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Thomas P. Stephens

@tpstephens.bsky.social

PhD Candidate in British History at Indiana U. Bloomington. Studies masculinity, race, and military culture in the Royal Army Service Corps. Cat dad and nerd (he/him)

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I just got my first invite from a predatory publisher. I feel like a real scholar now.

15.07.2025 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Alex! I'm currently reading your book (I've already read most of your PhD thesis). It's incredible!

15.07.2025 15:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh, that's a fascinating tidbit! I've seen just two court cases in newspapers where defendants service in the Army Service Corps is brought up by the prosecutors or police to attack their character.

15.07.2025 15:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The bigger project looks at regimental culture in the Army Service Corps from the 1880s-1960s, and tracks how that changes in the shift to mechanical transport, more militarized support forces, and changing ideas about soldiers as men. It's a Phd, so it will be a few years before the book comes out🀞

09.07.2025 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks! It's so fascinating how much logistical forces is neglected it so many militaries. Seeing the parallels and differences between countries has been a cool part of the broader project I'm working on.

09.07.2025 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Not Soldiers from a Soldier’s Point of View: The British Army Service Corps and the Boundaries of Martial Masculinities, 1914–1918 Historians of Britain and its empire have explored how the First World War’s violence and scale of mobilisation could transform cultural hierarchies. They have debated the impact of many white wome...

My first peer-reviewed article is in print! "Not Soldiers from a Soldier’s Point of View: The British Army Service Corps and the Boundaries of Martial Masculinities, 1914–1918." www.tandfonline.com/eprint/UDQRH...

Give it a read if you like #fww history, British history, or gender history.

09.07.2025 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

This week @fwwsoc.bsky.social launched the brand new 'President’s Undergraduate Essay Prize'. This award has a cash prize and the opportunity for publication in the Society Journal. πŸ—ƒοΈ

You can find the details here: tinyurl.com/4wyjvxmf

And the cover sheet here: tinyurl.com/4pxafxdz

02.04.2025 10:30 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 7
Feeling Old in Eighteenth-Century Britain | Journal of British Studies | Cambridge Core Feeling Old in Eighteenth-Century Britain

πŸ“—New article out now!

"Feeling Old in Eighteenth-Century Britain" by Karen Harvey and Sarah Fox

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

07.03.2025 15:08 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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