The Society for Military History

Calls for Papers and Panels

CALL FOR PAPERS
The Consequences of Conquest
March 6-7, 2025
Downtown Library, Sioux Falls, SD
 
The Many Faces of War X: An annual hybrid interdisciplinary conference on the experience and impact of war throughout history.
 
2025 Theme - The Consequences of Conquest in honor of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II we will examine what happens after a defeat or a victory in war, conflict, or battle.
 
The study of warfare is often restricted to the sphere of military history and rarely allowed to transcend the artificial boundaries of historical study, namely those limited by geography and periodization. Throughout the ages war has had the greatest impact, not on the political elite who declare wars but on those who fight and die and their families and friends. This annual interdisciplinary conference aims to address both the experience and impact of war for those fighting as well as for those on the periphery.
 
This year’s theme is The Consequences of Conquest
 
2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War 2. This conference will examine what happens after victory or defeat with a particular focus on the roles of citizens and veterans in returning to everyday life and the return of prisoners of war. It also encourages papers on warfare throughout history on all aspects of conquest, victory and defeat, such as the political and cultural shaping of defeated territory or peoples and the propagandistic associations.
 
The conference aims at an interdisciplinary approach and underappreciated aspects of war and nation building are especially welcome. All periods of history are of interest.
 
We also welcome papers on any and all aspects of military history from any discipline.
 
The conference is aimed equally at postgraduate students, researchers in the early stages of their careers and established academics. We also hope to have a session for undergraduate students.
 
There are no specific geographical or temporal parameters regarding the subject matter of papers, and scholars and students of ancient, medieval and modern warfare are encouraged to submit proposals. We would also encourage the proposal of panels of three or four papers.
 
Send an abstract of 300 words and a brief bio to Graham Wrightson (graham.wrightson@sdstate.edu) BEFORE January 5, 2025.

CALL FOR PAPERS
War in the Ancient World International Conference 2025 (WAWIC 2025) May 29–31 2025 (Duluth, MN and Münster, Germany)
 
We are pleased to announce the next annual hybrid conference designed to bring together researchers on ancient warfare from around the world to share research and ideas.
 
We invite submissions on any aspect, era, or geographical region of ancient warfare, encouraging a broad and inclusive discussion. Contributions from archaeological, philological, and historical perspectives are welcome, with particular interest in topics related to the Greco-Roman world, the ancient Near East, ancient Egypt, and neighboring cultures. The conference is open to doctoral students, early-career researchers, and established scholars alike.
 
The WAWIC will be held in-person in Duluth, MN for North American participants and simultaneously in Münster, Germany for European participants. These in-person venues will be connected via Zoom for selected panels, enabling seamless transcontinental engagement.
 
We welcome proposals for both individual papers as well as for entire thematic panels.
 
Thematic panels can be accommodated at either location. We particularly welcome transcontinental panels and will facilitate their connection through Zoom. If you have an idea for a panel, please contact Lennart Gilhaus (lgilhaus@uni-bonn.de) and we will be happy to try to help realize your idea.

Individual Presentations should be no longer than 20 minutes. Online presentations are possible. However, participation in presence is desirable if there are no special personal reasons preventing it. Depending on the funding, participants in Münster (especially doctoral students) will ideally have part of their travel expenses reimbursed.
 
For individual contributions, please send an abstract of 300 words and a brief bio to Jeffrey Rop (jarop@d.umn.edu) for North America and Lennart Gilhaus (lgilhaus@uni-bonn.de) for Europe BEFORE January 15th 2025.
 
Participants are invited to submit their paper to the newly founded Diamond Open Access Online Journal “Deimos” after the conference. Thematic panels may be proposed for the newly founded book series “Bellona”.
 
Local Organizers
Jeffrey Rop (University of Minnesota, Duluth; jarop@d.umn.edu)
Marian Helm (University of Münster; helmm@uni-muenster.de)
Patrick Sänger (University of Münster; saenger@uni-muenster.de)
 
Coordinators
Europe: Lennart Gilhaus (University of Bonn / University of Duisburg-Essen; lgilhaus@uni- bonn.de)
North America: Graham Wrightson (South Dakota State University, Brookings; graham.wrightson@sdstate.edu)

CALL FOR PAPERS
“Conflict and Compromise”

The History Graduate Student Association at Florida State University is thrilled to announce the fifteenth annual Southeast Regional Graduate Student Conference. This event is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, February 28-March 1, 2025, and will take place in person on Florida State’s campus.

