As well as actively coming together for conferences around the world and producing a wide range of academic publications, the Members and Affiliates of the MWHN are also active promoting both their own research (MWH-related and other) and the Network via various digital platforms, including YouTube channels and online podcasts. Below here are a list of some of those outputs.
Podcasts
HistoryHub
Thanks to the support of the UCD School of History’s HistoryHub podcast, we can bring you recorded papers from multiple MWHN conferences. Click here to listen to them. They comprise:
Two papers given at the 2024 MWHN Conference at the University of Leeds.
- Dr Stephanie Wright’s (Lancaster University, UK) paper was entitled ‘Dis/economies of welfare: war, disability and Francoist veterans of the Spanish Civil War’
- Dr Geoffrey Hayes’ (University of Waterloo, Canada) paper was entitled ‘From Military Medicine to Health?: The Challenge of Soldier’s Welfare in the Wartime Canadian Army, 1939-1945′
And the two keynotes given at the 2023 MWHN Conference at University College Dublin.
- Dr Matthew Neufeld’s (University of Saskatchewan, Canada) paper was entitled ‘Early Modern Naval Healthcare in England, 1650 – 1750’
- Dr Ke-chin Hsia’s (Indiana University Bloomington, USA) paper was entitled ‘War and Welfare in Austria in the Age of the Great War’
Apple Podcasts
Back in 2017, as part of the Southern Irish Loyalism in Context conference, Dr Paul Huddie presented a paper entitle ‘Disputed legacies: British military charities, the new Irish state and the courts, 1923-29’. Thanks to the support of an Irish Research Council New Foundations grant, you can listen to that paper (published in 2018) now. Click here to listen to it.
Military Historians Are People Too
Since its inception back in 2021, the MHAPT podcast has played host to over a dozen members of the MWHN (both before and after they joined the Network), who have spoken about their lives, careers, interests and general research interests and expertise. In 2023, the podcast also featured the MWHN Coordinator, Dr Paul Huddie, who spoke specifically about the concept of ‘military welfare history’, the Network, and its activities, outputs and future prospects.
You can listen to Dr Huddie’s interview here:
- S4E01 Paul Huddie – University College Dublin
You can also listen to Jennifer Mittelstadt discuss her seminal work on the US military welfare state:
- S3E23 Jennifer Mittelstadt – Rutgers University
Plus many more interviews by MWHN Members’ below:
- S1E18 Beth Bailey – University of Kansas
- S1E19 Kara Dixon Vuic – Texas Christian University
- S1E24 Jonathan Jones – Virginia Military Institute
- S2E4 Tanya Roth – Mary Institute and Saint Louis Country Day School
- S2E12 Amy Rutenberg – Iowa State University
- S2E14 Susannah Ural – University of Southern Mississippi
- S2E25 Gregory A. Daddis – San Diego State University
- S3E5 Allison Finkelstein – Arlington National Cemetery
- S3E12 David Kieran – Columbus State University
- S3E19 James Kimble – Seton Hall University
- S3E21 Evan Wilson – US Naval War College
- S3E22 Alison Fell – University of Liverpool
- S4E2 Susan Grayzel – Utah State University
- S4E10 Andrew Wiest – University of Southern Mississippi
- S501 Devlin Scofield – Northwest Missouri State University
RTÉ History Show
On 9 April 2023 Dr Paul Huddie appeared on the RTÉ History Show to speak about the legacy of British military charities in Ireland after the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922. He discussed two court cases that not only determined the fates of the Seaton Needlework Association and the the estate of the Royal Hibernian Military School, but also the legal framework and social context for ‘British’ military charities in Ireland right up to today.
You can listen to Dr Huddie’s interview here.
YouTube
Talking History with Humphreys & Reed
In August 2023, our Dr Juliet Roberts discussed ‘WW1 Facial Injuries – Staring Trauma in the Face’ with with the show.
Click here to watch the full interview.
The Anotida Chikumbu – Book Series
Network Member Dr Anotida Chikumbu posted an excerpt of his 2023 MWHN Conference paper entitled ‘The Forgotten Men: African and colored veterans of Southern Rhodesia, colonial Zimbabwe, c.1945-1980’, which can be viewed on his personal YouTube. Click here to watch the excerpt.
Anotida also interviewed MWHN Coordinator, Dr Paul Huddie in July 2023, where he discussed the field of military welfare history and the origins, current activities and future prospects of the Network. View it here.
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