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History of War Seminar Series
All events take place on Wednesdays at 17:15 in the Wharton Room, All Souls College, unless otherwise stated.
All welcome!
For more information contact Briony Truscott, mailto:briony.truscott@history.ox.ac.uk
Type: Seminar Series
Series organisers:
Alexander Morrison (New College),
Peter Wilson (All Souls College)
Timing: Wednesdays, 17:15, unless otherwise stated
Organising department: Faculty of History
Talks:
Wednesday 22 October 2025
Military entrepreneurs, foreign soldiers, and Sweden’s wars of emergence 1560–1630
Date: 22 October 2025, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker
:
Jaakko Björklund (Helsinki)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Wharton Room
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 5 November 2025
A minor power in a total war: Sweden’s system of military procurement during the campaigns against Napoleon, 1805-1807 and 1813-1814
Date: 5 November 2025, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker
:
Patrik Winton (Örebro)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Wharton Room
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 19 November 2025
Art in the Age of the Maxim Gun: The South African War (1899-1902) and the British Illustrated Press
Date: 19 November 2025, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker
:
Sean Wilcox (Oxford)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Wharton Room
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 3 December 2025
The loyalties of professionals: Black soldiers in the Rhodesian army, 1963-1981
Date: 3 December 2025, 17:15 - 18:15
Speaker
:
Marc Howard (Independent Scholar)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Wharton Room
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Editors:
Laura Spence,
Belinda Clark
