The International Network for Crimean War Studies

Those that 1) see it as an integral campaign in the #CrimeanWar that brought Russia to the peace table and 2) those that don't.

And 1) those that actually talk about it and 2) those that simply do not.

A brilliant paper from Alexander Sutherland of @kcllnucsc.bsky.social @warstudieskcl.bsky.social A very balanced presentation, discussing the pro- and anti-Azov cohorts of historians #CrimeanWar

While the Russians did make a determined effort to try and counter the British Flying Squadron in thr Sea of #Azov, with 50,000 soldiers deployed along the coast, the overall cost in lost animals, stores and buildings was immense #CrimeanWar

The Sea of #Azov campaign saw the birth of both the 19c gunboat and more inventive flating batteries. All of which were used to attack scores of coastal settlements #CrimeanWar

@warstudieskcl.bsky.social @kcllnucsc.bsky.social Kicking off now, Alexander Sutherland lecture is kicking off #CrimeanWar

Membership of the network is open to any person who has:

1) undertaken a doctoral dissertation on the subject of the Crimean War (directly or indirectly – on the conflict, its impacts or its legacies)

or

2) has made an original, academic published contribution to the field.

This interdisciplinary organisation aims to formalise the community of scholars working around the world whose research specialisms reach across national boundaries, by offering a platform for promoting events and projects and the presentation of new work #CrimeanWar

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This network seeks to bring together a transnational and cross-disciplinary collections of scholars and researchers, not only of the Crimean War specifically, but also from a multitude of ancillary fields and areas, whose research engages with the Crimean War in some way.

The International Network for Crimean War Studies was founded in 2022 to foster communication between scholars around the globe who research this nineteenth-century conflict: its origins, impacts and legacies across a variety of disciplinary, geographical and cultural contexts #CrimeanWar

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Also, welcome to Alexander Sutherland, who is currently completing his Masters dissertation @kcllnucsc.bsky.social on the Sea of Azov campaign, May-November 1855, under the great Prof Andrew Lambert #CrimeanWar

Welcome to our newest members and #CrimeanWar researchers Dr Niri Ragnvald Johnsen and Mark Markov of University of Southern Denmark and @sametogutlu.bsky.social of the University of Istanbul. All of whom are undertaking research on or around the war. Watch this space to for more going forward

King's Maritime History Seminars | King's College London This seminar series will explore important aspects of maritime history

This can be attended in person or online. Full details at www.kcl.ac.uk/events/serie.... For further information contact Dr Alan James, War Studies, KCL, WC2R 2LS (alan.2.james@kcl.ac.uk).

Upcoming #CrimeanWar event in UK.

On 12 February Alexander Sutherland (KCL Masters student) will present 'The Flying Squadron’: the Crimean War in the Sea of Azov campaign, May-November 1855' as part of the King’s Maritime History Seminars, Spring-Summer 2026.

YouTube video by NationalArmyMuseumUK Florence Nightingale: Myth and Celebrity

His public lecture discussed the construction of Nightingale’s reputation during the Crimean War. This lecture is freely available to watch here via YouTube.
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Recent #CrimeanWar lecture in UK.

On 12 December 2025 Dr Richard Bates (University of Nottingham) presented ‘Florence Nightingale: Myth and Celebrity’ at the UK National Army Museum.

New Member. We are very happy to welcome Prof Rasmus Glenthøj, Department of Culture and Language, University of Southern Denmark to the Network. His CRIMESCAN project is a very exciting and long-overdue look at the goings-on during and impacts of the #CrimeanWar

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The Crimean War and Scandinavia (CRIMESCAN): Investigations into the Influence of the Crimean War on Nationalism, Politics and War in Scandinavia in the 1850s

Full details can be found at portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/en/projects/...

It is with great pleasure that we can report that a dedicated #CrimeanWar project will soon begin at the University of Southern Denmark led by Rasmus Glenthøj. Running from 2026 to 2029 it will focus on #Scandinavia from 1852-9

Watch this space for more going forward.

