We're recruiting! Lancaster University's Department of History is seeking a Lecturer in Late Roman / Medieval History (with Latin) for one year, teaching Latin & the Fall of Rome. This is a fabulous department to work in, in a beautiful part of the world! hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?r…

The Military History Consortium (MHC) connects institutions, academics, and students engaged in the study of warfare and/or military organisations in the past. Find out more & watch out for future events here: lancaster.ac.uk/centre-for-war…

A strong medievalist showing at the Military History Consortium conference! Thanks Andrew and all delegates for contributing to thriving discussions of military history from ancient to modern:

In our final dig diary for the Lowther ringwork castle excavation it's back to the labs. SophieThérèse Ambler looks at what the students of UCLan Arch & Anth under Dr James Morris have been doing to use their fieldwork in the field, revealing some more datable finds: castlestudiestrust.org/blog/2024/06/1…

Join us at our 33rd annual conference (#BIHG2024), this time at King's College London! Our #callforpapers is open until Fri 18th July - please email [email protected] All aspects of #InternationalHistory are welcome. Registration link will be posted shortly. #twitterstorians

A fabulous visit to Bilbao for a serious hit of medieval military history: 'Waging and Suffering War in the Late Middle Ages'. Thank you so much Ekaitz Etxeberria Gallastegi for organising!

Out now open access in The Journal of Legal History, my new article: 'The Common Law and Civil War in Fourteenth-Century England: The Prosecution of Treason and Rebellion Under Edward II, 1322–1326'. A people's history of treason. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

This year's second issue of the International Journal of Military History and Historiography is out now! Check out the excellent articles and insightful book reviews! brill.com/view/journals/…

I would like to thank all those that read my article as it now reached 1,000 views. Special thanks to all those that shared it, giving it more visibility. I would also like to thank those I had great discussions with around the topic since. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

At the Battle of Evesham in 1265, Simon de Montfort was dismembered, his head, testicles, hands & feet made trophies. This is the ghastly tale of the Evesham dark trophies, & -from St Oswald of Northumbria to military culture in the Anglo-Welsh borders- its weirder explanation:

If this podcast HistoryExtra whets your appetite, you can read the full story FOR FREE in my article EHR, 'The Dark Trophies of The Battle of Evesham, the Northumbrian Cult of Simon de Montfort and the War of the Welsh Marches (1264–1265)': doi.org/10.1093/ehr/ce…

I was v pleased to receive my copy of Documenting Warfare Records of the Hundred Years’ War, edited and translated in Honour of Anne Curry Anne Curry. It was a privilege to contribute. Thanks eds Andy King & Rémy Ambühl, all contributors Boydell & Brewer Caroline Palmer

What did a siege look like in the 12th-century Middle East? How did people prepare for them? Which technique was the most likely to succeed? CWD member Thomas Brosset shares his pathfinding approach to siege warfare in this talk Royal Armouries, which you can watch for free:

From the CWD archive: 'European Security & Illusions of Autonomy'. Dr Hugo Meijer, CNRS Research Fellow CERI Sciences Po & CWD Honorary Researcher, explains why -even if the US pulls back from Europe- Europeans can't build an autonomous defence capacity: podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cwdla…

Our own Dr Sophie Thérèse Ambler (SophieThérèse Ambler) sheds light on the darkest of tales in this fascinating but grisly podcast from BBC History! Discover the story of Simon de Montfort, whose body parts would become gruesome trophies HistoryExtra | LancasterUniHistory | Arts and Social Sciences at Lancaster

The Military History Consortium now has its sixth member institution, ISCTE - University Institute Lisbon! lancaster.ac.uk/centre-for-war… CEI Stellenbosch University UvA Amsterdam Sciences Po Aix U Calgary Lancaster University

With chapters from Michael Terry, John Alexander, Harry Raffal, @CliveRi78382251, Samuel Oyewole, et al. Thanks British Commission for Military History (BCMH) and RAF Museum for hosting the March 2023 conference, and Helion & Company Ltd for publishing the proceedings.

We swapped copies. If you are interested in Cold War history, subcontinental geopolitics, & India’s intelligence & statecraft then make sure you grab a copy of ⁦Paul McGarr⁩’s second masterpiece. It’s out on Sep 12 w. ⁦Cambridge University Press⁩

Spying in South Asia keeping impeccable company. Do read Avinash Paliwal अविनाश पालीवाल’s India’s Near East. A remarkable & timely account of India’s interaction with its eastern states and neighbours. Compelling, erudite, & engaging international history at its very best. A modern masterpiece👏🏻👏🏻