In August 2023, Professor Wendy Ugolini, co-founder of the Second World War Network (Scotland), was 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’. Professor Ugolini acts as Principal Investigator for the project with Professor Martin Johnes […]

As part of our ‘Second World War Conversations’ series, we are rounding off 2021 with a panel on the Global Serviceman.   This discussion on the experiences of servicemen from Canada, Italy and the UK will feature papers from Professor Geoff Hayes, Dr Alex Henry and Dr Joel Morley, and will be facilitated by Dr […]

As part of our ‘Second World War Conversations’, we are continuing with a panel on visuals, news and propaganda in wartime Britain.   This discussion is moderated by Wendy Ugolini.   Jonathan Black will be speaking on wartime artist Eric Kennington, Grace Stephenson on British cinema newsreels, and Marc Wiggam on the British national press. […]