Dr Daniel Whittingham

• PhD (King's College, London)
• MA History of Warfare (King's College, London)
• BA History (Trinity College, Oxford)

I joined the University of Birmingham in September 2013. Previously, I completed my PhD at King’s College London.

Undergraduate Teaching:

• Special subject: the American Civil War

Previous Undergraduate Teaching:

• Second year autumn option: ‘the British Army, 1660-1960’
• Second year spring option: ‘Command in War’
• Third year advanced option: ‘Britain’s Wars of Colonisation and Decolonisation, 1815-1960’
• Special subject: ‘The British Army on the Western Front’
• Group research: ‘The British Infantry Officer on the Western Front’
• War Studies core module: ‘The Rise of Modern War’

Postgraduate Teaching:

• MA Military History by distance learning

I would welcome PhD proposals on the following topics: British colonial warfare (including war during the era of decolonisation), Counterinsurgency, and the British army 1815-1945.

I am the author of Charles E. Callwell and the British Way in Warfare (Cambridge University Press, 2020).  This study examines the life and work of the British military thinker Charles E. Callwell (1859 – 1928), including his most well-known book, Small Wars (1896).

I am the Membership Secretary of the British Commission for Military History (BCMH), and a member of the Society for Military History (SMH) and the Institute of Historical Research (IHR).