Eamonn O’Keeffe
@1812andallthat.bsky.social
Pratt Fellow in History at Memorial University, Newfoundland.
https://eamonnokeeffe1812.com/
https://eamonnokeeffe1812.com/
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My new Historical Journal article, "British Military Music and the Legacy of the Napoleonic Wars", is now available to read online: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Sounds like a promising event!
The British Army and the American War, 1775-83: Fresh Perspectives
Saturday 14 March 2026
Please save the date for our forthcoming conference to mark the 250th anniversary of American independence and the British Army’s doomed efforts to prevent it.
Details at www.sahr.org.uk/view-event.p...
Saturday 14 March 2026
Please save the date for our forthcoming conference to mark the 250th anniversary of American independence and the British Army’s doomed efforts to prevent it.
Details at www.sahr.org.uk/view-event.p...
November 26, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Sounds like a promising event!
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If you missed Catriona Kennedy's talk yesterday on 'Women, politics, and the Irish public sphere in the age of revolution', a recording is now available at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-dV...
Irish Studies Seminar: Catriona Kennedy
YouTube video by QUB Irish Studies
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
If you missed Catriona Kennedy's talk yesterday on 'Women, politics, and the Irish public sphere in the age of revolution', a recording is now available at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-dV...
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@1812andallthat.bsky.social I have been working my through the AWI discussions you are moderating at NAM. Very well done. Great perspectives.
November 24, 2025 at 12:09 AM
@1812andallthat.bsky.social I have been working my through the AWI discussions you are moderating at NAM. Very well done. Great perspectives.
Very sympathetic to cause of greater education but the presentation of the survey here seems misleading. 85%+ not informed about slavery but 63% of the same sample support apology?
Seems like most respondents weren’t able to cite the right figures, rather than not knowing about enslavement at all…
Seems like most respondents weren’t able to cite the right figures, rather than not knowing about enslavement at all…
holy shit: “Among the 2,000 UK adults surveyed, 85% were unaware that Britain forcibly transported more than 3 million Africans to the Caribbean, 89% did not know that Britain enslaved people in the Caribbean for more than 300 years” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Caribbean reparations leaders in ‘historic’ first UK visit to press for justice
CRC mission will seek to deepen public understanding of Britain’s colonial legacy and its lasting impact
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Very sympathetic to cause of greater education but the presentation of the survey here seems misleading. 85%+ not informed about slavery but 63% of the same sample support apology?
Seems like most respondents weren’t able to cite the right figures, rather than not knowing about enslavement at all…
Seems like most respondents weren’t able to cite the right figures, rather than not knowing about enslavement at all…
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Two Minutes' Silence by Charles Spencelayh (1928)
#RemembranceDay #RemembranceDay2025 #LestWeForget #art 🗃️
#RemembranceDay #RemembranceDay2025 #LestWeForget #art 🗃️
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Two Minutes' Silence by Charles Spencelayh (1928)
#RemembranceDay #RemembranceDay2025 #LestWeForget #art 🗃️
#RemembranceDay #RemembranceDay2025 #LestWeForget #art 🗃️
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In honour of Remembrance Day, we’ve curated a reading list featuring some of our recent military history titles about the Great War.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
In honour of Remembrance Day, we’ve curated a reading list featuring some of our recent military history titles about the Great War.
buff.ly/FltpQkO
buff.ly/FltpQkO
Great video from the Canadian Conservation Institute on the recent treatment of the Buttrey Manuscript of British military music. Once owned by a fifer in the 34th Regiment during the Napoleonic Wars, it was passed down through family before being donated to a museum.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq9F...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq9F...
The Buttrey Manuscript
YouTube video by CCI/ICC CHIN/RCIP
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Great video from the Canadian Conservation Institute on the recent treatment of the Buttrey Manuscript of British military music. Once owned by a fifer in the 34th Regiment during the Napoleonic Wars, it was passed down through family before being donated to a museum.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq9F...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq9F...
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Everyone at the International Society for First World War Studies is greatly saddened to hear about the passing of Dr Tim Cook.
www.warmuseum.ca/news-release...
www.warmuseum.ca/news-release...
War Museum announces passing of Chief Historian, Dr. Tim Cook | Canadian War Museum
www.warmuseum.ca
October 26, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Everyone at the International Society for First World War Studies is greatly saddened to hear about the passing of Dr Tim Cook.
www.warmuseum.ca/news-release...
www.warmuseum.ca/news-release...