We invite submissions that creatively and critically engage with the themes of conflict and compromise across all disciplines. These terms can be broadly construed to explore various facets of historical, social, and cultural change. Topics may include, but are not limited to, political and/or social movements, cultural shifts, military conflict, and resistance strategies. For this year’s conference, we are accepting proposals for individual papers, complete panels, and posters.

Graduate students at all levels in a humanities or social science program are strongly encouraged to participate. This conference serves as an inclusive platform for new graduate students to present their research, while also providing a valuable opportunity for advanced students to test ideas and receive constructive feedback from peers and senior academics.

Key Information:

• Submissions Due: 12/1/2024
• Conference Decisions Sent: As received
• Conference Date: 2/28-3/1/2025
• Location: Florida State University, Student Services Building

• Please submit abstracts of no more than 300 words and a CV to our Google form.
• We accept both individual papers and complete panels. Panel proposals should include a 200-word description of the panel’s topic as well as individual abstracts and CVs.
• Applicants wishing to present a poster rather than as an individual paper or part of a panel should submit an abstract of no more than 300 words and a CV to our Google form.

• Engage with a diverse range of perspectives on the themes of conflict and compromise.
• Network with fellow graduate students and senior scholars in a collegial environment.
• Receive detailed feedback from both audience members and panel commentators

CALL FOR PROPOSALS
The Ridgway Endowment Research Grant program for 2025 will be open to receive proposals from October 15, 2024, through February 15, 2025.  The grant will be used to aid in researching materials on-site at the United States Army Heritage and Education Center (USAHEC) in Carlisle, PA, on subjects that are of enduring or emerging value to the history of the Army and are well-supported by the USAHEC’s holdings. It is open to those interested in Military History working on their Master’s Thesis, Ph.D. dissertation, or other publications.

For more information on applications please visit the USAHEC website or follow this link! 
 
https://ahec.armywarcollege.edu/ridgway.cfm

CALL FOR PAPERS
Military History Consortium
2nd Annual Conference
Iscte-University Institute of Lisbon
4-6 June 2025
 
Keynote
Professor Richard Reid, University of Oxford
 
Call for Papers
The Military History Consortium (MHC) will be holding its second annual conference on 4-6 June 2025 at Iscte-University Institute of Lisbon in Lisbon, Portugal. The organising committee invites panel and individual paper proposals on any aspect of military history and the history of war and conflict in its broadest sense, ranging from ancient to modern times and spanning the entire globe. This includes the cross-chronological interactions between political, economic, social, and cultural history with military history. In line with the MHC’s aims, panels and papers that cover periodically and geographically under-represented areas (e.g. Antiquity and the Global South) are especially welcomed. A key aim of the MHC is also to provide a platform for and support the development of early career scholars, and therefore submissions from PhD students and postdocs are strongly encouraged.
 
Panel proposals should consist of:
- 3 papers and 1 chair/discussant
- 500 words rationale and presentation of the panel
- 300 words abstract for each paper
- 150 words short bio for each contributor
 
Individual paper proposals should consist of:
- 300 words abstract
- 150 words short bio
 
The submission deadline is 15 December 2024. The organising committee will inform potential participants on whether or not their paper/panel has been accepted by 17 January 2025.

Please send your submissions as pdf or word documents by email to Prof. Marco Wyss (m.wyss@lancaster.ac.uk), Prof. Evert Kleynhans (kleynhans@sun.ac.za), and Prof. Bruno Cardoso Reis (bruno.cardoso.reis@iscte-iul.pt).
 
The MHC
The MHC connects institutions, academics, and students engaged in the study of warfare and/or military organisations in the past. Its dual aim is to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas in order to strengthen international research cooperation, and a framework for joint teaching initiatives and programmes. The MHC’s membership is international, and its scope is global. While the consortium’s teaching and research agendas focus on the past, it seeks to address contemporary security challenges and inform related policy debates. It is only the study of war and the military in the past that enables us to understand and contextualise the present and thus prepare for the future.
 
Members
University of Amsterdam
University of Calgary
Stellenbosch University
Sciences Po Aix
Lancaster University
Iscte-University Institute of Lisbon

CALL FOR PROPOSALS
2025 Popular Culture & American Culture Association Annual National Conference to be held in New Orleans (April 16-19, 2025):

We invite presentations about War after 1945, covering any of the following general topics with special attention to popular culture: Korea, Vietnam, Gulf War, Iraq, Afghanistan; Cold War and Global War on Terrorism; military interventions and peacekeeping missions involving Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and Europe.

Presentations may focus on writers and artists: original fiction, poetry, memoirs, drama, art, music, film and television.

All approaches will be honored: interdisciplinary, multicultural, ethnicity, gender, film, literature, history, sociology, political science, media, rhetoric, folklore, and oral history.

