First World War Studies
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Official account of First World War Studies, scholarly journal of the International Society for First World War Studies https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rfww20
👥 Associate Editors introductions: Andrew Frayn
Continuing our introductions of the FWWS associate editors, this week we’re pleased to highlight Dr. Andrew Frayn, Associate Editor of First World War Studies and a scholar working at the intersection of literature and history.
Continuing our introductions of the FWWS associate editors, this week we’re pleased to highlight Dr. Andrew Frayn, Associate Editor of First World War Studies and a scholar working at the intersection of literature and history.
November 25, 2025 at 1:10 PM
👥 Associate Editors introductions: Andrew Frayn
Continuing our introductions of the FWWS associate editors, this week we’re pleased to highlight Dr. Andrew Frayn, Associate Editor of First World War Studies and a scholar working at the intersection of literature and history.
Continuing our introductions of the FWWS associate editors, this week we’re pleased to highlight Dr. Andrew Frayn, Associate Editor of First World War Studies and a scholar working at the intersection of literature and history.
👥 Associate Editors introductions: Rok Stergar
As of this week we will be introducing each associate editor of the Journal with a post dedicated to them. This week we’re pleased to introduce Dr. Rok Stergar, a leading historian of the Habsburg Empire.
As of this week we will be introducing each associate editor of the Journal with a post dedicated to them. This week we’re pleased to introduce Dr. Rok Stergar, a leading historian of the Habsburg Empire.
November 19, 2025 at 10:13 AM
👥 Associate Editors introductions: Rok Stergar
As of this week we will be introducing each associate editor of the Journal with a post dedicated to them. This week we’re pleased to introduce Dr. Rok Stergar, a leading historian of the Habsburg Empire.
As of this week we will be introducing each associate editor of the Journal with a post dedicated to them. This week we’re pleased to introduce Dr. Rok Stergar, a leading historian of the Habsburg Empire.
This Memorial Lecture will be published in full in a future issue of First World War Studies, for now you can watch online!
Last week's wonderful Dennis Showalter Memorial Lecture by @juliarsct.bsky.social on the subject of 'Poetry under fire: what poems did during the First World War', is now available to watch on the Society YouTube Channel: youtu.be/yoaRVrmjDLw?...
Dennis Showalter Lecture 2025 by Julia Ribeiro Thomaz: 'Poetry under fire'
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November 17, 2025 at 9:47 AM
This Memorial Lecture will be published in full in a future issue of First World War Studies, for now you can watch online!
🎓 ECR Spotlight: Stefan Aguirre Quiroga
Stefan Aguirre Quiroga, a PhD student at the University of Gothenburg, offers fresh insight into WWI memory. His recent article compares how Sweden and Chile represent the war in their museums, revealing how national narratives shape public memory. 🧵
Stefan Aguirre Quiroga, a PhD student at the University of Gothenburg, offers fresh insight into WWI memory. His recent article compares how Sweden and Chile represent the war in their museums, revealing how national narratives shape public memory. 🧵
November 16, 2025 at 7:34 PM
🎓 ECR Spotlight: Stefan Aguirre Quiroga
Stefan Aguirre Quiroga, a PhD student at the University of Gothenburg, offers fresh insight into WWI memory. His recent article compares how Sweden and Chile represent the war in their museums, revealing how national narratives shape public memory. 🧵
Stefan Aguirre Quiroga, a PhD student at the University of Gothenburg, offers fresh insight into WWI memory. His recent article compares how Sweden and Chile represent the war in their museums, revealing how national narratives shape public memory. 🧵
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My review of Francesca Piana’s book is out! networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
H-Diplo Review 648: Cretu on Piana, Humanitarian Protection for Prisoners of War and Refugees_ | H-Net
H-Diplo Review 648Francesca Piana, Humanitarian Protection for Prisoners of War and Refugees in the Long Aftermath of the First World War. Leiden University Press, 2024. ISBN: 9789087284213.
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November 14, 2025 at 10:04 AM
My review of Francesca Piana’s book is out! networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
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An excellent PhD opportunity for someone to work on family separation during WW1 or WW2. I've done some research on Italian emigrant families separated when the father was serving in the Italian Army and it's a really fascinating area of study. royalhistsoc.org/calendar/phd...
PhD Studentship on Family Separation, funded by ERC - CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - RHS
PhD Studentship on Family Separation, funded by European Research Council Call for Applications, deadline - 1 March 2026 This is a call for expressions of interest for a European Research Council-fund...
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November 14, 2025 at 9:53 AM
An excellent PhD opportunity for someone to work on family separation during WW1 or WW2. I've done some research on Italian emigrant families separated when the father was serving in the Italian Army and it's a really fascinating area of study. royalhistsoc.org/calendar/phd...