I enjoyed working with the National Army Museum to interpret this remarkable portrait of a black military bandsman. I'm glad it's now on display and making news.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
London museum identifies black Waterloo veteran in rare 1821 painting
‘Honourable’ bandsman Thomas James will feature in display at National Army Museum highlighting service of black soldiers in Napoleonic wars
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I enjoyed working with the National Army Museum to interpret this remarkable portrait of a black military bandsman. I'm glad it's now on display and making news.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Want to understand how the original American #NoKings movement won the day? Streaming now...
Tune into this roundtable discussion on the American Revolution, which goes live on Sunday.
I'll be speaking to Mark Urban, Kevin Weddle and Friederike Baer about the causes of British defeat – and ultimate American victory – between 1775 and 1783.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpM3...
I'll be speaking to Mark Urban, Kevin Weddle and Friederike Baer about the causes of British defeat – and ultimate American victory – between 1775 and 1783.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpM3...
Why Did Britain Lose the American War of Independence?
YouTube video by NationalArmyMuseumUK
www.youtube.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Want to understand how the original American #NoKings movement won the day? Streaming now...
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@ihrlifecycles.bsky.social strikes again with another rising star! Huge congrats to @berrypillot.bsky.social for winning the 2025 @ihr.bsky.social Pollard Prize for: 'No Place to be a Child? The Persistence and Peculiarities of Children’s Play during the Second World War in London and Liverpool.'🏆🙌🎉
October 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
@ihrlifecycles.bsky.social strikes again with another rising star! Huge congrats to @berrypillot.bsky.social for winning the 2025 @ihr.bsky.social Pollard Prize for: 'No Place to be a Child? The Persistence and Peculiarities of Children’s Play during the Second World War in London and Liverpool.'🏆🙌🎉
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PLEASE TAKE OUR MONEY!
With the new academic year now well under way, a reminder that we offer University Research Grants of up to £1,000 for students carrying out research on the British Army or of the land forces of the British Empire & the Commonwealth.
Details at: www.sahr.org.uk/university-r...
With the new academic year now well under way, a reminder that we offer University Research Grants of up to £1,000 for students carrying out research on the British Army or of the land forces of the British Empire & the Commonwealth.
Details at: www.sahr.org.uk/university-r...
October 16, 2025 at 9:14 AM
PLEASE TAKE OUR MONEY!
With the new academic year now well under way, a reminder that we offer University Research Grants of up to £1,000 for students carrying out research on the British Army or of the land forces of the British Empire & the Commonwealth.
Details at: www.sahr.org.uk/university-r...
With the new academic year now well under way, a reminder that we offer University Research Grants of up to £1,000 for students carrying out research on the British Army or of the land forces of the British Empire & the Commonwealth.
Details at: www.sahr.org.uk/university-r...
Tune into this roundtable discussion on the American Revolution, which goes live on Sunday.
I'll be speaking to Mark Urban, Kevin Weddle and Friederike Baer about the causes of British defeat – and ultimate American victory – between 1775 and 1783.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpM3...
I'll be speaking to Mark Urban, Kevin Weddle and Friederike Baer about the causes of British defeat – and ultimate American victory – between 1775 and 1783.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpM3...
Why Did Britain Lose the American War of Independence?
YouTube video by NationalArmyMuseumUK
www.youtube.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Tune into this roundtable discussion on the American Revolution, which goes live on Sunday.
I'll be speaking to Mark Urban, Kevin Weddle and Friederike Baer about the causes of British defeat – and ultimate American victory – between 1775 and 1783.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpM3...
I'll be speaking to Mark Urban, Kevin Weddle and Friederike Baer about the causes of British defeat – and ultimate American victory – between 1775 and 1783.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpM3...
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A great pleasure to welcome Dr. Eamonn O'Keefe (@1812andallthat.bsky.social) to our department as our new Pratt Fellow in Military, Maritime, and Naval History. #MilitaryHistory #NavalHistory #MaritimeHistory
October 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
A great pleasure to welcome Dr. Eamonn O'Keefe (@1812andallthat.bsky.social) to our department as our new Pratt Fellow in Military, Maritime, and Naval History. #MilitaryHistory #NavalHistory #MaritimeHistory
I've recently moved to St. John's, Newfoundland, to start work as the Pratt Fellow in History at Memorial University. I look forward to researching duelling and honour among army officers while getting to know this beautiful part of the world.
October 2, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I've recently moved to St. John's, Newfoundland, to start work as the Pratt Fellow in History at Memorial University. I look forward to researching duelling and honour among army officers while getting to know this beautiful part of the world.
