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The British Commission for Military History was founded in 1965 as the national branch of the International Commission for Military History. It serves as a forum for the discussion and promotion of military history in the broadest sense, without restriction as to period or region.

The Commission is at the forefront of academic debate over many aspects of military history including the centenary of the First World War. Through the British Journal for Military History, a pioneering Open Access, peer-reviewed journal and regular conferences, the BCMH delivers high quality scholarship in military history to an audience beyond academia.

Details of our Forthcoming Events can be found on our Events page

The British Commission for Military History also maintains an active social media presence and can be found on Facebook and Twitter.

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IJMH Early Career Prize 2020

Deadline 30 September 2020 The International Journal of Military History and Historiography invites submissions for its
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20 February 2020
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Mars & Clio, February 2020

Here is the February 2020 edition of Mars & Clio.
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14 February 2020
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Agincourt, AGM, Commemoration, Falklands, Heritage, Heydrich, Howard, Napoleon, Peace, Technology, Versailles

Call for papers – 2020 History of War Conference

Thursday 18th and Friday 19th June 2020 Deadline 1st April 2020 King’s College London and the University of Oxford invit
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12 February 2020
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1648 and All That, Saturday 31st October 2020, Shrewsbury

Helion and Company are proud to announce a Century of the Soldier conference dedicated the British Civil Wars and how th
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10 February 2020
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PhD Scholarship, University of Salford

The attached advertisement may be of interest to BCMH members, members who teach at UK universities or who may have stud
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18 January 2020
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The Merriman Prize 2019-20

The Merriman  prize is awarded for an outstanding undergraduate essay on any topic in the fields of international and/or
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The British Journal for Military History is a pioneering Open Access, peer-reviewed journal that brings high quality scholarship in military history to an audience beyond academia.

"The birth of the British Journal for Military History will be as welcome as it is long overdue.

The past few decades have seen the appearance of a new generation of military historians. Some have been serving or retired members of the Armed Forces; some academics or aspiring academics; and some - most welcome of all – amateurs who write for the sheer love of it. The continuing demand for their work is evidenced in every major bookshop, where ‘Military History’ shelves often take up as much space as does mere ‘History’. Even those whose primary interest is not military history as such now realise that a knowledge of the subject is necessary if they are to understand the past, to say nothing of the present. Military history is now too important to be left to the military historians.

For the past few years military historians have been able to communicate with each another at the annual meetings of the British Commission for Military History and through its publication Mars and Clio. Now the BJMH will make their work available to a far wider readership and should attract an increasing number of contributors. It will be not only British, and not only military historians who will wish it well."

Professor Sir Michael Howard

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BCMH Upcoming Events

  1. Three Minute Military Thesis (TMMT) 24th March 2021

    24 March @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

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