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Helion Conferences 2019 Members may be interested in a number of Conferences to be run by Helion Publishing in 2019 and with whom the BCMH is collaborating. Helion are organising another Conference in their From Reason to Revolution series which will take place on 27 April 2019 at Der

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

The 2019 EISS Conference The third annual conference of the European Initiative on Security Studies will be held at Sciences Po, in Paris, on 27-28 June 2019. It is organized by the EISS board, within the framework of the French Association for the Study of War and Strategy (AEGES) an

The University of Southampton will be holding its Seventh Wellington Congress 12-13 April 2019.  Booking is now open. See the link below. Wellington Congress 2019 focuses on all aspects of the career of the first Duke of Wellington, as well as the wider context in Britain, Ireland, th

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

Just a reminder before the holiday season is upon us that proposals for Young Scholars papers and panels are due on Tuesday, January 15. The program committee has allocated the first session on Sunday, May 12, for Young Scholars panels, so there is plenty of opportunity for interested

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

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

National Army Museum events Autumn 2018  

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

BCMH Member Alexander Clarke at Kings College London 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 funding/confirming rooms

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