First World War Studies

Great War Modernists: D.H. Lawrence, H.D. and Richard Aldington Published in First World War Studies (Ahead of Print, 2025)

Great War Modernists: D.H. Lawrence, H.D. and Richard Aldington, by Lee M. Jenkins (Bloomsbury, 2024) — reviewed by Marina Ragachewskaya.
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Read the full reviews now in First World War Studies!

The Doctrine of the British Army: The Conception & Implementation of Field Service Regulations 1900–1918 Published in First World War Studies (Ahead of Print, 2025)

The Doctrine of the British Army: The Conception & Implementation of Field Service Regulations 1900–1918, by David Keable-Elliott (helion, 2025) — reviewed by Martin Samuels.
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Importing Fascism: The Italian Community’s Fascist Experience in Interwar Scotland Published in First World War Studies (Ahead of Print, 2025)

Importing Fascism: The Italian Community’s Fascist Experience in Interwar Scotland, by Remigio Petrocelli (Routledge, 2024) — reviewed by Mathilde Lyons.
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Transatlantic Battles: European Immigrant Communities in South America and the World Wars Published in First World War Studies (Ahead of Print, 2025)

Here are a few that might be of interest:

Transatlantic Battles: European Immigrant Communities in South America and the World Wars, edited by María Inés Tato (Leiden) — reviewed by Phillip Dehne.
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📚 New Book Reviews Out!

In late November new book reviews were published by Taylor & Francis!

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👥 Associate Editors introductions: Andrew Frayn

Continuing our introductions of the FWWS associate editors, this week we’re pleased to highlight Dr. Andrew Frayn, Associate Editor of First World War Studies and a scholar working at the intersection of literature and history.

Andrew looks forward to supporting more work in literary and cultural studies within the journal, and any scholars interested in contributing work to this field are encouraged to do so!

The War Books Boom in Britain, 1928–1930 Based on a dataset of unparalleled extent containing nearly 1500 books, this article for the first time offers an analysis of the War Books Boom that combines the qualitative and quantitative. The ...

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One of Andrew’s recent FWWS publications was co-authored with Fiona Houston:
“The War Books Boom in Britain, 1928–1930.”
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The article examines war-related publishing in the late 1920s and explores how this shaped British cultural memory of the conflict.

Andrew is an Associate Professor of 20th century literature and Culture at Edinburgh Napier University. He joined the FWWS team to encourage more literature-focused and cultural studies submissions, including work on film, television, music, and other arts that deepen our understanding of the war.

👥 Associate Editors introductions: Andrew Frayn

Continuing our introductions of the FWWS associate editors, this week we’re pleased to highlight Dr. Andrew Frayn, Associate Editor of First World War Studies and a scholar working at the intersection of literature and history.

Supporting the Core of Our Nation: Emilia Węsławska and Relief for the Elite, 1914–1915 At the beginning of the First World War, Emilia Węsławska – a woman who belonged to the rural nobility and prior to the war had been actively engaged in the ranks of National Democracy party in Vil...

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One article he has particularly enjoyed working on so far is:
“Supporting the Core of Our Nation: Emilia Węsławska and Relief for the Elite, 1914–1915.”
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

He especially appreciated its focus on an understudied region in WWI historiography

Rok is a Professor of Modern History at the University of Ljubljana and director of the Slovene History research program. He's authored two books and numerous articles, he has also worked in positions at institutions including the University of Zagreb, EHESS, and the European University Institute.

👥 Associate Editors introductions: Rok Stergar

As of this week we will be introducing each associate editor of the Journal with a post dedicated to them. This week we’re pleased to introduce Dr. Rok Stergar, a leading historian of the Habsburg Empire.

📘 Article Highlight

One article he has particularly enjoyed working on so far is:
“Supporting the Core of Our Nation: Emilia Węsławska and Relief for the Elite, 1914–1915.”

He especially appreciated its focus on an understudied region in WWI historiography.

Rok is Professor of Modern History at the University of Ljubljana and director of the Slovene History research program. He has authored two books and numerous articles, he has also worked in positions at institutions including the University of Zagreb, EHESS, and the European University Institute.

This Memorial Lecture will be published in full in a future issue of First World War Studies, for now you can watch online!

💡 First World War Studies proudly supports early career researchers like Stefan who expand the global understanding of the Great War.

