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First World War Studies @fwwsjournal.bsky.social · 18h

🎉 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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Dr Aimée Fox @draefox.bsky.social · 1d

We are thrilled with the collection & are incredibly grateful to our contributors for their fantastic chapters, including @sdanisimova.bsky.social @vandawilcox.bsky.social @lmhalewood.bsky.social @yanikdag.bsky.social & more!

Check out the contents & praise 👇
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Framing the First World War

This innovative approach to the history of World War I looks at ways in which military actors saw and perceived war, and how that exerted a significant influ...

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International Society for First World War Studies @fwwsoc.bsky.social · 1d

This is taking place in just over a month and there are still a good number of tickets remaining!

International Society for First World War Studies @fwwsoc.bsky.social · Sep 5

We are delighted to share the details for this year's Dennis Showalter Memorial Lecture 'Poetry under fire: what poems did during the First World War' to be delivered by @juliarsct.bsky.social on 11th Nov 2025

You can book to attend in person or online:

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/remembranc... 🗃️

This year the event is also the Dennis Showalter Memorial Lecture, selected by the International Society for First World War Studies. Named after Dennis Showalter, the leading historian of Germany during the war and a longtime friend and supporter of the Society it is delivered each year by a leading early career researcher in First World War Studies.

The event is held in the Rivers Suite at Edinburgh Napier University’s Craiglockhart Campus (Google map | travel info). There will be a wine reception from 5.30pm; the lecture will start around 6pm. The event will also be streamed online via Zoom.

If you have any queries about the event, please contact Dr Andrew Frayn (a.frayn@napier.ac.uk).

This event is both in person and online. If you wish to attend online, please buy an 'online Ticket'. Zoom information will be found in the email confirmations.

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Nina Régis @nina-regis.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you @fwwsoc.bsky.social! I am so grateful to be part of this community and to work with @chriskempshall.bsky.social, @juliarsct.bsky.social, @taureanhistorian.bsky.social @taubhistory.bsky.social among others, thanks for your great work and support!

International Society for First World War Studies @fwwsoc.bsky.social · 2d

Having both been appointed last year by presidential decree @nina-regis.bsky.social has been formally elected as the Participation and Development Officer and @taubhistory.bsky.social has similarly been formally elected as the Publications and Content Officer.

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International Society for First World War Studies @fwwsoc.bsky.social · 2d

Huge congratulations to all of them, they've done themselves and the Society very proud!

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International Society for First World War Studies @fwwsoc.bsky.social · 2d

The existing Executive Committee will continue in position during a handover period until 31st December 2025. At which point the newly elected and re-elected representatives will take office from 1st January 2026 until 31st December 2028.

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International Society for First World War Studies @fwwsoc.bsky.social · 2d

Having both been appointed last year by presidential decree @nina-regis.bsky.social has been formally elected as the Participation and Development Officer and @taubhistory.bsky.social has similarly been formally elected as the Publications and Content Officer.

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International Society for First World War Studies @fwwsoc.bsky.social · 2d

Furthermore @juliarsct.bsky.social and @taureanhistorian.bsky.social have been jointly elected as the new Membership and Society Secretaries.

@franziska.fr has also been re-elected to serve as the Web Director.

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International Society for First World War Studies @fwwsoc.bsky.social · 2d

We are therefore delighted to announce that @sdanisimova.bsky.social has been elected as the new President for @fwwsoc.bsky.social. Similarly Ann-Marie Einhaus will become the new Society Treasurer.

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International Society for First World War Studies @fwwsoc.bsky.social · 2d

Last week during the (wonderful) Society conference at the University of Macedonia, we announced the outcome of our recent elections at our AGM. With both @chriskempshall.bsky.social standing down as President & David Monger doing the same as Treasurer those 2 positions in particular were open.

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Eric L. Robinson @uticaeric.bsky.social · 3d

I like to say there are no bad games, only bad attitudes or imaginations, maybe a lack of ingenuity.

With that said, only a few games are true “masterpieces” and PATHS OF GLORY is one of maybe 3 games I’d award accordingly.

Moderately difficult, but easy to play once you’ve scaled the basic rules.

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Sofya Anisimova @sdanisimova.bsky.social · 3d

The conference of @fwwsoc.bsky.social may be ended, but our trips around the Aegean continued. Some of us were in Lemnos, visiting the Allied cemeteries and sites

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Andrew Frayn @afrayn.bsky.social · 3d

I'm on the final leg of my journey back to Fife from the @fwwsoc.bsky.social conference at the University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki, so here's some pics and thoughts. Firstly, well done @sdanisimova.bsky.social and local organisers for putting on a great, truly international, collegial event!

