Associate Professor in Modern British History @ Northumbria University. Likes to talk about WW2. Scotswummin.

Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
Joined February 2009
British Humour and the Second World War: ‘Keep Smiling Through’ edited by Juliette Pattinson & @Linseyrobb is a collection of essays on the neglected but important topic of humour in Britain in WW2 edited by established scholars. Out now in paperback! bit.ly/3OJynKi
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CALL FOR INTERVIEWEES I'm looking to conduct research interviews with people who were involved in Anti-Apartheid, anti-Vietnam War, &/or Chile solidarity politics in Britain, for my PhD on international solidarity & the Cold War-era UK left (see below). PLEASE SHARE/get in touch!
I'm thrilled to have begun my @OOCDTP-funded PhD @CamHistory on 'Anti-Imperialism After Empire: International Solidarity Campaigns and the British Left, 1960-1990'—exploring Cold War Britain's anti-apartheid, anti-Vietnam War, & Chile solidarity movements. hist.cam.ac.uk/people/owen-d…
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🚨CFP "Counter-Hegemonic Internationalisms" @NorthumbriaUni, 20/21 March 2025. Pls send abstracts by 20 Nov to Daniel Laqua. This is the 1st of our @ahrcpress 'Rethinking Internationalism' events - we're looking forward to your proposals and esp. encourage PGRs/ECRs submissions!
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CFP: 1945/2025. Reflections on the Second World War. One-day colloquium @SWWStudiesEdin Edinburgh, 9 May 2025. Keynote @CPenistonBird. Deadline for abstracts 6 Dec 2024; details below:
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Linsey Robb retweeted
Coming in February!
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Our conscientious objectors of WWII database project featured in The Friend, as did the paper presented by ⁦@JuliaHope2⁩ and me at the Protesting War conference at ⁦@NorthumbriaUni⁩ - 'Friends compile CO database'⁩ #wwii #pacifism #peace thefriend.org/article/friend…
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A week left to apply to the Research Fellow position on “Carbon Bodies” (deadline the 12th). If you are interested in energy, the body, and its relationship to public health policy, do consider applying. jobs.ac.uk/job/DIR074/resear… #envhist #envhums #histtech #medhums #healthhums
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CALL FOR PAPERS: "'Demobbed': The Social, Cultural, Political, and Economic Legacies of Military Service" - examining the experiences of veterans in the post-service landscape, 30-31 May 2025. Details below 👇
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Wonderful to see that our former PhD student, Dr Ann-Marie Foster's debut monograph is coming out next month. 'Family Mourning After War and Disaster in Twentieth-Century Britain' is published by @OUPAcademic. global.oup.com/academic/prod…
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We are recruiting participants for a Disability Focus Group to create a forum for discussion about what can make research at IWM more accessible. xitter.cf/I_W_M/status/181057100… There's just a few days left to sign up. Find full details here: iwm.org.uk/research/accessib…
A new research project based at IWM - 'Accessible Pasts, Equitable Futures' - is recruiting participants for a disability focus group to improve how researchers can access our heritage collections. Learn more and find the call for group members here: bit.ly/3WbG40E
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PhDs and ECRs, come join us at MMU in March next year and present your research on conflict 👇
We're holding a workshop on 'Histories and Cultures of Conflict', for Early Career Researchers in March 2025. For recent PhDs/those nearing completion, to present their research. More information here: hacc.mmu.ac.uk/event/histori… A small number of travel bursaries will be available.
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This Thursday Northumbria's Dr Felicia Gottmann will deliver the first lecture in an exclusive series linked to her @UKRI_News-funded project 'Migration-Adaptation-Innovation, 1500-1800'.
Crimes of Fashion Thursday 6 June, 2:30 Don’t miss this exclusive talk on the untold story behind French printed and painted textiles which led to a revolution in fashion and industry. In collaboration with @NorthumbriaUni and @UKRI_News. 🔗🎟️rb.gy/t1xbv8
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PERMANENT FT lectureship just advertised at @historyNCL! We're looking for a historian of the post-1700 period, ideally in one of these subfields: history of race (British or European); OR revolution, ideology, empire, or war (European). #twitterstorians jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastle…
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This Conscientious Objectors Day - if your ancestor was a CO during the Second World War, you can add their details to a database that is being created here sites.google.com/view/consci… This is a project to learn more about COs in the Second World War.
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What's this in the latest issue of BBC @HistoryExtra magazine available now in all good newsagents?
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Absolutely thrilled to share my debut (open access!) article! Today marks 158 years since the final day of the 1866 Memphis Massacre. The violence was shaped and guided by the loyalties of those involved, which you can read about below 👇 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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It's alive! Today we took delivery of hard copies of our #WarEphemera creative anthology, with 12 amazing pieces by participants in our public workshops, illustrations by @FTIlustrator & design by Roger Newbrook. To be launched officially on 8 April, both digitally and IRL...
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Our #WarEphemera project conference is nearly upon us (9 April 2024) and you can still register, including for online attendance! Details and link to registration page here: hosting.northumbria.ac.uk/wa…
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It's #StrathclydeWomensWeek and we're highlighting Faculty research exploring the lives and experiences of women. Historian Prof Laura Kelly discusses the complex history of women's access to reproductive health and the activism that helped bring change: strath.ac.uk/humanities/stra…
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