For consideration, please send an abstract of 125 to 250 words that includes presenter name, department and university affiliation (if appropriate), mailing address, phone number(s), and e-mail address. Submissions must be through the PCA web site at https://pcaaca.org/page/submissionguidelines.

You may also submit a proposal for a fully formed panel of four papers focused on a central theme (but each presenter must submit their proposal individually).

The submission deadline is November 30, 2024.

Contact Information
Dr. Roger Chapman, Area Chair of War After 1945
Professor of History, Palm Beach Atlantic University, West Palm Beach, FL 33416

CALL FOR PAPERS

CALL FOR PAPERS
‘Rethinking Concepts, Terms and Topics’
The 4th International Conference of the Military Welfare History Network
July 9-11, 2025 at the University of Graz, Austria
 
Approaches to military history and the history of war welfare have changed fundamentally in recent decades. They shifted from a focus on event history, the depiction of predominantly operational levels, the monopolisation of military meanings or discourses of legitimation to innovative approaches to a cultural history of armed conflicts, which are particularly influenced by Social History, the History of Mentalities, Body or Gender history. This also applies in particular to the analysis of military welfare and care practices from a historical and social science perspective, which has undergone a fundamental reorientation in recent years, not least as a result of current care ethics debates.
 
The fourth international conference of the Military Welfare History Network, which will take place for the first time at the University of Graz (Austria) in 2025, aims to explicitly focus on the theoretical, conceptual and research-practical dynamics associated with this reorientation. The conference aims to reflect about these changes in studies of care and welfare practices in military contexts and to discuss older and new concepts and their implementation in research. Referring to a problem-orientated approach, an explicitly interdisciplinary and trans-epochal orientation will be taken.
 
The aim of the MWHN conference is therefore to critically examine the effects of theoretical and conceptual perspectives as well as the productive applicability of (new) methods and concepts on different dimensions:
 
·      the macro-level (state-national, transnational or global relations and networks, civil society and corresponding symbols, norms and orders etc.)
·      the meso-level (such as the history of institutions and organisations as well as interdependencies between economic, political, societal, cultural and military issues)
·      the micro-historical relationships (self-testimonies, personal identities, biographies etc.) in war care and welfare practices
 
Discourses, socio-cultural negotiation processes, the distribution of and access to socio-cultural resources, covert or overt power relations and hegemonies that form their background should be addressed as well as dimensions of experience and, in general, research desiderata and gaps in previous scientific approaches.
 
Submissions with either a theoretical-methodological or conceptual focus or empirical case studies are welcome. In both cases, the submitted contributions should address both levels (albeit with different emphases). In this way, the exchange of concepts and perspectives, mutual interaction possibilities and the intended discursive character of the conference should be promoted.
 
In particular, the following topics can be addressed:
·      Vulnerability | Trauma | Violence
·      Belongings | Identities | Interdependencies | Diversity | Social entanglement
·      Spaces | Boundaries | Transgression
·      Body | Sexuality | Gender
 
We request submissions to mwhn.graz2025@uni-graz.at by November 30, 2024. Individual papers or panels of three papers plus commentary can be submitted. Each paper abstract should be a maximum of 250 words and should be accompanied by a 50-word biography. Panels should also include an additional ‘panel abstract’ of up to 250 words.
 
Travel and accommodation costs cannot be covered, but travel grants for Postgraduate Researchers and Early Career Researchers can be awarded subject to available funds. The Graz organisation team will also assist with travel and accommodation arrangements.
 
Conference Team
Heidrun Zettelbauer (Graz / History – Cultural and Gender History)
Viktoria Wind (Graz / History – Cultural and Gender History)
Sabine Haring- Mosbacher (Graz / Sociology – Archive for the History of Sociology in Austria)
Sabine Jesner (Vienna / Military History Institute – Military History Museum)
Paul Huddie (MWHN Co-ordinator)

CALL FOR PRESENTERS
The Second World War Research Group, North America (SWWRGNA) is dedicated to promoting scholarly work on the long global Second World War. We have some slots open for chapter- or article-length (unpublished) work to present at our monthly Zoom reading group in 2024-2025. Those who are interested in presenting or who would like to join the SWWRGNA should contact the co-directors Mary Kathryn Barbier and Jadwiga Biskupska at swwresearchgroupna@gmail.com. All topics and methodologies on the history of the war, and graduate students, independent, and military-affiliated scholars are always welcome.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Home Front Studies is calling for article submissions. Published by the University of Nebraska Press, this interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal explores the concept of the home front, broadly considered, in times of war, civil war, and similar conflicts from the late nineteenth century to the present day. Its interests include the roles of art, discrimination, finance, gender, identity, literature, music, morale, propaganda, race, and/or sexuality as experienced by civilians on home fronts in locations around the world. Its interdisciplinary editorial board is open to submissions from across the humanities.