The Great War from the Periphery: Representing and Remembering the First World War in Swedish and Chilean War Museums Scholarship on the representation of the First World War in war museums in countries who fought during the war has grown exponentially in the last three decades. Less attention has been given to ho...

Link to his article: www.tandfonline.com

Stefan is also the author of ‘White Mythic Space: Racism, the First World War, and Battlefield 1’ a book that examines race and representation in gaming, which was recently reviewed on Taylor & Francis.

Link to the book review: www.tandfonline.com

🎓 ECR Spotlight: Stefan Aguirre Quiroga

Stefan Aguirre Quiroga, a PhD student at the University of Gothenburg, offers fresh insight into WWI memory. His recent article compares how Sweden and Chile represent the war in their museums, revealing how national narratives shape public memory. 🧵

My review of Francesca Piana’s book is out! networks.h-net.org/group/discus...

PhD Studentship on Family Separation, funded by ERC - CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - RHS PhD Studentship on Family Separation, funded by European Research Council Call for Applications, deadline - 1 March 2026 This is a call for expressions of interest for a European Research Council-fund...

An excellent PhD opportunity for someone to work on family separation during WW1 or WW2. I've done some research on Italian emigrant families separated when the father was serving in the Italian Army and it's a really fascinating area of study. royalhistsoc.org/calendar/phd...

Remembering and forgetting the Great War in New York City This article examines the history of the Great War in New York City and the means by which it has been remembered and forgotten through the presence and absence of war memorials. New York City play...

➡️ “Remembering and forgetting the Great War in New York City” By R.J. Wilson
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➡️ “‘The War was a Great Link’: German First World War Commemorations in Interwar Tanganyika.” By Willeke Sandler
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Symbolic narratives and the legacy of the Great War: the celebration of Armistice Day in France in the 1920s Over the two past decades, a new approach to the Great War has progressively developed. Shifting their focus of inquiry to the social and the cultural, away from the economic and the political, the...

➡️ “Symbolic narratives and the legacy of the Great War: the celebration of Armistice Day in France in the 1920s” By Christina Theodosiou
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➡️ “The Great War and Senegalese memory: the veterans’ legacy” by Joe Lunn
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📝If you’re interested in reading more about the end of the war, its consequences, and how peace was negotiated and remembered in a global context, here are some articles from First World War Studies, published by Taylor & Francis @tandfresearch.bsky.social

🕊️November 11, 1918 – The Armistice of Compiègne

On November 11th, 1918, at 11 a.m., The fighting of the First World War came to an end. The armistice ended hostilities, and led to a complex post-war era defined by reconstruction, remembrance, and reimagined international relations. 🧵

📣 The WFA PhD Grant Scheme is currently open to applicants!
We want to hear from anyone researching the First World War as part of their doctoral thesis, no matter what the topic!
#fwwhist
Full details and application form can be found below ⬇️
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Imperial frameworks of religion: Catholic military chaplains of Germany and Austria-Hungary during the First World War This article argues for a more nuanced cultural history of religion for the losing powers by looking comparatively at Catholicism in two different imperial frameworks. The article supplements imper...

➡️"Imperial frameworks of religion: Catholic military chaplains of Germany and Austria-Hungary during the First World War" By Patrick J. Houlihan
🔎This article compares Catholicism in Germany and Austria-Hungary, showing how wartime chaplaincy shaped faith beyond national defeat.
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The negotiation of national and regional identity during the Schleswig-plebiscite following the First World War After the First World War, five plebiscites were held to delineate the borders of Germany, Denmark, reestablished Poland, Austria, Hungary and newly established Yugoslavia. The territories subjugat...

➡️“The Negotiation of National and Regional Identity During the Schleswig Plebiscite Following the First World War.” By Nina Jebsen and Martin Klatt.
🔎Analyses how regional identities were mobilized in the Schleswig plebiscite campaigns to redefine national belonging after the war.
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Norms of war and the Austro-Hungarian encounter with Serbia, 1914–1918 This essay first explores European assumptions regarding occupation and war in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. These assumptions found their way into international law, but are b...

➡️ “Norms of War and the Austro-Hungarian Encounter with Serbia, 1914–1918.” by Jonathan E. Gumz,
🔎 Explores how Austria-Hungary’s occupation of Serbia challenged pre-war European norms of warfare and international law.
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