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Dr. Avram Lytton

PhD.

Positions

Sessional Instructor

Faculty of Arts, Department of History

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Background

Educational Background

Ph.D. History, King's College London,

M.A. History, University of Calgary,

B.A. History, University of Calgary,

Biography

Dr. Avram Lytton received his PhD from King's College London in 2019, with a dissertation on British assessment of blockade before and during the First World War. His research focuses on the international aspects of the First World War, as well as intelligence and economic warfare. He teaches military history, European history, and global history.

Research

Areas of Research

International Aspects of the First World War, Intelligence and Economic Warfare

Participation in university strategic initiatives

Human dynamics in a changing world

Publications

  • “Blockade: from the Maritime to the Continental” . Avram Lytton. The International History Review. 444-457. (2024)
  • "In the House of Rimmon: British Aid to the Soviet Union, June-September 1941" . Avram Lytton. The Journal of Slavic Military Studies. 673-704. (2013)
  • Starvation or Privation? British Assessment of Blockade Before and During the First World War. Avram Lytton. (under review by Cambridge University Press.
  • Book review of David J. Appleby and Andrew Hopper (eds.), Battle-scarred: Mortality, medical care and military welfare in the British Civil Wars. Avram Lytton. Canadian Bulletin of Medical History. 288-290. (2021)
  • Book review of Norman Housley, Crusading & the Ottoman Threat 1453-1505. Avram Lytton. Strife Journal. 61-62. (2016)