Delighted to announce an exciting public debate: A New Approach to China? A Public Forum in Lancaster. 27 Nov 2024, 5.00pm - 7.30pm Chaired by Professor Edward Simpson expert panel includes Olivia Cheung Meia Nouwens 温玫雅 Andrew Chubb Free tickets at bit.ly/40xJcpV Centre for War and Diplomacy

Coming up on 27th November in Lancaster: our panel featuring leading experts on relations with China. LancasterUniHistory Free tickets available from: bit.ly/40xJcpV lancaster.ac.uk/news/public-fo…

Thank you to our audience at 'A New Approach to China?', last night. It was great to see such a large and engaged audience. We heard fascinating presentations from our distinguished panel and a lively question and answer session! Olivia Cheung Professor Edward Simpson Andrew Chubb

CWD’s Prof. Marco Wyss spoke on LBC this morning about what a ‘wartime mindset’ could mean for NATO, Europe, and the UK.

Interesting story "Into the Grey at the NDC: Grey-Zone Warfare in Past, Present and Future" via NATO Defense College ndc.nato.int/news/news.php?…

Last week Prof Marco Wyss Deputy Director led the third workshop for the Grey Zone Warfare Project NATO Defense College . 15 leading academics came together to share and develop their thinking on the Grey Zone. We are grateful to the NDC for their hospitality!

1066 and all that? Here in the North West it's 1092 that matters - when the Kingdom of Cumbria south of Hadrian's Wall fell to the Normans. Fiona Edmonds VCH_Cumbria & I LancasterUniHistory discuss for HistoryExtra - including new work on the important Norman site Lowther Castle & Gardens!

CWD Researcher Dr Hugo Meijer publishes groundbreaking article on the origins of war: lancaster.ac.uk/centre-for-war…

'How old is war? Is it a deep-seated propensity in the human species or is it a recent cultural invention?' For anyone interested in war - past, present or future - Hugo Meijer's latest research, published in Human Nature, is highly recommended: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

📢AHRC PHD funding alert📢 Applications now open for an AHRC CDA scholarship LancasterUniHistory for a project on emotional objects in the British regimental museum. See below for details and & how to apply. DM me if you have any questions. Spread the word! lancaster.ac.uk/arts-and-socia…

Had much fun recording this episode Willy Willy Harry Stee Podcast on William Marshal with charlie higson - we cracked in a few of my fave Marshal stories. What a legend!

Congratulations Thomas Brosset on a fascinating and important doctoral thesis, which changes our understanding of siege warfare in 12th-century Syria and the Jazīra!

The first issue of 2025 of the International Journal of Military History and Historiography is out now! It features research articles covering a broad range of chronologies and geographies, a historiographical article, and of course numerous book reviews. brill.com/view/journals/…

When is it right to take up arms against your government? A medieval perspective:

If you're listening to the latest podcast with charlie higson on Willy Willy Harry Stee Podcast on Simon de Montfort father & son- from the Fourth Crusade to the Albigensian Crusade & England's First Revolution -and wondering why Henry III of England wanted to conquer Sicily and what happened next:

Our colleague Cindy May writes this fascinating piece about presidency and the Congress in the US

My review Current Archaeology of Ian Atherton's book 'Britons and their Battlefields: War, Memory, and Commemoration since the 14th century' (OUP): 'essential reading … thoroughly researched, cogently argued, and stuffed with important findings': the-past.com/review/books/b…

A new article from our Early Career Fellow, Dr John Marshall! You can read more about John's work here: lancaster.ac.uk/centre-for-war…

Thanks to all who joined u this week for the CWD-RAFM Air Power lecture, co-hosted with RAF Museum - & thanks to Dr Dominika Kunertova for her expert insights into 'The Changing Character of Drone Warfare'. Read about this & the Air Power series here: lancaster.ac.uk/centre-for-war…

It's the summer 2025 season & #LowtherMedievalCastle is on! Phase 3 is our biggest dig yet, excavating the ringwork castle & two areas of the medieval village -potential house platforms & lots of medieval pottery. Lowther Castle & Gardens LancasterUniHistory UCLan Arch & Anth Allen Archaeology 💙 .