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Sofya Anisimova

@sdanisimova.bsky.social

Early career historian. President of the International Society for First World War Studies @fwwsoc.bsky.social. Working on First World War and Russian Civil War.

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Sofya Anisimova @sdanisimova.bsky.social · last wk.

ISFWWS is coming to Japan! The next conference is taking place in Kyoto and the call for papers is now live. Please, share with colleagues!

International Society for First World War Studies@fwwsoc.bsky.social · last wk.

We are excited to announce that the call for papers for our 15th Conference is now live! It will take place on 29 Sep-1 Oct 2027 at the University of Kyoto, Japan. The theme is 'Observation'. The deadline for paper and panel proposals is 1 May. firstworldwarstudies.org/kyoto-2027/

The World Watches the European Conflagration, Itō Chūta, 13 September 1914

Journal of Slavic Military Studies @josms.bsky.social · 3w ago

First up Sofya Anisimova’s review essay, @sdanisimova.bsky.social "First World War Studies and Russian History: Disabled Veterans in Russia, 1904–1939” looking at Alexandre Sumpf’s Broken Years (2022) and Unfound Peace (2025) @cornellupress.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1080/1351...

First World War Studies and Russian History: Disabled Veterans in Russia, 1904–1939

Published in The Journal of Slavic Military Studies (Vol. 39, No. 3, 2026)

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Sofya Anisimova @sdanisimova.bsky.social · 4w ago

Having a blast at the 25th Anniversary of @fwwsoc.bsky.social Currently at the panel on the future of the First World War Studies as a field

Konstantin Tarasov @ktarasov.bsky.social · 4w ago

25th anniversary of @fwwsoc.bsky.social - all former presidents together @sdanisimova.bsky.social

Sofya Anisimova @sdanisimova.bsky.social · last mo.

Announcement n.2. Our special issue on Political Commissars is finally out! It took almost two years to get done but I am very proud of what we have achieved. It is a first attempt to examine the phenomenon of political commissar in English in a while. www.tandfonline.com/toc/cerh20/c...

European Review of History: Revue européenne d'histoire

Special Issue: Political Commissars in Civil Wars: Anatomy of a Transnational Phenomenon / Commissaires politiques dans les guerres civiles. Anatomie d’un phénomène transnational. Volume 33, Issue 4 of European Review of History: Revue européenne d'histoire

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Sofya Anisimova @sdanisimova.bsky.social · last mo.

Beginning of academic year is a great time to return BlueSky with some news. As of 1 September I am no longer working at UCD. It has been a great experience. During my time at the CivilWars Project, I have organised two workshops, co-edited a special issue, and wrote four peer-reviewed articles.

Gwendal Piégais @gwendalpiegais.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I am delighted and proud to share with you the programme for the last conference in our #ERC research programme "The Age of Civil Wars in Europe, 1917-1949". Robert Gerwarth, @sdanisimova.bsky.social and I will be happy to welcome you at UCD in Dublin on 25-26 June. civil-wars.eu/wp-content/u...

Conference Programme : Experiencing, Reporting, and Recording Civil Wars, 1917-1949. 25-26 June 2026
University College Dublin. https://civil-wars.eu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/260511_Dublin_04.pdf

Chris Kempshall @chriskempshall.bsky.social · 6mo ago

For PhD/ECR members of @fwwsoc.bsky.social - the Society has a call for papers out for 'New Voices in First World War Studies' - a virtual conference planned for June. It's a great opportunity for members to showcase their amazing new research. See here for more: drive.google.com/file/d/12DLx... 🗃️

Call for papers - New Voices in FWWS.pdf

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Jonathan Boff @jfb1066.bsky.social · 7mo ago

My review of excellent new book ‘Framing the First World War’ edited by the dream team @draefox.bsky.social @dmorganowen.bsky.social and Michael Finch is now in @fwwsjournal.bsky.social 50 free eprints available here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/VRRIQ...

Framing the First World War: How Diverging Views Shaped a Global Conflict

Published in First World War Studies (Ahead of Print, 2026)

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Sofya Anisimova @sdanisimova.bsky.social · 6mo ago

On my way to a conference at Verdun to talk about the place of the battle in Russian strategy in 1916. The Memorial of Verdun has a great programme of events to mark the 110th anniversary of the battle, check it out. memorial-verdun.fr/fr/programma...

