| HistoryWargaming | 13 Oct 2020 9:09 a.m. PST |
I am currently supervising 2 PhDs in wargaming related subjects at Bath Spa University (UK). If you are interested in potentially exploring a part time PhD (distance learning) with a focus on military history or intelligence matters, that involves some elements of wargaming, then we are interested in talking to. John Curry (History of Wargaming Project) |
| David Manley | 13 Oct 2020 9:51 a.m. PST |
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 20thmaine  | 13 Oct 2020 10:00 a.m. PST |
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| Frederick | 13 Oct 2020 11:16 a.m. PST |
Ohhh – very very tempting! |
| Volleyfire | 13 Oct 2020 11:37 a.m. PST |
If only I had the time. :( |
| DisasterWargamer | 13 Oct 2020 12:38 p.m. PST |
Might be a nice retirement activity in a few years for me |
 ColCampbell | 13 Oct 2020 1:03 p.m. PST |
John, A contact link would be nice. Jim |
| Given up for good | 13 Oct 2020 1:14 p.m. PST |
A contact link would be nice. That's part of the 'intelligence matters' :-) If I had the cash I would head to link or link |
| HistoryWargaming | 13 Oct 2020 1:30 p.m. PST |
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| Dadster | 13 Oct 2020 1:37 p.m. PST |
Very interesting – sent email. |
| Jeffers | 18 Oct 2020 3:07 p.m. PST |
Just up the road… shame I'm thick. |
| Dick Burnett | 29 Oct 2020 8:25 a.m. PST |
Of those who posted a question.
How much time do you spend on the miniatures and how much time do you spend on the games and how much time do you spend on say, several of the following: Historical analysis such as Keegan did, logical analysis of history such as David H Fischer's Historians Fallacies or battlefield analysis such as Griffith's Forward Into Battle?
In a word, how much so called knowledge do you get from the games as differing from the source material be it the US Army Green Books, their military histories of WW2 or David Chandler or Robin Lane Fox? |
| arthur1815 | 29 Oct 2020 3:59 p.m. PST |
The one thing I've probably learned from wargaming – as opposed to from all the books I've read – is that I am/would have been a pretty awful general! |
| Dick Burnett | 30 Oct 2020 9:00 a.m. PST |
Well, here's a thought.
You may be competent but unlucky
What's luck? |
| HistoryWargaming | 06 Feb 2023 9:41 a.m. PST |
I am now supervising 5 PhDs in wargaming, all part time. Your first test is to find me using google. Dr John Curry Bath Spa University, wargaming.co |
| Mark J Wilson | 07 Feb 2023 3:41 a.m. PST |
@ Dick B I like big armies so perforce painting takes a lot of time, but I definitely spend more time doing research than actually playing. My intention is to feed my knowledge into the games; what I learn from the games is about the rules I have to play with. |
| HistoryWargaming | 16 May 2024 12:18 p.m. PST |
A few years later, I am now supervising 5 PhDs using wargaming. This includes big gun naval warfare, counter insurgency games, modern tank combat and urban wargames. |
| Jeffers | 17 May 2024 7:46 a.m. PST |
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| Bolingar | 02 Jun 2024 3:28 a.m. PST |
My field of interest is formations and tactics in Antiquity and their application to diceless wargaming, which I'm guessing isn't quite your field of interest. |
| Gauntlet | 03 Jun 2024 11:55 a.m. PST |
What jobs are the candidates trying to get? |
| arthur1815 | 04 Jun 2024 3:18 a.m. PST |
For some jobs, one needs a degree but its subject doesn't matter – it's just 'proof' of one's intellectual ability. My degree, for example, is Law but my working life was spent teaching English, History, Latin and Mathematics. If only there had been degrees in Wargaming fifty years ago! |
| pfmodel | 04 Jun 2024 3:54 a.m. PST |
If only there had been degrees in Wargaming fifty years ago! I agree, but in the end you need to study something which allows you to earn money, so a wargaming degree may not of made my wife happy. |
