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Deadline for receipt of Manuscripts: 15 January 2019 From the Society of Military History  SMH link The Society for Military History First-Manuscript Prize Submission Guidelines The Society for Military History First-Manuscript Prize is awarded annually to an author who has not previo

Booking It is with a great deal of pleasure that we can announce that booking is open for the BCMH’s New Research in Military History Conference. The link is below: https://store.southampton.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/faculty-of-arts-and-humanities/events/new-research-in-military-hi

You may have read in the press about the severe threat to Bosworth battlefield which may be partly built over in January 2019. The Battlefields Trust is organising a number of Tours each Sunday (apart from Remembrance Sunday) between now and Christmas. The battlefield has been used fo

NOTE CHANGE OF DATE Jim Storr invites BCMH members to the launch of his book The Hall of Mirrors, War and Warfare in the Twentieth Century at RUSI on Thursday 29 November, 17.30. Details at the link below: RUSI Book launch Colleagues have been experiencing difficulties registering, be

Marcus Beresford's long awaited biography of Marshal Beresford is to be published shortly and may be of interest to members.  It is being published by Irish Academic Press.  The launch is at the Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson Street, Dublin 2 at 6.30pm on Wednesday 14 November. The we

The BCMH’s  ‘War & Peace in the Age of Napoleon’ Conference will be taking place at King’s College, London, on Saturday 14th September 2019. Keynote speakers include Edward Coss and Catriona Kennedy. A Call for Papers will be issued in January, and the organisers are considering e

Tickets are now running short.  If you wish to attend - BOOK NOW! The British Commission for Military History (BCMH) and the Western Front Association (WFA) are organizing a two day conference on the final campaigns of the First World War  to be held at the Army & Navy Club, (know

PhD Scholarship: The Cold War in Global Perspectives Lancaster University’s Department of History invites applications for a PhD in History focused on exploring the Cold War in global perspectives. Particular themes could include post-colonial security issues, such as defence and/or m

National Army Museum events Autumn 2018  

  Link to Programme    ANNUAL CONFERENCE The Association of Dress Historians (ADH) is delighted to present its annual International Conference of Dress Historians on Friday, 26 October 2018. The conference theme and title are: Dress and War: Clothing and Textiles at Home and Abro

Institute of Historical Research Military History Seminar The Institute of Historical Research military history seminar has been running since the 1950s as a public seminar showcasing the work of established and upcoming historians. It is a forum in which scholars can present their id

Alexander Clarke at Kings College London  alexanderdouglasclarke@gmail.com is organising a Conference on the Falklands in April / May 2019.   He says: The conference is to be held at the University of Manchester next April (most likely the 25th & 26th, but still finalising fu