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First World War Studies @fwwsjournal.bsky.social · 10h

Both on Taylor & Francis! @tandfresearch.bsky.social

➡️ “Soldiers of Russia”: Veterans of the Russian Expeditionary Force in France and USSR, 1917–1975
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Military Welfare History Network @milwelfhist.bsky.social · 1d

New member and affiliate: we are very happy to welcome Konrad Gergely of @eui-eu.bsky.social and the @ucddublin.bsky.social Centre for War Studies to the Network #milwefhist

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Military Welfare History Network @milwelfhist.bsky.social · 6d

Gearing up for my talk before the Society, Health and Military Medicine seminar series at the University of Lisbon. Thanks to our Margarida Portela for the invitation. This will be a sneak peek into the content and argument of the forthcoming MWHN edited volume #milwelfhist

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Dr. Wendy Maddocks RN @nursinghistory.bsky.social · 12d

The next event at the Christchurch nurse’s memorial chapel museum- a slot by yours truly in the mix - free do pop in if you are in town & our WW2 display will still be out

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Military Welfare History Network @milwelfhist.bsky.social · 13d

Well done Mike!

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Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 19d

I wrote this short blog on the discriminatory demobilisation of French colonial troops for the Returning Soldier network: returningsoldier.co.uk/2025/09/18/n...

No Right to Return or Remain: French Colonial Soldiers and Discriminatory Demobilization

This post explores experiences of veterancy for those who had served in France’s colonial Forces.

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Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 19d

A sketch of West African soldiers at the Victory Parade in Paris on Bastille Day 1919 by French artist Paul Goute.

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Military Welfare History Network @milwelfhist.bsky.social · Sep 7

#histmed #histnursing #nursinghist #military #healthcare #trauma #moraleinjury #milwelfhist

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Military Welfare History Network @milwelfhist.bsky.social · Sep 4

The next event in our @wellcometrust.bsky.social @sshmedicine.bsky.social -funded conference series will be ‘War, Trauma and Emotional Injury’, which takes place at @unibirmingham.bsky.social on 6-7 November #milwelfhist

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Military Welfare History Network @milwelfhist.bsky.social · Sep 6

Absolutely! Being funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social, this conference series is primarily interested in papers that related to healthcare #histmed #histnursing #milwelfhist

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Military Welfare History Network @milwelfhist.bsky.social · Sep 4

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Military Welfare History Network @milwelfhist.bsky.social · Sep 4

The next event in our @wellcometrust.bsky.social @sshmedicine.bsky.social -funded conference series will be ‘War, Trauma and Emotional Injury’, which takes place at @unibirmingham.bsky.social on 6-7 November #milwelfhist

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Military Welfare History Network @milwelfhist.bsky.social · Sep 4

We seek military welfare and care-related papers from a variety of periods, countries and conflicts. Full details in the CfP attached and at militarywelfarehistory.com/wellcome/
The deadline for abstract submissions - both individual papers and panels - is Wednesday 1 October 2025 #milwelfhist

Wellcome-funded Conference Series

Thanks to the generous funding of the Wellcome Trust, through the Society for the Social History of Medicine, in 2025-26 the MWHN will run a three-part series of events. Two fo these will be in-per…

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Military Welfare History Network @milwelfhist.bsky.social · Sep 4

The next event in our @wellcometrust.bsky.social @sshmedicine.bsky.social -funded conference series will be ‘War, Trauma and Emotional Injury’, which takes place at @unibirmingham.bsky.social on 6-7 November #milwelfhist

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Amy J. Rutenberg @amyjay401.bsky.social · Aug 29

I’m already using a version of @drmendozan.bsky.social’s awesome activity in a class this semester (editor’s privilege 😆). Everyone should read this. And then pitch me! Teachingmilitaryhistory.com is a broad tent. We want to share your awesome activities, including grade 6-12 teachers! 🗺️🗃️

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Lou Bell @louisebell.bsky.social · Aug 29

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

Opening slide of a presentation. The slide is predominantly green with black text reading: Searching for Shadrack Byfield. There is a drawing of two men to the left side of the slide: of notice is the man facing the viewers who has a wooden artificial leg.

