Event Details

The next MHC Graduate Workshop will be held online on Tuesday 26 September 2023 (9am Mountain Time, 16.00 UK Time).

The MHC connects institutions, academics, and students engaged in the study of warfare and/or military organisations in the past. Its dual aim is to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas in order to strengthen international research cooperation, and a framework for joint teaching initiatives and programmes.

The MHC’s membership is international, comprising the universities of Amsterdam, Calgary, Lancaster and Stellenbosch, and Sciences Po Aix. Its scope is global. While the consortium’s teaching and research agendas focus on the past, it seeks to address contemporary security challenges and inform related policy debates. It is only the study of war and the military in the past that enables us to understand and contextualise the present and thus prepare for the future.

The MHC runs a series of online seminars bringing together doctoral students and established scholars from across the consortium. The next MHC Graduate Workshop will be held online on Tuesday 26 September 2023 (09.00 Mountain Time, 16.00 UK Time).

Programme

1. 'Kindling for an Industry in Decline: The Industrial Significance of the MRCA Programme for Britain'

• Presenter: Samuel Hollins (PhD candidate – Lancaster University/RAF Museum)
• Discussant: Professor David Bercuson (University of Calgary)

2. 'Civil vs Military Authorities in the Netherlands during the First World War'

• Presenter: Pauline Onderwater (PhD candidate - University of Amsterdam)
• Discussant: Dr Evert Kleynhans (Stellenbosch University)

3. '“Be careful where you step:” The Experience of the South African Infantry from the 12th Motorised Brigade Facing Landmines and Improvised Explosive Devices in the Italian Campaign, 1944- 1955'

• Presenter: Carl Punt (PhD candidate - Stellenbosch University)
• Discussant: Professor Walter Bruyere-Ostells (Sciences Po Aix)

4. 'Documenting the Trajectories of Combatants: From the French Army to the Togolese and Cameroonian Armies'

• Presenter: Pauline Cherbonnier (PhD candidate - Sciences Po Aix)
• Discussant: Dr Samuël Kruizinga (University of Amsterdam)

5. 'Humanitarianism and Guerrilla Groups: NGOs and SPLA in Southern Sudan'

• Presenter: Yusuf Sholeye (PhD candidate - University of Calgary)
• Discussant: Professor Marco Wyss (Lancaster University)

To attend this or other MHC online events, please register on the MHC's web site.