Individual Membership and Membership Renewal
If you are having difficulty with the membership renewal process, please reach out to jmhsmh@vmi.edu
Benefits of Membership:
- Receive the Journal of Military History and the Headquarters Gazette quarterly at no additional charge
- Access to all back issues of the Journal of Military History and its predecessors back to 1937.
- Receive reductions on other SMH publications
- Ability to present a paper or serve as a panel chair or commentator at the Society’s annual conference
- Discounted registration fees for graduate students attending the annual conference
- Graduate students can apply for Weigley travel grants to the annual conference
- Membership dues help the Society fulfill its mission of stimulating and advancing the study of military history
Student memberships receive online-only access to publications. Students will access the Journal of Military History using information provided quarterly by EBSCO and the Headquarters Gazette here. Overseas students pay no additional postage.
- Students in a terminal Master’s program may receive the graduate student rate for two years.
- Students in a PhD program may receive the graduate student rate for up to eight years.
Current Membership Cost in US $:
- Regular Individual Membership (US and Canada): $95
- Two-Year Regular Individual Membership (US and Canada): $190
- Regular Individual Membership (Overseas): $105
- Two-Year Individual Membership (Overseas): $210
- Contingent Faculty (non-tenure track or contracted for 1 year or less; online only): $75
- Student Membership (electronic-only access to publications): $35
- K-12 Educators (electronic-only access to publications): $35
- Sustaining Membership (includes annual membership and contribution to SMH): $190
- Two-Year Sustaining Membership (includes annual membership and contribution to SMH): $380
How to Become a Member or Renew Your Existing Membership:
There are three ways to join or renew your membership in the Society for Military History.
Method 1: Join or Renew Online
- Go to our New Member Order Page and fill out the form.
- Go to our Membership Renewal Order page and fill out the form.
Method 2: Download a Membership Application Form
The membership application form, available here as an Adobe PDF file, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader for viewing and printing. Mail the completed form to the following address:
Society for Military History
P.O. Box 2502
South Portland, Maine 04116-2502
Student applicants: You must include the name of the institution you are attending and the signature of a professor under whom you are working.
Method 3: Join Without a Membership Application Form
If you prefer not to join online and are not able to download the application, determine the appropriate fees from the table above and send a check in US funds only payable to the Society for Military History, or Visa/MasterCard/American Express/Discover information, to the following address:
Society for Military History
P.O. Box 2502
South Portland, Maine 04116-2502
Please include your name, address, phone number and email.
Student applicants: You must include the name of the institution you are attending, the name of your major professor/faculty advisory, and your academic program (MA or Ph.D.).