🕊️November 11, 1918 – The Armistice of Compiègne
On November 11th, 1918, at 11 a.m., The fighting of the First World War came to an end. The armistice ended hostilities, and led to a complex post-war era defined by reconstruction, remembrance, and reimagined international relations. 🧵
On November 11th, 1918, at 11 a.m., The fighting of the First World War came to an end. The armistice ended hostilities, and led to a complex post-war era defined by reconstruction, remembrance, and reimagined international relations. 🧵
November 11, 2025 at 9:29 AM
🕊️November 11, 1918 – The Armistice of Compiègne
On November 11th, 1918, at 11 a.m., The fighting of the First World War came to an end. The armistice ended hostilities, and led to a complex post-war era defined by reconstruction, remembrance, and reimagined international relations. 🧵
On November 11th, 1918, at 11 a.m., The fighting of the First World War came to an end. The armistice ended hostilities, and led to a complex post-war era defined by reconstruction, remembrance, and reimagined international relations. 🧵
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📣 The WFA PhD Grant Scheme is currently open to applicants!
We want to hear from anyone researching the First World War as part of their doctoral thesis, no matter what the topic!
#fwwhist
Full details and application form can be found below ⬇️
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We want to hear from anyone researching the First World War as part of their doctoral thesis, no matter what the topic!
#fwwhist
Full details and application form can be found below ⬇️
www.westernfrontassociation.com/latest-news/...
October 24, 2025 at 6:15 AM
📣 The WFA PhD Grant Scheme is currently open to applicants!
We want to hear from anyone researching the First World War as part of their doctoral thesis, no matter what the topic!
#fwwhist
Full details and application form can be found below ⬇️
www.westernfrontassociation.com/latest-news/...
We want to hear from anyone researching the First World War as part of their doctoral thesis, no matter what the topic!
#fwwhist
Full details and application form can be found below ⬇️
www.westernfrontassociation.com/latest-news/...
🇦🇹 November 4, 1918 – The Armistice of Villa Giusti
On November 4th, 1918 fighting between Austria-Hungary and the Allied Powers officially ended, marking the collapse of the Habsburg Empire at the close of the First World War. 🧵
On November 4th, 1918 fighting between Austria-Hungary and the Allied Powers officially ended, marking the collapse of the Habsburg Empire at the close of the First World War. 🧵
November 5, 2025 at 10:19 AM
🇦🇹 November 4, 1918 – The Armistice of Villa Giusti
On November 4th, 1918 fighting between Austria-Hungary and the Allied Powers officially ended, marking the collapse of the Habsburg Empire at the close of the First World War. 🧵
On November 4th, 1918 fighting between Austria-Hungary and the Allied Powers officially ended, marking the collapse of the Habsburg Empire at the close of the First World War. 🧵
📚 New Book Reviews Out!
In late October four new reviews were published by Taylor & Francis. @tandfresearch.bsky.social
"The British Home Front and the First World War", edited by Hew Strachan (Cambridge University Press, 2023) — reviewed by M. Wang.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
In late October four new reviews were published by Taylor & Francis. @tandfresearch.bsky.social
"The British Home Front and the First World War", edited by Hew Strachan (Cambridge University Press, 2023) — reviewed by M. Wang.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The British Home Front and the First World War
Published in First World War Studies (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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November 4, 2025 at 8:37 AM
📚 New Book Reviews Out!
In late October four new reviews were published by Taylor & Francis. @tandfresearch.bsky.social
"The British Home Front and the First World War", edited by Hew Strachan (Cambridge University Press, 2023) — reviewed by M. Wang.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
In late October four new reviews were published by Taylor & Francis. @tandfresearch.bsky.social
"The British Home Front and the First World War", edited by Hew Strachan (Cambridge University Press, 2023) — reviewed by M. Wang.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🎉Congratulations to Alexandra Doménech (University of Edinburgh), who recently won the inaugural International Society for First World War Studies President’s Undergraduate Essay Prize for her essay, “Flirting with the Front: The Marraines de Guerre and the Unofficial Intimacies of the Great War.”
November 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
🎉Congratulations to Alexandra Doménech (University of Edinburgh), who recently won the inaugural International Society for First World War Studies President’s Undergraduate Essay Prize for her essay, “Flirting with the Front: The Marraines de Guerre and the Unofficial Intimacies of the Great War.”
We’re proud to highlight Jiang Zizheng, an early career researcher in history at Kyoto University, who has a particular interest in Japan's racial equality proposal at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference whose work discusses how questions of race, diplomacy, shaped China’s diplomatic position.
November 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
We’re proud to highlight Jiang Zizheng, an early career researcher in history at Kyoto University, who has a particular interest in Japan's racial equality proposal at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference whose work discusses how questions of race, diplomacy, shaped China’s diplomatic position.
