Europe, Middle East and North Africa Regional Group
The Second World War Research Group, Europe, Middle East and North Africa is an organisation that brings together those scholars across Europe, the Middle East and the North African region who are researching aspects of the broad period of the Second World War.
The regional group aims to promote innovative research, serve to connect scholars, as well as provide a central point of contact for research on the Second World War.
As part of its mission, the Second World War Research Group, Europe, Middle East and North Africa will act as a regional forum for:
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Bringing together new perspectives on the conflict;
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Publicising recent and current research into the conflict and its global impact;
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Encouraging collaboration in research across the scholarly community and academic disciplines;
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Providing an organisational hub for conferences, seminars and other events relating to the conflict; and
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Supporting members by serving as the first point of contact for key stakeholders and audiences interested in research and expertise on the Second World War.
Committee
Director
Alex is a lecturer at the Defence Studies Department, King’s College London. His research explores the battlefield performance of the Indian Army during the Second World War, mixing assessment of societal, organisational and tactical factors. He was the lead organiser of the SWWRG’s Annual Conference in Europe in 2018 and has presented papers and lectures on three continents.
Director
Jean is a senior lecturer in the Interdisciplinary Humanities Department, King's College London. She has published extensively on migration within the British Empire-Commonwealth and the South African home front. She is currently working on a book project, Empire in Motion: Conflict and Cooperation during the Second World War, examining the social history of wartime mobility around the British Empire-Commonwealth based on research funded by the Leverhulme Trust.
Director
Richard is a senior lecturer in War Studies at Brunel University. His research focuses on British relations with Fascist Italy, including Italian influences on British imperial defence prior to the war, and their grand strategy during it. He has also published extensively on operational history in the war, particularly relating to the Mediterranean theatre, and issues of inter-service rivalry.
Director
Megan is a PhD student in the Defence Studies Department at King’s College London. Her current research is an AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership between King’s College London and the Imperial War Museum that studies Second World War army training across the British Empire. It aims to understand how training methods were developed, disseminated, and synchronized across this multi-national force. Her previous research focused on the Canadian experience of the Second World War.
Director
Rishika is a Fellow in the History of Africa at the International History department, LSE. Her research focuses on the inner and outer lives of colonial ranks in the Second World War. She is currently working on a book project, Unknown, Unsung: South Africa's Colonial Ranks in the Second World War, based on her doctoral research. She is also a Book Review Editor for the Journal of African Military History (Brill).