Dr Wendy Ugolini, co-founder of the Second World War Network (Scotland), has been awarded a large Arts and Humanities Research Council Research Grant for the three-year project, ‘Beyond Borders: The Second World War, National Identities and Empire in the UK’. Dr Ugolini will be Principal Investigator for the project with Professor Martin Johnes of Swansea […]

The Second World War Network (Scotland) is delighted to announce the launch of a mobile walking tour ‘Second World War Edinburgh’. Created with funding from the Royal Society of Edinburgh, researched by the Network, and developed by Curious Edinburgh, the tour highlights important sites in the history of the Second World War in Edinburgh.   […]

Over a gloriously sunny two days in Edinburgh, we hosted our joint conference with the Second World War Research Group. The keynote address by Dr Andrew Buchanan & Dr Ruth Lawlor, ‘Time to Murder and Create: Writing Histories of a Greater Second World War’,  can be found here:

We are delighted to announce the full programme for our upcoming conference, From the Personal to the Global: Lived Experiences of the Second World War.   Conference 2023 Expanded Programme     This summer, the Second World War Network (Scotland) and the Second World War Research Group are hosting a joint conference: From the Personal […]

In this public lecture, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Official Historian, George Hay, explored the Empire of the dead – the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Scotland, and the birth of modern commemoration.     [IMAGE COURTESY OF EMMA FORTH]     This event was hosted by the University of Edinburgh in collaboration with National Museums […]