Military History

The Military History seminar considers wars and warfare in the modern era, since the 1780s.

Venue: Hybrid- please check each seminar event page for precise details
Time: Tuesdays, 17:30
Convenors: Andrew Lambert (KCL), William Philpott (KCL) and William Fletcher (KCL).

About the seminar

The Military History seminar considers wars and warfare in the modern era, since the 1780s. Papers address the themes of the history of armed forces (land, naval and air); strategy and operations; military theory and practice; commanders and campaigns; and the social and cultural impact of warfare.

Term 1 - Autumn 2022

18 oct 2022

Understandings of Strategy and Coalition Military Planning in 1914

Hybrid | King’s College London, King’s Building, room 6.07 (Dockrill Room) and on Microsoft Teams

29 nov 2022

CANCELLED The impact of the Staff College at High Wycombe on Wellington's Staff System during the Peninsular War (1808-1814)

Hybrid | King’s College London, King’s Building, room 6.07 (Dockrill Room) and on Microsoft Teams

29 nov 2022

Sir Michael Howard Centenary

Peter Wilson (University of Oxford), Brian Holden-Reid (King’s College London), Saawani Raje-Byrne (King’s College London), Helene Olsen (King’s College London)

River Room, King's Building - King's College London Strand London WC2R 2LS

13 dec 2022

CANCELLED The Cultural and Intellectual History of Military Operations: Frederick the Great and French Ways of War

Adam Storring (KCL)

Term 2- Winter 2023

17 jan 2023

The Cultural and Intellectual History of Military Operations: Frederick the Great and French Ways of War

Adam Storring (King’s College London)

Hybrid | Online & IHR Wolfson Room NB02, Basement, IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU

31 jan 2023

Victory, Defeat and the Experience of Battle in the Napoleonic Wars

Graeme Callister (York St John University)

Hybrid | Online & King’s College London, Strand Campus, King’s Building, room K6.63

14 feb 2023

‘The Wellington System’, British Strategy for maintaining peace and stability in Europe, 1814–1852

Andrew Lambert (King’s College London)

Hybrid | Online & IHR Wolfson Room NB02, Basement, IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU

28 feb 2023

The impact of the Staff College at High Wycombe on Wellington's Staff System during the Peninsular War (1808-1814)

William Fletcher (King’s College London)

Hybrid- Online & King’s College London, Strand Campus, King’s Building, room 6.07 (Dockrill Room)

28 mar 2023

Three Minute Military Thesis competition sponsored by the British Commission for Military History

Hybrid | King’s College London, King’s Building, room 6.07 (Dockrill Room) And on Microsoft Teams

Term 3- Spring/Summer 2023

02 may 2023

Securing Oman for Development: Sultan Qaboos confronts his enemies, 1970–1976

Simon Anglim (King’s College London)

Hybrid | Online-via Zoom & IHR Wolfson Room NB02, Basement, IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU

16 may 2023

‘Arrogant and Dashing Throwbacks’: German Elite and Non-elite Troops, 1914-1918

Tony Cowan (Independent scholar)

Hybrid | Online-via Teams & Dockrill Room (K6.07). King’s Building, King’s College London, Strand Campus, WC2R 2LS

30 may 2023

Defence Unification, Strategy and Policy: 1945–1964

James Smith (King’s College London)

Hybrid | Online-via Zoom & IHR Wolfson Room NB02, Basement, IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU

13 jun 2023

Georg Heinrich von Berenhorst: counter-Enlightenment scepticism and its place in the On War origin story

David Fowler (King’s College London)

Hybrid | Online- via Teams & Dockrill Room (K6.07). King’s Building, King’s College London, Strand Campus, WC2R 2LS

27 jun 2023