Conferences and talks

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1910s, Conferences and talks, International law, Interviews, Pictures, Radio, The road to war

The road to war — IX

Today I made my ninth contribution to ABC New England’s Road to War series, talking about U-boats (AKA ‘the Zeppelins of the sea’) and their advantages and disadvantages in warfare. More specifically, I spoke about the German declaration on 4 February 1915 of unlimited submarine warfare in the seas around Britain, switching from their previous

Zeppelin L3
1910s, Air defence, Conferences and talks, Periodicals, Phantom airships, mystery aeroplanes, and other panics, Pictures, Radio, Rumours, The road to war

The road to war — VIII

For my eighth contribution to The Road to War on ABC New England, I spoke about the first Zeppelin raid on Britain, on the night of 19 January 1915; certainly more consequential than the first air raid on Britain as it actually killed people in Great Yarmouth and King’s Lynn in Norfolk. I talked about

1910s, Australia, Conferences and talks, Phantom airships, mystery aeroplanes, and other panics, Travel 2014, Travel 2015

Wolverhampton and Newcastle

Today, I received the news that not one but two conference abstracts I’d submitted have been accepted. Which means I’ll be going to some interesting conferences and listening to some interesting talks, but it also means that I’ve made a lot of extra work for myself in just one day. Well done, me! The first

1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, Academia, Aerial theatre, Before 1900, Conferences and talks, Phantom airships, mystery aeroplanes, and other panics, Videos

Seminar: ‘Staging the aerial theatre’

Last Friday, 3 October 2014, I gave the Humanities Research Seminar at the University of New England on the topic of ‘Staging the aerial theatre: Britishness and airmindedness in the 20th century’ (kindly introduced by Nathan Wise), in which I expanded upon my ideas for a research project involving aviation spectacle. You can watch the

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