The Society for Military History

The intellectual home for military historians worldwide

The conference hotel is the Hilton Lisle/Naperville. Room reservations can be made at this conference-specific page.

Members can also phone the hotel at 630-245-7623 to make reservations at the conference rate of $119 per night.

Call for Papers
78th Annual Meeting of the Society for Military History
First Division Museum at Cantigny
Lisle, Illinois, 9-12 June 2011

The Society for Military History is pleased to announce its call for papers for its 78th Annual Meeting, hosted by the First Division Museum at Cantigny in Wheaton, Illinois, and held at the Lisle Hilton Hotel in nearby Lisle, Illinois, on June 9-12, 2011. The conference theme is “Ways of War” - whether there are national, cultural and ethnic ways of war in history; whether conflicts can be understood in light of ways of war; and the impact of ways of war on society, technology, policy and so forth. We especially encourage junior scholars to present their work and to serve on panels. As always, the program committee will consider panel and paper proposals dealing with all important questions of military history.

Panel proposals must include a one-page panel abstract (working title, a brief description of the purpose, theme, organization, argument, sources and historical value of the panel); a one-page abstract for each paper; contact information for all participants; and a one-two page CV for all participants, including panel commentators and chairs. Proposals for individual papers are welcome, and must include all of the above except the panel abstract. 

All presenters must be Society for Military History members.  Proposals may include the participants’ preferences for scheduling; however, persons submitting proposals are presumed to be available for the entire conference. Proposals may be submitted beginning August 1, 2010, and must be submitted no later than October 1, 2010.  Proposals must be submitted electronically to the Program Committee at smh@firstdivisionmuseum.org. Hard copy proposals will not be accepted. Submissions will be acknowledged by email. The program will be announced in January 2011.

The meeting will be held at the Lisle Hilton Hotel in Lisle, Illinois, just west of Chicago, with some events taking place on Cantigny Park, home of the First Division Museum, in nearby Wheaton. Reservations can be made on the SMH website. Lisle and Wheaton are easily accessible from O’Hare and Midway airports and are also served by Metra Rail. The conference site is just off Interstate Route 88 at Naperville Road, with many nearby hotels, motels, restaurants and shopping areas.

For details on the conference, please contact Mr. JD Kammes, Special Events Coordinator, First Division Museum at Cantigny, at (630)-260-8187.