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Eamonn O’Keeffe @1812andallthat.bsky.social · Aug 27

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...

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

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Military Welfare History Network @milwelfhist.bsky.social · Aug 24

... Dr Sabine A. Haring-Mosbacher of @uni-graz.at, Vojtěch Szajkó of Institute of History of the Czech Academy of Sciences, and Grace Anne Parker of Temple University. Welcome one and all #milwelfhist

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Military Welfare History Network @milwelfhist.bsky.social · Aug 24

Also welcome to Dr Yoko Kitamura of University of Tokyo, @amnagel.bsky.social of the US Command and Staff College, Marie Findeisen of @eui-eu.bsky.social, @tpstephens.bsky.social of Indiana University Bloomington ...

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Military Welfare History Network @milwelfhist.bsky.social · Aug 24

Our three new countries are India, South Korea and China, through Dr Sabyasachi Dasgupta of Visva Bharati University in India, Dr Liz White (independent scholar), and Dr Chao (Alec) Wang of Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen.

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Military Welfare History Network @milwelfhist.bsky.social · Aug 24

New Members: it is with great pleasure that we can add both three new countries and nearly a dozen new members to the Network since our recent conference in Austria.

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Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · Aug 15

Three soldiers in the French colonial army in French-ruled Equatorial Africa, photographed by Jean Thomas in 1929/1930 during a "mission" through what is now Congo-Brazzaville and the Central African Republic. From the archives of Haute-Garonne in Toulouse.

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Military Welfare History Network @milwelfhist.bsky.social · Aug 9

Great stuff Matt. Keep up the good work! Morale = welfare #milwelfhist

Matt Eaton @matteatonmedia.bsky.social · Aug 8

More Canadian wartime entertainment shenanigans in my post this week. My article compares Canada and Britain's approach to organised troop entertainment and includes some amazing newsreel of the 1st Canadian Army Show in Europe.
matteatonmedia.substack.com/p/keeping-it...
#skystorians

A photo of Major Purdy, head of 1st Canadian Army Show's production centre in Guildford. With text: "Keeping it clean and avoiding ENSA's 'Rank and Filth'. Canadian vs British Organised Troop Entertainment

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Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies @sjms.bsky.social · Aug 8

Article alert: "Emotion Regulation Difficulties, Aggression, and PTSD Symptoms in Danish Treatment-Seeking Veterans" by Ask Elklit and Natache Hedegaard Dahl. Read it open access and free to share and read! doi.org/10.31374/sjm...

Emotion Regulation Difficulties, Aggression, and PTSD Symptoms in Danish Treatment-Seeking Veterans | Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies

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Matt Eaton @matteatonmedia.bsky.social · Jul 26

Canadian concert party, The Tin Hats, had an eventful tour of Italy in the first half of 1944. This week's blog post focuses on their first performance in Ortona and attitudes to sexuality with the wonderful Trixie & Trilby.
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photo of Trixie and Trilby - drag artistes with the Tin Hats behind text: Ortona, Canadian Drag Artistes & The Tin Hats
https://matteatonmedia.substack.com/p/ortona-canadian-drag-artistes-and

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Evan Sullivan @evanpsullivan.bsky.social · Jul 24

Spent the morning researching at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, reading through US surgeon journals from the Western Front.

A historical marker in front of the museum.

The wood-paneled interior of the mutter museum

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Military Welfare History Network @milwelfhist.bsky.social · Jul 23

New Members - welcome to our several new members: Søren Werther Kjær Rasmussen, Grace Anne Parker, Edward Tooker, Dr Tanisha Fazal, @sjzimmerman.bsky.social Prof Karen Hagemann, Dr Marina Perez De Arcos, Dr Zack White, Prof Jana K. Lipman, Dr Gregory Kennedy and Dr Sarafina Pagnotta #milwelfhist

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