Sofya Anisimova @sdanisimova.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Not the First World War content but here is a great article on the Cold War!

Irina Roldugina 🦔@mozzgi.bsky.social · 7mo ago

This is my first article on Soviet history relied exclusively on declassified American and British archives. It is also my first piece to be reviewed by five peer reviewers. The story of the Cold War, the KGB, and same-sex entrapment that no one has ever written about. direct.mit.edu/jcws/article...

Sofya Anisimova @sdanisimova.bsky.social · 7mo ago

If you are in St Andrews on 9 March, please come along to ‘Framing the First World War’ book launch. Aimée, Dave and Mike have done a terrific job with the book that explores how combatants framed the conflict as it unfolded. I will also present on my contribution on Russo-French military learning.

University Press of Kansas@univpressofkansas.bsky.social · 7mo ago

The launch event chaired by @dmorganowen.bsky.social hosted at St. Andrews University, will feature presentations from contributors and @draefox.bsky.social for the book Framing the First World War: How Divergent Views Shaped a Global Conflict. #firstworldwar #WWI #militaryhistory #upkansas

First World War Studies @fwwsjournal.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Featuring our very own Book Review Editor, Daniel Steinbach, come and hear more about the book review process both at FWWS specifically and more generally (NB this is a members only event - and an excellent example of why you should join the Society, as well as receiving our journal!)

International Society for First World War Studies@fwwsoc.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Our next PGR/ECR event, “How to write a book review” with guest Dr. Daniel Steinbach, will take place on Wednesday, 18 February at 12:30pm EST/ 5:30pm GMT/ 6:30pm CET. Any member wanting to register for the event can do so here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-to-wri...

Sofya Anisimova @sdanisimova.bsky.social · 10mo ago

We are having one last big conference in Dublin on civil wars in June. Send your proposals in by 13 February if you would like to join us there.

Gwendal Piégais@gwendalpiegais.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Call for papers: “Experiencing, reporting, recording civil wars, 1917-1949” University College Dublin (@ucddublin.bsky.social), 25-26 June 2025. Deadline: 13 February 2026. More info to come here: civil-wars.eu/workshops/ #CivilWar

“Experiencing, reporting, recording civil wars, 1917-1949” University College Dublin, 25-26 June 2025
From 1917 to 1949, Europe saw a proliferation of internal conflicts and civil wars that were often connected with global conflicts and wars of decolonization.
Historians have long established the (re)founding nature of experiences such as World War I (often described as the crucible of the 20th century) and World War II. Despite the omnipresence of civil wars contemporary to these two major conflicts, their experience was almost often examined within narrow national frames. Yet , the experiences of Europe’s civil wars were both distinct and, above all, connected: many Spaniards who experienced exile during the Retirada joined the anti-fascist resistance in World War II; veterans of the Russian Civil War joined the Republicans; reporters sent to the Spanish Civil War travelled to other European conflicts to forge the narratives and images disseminated in the press and media; Greek officers who had served during the Russian Civil War featured prominently in the Greek Civil War. With time these cross-national experiences were overshadowed by one-sided national narratives, with limited archives available, and the experiences of the other side of the civil war often preserved in exile, excluded from the national community.
The aim of this international conference is to examine everyday experiences in Europe’s civil wars of 1917 and 1949, and to explore how they were recorded and narrated at the time and after the conflict. We particularly welcome papers which seek to explore entanglements and interconnections between different civil wars.

Gwendal Piégais @gwendalpiegais.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Gwendal Piégais @gwendalpiegais.bsky.social · 11mo ago

📅 Colloque "Travail en temps de guerre (XIXe-XXe s.)", Université de Tours (site Tanneurs) les jeudi 27 et vendredi 28 novembre. Informations et programme complet : cethis.hypotheses.org/10078 L'évènement pourra aussi être suivi à distance, sur demande.

International Society for First World War Studies @fwwsoc.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Last week's wonderful Dennis Showalter Memorial Lecture by @juliarsct.bsky.social on the subject of 'Poetry under fire: what poems did during the First World War', is now available to watch on the Society YouTube Channel: youtu.be/yoaRVrmjDLw?...

