Richard Batten

Over the next two weeks, we're showcasing the work of our interdisciplinary experts in the University of Exeter’s Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Cornwall. Today our first video features Prof. Catriona Pennell's work on forgetting.
To find out more visit: hass-cornwall.exeter.ac.uk

‘For the Dead Remember: The Life of M. R. James’ will be published by Oxford University Press on 10 September 2026. Set your watches, mark your calendars, and spread the word!

The German Democratic Republic: The Rise and Fall of a Cold War State. Available now as an Ebook! (print copies will start shipping in a month)

Mel Osborne on Radio Devon - Angela Kalwaites sits in (04/05/2025) - BBC Sounds An exploration of the various faiths and ethics.

🔉Did you hear Bridget Gillard on BBC Radio Devon on Sunday talking about Mother Teresa?

No, not 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 Mother Teresa!

Starts at 1h 37m 45s
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A group of smiling people stand in front of some banners reading 'The Material Culture of Wills, England 1540-1790'.

Phew what a day: 80+ people participated in the transcribathon in person & online, we had talks from most of the team & a surprise appearance from our musician, Chris Hoban!

Thanks so much to all who joined in👏 #EarlyModern 🗃️ @leverhulme.ac.uk @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social @uoearchhist.bsky.social

Check out our new publication. This one is an intersensory and intermaterial approach to popular militarism. It's Open Access too!!

First World War Studies Volume 16, Issue 1 of First World War Studies

The latest issue of First World War Studies - vol.16, issue 1 - is out now!

Featuring Germanophilia in neutral Spain, indigenous ANZACs as veterans, Chinese-Japanese relations at the Peace Conference and thorny conscription appeals in Britain

www.tandfonline.com/toc/rfww20/1...

YouTube video by Devon & Cornwall Record Society Richard Batten : A Lord Lieutenant in Wartime

I was recently interviewed by Catherine Rider for the #DevonandCornwallRecordSociety podcast about my 1st book #ALordLieutenantinWartime on the 4th Earl Fortescue and #WW1 @devonhist.bsky.social @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social @fwwsoc.bsky.social
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Call for papers for the Conflict, War and Violence in the Early Modern World Conference, taking place at the University of Exeter on 30-31 October. We are exploring early modern conflict in all its forms. We particularly seek to unpack the interactions between the more traditional aspects of conflict, such as the political, tactical and strategic, with the more human side of it, including sociocultural approaches that explore experiences, representations and impacts of violence. As such, we particularly welcome proposals that look beyond purely military history and break chronological, geographical and disciplinary boundaries. We welcome proposals for individual papers of up to 20 minutes, or full panels of three to four papers, on any aspect of conflict, war and violence in the early modern period. Speakers might consider, but are not limited to, the following themes: Physical, tactical, operational and strategic aspects of warfare. Martial identities, values and motivations. Notions of gender, race, class and religion. Remembering, (re)imagining and representing violence and/or conflict. The experience of violence, its impact and the everyday at war. Popular allegiance in early modern conflict. Maritime violence and naval warfare. The bureaucracy of conflict, finance and the law. Abstracts of up to 300 words, along with a biographical note, should be sent to earlymodernwar@gmail.com by Friday 5th September.

We are thrilled to announce that the Conflict, War and Violence in the Early Modern World Conference, with a keynote address by Professor Mark Stoyle, will be held on 30-31 October at the University of Exeter.

Please help us spread the world, and consider submitting a proposal!🗡️

🎶✨ Echoes from the past come alive! Thanks to the discovery of a rare 15th-century manuscript and collaboration with the National Trust, we can now hear the sacred sounds that fell silent after the Dissolution of the Monasteries🏰📜🎵

Read more (and have a👂listen!)👉 news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...

A poster advertising the 'Wills Project Transcribathon' on Thursday 24 July, 1-4pm BST, in the Digital Humanities Lab at the University of Exeter, and on zoom. The poster features black text on green and yellow backgrounds, and three images - a box of folded will manuscripts, an unfolded will manuscript, and the painting Thomas Braithwaite of Ambleside making his will, Abbot Hall, 1607. Photo: Lakeland Arts.

Wow - so many people already signed up for our Wills Project Transcribathon later this month! 🙏

If you drop by you can transcribe some lines & help make 25,000 English wills more accessible for all.

In person & online, join us here: willstranscribathon.eventbrite.com

#EarlyModern 🗃️ #Palaeography

The Anti-Imperialism of Economic Nationalism: Transimperial Protectionist Networks in Anticolonial Ireland, India, and China

At a time of crisis for the History departments across the UK @ihr.bsky.social has made available a unique archive of interviews with leading post-war British historians. They point to the importance of history & the urgent need to defend the profession. historyandpolicy.org/opinion-arti...

