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SAVE THE DATE – Ends & Beginnings 2 Sat 20th June
BCMH and WFA will be hosting a second event about the military interventions following the Treaty of Versailles at and in collaboration with the National Army Museum on Saturday 20th June 2020. This follows our successful event at the NAM in July 2019. Save the Date and Watch This Spa
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BOOKING OPEN BCMH Three Minute Military Thesis (TMMT) 10th March 2020
Three Minute Military Thesis Institute of Historical Research, Senate House, London Tuesday, 10th March 2020 Book here on Eventbrite Tickets are free. Based on the nationally acclaimed '3 Minute Thesis' phenomenon, the British Commission for Military History is proud to unveil it
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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 students who might be interested. Deadline for applications: 21 February 2020 The successful applicant will work on a project to consider the social history of Preston
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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 military history from the ancient world to the present day. Offered by the Department of History at Lancaster University, it is open to current undergraduates at an
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Bosworth Battlefield Discovery Day 28th March 2020
Saturday 28th March 2020 Helion and Company’s ‘From Retinue to Regiment’ book series warmly invites you to our first Battlefield Study Day. The first half of the day will be spent with War of the Roses specialist Mike Ingram, who has written extensively on Richard III and Bosworth, an
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Helion Conference, Armies & Enemies of Napoleon, 25 April 2020
Helion & Company are proud to announce the 2020 From Reason to Revolution Conference. This year's conference will focus on warfare in the age of Napoleon, looking at aspects of the armies of both sides and their experiences on campaign and in battle. This year's confererence is ge
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ICMH List of Conferences Jan 2020
Dr Harold Raugh, from the British Commission has resumed his initiative to provide information about forthcoming Military History Congresses. The ICMH would like to thank him very much for this important and substantial effort. Please find attached the first quarterly listing with fif
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BOOKING OPEN Battlefield Tour to Reichswald & Rhine Crossing 23-27 April 2020
THE DEFEAT OF GERMANY, 1945 1) BACKGROUND The second and final volume of the British Official History of the Second World War that covers the defeat of Germany concludes with a quotation from Sir Francis Drake: “There must be a beginning of any great matter, but the continuing unto th
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Fully funded PhD post at University of Lancaster
Please see the announcement below regarding a fully funded PhD studentship at the University of Lancaster. Deadline 29th February 2020. https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BXK260/fully-funded-phd-scholarship-in-history-the-europeanisation-of-british-defence-procurement-in-the-cold-war-the-raf-
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2nd Modern Conflict Research Symposium 31 Jan / 1 Feb 2020 BOOKING OPEN
See also our Events page at http://www.bcmh.org.uk/event/2nd-modern-conflict-research-symposium-31-jan-1-feb-2020/ The 2nd Modern Conflict Research Symposium will be hosted at the Imperial War Museum North, Manchester on 31 January / 1 February 2020. Tickets are now available to
Read More27 December 2019
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Sir Michael Howard
Professor Sir Michael Howard, 1922-2019 It is with sadness that I have to report the death, aged 97, of Professor Sir Michael Howard, a long-standing and in later years honorary member of the British Commission for Military History. Sir Michael was the foremost military historian of t
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