All submissions must be original, unpublished, and not under review elsewhere. HFS welcomes manuscripts of up to 9,000 words, inclusive of endnotes. Prepare contributions in accordance with the most recent edition of the Chicago Manual of Style, using humanities-style endnote citations.

HFS uses Editorial Manager to process submissions at this page: https://nebraskapressjournals.unl.edu/journal/home-front-studies/. Please direct any questions about manuscripts in development to the journal’s editor, James J. Kimble (james.kimble@shu.edu).

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS, PAPERS & PEER REVIEWERS:
Theme issue for American Behavioral Scientist titled:
 "A Sampling of Pre-Internet Networked Operations"

We are soliciting essays for a survey of 1960s military operations such as: COINTELPRO (US); CHAOS (US); Phoenix (Vietnam); Condor (in South America); ORDEN (El Salvador); Jakarta (Indonesia); OBAN (Brazil) and other operations, both inside and outside the US. These operations networked societies prior to the advent of the Internet. Authors are requested to include whatever information they can cite regarding how evident or non-evident the communication equipment was that supported these operations; what the operations consisted of in terms of staffing and hardware; what the operations were used for; and, how much the operations contributed to social and financial inequality and political polarization, in the populations they monitored.

Research article proposals are requested for an issue of American Behavioral Scientist guest edited by Noel Packard Ph.D. and Dr. Bradley Simpson, professor of history and author of Economists with Guns: Authoritarian Development and U.S.-Indonesian Relations, 1960-1968. The issue is entitled: "A Sampling of Pre-Internet Networked Operations"

The full Call for Papers can be found at https://www.cfplist.com/CFP/40855.
 
If interested, please submit an abstract of 250 words describing your longer essay (5,000-10,000) words and a brief bio to Noel Packard, npac825@aucklanduni.ac.nz by 1 October 2024. Full drafts of accepted papers will be due by November 1, 2024.

Tentative Timeline:

• November 1, 2024: Deadline for submission of draft essays.
• December 1, 2024: Authors of selected articles are notified of acceptance.
• March 1, 2025: Authors receive peer reviews.
• Early September 2025: Authors submit revised manuscripts
• December 2025: American Behavioral Scientist publishes issue entitled "A Sampling of Pre-Internet Networked Operations"

CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Announcing a New Series from Naval Institute Press
Studies in Marine Corps History and Amphibious Warfare
William A. Taylor, Series Editor
 
This series advances understanding of Marine Corps history and amphibious warfare by publishing original scholarship across a broad spectrum of innovative studies. The series analyzes an extensive array of vital aspects of the Marine Corps, amphibious warfare, and their collective role in global security, including battles, leaders, strategy, operations, tactics, doctrine, technology, personnel, organization, and culture. Incorporating both historical and contemporary perspectives, this series publishes important literature about the Marine Corps and significant works relevant to amphibious warfare that span the globe, feature diverse methodologies, and reach general audiences. As a result, the series provides a professional home, central venue, and premier destination for the best and newest research on Marine Corps history and amphibious warfare.

William A. Taylor is the holder of the Lee Drain Endowed University Professorship, previous department chair, and award-winning professor of global security studies at Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas. A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, he holds an MA degree in history from the University of Maryland, an MA degree in National Security Studies from Georgetown University, and MPhil and PhD degrees in history from George Washington University. Taylor is the author or editor of four books, including Military Service and American Democracy (University Press of Kansas) and Every Citizen a Soldier (Texas A&M University Press).

Send inquiries and proposals to william.taylor@angelo.edu.

CALL FOR BOOK PROPOSALS
New Series – Vernon Press Series in Classical Studies

Vernon Press invites proposals on the history, literature, art, philosophy, political or social structures, religion, languages, or archaeology of the ancient Greek and Roman civilizations for its new Series in Classical Studies.

The classics are the earliest branch of the humanities, with a long history of scholarly value, but the field continues to evolve. The past two decades have seen exciting developments in key research areas, especially material culture, reception studies and gender studies. The books in this series will examine such growth areas, while also being open to more traditional approaches.

Comprising edited volumes, co-authored books and single-author monographs, the series will be useful for senior researchers, scholars and practitioners with an interest in this field of study, as well as undergraduate and postgraduate students.