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Apply now for the SAS Public Humanities Fellowship!
Applications are invited from those working at the forefront of shaping the future of Public Humanities, deepening its reach, and expanding its impact.
Apply by 21 November: www.sas.ac.uk/research-eng...
Applications are invited from those working at the forefront of shaping the future of Public Humanities, deepening its reach, and expanding its impact.
Apply by 21 November: www.sas.ac.uk/research-eng...
Public Humanities Fellowship
Our Public Humanities Fellowship stimulates new ideas and conversations around public humanities.
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October 29, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Apply now for the SAS Public Humanities Fellowship!
Applications are invited from those working at the forefront of shaping the future of Public Humanities, deepening its reach, and expanding its impact.
Apply by 21 November: www.sas.ac.uk/research-eng...
Applications are invited from those working at the forefront of shaping the future of Public Humanities, deepening its reach, and expanding its impact.
Apply by 21 November: www.sas.ac.uk/research-eng...
🕵️♀️🗓️This week, in 1917 a devastating defeat unfolded on the Italian Front. The Battle of Caporetto saw Austro-German forces break through Italian lines and forcing a chaotic retreat. The disaster affected the political and social climate as the government struggled to maintain national unity. 🧵🧵
October 27, 2025 at 9:33 PM
🕵️♀️🗓️This week, in 1917 a devastating defeat unfolded on the Italian Front. The Battle of Caporetto saw Austro-German forces break through Italian lines and forcing a chaotic retreat. The disaster affected the political and social climate as the government struggled to maintain national unity. 🧵🧵
📚 New Book Reviews Out!
We’re excited to share three brand-new book reviews just released in First World War Studies! These works offer fresh perspectives on honor, empire, and the experience of soldiers and nations during and after the Great War. 🧵
We’re excited to share three brand-new book reviews just released in First World War Studies! These works offer fresh perspectives on honor, empire, and the experience of soldiers and nations during and after the Great War. 🧵
October 27, 2025 at 1:06 AM
📚 New Book Reviews Out!
We’re excited to share three brand-new book reviews just released in First World War Studies! These works offer fresh perspectives on honor, empire, and the experience of soldiers and nations during and after the Great War. 🧵
We’re excited to share three brand-new book reviews just released in First World War Studies! These works offer fresh perspectives on honor, empire, and the experience of soldiers and nations during and after the Great War. 🧵
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I have reviewed this book and recommend it to anynone interested in a truly global history of international relations (who can read Italian). It is highly regarded @fwwsjournal.bsky.social
Missions Abyssines: L’Etiopia, la Grande Guerra e la Conferenza della pace www.tandfonline.com/eprint/QCGYS...
Missions Abyssines: L’Etiopia, la Grande Guerra e la Conferenza della pace www.tandfonline.com/eprint/QCGYS...
Missions Abyssines: L’Etiopia, la Grande Guerra e la Conferenza della pace
Published in First World War Studies (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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October 21, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I have reviewed this book and recommend it to anynone interested in a truly global history of international relations (who can read Italian). It is highly regarded @fwwsjournal.bsky.social
Missions Abyssines: L’Etiopia, la Grande Guerra e la Conferenza della pace www.tandfonline.com/eprint/QCGYS...
Missions Abyssines: L’Etiopia, la Grande Guerra e la Conferenza della pace www.tandfonline.com/eprint/QCGYS...
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How did Italian servicemen see their enemies in FWW? My review of ‘Uomini come noi’ is just out – a sound study of how soldiers imagined the foe, based on their writings and personal narratives.
Take a look here via @fwwsjournal.bsky.social!
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/TXBEV...
Take a look here via @fwwsjournal.bsky.social!
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‘Uomini come noi’: Il nemico nelle scritture dei soldati italiani (1915–18)
Published in First World War Studies (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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October 22, 2025 at 8:03 AM
How did Italian servicemen see their enemies in FWW? My review of ‘Uomini come noi’ is just out – a sound study of how soldiers imagined the foe, based on their writings and personal narratives.
Take a look here via @fwwsjournal.bsky.social!
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/TXBEV...
Take a look here via @fwwsjournal.bsky.social!
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/TXBEV...
🕵️♀️ 🗓️On this day, October 15, 1917, Mata Hari, the Dutch dancer and courtesan accused of spying for Germany, was executed by firing squad in France. She was one of the First World War’s most infamous spies, embodying both the paranoia and fascination surrounding intelligence work during wartime. 🧵
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October 16, 2025 at 7:17 AM
🕵️♀️ 🗓️On this day, October 15, 1917, Mata Hari, the Dutch dancer and courtesan accused of spying for Germany, was executed by firing squad in France. She was one of the First World War’s most infamous spies, embodying both the paranoia and fascination surrounding intelligence work during wartime. 🧵
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Now open: call for the Royal Historical Society's First Book and Early Career Article Prizes, 2026.
