Ballots for the bi-annual election were sent by EventRebels on February 8th to all Society members with known email addresses. Voting closes on February 22nd, and all members are encouraged to participate. Members who did not receive an email link to the ballot and have not voted should contact the SMH office at VMI (jmhsmh@vmi.edu, 540-464-7468) or the Executive Director (rhberlin@aol.com). Candidate biographies can be accessed by a link in the ballot email, or separately here on the SMH web site.
2013 Annual Meeting Web Site Active!
http://www.smh2013.org/, the website for the 80th Annual Meeting of the Society for Military History, offers information about the hotel, travel arrangements, registration, the general program, SMH-sponsored tours, exhibits, and other events during the March 14-17 conference.
Allan R. Millett Dissertation Fellowship Fundraising Underway
Several members of the Society have launched a fundraising effort to endow the Allan R. Millett Dissertation Research Fellowship through the Society for Military History. This fellowship will recognize one of the field’s preeminent scholars and a prolific author who for more than four decades has shaped the public’s understanding of military history. For more information, including how to contribute to the Fellowship, please click here.
The Annual George C. Marshall Lecture in Military History was presented on January 5 at the American Historical Association Annual Meeting by David Hackett Fischer, the University Professor and Earl Warren Professor of History at Brandeis University. His talk, titled “Open Societies at War: A Comparative History, 1939-1945," was was videotaped by the History News Network, and can be seen at: http://hnn.us/videos/149967.html. The lecture was sponsored by the George C. Marshall Foundation and the Society for Military History.