The full gravestone to John Duggan, who was born in 1814 and died in 1881. He enlisted in the British Army in the 17th Lancers and served with them in the Crimean War at the Alma, Inkerman, Sebastapol and at Balaklava. Indeed, Trooper Duggan was one of the '600' Light Brigade that charged the Russian guns on 25 October 1854. At the top of his gravestone is the regimental badge of the 17th Lancers, a skull and crossbones surrounded by lances and pennants (representing 'Death') above the motto 'Or Glory'. As such they were often known as the 'Death or Glory Boys'. Duggan was extremely severely wounded in the charge and was evacuated the next day to Selimiye Barracks hospital at Scuttari.

R Caton Woodville's famous painting of the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava, mainly depicting the 17th Lancers (11th Hussars are also shown).

I always find this gravestone for John Duggan, in St Mary's Drogheda, incredibly moving. One of the '600' who rode into the 'Valley of Death' as a 17th Lancer #otd 1854, he survived - but only just. John fought throughout #CrimeanWar & ended his days as Sexton of St Mary's, dying in 1881, aged 67.

YouTube video by Eastlink Podium TV - Ireland, Atlantic Canada and the Crimean War with Dr. Paul Huddie

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All thanks to @icuf.bsky.social, the RNSHS and Eastlink TV, you can now watch my 'Ireland, Atlantic Canada and the Crimean War' lecture from Halifax back in June 2025 at youtu.be/X5-voQRJNeM #CrimeanWar #Ireland

Ziyi Wang'ın Doğu Sorunu üzerine 2025 tarihli bu tezi Kırım Savaşı kitabıma referans veriyor. #KırımSavaşı #КрымскаяВойна #CrimeanWar
Disruptions to diplomacy: the Eastern Question in the Concert of Europe, 1814-1856 - goo.gl/scholar/1n53Rw #ScholarAlerts @crimeanwar.bsky.social

Kırım Savaşı: Başlangıcı, önemi ve bugüne uzanan etkileri - BBC News Türkçe Osmanlı devleti 4 Ekim 1853’te Rusya’ya savaş ilan etti. Aynı yılın temmuz ayında Rusya o zamanlar Osmanlı'ya bağlı Eflak ve Boğdan beyliklerini işgal etmişti. Savaş sıradan bir Osmanlı-Rusya savaşı o...

BBC Türkçe'nin Kırım Savaşı üzerine haberinde ben de varım. @crimeanwar.bsky.social @mesutuyar.bsky.social @routledgehistory.bsky.social @otdmilhistory.bsky.social @globalmarhist.bsky.social

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The stronghold of strongholds: Kars and the Russian military, 1807-... On the morning of 25th June 1829, a young Russian poet gazed with awe at the supposedly impregnable Ottoman fortress of Kars, which had been captured by the Russian Army of the Caucasus just a year...

Our (I & Alexander Morrison) article on Kars is out.
The stronghold of strongholds: Kars and the Russian military, 1807-1878
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@icuf.bsky.social @crimeanwar.bsky.social The third and final outing for my Dobbin-funded research this year. A great turnout for tonight's seminar, with lots of interesting questions. My thanks to the organisers at UCD History #CrimeanWar #Ireland #Canada

#OTD 12 May 1820 the amazing #FlorenceNightingale was born

Today is also celebrated as #InternationalNursesDay, fittingly as she & other strong forward thinking women such as #MarySeacole are who we have to thank for modern day nursing and to whom we all owe so much!
#WomenInSTEM

Florence Nightingale & Mary Seacole - History Off The Page Meet Florence Nightingale. It is 1854, and Florence is preparing to take a group of nurses to Scutari Hospital in Crimea. Follow Florence on her adventure as she travels to Crimea and back. Topics dis...

24th Feb 1915 - unveiling of the statue of #FlorenceNightingale, as part of the memorial to the Crimean War. Meet Florence and learn about her work at Scutari hospital and afterwards, and also learn about #MarySeacole.

www.historyoffthepage.co.uk/virtual-lear...

My first draft of Chapter Two, Section One is done! #PhDLife #MarySeacole