Travel 2014

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

Blogging, tweeting and podcasting, Conferences and talks, Travel 2014

The British Empire and the Great War at Singapore

I got back yesterday from a very successful trip to Singapore, where I attended The British Empire and the Great War: Colonial Societies/Cultural Responses conference, organised by Michael Walsh (Nanyang Technological University) and Andrekos Varneva (Flinders University). Since the conference was extensively livetweeted, I thought I’d forgo my usual post-conference report and instead Storify the

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I’ve been awarded a small grant by the University of New England to fund research into ‘Popular perceptions of the German threat in Britain, 1914-1918’. I’m very fortunate to have received this and very grateful. The basic idea is this: This project will investigate the British public’s reaction to the threat of German attack during

Archives, Australia, Conferences and talks, Phantom airships, mystery aeroplanes, and other panics, Travel 2013, Travel 2014

Airminded world tour 2013-14

It’s quite a small world tour, admittedly, but two gigs in two countries just qualifies, I think. Little to no moshing is expected. First, I will be giving a paper at the Empire in Peril: Invasion-scares and Popular Politics In Britain 1890-1914 workshop, which is being held at Queen Mary University of London on 14

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