PhDs and ECRs working on those working on any aspect of historical conflict, come and join us next March at MMU! NB we are able to offer some funds to support attendance.

Our 2024-25 programme begins on Monday 9th September, where we will be welcoming Dr Chris Millington to discuss "Reconstructing a Free French past in Liverpool." We hope that you're able to join us! For more details about our programme please see the link to our website:

We're pleased to announce the first HaCC conference, in September 2025, on aftermaths of conflict and violence. CALL FOR PAPERS here: hacc.mmu.ac.uk/event/conferen… HistoryManMet Manchester Metropolitan Uni Dr Mercedes Peñalba Dr Kathryn Hurlock 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺 Catherine Fletcher Please RT

CALL FOR PAPERS on aftermaths of conflict and violence, Sept. 2025 @ MMU

We're looking to work with applicants to the The Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship scheme at MMU. Get in touch if you have an idea or project - and for more information! HistoryManMet

Delighted to announce that I'll be working with Yale University Press Yale University Press London📚 on a book on the political crisis in 1930s France. The book begins with this: Marshal Pétain and Pierre Laval, future leaders of the Vichy regime, on a trip together to New York in 1931....

A reminder that our first meeting takes place tomorrow night with Chris Millington 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧 speaking about Hilaire Marteau, a member of De Gaul's Free French, who settled in Liverpool after the war. We hope to see you there!

REMINDER: Don't forget to submit your paper or panel proposal for our 2025 conference on veterancy: "'Demobbed': The Social, Cultural, Political, and Economic Legacies of Military Service". CFP closes 1 November 2024

Could we possibly just have a defence of intellectual curiosity in its own right? Just once?

Please consider putting in a proposal for this fantastic conference, or encourage some you know to do so! Please RT Manchester Metropolitan Uni HistoryManMet Dr Kathryn Hurlock 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺 Catherine Fletcher

Russian double agents, MI6 dreamers and a catastrophic intelligence failure - I caught up with Dan Snow to discuss Robert Bruce Lockhart's exploits in revolutionary Russia for History Hit💥 #History #podcast #Russia #spytwitter ⬇️⬇️ shows.acast.com/dansnowshistor…

Wonderful to meet Dr Paul Hamilton today and chat all things war and pilgrimage! Dr Kathryn Hurlock 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺 Dr Michelle Walker (/Moffat) 🇳🇿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Brilliant feature in today's Daily Express, by James Crossland, author of the new biography #RogueAgent, on the legendary spy and propagandist, Robert Bruce Lockhart, (uncle 'B' to the family), who was framed for an assassination attempt on Lenin during the Bolshevik revolution.

If you're thinking about a PhD, get in touch - especially if you have ideas about fascism, terrorism, 20th C. France. You can apply with us through the AHRC north west consortium doctoral training programme.

If you're thinking about a PhD in an area related to conflict, get in touch with one of our experts hacc.mmu.ac.uk/members/ to discuss your project

Le 4 octobre 1936 signifie la bataille de Cable Street, mais il y a eu une autre «bataille » ce jour-là, celle du Parc des Princes, lorsque des partisans du PSF ont attaqué des antifascistes qui se rendaient à un rassemblement. Des dizaines de blessés, plus de 1200 arrestations.

MMU will be hosting the 7th Annual Symposium of the Northern Network for the Study of the Crusades Crusades Network in December 2024 - follow the link for more details Connor C. Wilson HistoryManMet hacc.mmu.ac.uk/event/northern…

Delighted to announce that my next book, MURDER IN MARSEILLE, will be published with Manchester University Press. It's about the terrorist assassination of the King of Yugoslavia in Marseille, 90 years ago. The picture below shows the moment of the act, assassin in the centre HistoryManMet

There is one more day to apply to this fantastic conference 👇👇👇 and why not check out our calendar of events too: hacc.mmu.ac.uk/events/list/ HistoryManMet

My book 'Welsh Not' is now out. It explores both the perception and treatment of language in 19th-century education & the wider reasons for linguistic change in Wales. £20 in paperback or a free pdf here: uwp.co.uk/app/uploads/97…