Killing to commemorate, dying to remember? Authenticity and the practice of memory in Isonzo First World War video-games have grown in importance and popularity [...]
Introduction: Wartime Ephemera and the Transmission of Diverse Family and Community Histories
Chris Kempshall2024-09-23T15:24:00+00:00Introduction: Wartime Ephemera and the Transmission of Diverse Family and Community Histories Co-authored with Prof Catriona Pennell Read Article
Waiting to Be Discovered? Community Partnerships, the Facilitation of Diverse Memory, and Reflections on Academic Success and Failure
Chris Kempshall2024-09-23T15:21:06+00:00Waiting to Be Discovered? Community Partnerships, the Facilitation of Diverse Memory, and Reflections on Academic Success and Failure Community partnerships, based on ‘the collaborative [...]
The Personality of Leadership – Optimism, Pessimism, and Realism in the First World War
Chris Kempshall2024-08-30T11:14:43+00:00The Personality of Leadership - Optimism, Pessimism, and Realism in the First World War This insight examines the impact of leadership personalities—optimism and [...]
Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire
Chris Kempshall2024-10-21T16:19:49+00:00A history of the dark times When Palpatine declared the birth of his new Empire, he expected it would stand for 10,000 years. Instead, [...]
The Death Star Stratagem
Chris Kempshall2023-12-11T17:18:06+00:00The Death Star Strategem This article for Star Wars Insider #223 asks: what made Emperor Palpatine's cunning plan to crush the Rebel Alliance [...]
Benediction: a case of Sassoon the man v Sassoon the legend
Chris Kempshall2022-06-06T12:58:20+00:00Benediction: a case of Sassoon the man v Sassoon the legend Terence Davies’ Benediction, a biopic of Siegfried Sassoon, portrays two iterations of the [...]
Clumsy or Stupid? Why the Galactic Empire Loses Battles
Chris Kempshall2022-06-06T12:54:06+00:00Clumsy or Stupid? Why the Galactic Empire Loses Battles This article for The Companion website focuses on the ways in which the Galactic [...]
The History and Politics of Star Wars: Death Stars and Democracy
Chris Kempshall2023-05-31T14:25:42+00:00The History and Politics of Star Wars: Death Stars and Democracy This book provides the first detailed and comprehensive examination of all the [...]
1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War – Life and Death of Soldiers
Chris Kempshall2022-02-08T14:02:09+00:001914-1918-online – International Encyclopedia of the First World War is an English-language online reference work on World War One. Launched in October 2014, the [...]