‘Recognising Merit’ in late British colonial Cyprus, now in Cooperation and Conflict special issue on 'Status Symbols in World Politics'. One of the most rewarding publication experiences so far.🙏 the editors Paul Beaumont and Pål Røren for their tireless endeavours.doi.org/10.1177/001083…

During WWII, the Germans released the most disturbing travel book ever published: a 1943 tourist guide to the General Government, the Nazi-controlled pseudo-state in occupied Poland. (1/20)

Congratulations to Beatriz Lopez, James Smith & Guy Woodward (The PWE and British Culture) on the publication of this exciting edited collection! 🤩

☀️Summer delivery! Anthology inspired by 'The writer as psychological warrior: intellectuals, #propaganda and modern #conflict' conference, hosted by Durham University. A real pleasure to research this topic and work on this chapter. Thank you The PWE and British Culture and Beatriz Lopez! #Cyprus

📍 New release! 'British Writing, Propaganda and Cultural Diplomacy in the Second World War and Beyond' by The PWE and British Culture THE SOE and British Culture and Beatriz Lopez sheds new light on the global deployment of British propaganda. 📓: bit.ly/4coS7wo 📖:bit.ly/3X3PtYw

NEW/ Very happy to share this new project after months of work. Modernist Hull, a walking guide to the post-war city ✨ Inspired by stories collected through The Half Life of the Blitz on Hull, designed locally Joe (Azyss) & printed on GF Smith, naturally. Free from Visit Hull & East Yorkshire the modernist® now!

The🇬🇧 famously distributed copies of Animal Farm to counter communism, but did you know that the Soviets targeted the West by doing the same with: - Dickens ("on the life of the working classes") - Twain ("shocking") - Pride and Prejudice ("easily misinterpreted")

On 15th October, @HRAtkinson1 launches SHOWING RESISTANCE at MarxMemorialLibrary, London. Showing resistance is the first study of exhibitions as communications in mid-20th Century Britain. 6.30-8pm FREE. Book your place here: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events/showing… #arthistory

⁉️ What is UK national security vetting, and how has the current system evolved to meet insider threats? Really pleased to see this political, social, and cultural history of British vetting finally reach Bloomsbury Books UK's website. 🗓 Out June 2025 🔗 bloomsbury.com/uk/secret-hist…

Graham Greene, a selection Penguin Books Early ’80s editions

Working on my MSA (Modernism) paper, in which I’m discussing Evelyn Waugh’s Labels and this image, which unsurprisingly isn’t in that book but is relevant (sort of, according to me, at least). #ModWrite

Please spread the word, if you teach undergraduate or Master’s students: orwellsociety.com/education/orwe…!

Since the winner of the Booker Prize will be announced tonight, a reminder that Muriel Spark helped spread a rumour during the 1994 ceremony that Iris Murdoch’s husband was stealing potatoes from guests' plates 🥔

There is now one month left to get your paper abstracts in for 'The Second World War: 80 Years On', London, June 2025.

This anthology on interactions between British writers and propaganda is now published by Bloomsbury Academic👉 bloomsbury.com/uk/british-wri… The book is edited by our own Professor James Smith and Dr Guy Woodward, along with former Durham colleague Dr Beatriz Lopez (Beatriz Lopez)

Join us at our #SWW colloquium at the University of Edinburgh 9 May 2025. Abstract submission deadline: 6 Dec

Our newest issue (70.3) is now available! The "Women Thinking in Public" special issue of Modern Fiction Studies was guest edited by Debra Rae Cohen and Catherine Keyser. Check out our newsletter here: vr2.verticalresponse.com/emails/4837851…

Eire and Germany ..Some "Top Secret" Documents of the Second World War pamphlet form Professor Sir Douglas Savory -Ulster Unionist Council irishelectionliterature.com/2025/01/28/eir…

Reminder: we are in search of a new General Editor to replace the wonderful Jennifer Nesbitt. Please read more!!! And share widely! Deadline to apply FEB 28! scalar.usc.edu/works/the-spac…

Delighted to announce that the latest number of the Space Between Journal, a special number on ‘Searching for the Truly Strong Man: Masculinities 1914-1945’, with me as Special Topic Editor, is now available: scalar.usc.edu/works/the-spac… The Space Between