Professor Matthew Seligmann
Professor of Naval History

Research area(s)

• Armaments races, especially the Anglo-German naval race.
• The origins of modern wars, especially the First World War.
• Military and Naval Intelligence and threat assessment.

Research Interests

My current research focuses on the Royal Navy during the era of the Anglo-German antagonism. As a result, I write books and articles that are mostly about British naval policy, armaments races, espionage, battleship building and naval strategy. One of these articles, a study of the origins and creation of the Home Fleet in 1902, won the Julian Corbett Prize, the UK’s principal award for excellence in Naval History. I am joint series editor of the Oxford History of Britain and Seapower since 1880.

Project details

The Anglo-German Naval Arms Race and the Origins of the First World War

Completed:

AHRC Fellowship The Royal Navy and the German Threat, 1901 - 1914 £63,347 January - August 2011

Caird Library Fellowship, Sept-Dec 2022.