Early career historian. Post-Doctoral Fellow at University College Dublin. Working on First World War and Russian Civil War.https://bsky.app/profile/sdanisimova.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/sdanisimova.bsky.social/post/3mih2o4vwlc2cOn 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. https://memorial-verdun.fr/fr/programmation/saison/colloque/1916-verdun-et-la-somme-deux-hyperbatailles-en-miroir01 Apr 2026 15:58 +0000at://did:plc:cbbl6fayfbfklgamau46obxu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mih2o4vwlc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/sdanisimova.bsky.social/post/3mg76b3obts24Not the First World War content but here is a great article on the Cold War! [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Mar 2026 01:51 +0000at://did:plc:cbbl6fayfbfklgamau46obxu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg76b3obts24https://bsky.app/profile/sdanisimova.bsky.social/post/3mg4ykfzl7c22If 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. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Mar 2026 05:03 +0000at://did:plc:cbbl6fayfbfklgamau46obxu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg4ykfzl7c22https://bsky.app/profile/sdanisimova.bsky.social/post/3maasqyhbts2qWe 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. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Dec 2025 08:59 +0000at://did:plc:cbbl6fayfbfklgamau46obxu/app.bsky.feed.post/3maasqyhbts2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/sdanisimova.bsky.social/post/3m37t5joy7c2eI 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. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Oct 2025 08:27 +0000at://did:plc:cbbl6fayfbfklgamau46obxu/app.bsky.feed.post/3m37t5joy7c2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/sdanisimova.bsky.social/post/3m2oodp4jpc2aIt 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! [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Oct 2025 12:46 +0000at://did:plc:cbbl6fayfbfklgamau46obxu/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2oodp4jpc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/sdanisimova.bsky.social/post/3m2hhiin65c2fThe 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 sites05 Oct 2025 15:55 +0000at://did:plc:cbbl6fayfbfklgamau46obxu/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2hhiin65c2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/sdanisimova.bsky.social/post/3lzuvcwiydk2wAfter 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 [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Sep 2025 06:42 +0000at://did:plc:cbbl6fayfbfklgamau46obxu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzuvcwiydk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/sdanisimova.bsky.social/post/3lupyieopxc2xAnother ERC CivilWars paper at ICCEES 2025. Gwendal Piègais @gwendalpiegais.bsky.social presenting his fascinating research on humanitarian efforts in Ukraine in 1918-1921.24 Jul 2025 16:49 +0000at://did:plc:cbbl6fayfbfklgamau46obxu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lupyieopxc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/sdanisimova.bsky.social/post/3luhlmf7hzc2zIf you are headed to ICCEES in London this week, come join us today at the panel on narratives of Russian Revolution at 14h25. I will be talking about whether we should use the term ‘intervention’ in connection with the Russian Civil War and if yes, then how.21 Jul 2025 08:38 +0000at://did:plc:cbbl6fayfbfklgamau46obxu/app.bsky.feed.post/3luhlmf7hzc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/sdanisimova.bsky.social/post/3lnxgqlx3ek2hLast few days to apply to join us in Thessaloniki in October at the ISFWWS Conference on all things maritime in the First World War! [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Apr 2025 13:57 +0000at://did:plc:cbbl6fayfbfklgamau46obxu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnxgqlx3ek2h