Eligible titles, published in 2025, may be submitted by the author before the closing date of 15 December. Further details and how to apply: bit.ly/3KnR47v
#Skystorians
Eligible titles, published in 2025, may be submitted by the author before the closing date of 15 December. Further details and how to apply: bit.ly/3KnR47v
#Skystorians
Royal Historical Society Book and Article Prizes, 2026: submissions now invited - RHS
The Royal Historical Society invites applications for its First Book Prize, 2026 and Early Career Article Prize, 2026. The call for submissions opens on Monday 29 September 2025 and runs to Monday 15 ...
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October 14, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Now open: call for the Royal Historical Society's First Book and Early Career Article Prizes, 2026.
Eligible titles, published in 2025, may be submitted by the author before the closing date of 15 December. Further details and how to apply: bit.ly/3KnR47v
#Skystorians
Eligible titles, published in 2025, may be submitted by the author before the closing date of 15 December. Further details and how to apply: bit.ly/3KnR47v
#Skystorians
🎉 We are delighted to announce that Dr Sofya Anisimova (@sdanisimova.bsky.social) has been elected President of the International Society for First World War Studies starting in January! 🧵
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October 8, 2025 at 12:16 PM
🎉 We are delighted to announce that Dr Sofya Anisimova (@sdanisimova.bsky.social) has been elected President of the International Society for First World War Studies starting in January! 🧵
📢 Today at the International Society for First World War Studies Conference in Thessaloniki, join us for a Q&A session on the First World War Studies journal. this is a great opportunity for anyone who is interested in knowing more about the journal itself!
🕚 Time: 11:15 – 11:45 (October 2nd)
🕚 Time: 11:15 – 11:45 (October 2nd)
October 2, 2025 at 3:35 AM
📢 Today at the International Society for First World War Studies Conference in Thessaloniki, join us for a Q&A session on the First World War Studies journal. this is a great opportunity for anyone who is interested in knowing more about the journal itself!
🕚 Time: 11:15 – 11:45 (October 2nd)
🕚 Time: 11:15 – 11:45 (October 2nd)
📢 🧵 This year the International Society for First World War Studies @fwwsoc.bsky.social is hosting a conference in the University of Macedonia! If you can't attend in person, you can still take a look at the work that has been published in First World War Studies by some of this week's speakers.
October 1, 2025 at 2:54 PM
📢 🧵 This year the International Society for First World War Studies @fwwsoc.bsky.social is hosting a conference in the University of Macedonia! If you can't attend in person, you can still take a look at the work that has been published in First World War Studies by some of this week's speakers.
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We’re very excited to share that First World War Studies Volume 16, Issue 2 was recently published and is now available from Taylor & Francis (tag). This new issue brings together fresh perspectives and critical reviews that push forward the study of the Great War.
📝Articles include: ⬇️⬇️⬇️
📝Articles include: ⬇️⬇️⬇️
September 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
We’re very excited to share that First World War Studies Volume 16, Issue 2 was recently published and is now available from Taylor & Francis (tag). This new issue brings together fresh perspectives and critical reviews that push forward the study of the Great War.
📝Articles include: ⬇️⬇️⬇️
📝Articles include: ⬇️⬇️⬇️
We’re very excited to share that First World War Studies Volume 16, Issue 2 was recently published and is now available from Taylor & Francis (tag). This new issue brings together fresh perspectives and critical reviews that push forward the study of the Great War.
📝Articles include: ⬇️⬇️⬇️
📝Articles include: ⬇️⬇️⬇️
September 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
We’re very excited to share that First World War Studies Volume 16, Issue 2 was recently published and is now available from Taylor & Francis (tag). This new issue brings together fresh perspectives and critical reviews that push forward the study of the Great War.
📝Articles include: ⬇️⬇️⬇️
📝Articles include: ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Delighted to see this announcement of the forthcoming Dennis Showalter Memorial Lecture, a prize awarded annually by @fwwsoc.bsky.social and eventually to be published in our journal
This year's remembrance lecture at Edinburgh Napier marks, as always, Craiglockhart's First World War links(the meeting place of Owen and Sassoon) and our late colleague Catherine Walker. This year it is also the @fwwsoc.bsky.social Dennis Showalter Memorial Lecture, given by @juliarsct.bsky.social.
September 6, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Delighted to see this announcement of the forthcoming Dennis Showalter Memorial Lecture, a prize awarded annually by @fwwsoc.bsky.social and eventually to be published in our journal