We’ve launched a new collection of openly accessible videos, Interviews with Historians, in which prominent 20th century historians reflect on their lives and professional practices. Access the collection here:
www.history.ac.uk/library-digi...

Did European colonialism truly end in the 20th century, as we often assume?

Check out Anne van Mourik's (NIOD) interview with CIGH's Martin Thomas about his book The End of Empires and a World Remade (2024).

Unfolded chromo-lithograph street plan of Exeter, titled 'Bacon's Plan of Exeter and Suburbs'. It can fold back into a small red cover. The plan shows the city of Exeter, as well as the surrounding countryside, indicating how the city was expanding.

This street plan of Exeter, dating back to around 1910, may not be as old as some of our other maps, but it is just as fascinating!

How does Exeter in 1910 differ to Exeter in 2025?

📷 Edmund maps 942.359/E30 BAC; digitised by @dhlabexeter.bsky.social

#MapMonday #MondayMaps #Map #MappingOurExeter

Private Interest and Civil Governance in Colonial and Revolutionary Era America - by Dr Adam Nadeau

Live from Parliament: Tales from the Green Benches Podcast Recording Join the History of Parliament to dicuss how we interview MPs in a live record of our oral history podcast 'Tales from the Green Benches'.

Still time to sign up to this super event from our colleagues in the oral history section...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/live-from-...

BBC Radio Bristol - John Darvall, 27/05/2025 John brings you great stories, extended interviews and breaking news.

Professor @richardtoye.bsky.social spoke to BBC Bristol about the history of the UK Parliament - and why MPs from rival political parties sit facing each other. Listen again here!

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Dr. Anubha Anushree, editor at the Review of Democracy, reviews Martin Thomas’s The End of Empires and the World Remade: A Global History of Decolonization

This is just a small snippet of some of the amazing items housed at @exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social. The DH team were thrilled to have been been involved in the digitisation of such a beautiful and intricately painted atlas!

#DigitalHumanities #Digitisation #Atlas #SpecialCollections #DHLab #Exeter

'Writing Histories of Settler Democracy in an Age of Crisis'

Watch Professor David Thackeray's inaugural lecture, delivered at the University of Exeter on 14 May.

New bibliography entry: For King and Country. The Role of Patriotism in Mobilisation in the First World War ift.tt/mhxjfOl #FWWstudies

It’s Mary Anning’s birthday, so time to share @katebeaton.bsky.social’s brilliant cartoon again.

First World War Studies Volume 15, Issue 3 of First World War Studies

Issue 15:3 of First World War Studies is out now! Featuring four research articles (of which 2 are OA) and more than 30 book reviews covering a huge range of languages, countries & topics!

www.tandfonline.com/toc/rfww20/1...

H-Diplo Roundtable on Pax Economica: Left-Wing Visions of a Free Trade World

YouTube video by NationalArmyMuseumUK For King and Country: The Role of Patriotism in Mobilisation in the First World War

If you missed my talk on #patriotism on the #HomeFront of #ww1 at @nationalarmymuseum.bsky.social last week, you can now watch it online
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSJC...
@penandswordbooks.bsky.social @fwwsoc.bsky.social
@devonhist.bsky.social @dexinst.bsky.social

Opinion: Unconditional Surrender 1945 - an 80th anniversary reflection upon VE and VJ Days by Professor Richard Overy It is now 80 years since Germany and Japan surrendered to the Allied powers on the basis of ‘unconditional surrender’, a demand laid down by President Franklin D. Roosevelt ...

On the 80th anniversary of VE Day, historian and author Professor Richard Overy @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social explores the issue of 'unconditional surrender' and how it impacted the end of the fighting.

news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...

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Professor @richardtoye.bsky.social spoke to @listentotimesradio.bsky.social about Winston Churchill and VE Day. Listen again here

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For King and Country: The Role of Patriotism in Mobilisation in the First World War During the First World War, patriotism played a significant role on the British Home Front. Enlistment is a known outcome of patriotism, but patriotism also led to self-mobilisation into other efforts...

Join me either in person or online on 16th May 2025 where I will be giving a talk in London at the @nationalarmymuseum.bsky.social about #patriotism on the #homefront during #ww1 www.nam.ac.uk/whats-on/kin... @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
@fwwsoc.bsky.social @devonhist.bsky.social