Dennis Showalter Lecture 2025 by Julia Ribeiro Thomaz: 'Poetry under fire'

YouTube video by International Society for First World War Studies

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Dr Adam Prime @primeadam.bsky.social · 11mo ago

⚠️ Time is running out! ⚠️ 🗓️ The deadline for applications for The WFA PhD Grant Scheme is 1 December. 📣 No topics are off limits, ANY First World War research considered! #FWWHist #PhDchat

Dr Adam Prime@primeadam.bsky.social · last yr.

We at The WFA have launched our PhD Grant Scheme for 2025. The grant is open to doctoral students researching ANY aspect of the First World War. Where will our grant take you? See website for full details 👇🏻 www.westernfrontassociation.com/latest-news/... #Fwwhist #phdchat

Chloë J. A. Pieters @cjapieters.bsky.social · 12mo ago

I'm so pleased to share this Call for Papers for a conference on Food and Nutrition in Wartime in the Modern World, 19th-21st centuries, organised with my colleagues Chris Batten and @rfhodge.bsky.social, kindly supported by @fwwsoc.bsky.social. Submissions to foodandwarconf@gmail.com by 22/12/25!

CALL FOR PAPERS
Food and Nutrition in Wartime in the Modern World, 19th-21st centuries
16-17 April 2026

We welcome papers with a historical focus on a range of food and nutrition-related topics, including, but not limited to:

Technological and productive innovations in food production in war
Food and nutrition as a site of technocratic and bureaucratic developments
Food and nutrition science in wartime
Turning points in the development of bureaucratic, legal, social, political, etc approaches to food management e.g. the impact of the First World War blockade on the Second World War or wartime rationing on subsequent wars
Social, cultural and legal perspectives on feeding of civilian, combatant and incarcerated/prisoner populations in war.
Civilian, individual and/or community responses to food shortages.
Survival strategies for populations facing difficulties accessing food and malnutrition in war, including generational and demographic cohort effects e.g. the elderly, marginalised and minority populations, such as those living in asylums, etc.
Humanitarian interventions; including logistics, organisations, distribution on the ground and the use of humanitarian aid for religious, social or political aims.
The weaponisation of food and nutrition in war in colonial and civil war contexts.
The changing uses of food and nutrition in local, regional, national or international contexts over the period.

Proposed panels (submissions do not need to be limited by these themes):
Feeding incarcerated populations in wartime.
Wartime occupations.
Humanitarian interventions.
Feeding fighters and civilians during asymmetric warfare, civil wars, guerrilla wars and/or anticolonial wars.

Please submit a paper title and abstract of no more than 300 words to foodandwarconf@gmail.com by Monday 22 December 2025, 5pm (UK time). Informal enquiries may be sent to foodandwarconf@gmail.com.

International Society for First World War Studies @fwwsoc.bsky.social · last yr.

We are delighted to share the details for this year's Dennis Showalter Memorial Lecture 'Poetry under fire: what poems did during the First World War' to be delivered by @juliarsct.bsky.social on 11th Nov 2025 You can book to attend in person or online: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/remembranc... 🗃️

This year the event is also the Dennis Showalter Memorial Lecture, selected by the International Society for First World War Studies. Named after Dennis Showalter, the leading historian of Germany during the war and a longtime friend and supporter of the Society it is delivered each year by a leading early career researcher in First World War Studies.

The event is held in the Rivers Suite at Edinburgh Napier University’s Craiglockhart Campus (Google map | travel info). There will be a wine reception from 5.30pm; the lecture will start around 6pm. The event will also be streamed online via Zoom.

If you have any queries about the event, please contact Dr Andrew Frayn (a.frayn@napier.ac.uk).

This event is both in person and online. If you wish to attend online, please buy an 'online Ticket'. Zoom information will be found in the email confirmations.

Sofya Anisimova @sdanisimova.bsky.social · 12mo ago

I rely a lot on the British library in my research, the effects of the cyberattack were devastating. The Library staff helped the readers to get through it, delivering books to the reading rooms by hand and in million other ways. They are amazing and should be remunerated fairly for their job.

Research Professional News@resprofnews.bsky.social · 12mo ago

‘Livid’ British Library staff vote to strike over pay. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c...

