Andrew looks forward to supporting more work in literary and cultural studies within the journal, and any scholars interested in contributing work to this field are encouraged to do so!

📘 Article Highlight
One of Andrew’s recent FWWS publications was co-authored with Fiona Houston:
“The War Books Boom in Britain, 1928–1930.”
www.tandfonline.com
The article examines war-related publishing in the late 1920s and explores how this shaped British cultural memory of the conflict.

Andrew is an Associate Professor of 20th century literature and Culture at Edinburgh Napier University. He joined the FWWS team to encourage more literature-focused and cultural studies submissions, including work on film, television, music, and other arts that deepen our understanding of the war.

📘 Article Highlight
One article he has particularly enjoyed working on so far is:
“Supporting the Core of Our Nation: Emilia Węsławska and Relief for the Elite, 1914–1915.”
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

He especially appreciated its focus on an understudied region in WWI historiography

Rok is a Professor of Modern History at the University of Ljubljana and director of the Slovene History research program. He's authored two books and numerous articles, he has also worked in positions at institutions including the University of Zagreb, EHESS, and the European University Institute.

📘 Article Highlight

One article he has particularly enjoyed working on so far is:
“Supporting the Core of Our Nation: Emilia Węsławska and Relief for the Elite, 1914–1915.”

He especially appreciated its focus on an understudied region in WWI historiography.

Rok is Professor of Modern History at the University of Ljubljana and director of the Slovene History research program. He has authored two books and numerous articles, he has also worked in positions at institutions including the University of Zagreb, EHESS, and the European University Institute.

💡 First World War Studies proudly supports early career researchers like Stefan who expand the global understanding of the Great War.

Link to his article: www.tandfonline.com

Stefan is also the author of ‘White Mythic Space: Racism, the First World War, and Battlefield 1’ a book that examines race and representation in gaming, which was recently reviewed on Taylor & Francis.

Link to the book review: www.tandfonline.com

➡️ “Remembering and forgetting the Great War in New York City” By R.J. Wilson
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

➡️ “‘The War was a Great Link’: German First World War Commemorations in Interwar Tanganyika.” By Willeke Sandler
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

➡️ “Symbolic narratives and the legacy of the Great War: the celebration of Armistice Day in France in the 1920s” By Christina Theodosiou
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

➡️ “The Great War and Senegalese memory: the veterans’ legacy” by Joe Lunn
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📝If you’re interested in reading more about the end of the war, its consequences, and how peace was negotiated and remembered in a global context, here are some articles from First World War Studies, published by Taylor & Francis @tandfresearch.bsky.social

➡️"Imperial frameworks of religion: Catholic military chaplains of Germany and Austria-Hungary during the First World War" By Patrick J. Houlihan
🔎This article compares Catholicism in Germany and Austria-Hungary, showing how wartime chaplaincy shaped faith beyond national defeat.
www.tandfonline.com

➡️“The Negotiation of National and Regional Identity During the Schleswig Plebiscite Following the First World War.” By Nina Jebsen and Martin Klatt.
🔎Analyses how regional identities were mobilized in the Schleswig plebiscite campaigns to redefine national belonging after the war.
www.tandfonline.co

➡️ “Norms of War and the Austro-Hungarian Encounter with Serbia, 1914–1918.” by Jonathan E. Gumz,
🔎 Explores how Austria-Hungary’s occupation of Serbia challenged pre-war European norms of warfare and international law.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....