First World War Studies

➡️ Pegram, Aaron. “Informing the Enemy: Australian Prisoners and German Intelligence on the Western Front, 1916–1918.”

📝The Mata Hari's story is not typical - if you are interested in learning more about the less-glamorous but more standard practices of espionage and intelligence in the First World War, take a look at this article in First World War Studies published by Taylor & Francis. (@tandfresearch.bsky.social)

🕵️‍♀️ 🗓️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. 🧵

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 ...

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

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Russian Expeditionary Force in memory and commemoration: comparative case-study of Soviet Russia and Russian emigration in France The interest in Russian memory of the First World War grew significantly in the last ten years. Karen Petrone’s breakthrough book The Great War in Russian Memory has done a remarkable service to th...

➡️ "Russian Expeditionary Force in memory and commemoration: comparative case-study of Soviet Russia and Russian emigration in France"
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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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Dr Anisimova is currently based at University College Dublin as an ERC Postdoctoral Research Fellow. Her work explores the Russian Civil War and its connections to the wider conflict of the First World War.

Below are two of her works that have been published in the journal. ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️

🎉 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)

➡️ Andrew Frayn @afrayn.bsky.social (Associate Editor) – The War Books Boom in Britain, 1928–1930

Draws on a dataset of nearly 1,500 books to map the interwar publishing boom, revealing how competing visions of the war shaped cultural memory.

➡️ Yücel Yanıkdağ – Ottoman and Turkish Exception(alism): States of Exception in Turkey, 1909–1927

Examines how emergency powers became the norm across late Ottoman and early Republican Turkey, targeting internal “enemies” and redefining the state’s authority.

➡️ Heather Jones (Editorial Board Member) – Romantic Ireland’s dead and gone?

A major essay review reflecting on how centenary publications have reshaped Ireland’s divided understanding of its decade of war and revolution.

📝Here are a couple works you can take a look at, all available on @Taylor & Francis:

➡️ Hew Strachan – The First World War as a global war

Shows how the conflict widened from a European to a global struggle, shaped by empires, finances, and national decisions, with consequences to this day.

📢 🧵 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: ⬇️⬇️⬇️

First World War Studies Volume 16, Issue 2 of First World War Studies

3) Cai Lyons’ review of Kimberly Francis & Margot Irvine’s “Creative Women of the ‘Lost Generation’: Women in the Arts in the Wake of the Great War”--- Published: 2023, @routledgehistory.bsky.social

➡️ Explore the full issue here!: www.tandfonline.com/toc/rfww20/1...

2) Krisztina Robert review of Maude Bass-Krueger’s “Fashion, Society, and the First World War: International Perspectives” — published: 2022, @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social

1) Matthew Stibbe’s review of Perry Anderson’s “Disputing Disaster: A Sextet on the Great War” — Published: 2024, @versobooks.bsky.social

📚Additionally, the new issue also includes 27 interesting book reviews including topics ranging from Britain’s interactions with the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution, all the way to the performance Shakespeare’s work during the war.

Here are a few that might be of interest:⬇️⬇️⬇️

“‘The War was a Great Link’: German First World War Commemorations in Interwar Tanganyika.” by Willeke Sandler

➡️This article explores how German First World War commemorations in interwar Tanganyika fostered reconciliation with the British while sidelining African soldiers’ roles.

“Supporting the Core of Our Nation: Emilia Węsławska and Relief for the Elite, 1914–1915.” by Andrea Griffante

➡️This article uncovers the wartime relief work of Emilia Węsławska, who founded a committee in Vilnius to support displaced Polish intellectuals and skilled workers.

“Not Soldiers from a Soldier’s Point of View: The British Army Service Corps and the Boundaries of Martial Masculinities, 1914–1918” by Thomas P. Stephens

➡️This work examines the Army Service Corps to show how non-combatant and caregiving roles complicated ideas of masculinity, race, and gender.

“Anglican army chaplains’ responses to prostitution on the Western Front, 1914–1919” by James Earnshaw.

➡️This article explores how Anglican Army chaplains responded to prostitution during the First World War.

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: ⬇️⬇️⬇️

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

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