Sofya Anisimova @sdanisimova.bsky.social · last yr.

It still feels a bit surreal, but I am very grateful to our members for trusting me with the role the President of the Society and am looking forward to productive and exciting three years ahead!

First World War Studies@fwwsjournal.bsky.social · last yr.

🎉 We are delighted to announce that Dr Sofya Anisimova (@sdanisimova.bsky.social) has been elected President of the International Society for First World War Studies starting in January! 🧵

Dr Aimée Fox @draefox.bsky.social · last yr.

Only a month 'til the publication of “Framing the First World War: How Divergent Views Shaped a Global Conflict”, edited by me, @mpmfinch.bsky.social & @dmorganowen.bsky.social! US readers: get 30% discount (code: FRAMINGWWI) & free shipping if you order direct from @univpressofkansas.bsky.social

Chris Kempshall @chriskempshall.bsky.social · last yr.

Now that I'm back home and (sort of) recovering from all the fun of last week, it might be time to do some reflecting on the conference itself and my time (as it draws to an end) as President of @fwwsoc.bsky.social 1/

International Society for First World War Studies@fwwsoc.bsky.social · last yr.

Last week during the (wonderful) Society conference at the University of Macedonia, we announced the outcome of our recent elections at our AGM. With both @chriskempshall.bsky.social standing down as President & David Monger doing the same as Treasurer those 2 positions in particular were open.

UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies @uclssees.bsky.social · last yr.

🔊 One week until this event with Prof. Theodora Dragostinova, who will examine the case of adopted and fostered refugee children in the Balkan borderlands. Co-sponsored by @criticalchildhood.bsky.social 🗓️6 October at 5pm 📍 UCL SSEES ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

Event poster for '“Like My Own”: Adopting Displaced Children after the Great War' with a collage of photos from the Bulgarian state archives

Sofya Anisimova @sdanisimova.bsky.social · last yr.

The conference of @fwwsoc.bsky.social may be ended, but our trips around the Aegean continued. Some of us were in Lemnos, visiting the Allied cemeteries and sites

Thomas Vaisset @tvaisset.bsky.social · last yr.

Très heureux d'avoir présenté une communication consacrée aux évolutions de l'historiographie française de la guerre sur mer pendant la Première Guerre mondiale à l'occasion du colloque organisé par @fwwsoc.bsky.social à l'University of Macedonia

Extrait du programme du colloque de l'International Society for the First War Studies "Seas", du 1er au 3 octobre 2025 à l'université de Macédoine à Thessalonique

16-15 – 17-45 Panel 3. Presences and Absences in Writing about the Naval Aspects of the First World War
Chair: Ellie Lemonidou (University of Patras)

Jean de Preneuf (University of Lille, Service historique de la Défense) & Thomas Vaisset (University of Le Havre Normandy)
Writing the History of the First World War at Sea: An Assessment of a Century of French Historiography

David Monger (University of Canterbury, New Zealand)
What is the Navy Doing? The Curious Absence of the Royal Navy in British First World War Propaganda

Andrew Frayn (Edinburgh Napier University)
The Silent Seas: Trawling for the Oceans in British Creative Texts About the First World War

Connie Ruzich (Robert Morris University)
Tides of War, Floods of Refugees, and First World War Poems of the Sea

Jessica Meyer @thehistorygirl1.bsky.social · last yr.

Closing out this year’s @fwwsoc.bsky.social’s conference in Thessaloniki with a guided tour of the Allied Military Cemetery at Zeitenlik. An appropriate end to an intense, enjoyable and educational few days.

First World War Studies @fwwsjournal.bsky.social · last yr.

📢 🧵 This year the International Society for First World War Studies @fwwsoc.bsky.social is hosting a conference in the University of Macedonia! If you can't attend in person, you can still take a look at the work that has been published in First World War Studies by some of this week's speakers.

Sofya Anisimova @sdanisimova.bsky.social · last yr.

After more than a year in the making, it is finally here! Check out the programme of the bi-annual Society conference dedicated to naval aspects of the First World War

International Society for First World War Studies@fwwsoc.bsky.social · last yr.

The Program for our 11th conference, to be held at the University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki on 1-3 October 2025, is now available! firstworldwarstudies.org/wp-content/u...