In this week’s episode, we’re bringing you a special feature with Dr Lola Frost speaking about the value of studying art in war studies. According to her, studying art is important in war studies because art can convey knowledge in a way that is not accessible to the social sciences.

Dr Frost is an artist and a visiting research fellow in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London. Her career as an artist spans nearly four decades working and exhibiting in South Africa and in the UK. Currently, she is teaching a 20-credit MA module on Art and War at the Department of War Studies at King’s College London.

For more information about Dr Frost, visit http://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/departments/warstudies/people/lolafrost/index.aspx.

UPCOMING EVENTS

STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP AT NORMANDY: LESSONS ON INTELLECTUAL COURAGE

Location: Anatomy Museum (6th Floor) King's Building Strand Campus

Category: Conference/Seminar

When: 09/05/2017 (16:00-18:00)

Registration URL: http://bit.ly/2p4IKeo

This event will build upon Christopher Kolenda's research on strategic leadership in Iraq and Afghanistan for his doctoral dissertation. Chris will examine the role of intellectual courage during the Normandy campaign and draw lessons for today's leaders in academia, non-profit, business, military and government sectors. 

A MOST DISAGREEABLE PROBLEM: THE ROYAL NAVY AND KRIEGSMARINE AIRCRAFT CARRIERS

Location: War Studies Meeting Room (K6.07)

Category: Lecture

When: 11/05/2017 (17:15-19:00)

Registration URL http://bit.ly/2oIFTbd

Speaker: Dr Marcus Faulkner, Senior Teaching Fellow in the Department of War Studies

PROF NIALL BARR INAUGURAL LECTURE 'THE PRACTICE OF MILITARY HISTORY'

Location: Defence Studies Department, Joint Services Command and Staff College

Category: Lecture

When: 09/05/2017 (17:45-19:00)

Please contact our Events Officer, Danni MacDivitt by e-mail at [email protected] or [email protected] to indicate your intentions.

*Dress code is Lounge suits and female equivalent*

Professor Niall Barr is Professor of Military History in the Defence Studies Department. Educated at the University of St Andrews, he has previously taught at St Andrews and the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. He joined the Staff College in 2000, where he teaches on a wide range of military courses, including the Higher Command and Staff Course, and conducts numerous battlefield tours and staff rides. His main research interest concerns the Anglo-American alliance in the Second World War, but he also has an enduring interest in the Scottish military tradition. His current research project concerns the role and importance of food in war.

For more information, visit http://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/departments/dsd/events/eventrecords/NiallBarrIL.aspx.

This podcast was produced by Ivan Seifert and Mané Grigoryan.