Saturday 3 June 2023
National Army Museum, London
To honour the memory of its founding Secretary General, Professor Christopher Duffy (1936-2022), the doyen of military historians of the eighteenth century, who very sadly passed away in November last year, the British Commission for Military History is organising a one-day symposium at the National Army Museum in London.
The symposium will feature presentations of exciting new research on the military history of the long eighteenth century from BCMH members, along with tributes to Professor Duffy.
Keynote Speakers:
- Professor Guy Rowlands (University of St. Andrews) – “Louis XIV, the Camp of Compiègne and the Origins of the modern Military Exercise”
- Dr J. P. Harris (Royal Military Academy Sandhurst) – “Christopher Duffy: A Scholar and his World”
Other Confirmed Speakers:
- Dr Graeme Callister (York St. John University)
- Dr Eamonn O’Keeffe (University of Cambridge)
- Professor Grzegorz Podruczny (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań)
- Dr Ismini Pells (University of Oxford)
- Dr Adam Storring (King’s College London)
- Dr Zack White (Napoleonic & Revolutionary War Graves Charity)
Further details, including how to register, will be released shortly.
For more information, please contact Dr Tim Gale (secgen@bcmh.org.uk) or Dr Adam Storring (adam.storring@kcl.ac.uk).