A busy conference room, with a panel of three presenters at the front.

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Jessica Meyer @thehistorygirl1.bsky.social · 5d

Closing out this year’s @fwwsoc.bsky.social’s conference in Thessaloniki with a guided tour of the Allied Military Cemetery at Zeitenlik. An appropriate end to an intense, enjoyable and educational few days.

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Elisabeth Piller @elisabeth-piller.bsky.social · 6d

Dream PhD opportunity! We are recruiting another doctoral researcher in our @erc.europa.eu synergy project BLOCKADE - this one is on interwar blockades and sanctions. 4 years, fully funded at @uvahumanities.bsky.social and supervised by the amazing and super kind @samuelkruizinga.bsky.social

Samuël Kruizinga @samuelkruizinga.bsky.social · 6d

See the full vacancy text here: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

Vacancy — PhD position - Benign Blockades? Blockades and sanctions, 1919-1939

The Amsterdam School for Historical Studies (ASH) invites applications for a fully funded PhD position (4 years, 1.0ft). This position is part of the ERC Synergy-funded research programme BLOCKADE, wh...

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Thomas Vaisset @tvaisset.bsky.social · 6d

Très heureux d'avoir présenté une communication consacrée aux évolutions de l'historiographie française de la guerre sur mer pendant la Première Guerre mondiale à l'occasion du colloque organisé par @fwwsoc.bsky.social à l'University of Macedonia

Extrait du programme du colloque de l'International Society for the First War Studies "Seas", du 1er au 3 octobre 2025 à l'université de Macédoine à Thessalonique

16-15 – 17-45 Panel 3. Presences and Absences in Writing about the Naval Aspects of the First World War
Chair: Ellie Lemonidou (University of Patras)

Jean de Preneuf (University of Lille, Service historique de la Défense) & Thomas Vaisset (University of Le Havre Normandy)
Writing the History of the First World War at Sea: An Assessment of a Century of French Historiography

David Monger (University of Canterbury, New Zealand)
What is the Navy Doing? The Curious Absence of the Royal Navy in British First World War Propaganda

Andrew Frayn (Edinburgh Napier University)
The Silent Seas: Trawling for the Oceans in British Creative Texts About the First World War

Connie Ruzich (Robert Morris University)
Tides of War, Floods of Refugees, and First World War Poems of the Sea

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Dr Lauren Theweneti @laurentheweneti.bsky.social · 7d

Fabulous first day at the @fwwsoc.bsky.social conference in Thessaloniki. Some fantastic panels already & I feel revitalised to revisit some of my own work😬😬

Excited for the rest of the week

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First World War Studies @fwwsjournal.bsky.social · 7d

📢 🧵 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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Vanda Wilcox @vandawilcox.bsky.social · 7d

So delighted to be at the @fwwsoc.bsky.social conference in Thessaloniki on the theme of the sea in the First World War

Heather Jones' excellent opening keynote has already convinced me that, alas, I cannot continue to completely ignore all things naval as I have always happily done before 🚢🔱🌊

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International Society for First World War Studies @fwwsoc.bsky.social · 7d

New bibliography entry: Protecting the Empire in the Borderlands: The Case of the Mitrovica Battalions (1917–1918) ift.tt/3CSvhtY #FWWstudies

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International Society for First World War Studies @fwwsoc.bsky.social · 7d

New bibliography entry: Towards an Emotional and Experiential History of Modern Education: Children’s Essays on the Cinema Around the First World War ift.tt/YKQztAx #FWWstudies

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International Society for First World War Studies @fwwsoc.bsky.social · 8d

New bibliography entry: Managing minds: the power of corporate culture within the British banking and insurance sector in the First World War ift.tt/w1FUPdb #FWWstudies

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International Society for First World War Studies @fwwsoc.bsky.social · 8d

New bibliography entry: Germans in Nigeria during the First World War: From Traders to Enemy Subjects ift.tt/x7WH24n #FWWstudies

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International Society for First World War Studies @fwwsoc.bsky.social · 8d

New bibliography entry: All in the Same Boat? Anglicans, Catholics, and the Royal Navy in the Era of the First World War ift.tt/xwDG126 #FWWstudies

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International Society for First World War Studies @fwwsoc.bsky.social · 9d

New bibliography entry: Une figure héroïque intemporelle ? La France et le « poilu de 14 » de 1918 à nos jours ift.tt/16uJ9dq #FWWstudies

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