Man named James O’Loan says he can’t offer credit 🤔
September 29, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Man named James O’Loan says he can’t offer credit 🤔
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FT mag piece from me: Spent a long time looking into the Britannia hotel chain, beneficiaries of a vast amount of taxpayer money via the asylum system
on.ft.com/47HEE46
on.ft.com/47HEE46
The crumbling seaside palaces at the centre of Britain’s asylum crisis
[FREE TO READ] How one hotelier built an empire from beloved community assets — and a government struggling to cope with a surge in migration
on.ft.com
September 13, 2025 at 8:27 AM
FT mag piece from me: Spent a long time looking into the Britannia hotel chain, beneficiaries of a vast amount of taxpayer money via the asylum system
on.ft.com/47HEE46
on.ft.com/47HEE46
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This Friday marked the anniversary of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham. Read my latest blog post for reflections on the course and consequences of the 1759 Quebec campaign: eamonnokeeffe1812.com/2024/09/13/t...
The Battle for Quebec, 1759
View of the Taking of Quebec, 13 September 1759 (National Army Museum, 1971-02-33-314-1) This week I gave a speech in London at a dinner commemorating the Battle of the Plains of Abraham. I've decided...
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September 15, 2024 at 7:16 AM
This Friday marked the anniversary of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham. Read my latest blog post for reflections on the course and consequences of the 1759 Quebec campaign: eamonnokeeffe1812.com/2024/09/13/t...
This Cambridge engineering wing was built in memory of physicist John Hopkinson and his son John Gustave, victims of an 1898 mountaineering accident. Absent from the plaque: Alice and Lina Evelyn Hopkinson, who died with their father and brother in the same Alpine mishap.
September 8, 2025 at 9:21 AM
This Cambridge engineering wing was built in memory of physicist John Hopkinson and his son John Gustave, victims of an 1898 mountaineering accident. Absent from the plaque: Alice and Lina Evelyn Hopkinson, who died with their father and brother in the same Alpine mishap.
The recording of my recent talk for the National Army Museum is now available on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-FT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-FT...
September 1, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The recording of my recent talk for the National Army Museum is now available on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-FT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-FT...
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Interesting to hear @1812andallthat.bsky.social present on disabled veteran Shadrack Byfield & the War of 1812 for @nationalarmymuseum.bsky.social this afternoon! Byfield had his arm amputated & later had an attachment made so that he could return to weaving (which obvs interested me lots) #DisHist
August 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Interesting to hear @1812andallthat.bsky.social present on disabled veteran Shadrack Byfield & the War of 1812 for @nationalarmymuseum.bsky.social this afternoon! Byfield had his arm amputated & later had an attachment made so that he could return to weaving (which obvs interested me lots) #DisHist
Looking forward to giving this Friday lunchtime talk about a War of 1812 veteran who lost an arm, wrote multiple memoirs and designed his own prosthesis. Register to attend either in person and online.
www.nam.ac.uk/whats-on/sea...
www.nam.ac.uk/whats-on/sea...
Searching for Shadrack Byfield
Join Dr Eamonn O’Keeffe as he explores the War of 1812 through the eyewitness account of a disabled British veteran of the conflict.
www.nam.ac.uk
August 27, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Looking forward to giving this Friday lunchtime talk about a War of 1812 veteran who lost an arm, wrote multiple memoirs and designed his own prosthesis. Register to attend either in person and online.
www.nam.ac.uk/whats-on/sea...
www.nam.ac.uk/whats-on/sea...
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breaking into the exhibit and putting this thing on to gain the Power of Free Speech but the first thing that comes out of my mouth is “Barry Lyndon is too long” and the crowd immediately turns on me
guys I’m off this week … went to the norman rockwell museum. found the meme in real life — and his jacket
August 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
breaking into the exhibit and putting this thing on to gain the Power of Free Speech but the first thing that comes out of my mouth is “Barry Lyndon is too long” and the crowd immediately turns on me
Monument in Waterford Christ Church cathedral to South Devon militiamen who died at the close of the 1798 rebellion in Ireland. Notable as a very early war memorial commemorating individual soldiers by name.
August 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Monument in Waterford Christ Church cathedral to South Devon militiamen who died at the close of the 1798 rebellion in Ireland. Notable as a very early war memorial commemorating individual soldiers by name.
'The Lawsuit' - two men fight over a cow, while the lawyer milks the profits! (18th century bronze plaque, from The Black and White House in Hereford, England).
August 1, 2025 at 10:40 AM
'The Lawsuit' - two men fight over a cow, while the lawyer milks the profits! (18th century bronze plaque, from The Black and White House in Hereford, England).