Rewley House Lecture Series
Free public lectures open to all
The Rewley House Lecture Series is an opportunity to experience the extraordinarily diverse research interests of academics from across and beyond the Department, and to participate in multidisciplinary debate.
Lectures are free and open to all.
Trinity term 2025 lecture: Professor Yasmin Khan
The British Imperial Way of Warfare
Tuesday 10 June 2025, 4.30pm UK time (16:30 BST)
The British Way of Warfare has become a point of debate and discussion in military history and strategy. Basil Liddell Hart first wrote about the 'British Way in Warfare' in 1932, and these ideas have been updated and challenged in the work of Michael Howard and David French. However, if the crucial role of Empire and Commonwealth in this story has been noted, it is too often a footnote. The social history of this story, from the perspective of colonised and decolonised peoples, is still emerging.
This lecture from Professor Yasmin Khan will think about British warfare from the other end of the telescope by considering Asian non-combatants and camp-followers in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Coordinated by the Director of Research Dr Nihan Akyelken.
How to attend
This event is free and open to all, but booking is required.
You can attend in person at Rewley House, Oxford, or online.
If joining us in person at Rewley House, doors open at 4pm.
To book your place, please register online.
About the speaker
Professor Yasmin Khan is a historian whose research focuses on the history of the British in India, the British Empire, South Asian decolonization, refugees and the aftermath of empire. She has also written about the Second World War and the imperial dimensions of the conflict. Yasmin is the Course Director of our part-time MSt in Historicial Studies.
Past lectures
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Research at the Department
The Department has an active interdisciplinary research community, with a strong focus on the humanities and social sciences.