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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

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

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

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

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

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

  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

The latest issue of the BJMH can be found at this link: BJMH Vol 4, Issue 3 You will also see a statement to the effect that the Journal has entered a hiatus. This is due to the Founding Editor, Dr Matthew Ford, having to step down from the Editorship for personal reasons. The BCMH Co

The Battlefields Trust is pleased to announce that the 2018 Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Professor Peter Gaunt, well known specialist in the mid –17th century, and author or editor of 15 books concerned with aspects of the civil war in Wales, England, and Britain as a whole.