In September 2021 we held an expert round table discussing the original themes emerging from recent key texts in the field of Second World War British History.

Our invited authors were:

Alan Allport

Britain at Bay: The Epic Story of the Second World War: 1938-1941, London: Profile Books Ltd., 2020

Lucy Noakes

Dying for the Nation : Death, Grief and Bereavement in Second World War Britain, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2020

Beryl Pong

British Literature and Culture in Second World Wartime: for the duration, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020

Daniel Todman

Britain’s War: A New World: 1942-1947, London: Allen Lane, 2020

Wendy Webster

Mixing It : Diversity in World War Two Britain, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018

Dr Wendy Ugolini, Professor Toby Kelly and Professor Jeremy Crang – co-founders of the SWW Network – acted as facilitators.

The round table took place on Wednesday 8th September, from 3pm – 5pm BST, on Zoom.

A recording of the event can also be viewed here.

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Expert Round Table: ‘New Texts, New Themes’ / Second World War Network (Scotland) by blogadmin is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution CC BY 3.0

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