To receive more information about submitting a proposal or to discuss your idea, please contact James McGovern: james.mcgovern@vernonpress.com

Information also available on: https://vernonpress.com/proposal/47/24ac37c606272b4a01c1bcc8b4b15627

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS
From Balloons to Drones

Established in 2016, From Balloons to Drones is an online platform that seeks to provide analysis and debate about air power history, theory, and contemporary operations in their broadest sense including space and cyber power. Air power is to be understood broadly, encompassing not only the history of air warfare, including social and cultural aspects but also related fields such as archaeology, international relations, strategic studies, law and ethics.

Since its emergence during the First World War, air power has increasingly become the preferred form of military power for many governments. However, the application and development of air power is controversial and often misunderstood. To remedy this, From Balloons to Drones seeks to provide analysis and debate about air power through the publication of articles, research notes, commentary and book reviews.

From Balloons to Drones welcomes and encourages potential submissions from postgraduates, academics, and practitioners involved in researching the subject of air power. Submissions can take the following forms:

• Articles – From Balloons to Drones publishes informative articles on air power that range from historical pieces to the analysis of contemporary challenges. These well-researched articles should attempt to bridge a gap between the specialist and non-specialist reader. They should be around c.1,000 to 1,500 words, though From Balloons to Drones will accept larger pieces and we reserve the right to publish them in parts.
• Air War Books – From Balloons to Drones publishes a series of review articles that examine the top ten books that have influenced writers on air power.
• Commentaries – From Balloons to Drones publishes opinion pieces on recent news on either contemporary or historical subjects. These should be no longer than c.1,000 words.
• Research Notes – From Balloons to Drones publishes research notes related to contributor’s current research projects. These take the form of more informal pieces and can be a discussion of a source or a note on a recent research theme. These should be c.500 to 1,000 words.
• Book Reviews – From Balloons to Drones publishes occasional book reviews that aim to be an accessible collection of appraisals of recent publications about air power.

CALL FOR ARTICLES
International Bibliography of Military History
of the International Commission of Military History
Published by Brill (Leiden and Boston)

In existence since 1978, the International Bibliography of Military History (IBMH) has traditionally published historiographical articles, review articles, and book reviews. Since its recent move to Brill, however, it has been undergoing a transformation into a fully-fledged military history journal. As a next step in this process, the portfolio will be enlarged to include also original research articles.

The IBMH thus invites scholars to submit articles on any military historical topic that can appeal to an international readership, e.g. a topic involving more than one nation and, preferably, based on multi-archival research. There is no chronological limitation. The journal publishes articles ranging from antiquity to the contemporary period, as long as the research method is historical.

The articles should be based extensively on primary research, not have been published in another form or outlet, and not currently be considered by another journal. The submitted work should be between 8,000 and 10,000 words (including footnotes), and be thoroughly referenced. For further information on style and referencing, please visit the journal’s website.

Submitted articles will – after a first editorial screening – be sent out for peer-review (double-blind). This process, from submission to decision, normally takes six to eight weeks. Please submit your article directly to the Scientific Editor, Dr Marco Wyss (m.wyss@chi.ac.uk), who is also available for any potential preliminary queries.

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
The Council on America’s Military (CAMP) past is calling for papers for its Journal. We welcome submissions of interesting, original articles on American military history, especially topics that deal with significant sites (which could include installations, battlefields, ships and airplanes).  We also welcome articles on biography and historic preservation, especially if they are related to particular sites.  Maps and photos are strongly encouraged.  We ask that authors submit manuscripts by e-mail to our editors, using a system that is compatible with Microsoft Word.  The length of the articles that we publish varies roughly between 2,500 and 7,500 words.  The author is responsible for obtaining permission to publish any copyrighted material, and for bearing the costs of obtaining or reproducing illustrations. Interested parties should refer to the CAMP website or contact the editor, Vincent Rospond at EditorJamp@yahoo.com.

A non-profit educational association, CAMP was founded in 1966, representing diverse professions from historians to archeologists, museologists to architects, engineers to authors, active and retired military of all ranks, genealogists to archivists, and just plain hobbyists, the Council on America’s Military Past has only one requirement for membership: commitment to its objectives.

Its focus is on the places and things from America’s military past, and their stories. CAMP looks to all types of military and naval posts, from stockade forts of early New England to adobe presidios of the Southwest, from temporary camps and battlegrounds of a military on the move, to elaborate coastal defense installations along America’s coastlines. For CAMP, old ships and airplanes are also posts.

The Journal of America’s Military Past is a scholarly publication with interesting, illustrated articles on historic posts and battlefields and their people. The journal includes a robust book review section that, by itself, makes it worth reading. It is published three times a year.