the Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, before being joined by royals and senior politicians to honour those who have died in conflict. King Charles laid the first wreath in recognition of those killed in wars and conflicts dating back to the first world war. He was followed by his son, the Prince of Wales. Continue reading...

Second world war veterans applauded as king leads Remembrance Sunday service

#Onthisday in 1918, just days before end of #WW1, French poet Apollinaire (weakened by a shrapnel wound) died in the Spanish flu epidemic. Later that year Calligrammes: Poems of Peace & War was published, a collection of his concrete/visual poems publicdomainreview.org/collection/a... #OTD

he University of Glasgow’s main Gilbert Scott Building illuminated in red light at night, with the tower standing out against a dark blue sky.

Our tower is illuminated in red to show support of The Scottish Poppy Appeal from 4-12 November.

The Scottish Poppy Appeal raises vital funds to provide support for service families, veterans and those currently serving.

Learn more: www.poppyscotland.org.uk/home

Thanks to Maria Lindström for a great tour of Masterby 1361 battlefield in Gotland yesterday. Grateful to see another rare example of the sort of archaeology a medieval battle can leave behind. Do need to paint those figures on the diorama though!

Link to sign up for this seminar is below. The picture in the previous post is "The Battle of Waterloo, 1815", Public Domain. Painting, oil on canvas, by William Sadler II, made in June 1815. www.tickettailor.com/events/scott...

Image is "The Battle of Waterloo, 1815", Public Domain. Painting, oil on canvas, by William Sadler II, made in June 1815.

“Remembering & Forgetting Wellington’s Irish Soldiers”. Join us this Thursday, 6 November at 5.15pm, in the Humanities Research Hub, 1 University Gardens @uofglasgow.bsky.social, to hear Dr Catriona Kennedy (University of York) speak on this topic. Link to further details & sign up in the next post.

Building Bridges The previously overlooked story of how the labor of Black GIs helped win the war and advanced racial integration in the US armed forces.More than 80 percent ...

This is one of the most important contributions to the study of the US Armywritten in the last decade. 80 percent of Black GI’s were service troops, who played an unheralded and important role in not only winning the war, but changing racial attitudes in the army.

kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700639007/

Empire Club: John Buchan, The 39 Steps, & Scottish Imperialism Podcast Episode · Empire · 03/11/2025 · Bonus · Subscribers Only · 34m

New Empire Club podcast on 'John Buchan, the 39 Steps and Scottish Imperialism' @sahavoice.bsky.social @scga.bsky.social @asls.org.uk @iassl.bsky.social @scotunipress.bsky.social

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Black and white photo of a World War 2 battleship exploding. HMS Barham, 1941.

Previous post's photo: "1928 séance revealing Duncan with dolls (by Harvey Metcalfe)". Authorities' interest began when Duncan told of the 1941 (secret) sinking of HMS Barham (photo below), allegedly channelling a dead sailor's spirit. More likely contemporary gossip (a leak later confirmed). #WW2

Black and white photo. Woman sitting in a chair wearing a blindfold, inside a house, and with a human size doll next to her, used in seances, a portion of material connecting the doll to her face. Photo description: "1928 séance revealing Duncan with dolls (by Harvey Metcalfe)". Photo caption: "Plate XV "Phantoms" photographed during a seance with Mrs. Duncan at her home. Note mask-like faces, "coat-hanger" shoulders, and warp and weft of material".

In 1944, Helen Duncan was the last person jailed under the 1735 Witchcraft act, for false claims to procure spirits. A #WW2 security measure, it is suggested authorities feared her leaking military secrets (possibly D-Day?). Churchill wrote the charge was "Obsolete Tomfoolery". #Halloween

Archaeologists recover hundreds of Jacobite projectiles in unexplored area of Culloden Archaeologists from the University of Glasgow and the National Trust for Scotland have recovered more than 100 projectiles, including lead musket balls and cannon shot, from Culloden Battlefield.

Archaeologists from @uofgartshums.bsky.social and @n-t-s.bsky.social have uncovered more than 100 Jacobite projectiles at Culloden Battlefield.

Led by NTS DerekAlexander and UofG's Prof Tony Pollard, the discoveries offer new insight into the final moments of the 1746 battle. ⛏️

Sudanese army cedes Darfur to paramilitary group amid fears of mass killings - UPI.com More than two years after the start of Sudan's civil war, the nation's military has ceded nearly all of Darfur to a paramilitary group in an effort to prevent more death and destruction there.

Sudanese army cedes Darfur to paramilitary group amid fears of mass killings https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2025/10/28/sudan-civil-war-mass-killing/5881761665076/

Sudan's cultural heritage becomes a casualty in its civil war Sudan’s civil war has become a humanitarian catastrophe of staggering scale, marked by famine, ethnic cleansing and sexual violence. Over three years, an estimated 150,000 people have been killed, and...

A piece I produced recently for the PBS News Hour on the impact of the civil war in Sudan on the country's rich cultural heritage:

www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Roman grave marker found in New Orleans yard left there by US soldier’s granddaughter Erin Scott O’Brien says grandfather Charles Paddock brought back artifact with him from second world war

The story deepens! We now know the person who brought a #Roman tombstone to New Orleans was a US soldier stationed in Italy during WW2; I like to think that Sextus Congenius Verus - the tombstone 'owner', & a military man himself - would have understood...

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Syria's First Post-Assad Election: Analysis from Damascus Under less than perfect circumstances, a new government is heading to Damascus. But events continue to remind us that Syria's politics go far beyond elections.

Under less than perfect circumstances, a new government is heading to Damascus. But events continue to remind us that Syria's politics go far beyond elections, writes Dr Serhat Erkmen in the latest RUSI Commentary.