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About
the Centre
The Centre for the Study of
the Two World Wars (CSTWW) is
a research centre in the School
of History, Classics and Archaeology. It
expands the remit of what was
formerly the Centre for Second
World War Studies (CSWWS), established
in 1996. Building on the distinguished
achievements of its predecessor,
CSTWW serves as a focus for
advanced research in the area
of the two World Wars, especially
in Europe, and organises conferences,
colloquia, and other research-related
activities including the supervision
of postgraduate research and
bids for research funding. The
Centre's Director, Professor
James McMillan, currently holds
a Major Leverhulme Research
Fellowship for his project on
War and Belief: the Great War
and the Western Religious Imagination.
The aim of the Centre is to
promote the study of the origins,
the course and the consequences
of the First and Second World
Wars.
Staff
at the CSTWW
Professor James McMillan (Director),
author of Twentieth Century
France: Politics and Society
1898-1991
tel 0131 651 1253, e-mail J.F.McMillan@ed.ac.uk
Dr Jeremy Crang (Assistant Director),
author of The British Army and
the People's War 1939-1945
tel 0131 651 1255, e-mail J.A.Crang@ed.ac.uk
Dr David Stafford (Projects
Director), author of Britain
and European Resistance 1940-1945
tel 0131 651 1389, e-mail David.Stafford@ed.ac.uk
Dr Paul Addison (Hon Fellow),
author of The Road to 1945:
British Politics and the Second
World War
tel 0131 651 3770, e-mail Paul.Addison@ed.ac.uk
Yvonne McEwen (Hon Fellow), tel 0131 651 1256, email yvonne.mcewen@ed.ac.uk
Dr Wendy Ugolini (Postdoctoral Fellow), author of Experiencing War as the 'Enemy Other': Italian Scottish Experience during World War Two (forthcoming, 2010) Tel 0131 651 1254, e-mail wendy.ugolini@ed.ac.uk
Mrs Pauline Maclean (Secretary)
tel 0131 651 1254, e-mail P.Maclean@ed.ac.uk
Expertise
in the First and Second World
War in the School of History
and Classics
The history
of the First and Second World
Wars is one of the areas in
which the School of History
and Classics has particular
research strengths. The Centre
therefore works in close association
with other members of the School
who are leading authorities
in these fields. They include:
Dr Pertti
Ahonen, author of After the
Expulsions: West Germany and
Eastern Europe 1945-1990
Professor Paul Bailey whose research interests include the role of
non-western participants in World War One, with a focus on Chinese
indentured workers in France 1916-1920.
Dr Donald Bloxham, author of
Genocide on Trial: War Crimes
Trials and the Formation of
Holocaust History and Memory
and The Great Game of Genocide:
Imperialism, Nationalism and
the Destruction of the Ottoman
Armenians
Dr Felix Boecking whose research interests include the history of the Chinese
Nationalist state during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
Professor Alvin Jackson, Ireland
1798-1998: Politics and War
Dr Francesca Locatelli, Asmara
during the Italian Colonial
Period (forthcoming)
Professor Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones,
author of Cloak and Dollar:
A History of American Secret
Intelligence
Dr Victor Rothwell, author of
The Origins of the Second World
War
Dr Julius Ruiz, author of Franco's
Justice: the Repression in Madrid
after the Spanish Civil War
Dr Jill Stephenson, author of
Women in Nazi Germany
For full details of staff research
interests and publications, please look at the School's Staff List.
Postgraduate
Degrees on the First and Second
World War
The School of History and Classics
a taught Master's programme
relevant to the study of the
First and Second World Wars,
MSc in the Second World War
in Europe. This is a one-year
degree which provides, potentially,
a qualification for embarking
on a PhD.
There is a strong emphasis in
the Master's degree on the use
of primary sources. This may
involve research into archives
elsewhere, but there is also
a wealth of source materials
available in Edinburgh. As a
copyright library the National
Library of Scotland holds copies
of all books and journals published
in the United Kingdom. The National
Archives of Scotland contain
a set of the minutes and memoranda
of the War Cabinet and its sub-committees,
including the Chiefs of Staff
Committee, during the Second
World War. Mass-Observation
file reports, the reports of
the Home Intelligence department
of the Ministry of Information,
and the majority of the Prime
Ministerial files dealing with
defence and operations, are
available on microfilm in the
University Library.
The University Library has also
acquired Voices from War-time
France 1939-1945: Clandestine
Resistance and Vichy Newspapers
from the British Library. This
is the largest collection of
newspaper titles from Occupied
France anywhere in the world,
with many not available at the
Bibliotheque Nationale de France.
They were originally acquired
by British Intelligence and
present a full picture of the
information known in Britain
about the interior activity
within France, and thus formed
the basis on which many key
political decisions were made
about the conduct of the war
in France by the Allies. The
newspapers are now available
as 206 reels of film, published
by Gale-Thomson.
The University Library also
possesses the recently released
files of the British Special
Operations Executive (SOE),
the Second World War secret
service tasked with assisting
underground resistance movements
in occupied Europe. Currently
this collection includes all
the relevant Western European
files and is being enlarged
as releases continue. The files
are available on microfilm,
published by Adam Matthew Publications.
Inquiries
You can read more about the
taught programme
here
Initial enquiries about the
MSc programme should be addressed
to Mr Richard Kane, the School
Postgraduate Administrator,
e-mail Richard.Kane@ed.ac.uk
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