Announcements and Events
UPCOMING CONFERENCE
Medical History of World War I
23-25 February 2012
Army Medical Department Museum
Fort Sam Houston, Texas
The Department of Medical History of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the U.S. Army Medical Department Center of History and Heritage will co-sponsor an international conference on the medical history of World War I, including a variety of topics, including diseases, humanitarian medical work in the midst of war, medical professionalism, public health and the influenza pandemic, and other topics.
The conference will be held at the Army Medical Department Museum on historic Fort Sam Houston, in San Antonio, Texas. Meeting support has been generously provided by the Army Medical Department Museum Foundation (http://www.ameddmuseumfoundation.org/).
Registration, including whole-conference and one-day registrations, will be open shortly. Space will be limited, so please register early. Information will be posted at http://history.amedd.army.mil/ as it comes available.
If you have questions about the conference, contact Sanders Marble as sanders.marble@us.army.mil.
UPCOMING CONFERENCE
The Centre d’Estudis Històrics Internacionals de la Universitat de Barcelona (CEHI-UB) and the Grup de Recerca i Anàlisi del Món Actual (GRANMA) are organizing the conference "Soldiers, bombs and rifles. A military history of the twentieth century. Tribute to Professor Gabriel Cardona", scheduled for April 18, 2012. The aim of the Conference is to rethink the role of Military History as an indispensable tool for interpretation of all historical processes of modernity. For this reason, we invite specialists in military history, historians of diverse backgrounds and the general public to participate.
Click here for the program and conditions of participation.
UPCOMING CONFERENCE
The Virginia Military Institute will host the 2012 Signature Conference for the Virginia Commission on the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War on 22 March. The topic is, “Leadership and Generalship.” Registration opens in two weeks, 15 November. http://www.virginiacivilwar.org/2012conference.php.
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS
Manuscripts are being solicited for a new, peer-review journal that incorporates a broad view of the Civil War era. Published in collaboration with The University of North Carolina Press and the George and Ann Richards Civil War Era Center at the Pennsylvania State University, The Journal of the Civil War Era will launch its inaugural issue in March 2011. William Blair, of the Pennsylvania State University, serves as founding editor, and Anthony Kaye, Penn State, and Aaron-Sheehan Dean, University of North Florida, as Associate Editors. The new journal will take advantage of the flowering of research on the many issues raised by the sectional crisis, war, Reconstruction, and memory of the conflict, while bringing fresh understanding to the struggles that defined the period, and by extension, the course of American history in the nineteenth century.
Besides offering fresh perspectives on military, political, and legal history of the era, articles, essays, and reviews will attend to such topics as slavery and antislavery, labor and capitalism, popular culture and intellectual history, expansionism and empire, as well as native American, African American, and women’s history. The editors also intend The Journal of the Civil War Era to be a venue for scholars engaged in race, gender, transnational, and the full range of theoretical perspectives that animate historical practice.
The editors are recruiting an editorial board that reflects the wide range of specialties and theoretical engagements that form the scope of this publication. They include Stephen Berry, University of Georgia; David Blight, Yale University; Peter Carmichael, West Virginia University; Gary Gallagher, University of Virginia; Thavolia Glymph, Duke University; Stephanie McCurry, University of Pennsylvania; Tiya Miles, University of Michigan; Christopher Morris, University of Texas at Arlington; Carol Reardon, the Pennsylvania State University; Seth Rockman, Brown University; and Leslie Schwalm, University of Iowa.
The Journal of the Civil War Era has been adopted by the Society of Civil War Historians, providing a substantial readership base that will provide authors with visibility. With registrations for the Society’s conference this June, members will automatically receive a subscription to the journal beginning with the first volume year.
Manuscript submissions and inquiries about guidelines should be sent to William Blair, Editor, Journal of the Civil War Era, at wab120@psu.edu. All material should be double spaced and not exceed roughly 40 pages, including notes. Electronic submissions are welcome, but please include an attachment that serves as a cover letter with contact information. Queries concerning book reviews should go to Anthony E. Kaye at aek12@psu.edu. The editorial home for the journal is at the Richards Civil War Era Center, The Pennsylvania State University, 108 Weaver Building, University Park, Pa. 16802. For subscriptions and advertising, please contact Suzi Waters at The University of North Carolina Press at suzi_waters@unc.edu.
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS
The Michigan War Studies Review (ISSN 1930-045X) is seeking to expand its roster of contributors. The MWSR publishes book reviews, literature surveys, original essays, commentary, and other material in the field of military studies, with a purview extending from antiquity to the present. Information about subscribing (gratis) to and writing for the Review is available at the official website - http://www.miwsr.com.
