The Society for Military History

Announcements and Events

1. The International Commission of Military History (http://www.icmh-cihm.org/en/) awards the “André Corvisier Prize for Ph.D. theses in Military History”, named after the distinguished French scholar who served for ten years as President and later as President of Honour of ICMH.
2. Candidates must be under 40 years of age at the date of 30 June 2026. The Ph.D. degree can be awarded in any academic discipline and is not restricted to Military History only. However, the thesis must deal with Military History in the broadest sense: the history of warfare, military campaigns, the armed forces, military thought and philosophy, diplomatic aspects of conflicts, causes and effects of wars, defence economics, civil-military relations, military technology, military leadership, and demographics of military forces. To be eligible, applicants must come from a country where there is an ICMH National Commission or, if there isn’t one, they must apply and be accepted as ICMH Individual Affiliate Scholars.
3. For the 2026 edition, the prize will be awarded for a Ph.D. thesis approved in 2025 at a recognized university. The amount of the Prize is fixed at € 3,000 plus a maximum of €1,500 to cover the recipient’s expenses for participation to the award ceremony during the LI ICMH Congress in Foz do Iguaçu - Paraná, Brazil, 22-30 August 2026.
4. Candidates must send a scanned certificate of their Ph.D. degree, a curriculum vitae and a PdFcopy of their thesis to ICMH Secretary General, Dr. Efpraxia Paschalidou (e.paschalidou@hndgs.mil.gr) before 15th February 2026.
5. The thesis may be in any language; however, a translation in any of the ICMH official languages (English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish) is required if the language employed is different. This applies also to the scanned certification of the Ph.D. title and to the curriculum vitae.
6. The Prize will be awarded by a Jury of seven persons, chaired by the ICMH President and including the members of the ICMH Executive Board and the President and the Secretary of the ICMH Educational Committee. With the approval of the ICMH President, members of the Jury unable to participate may designate a substitute. The Jury may decide not to award the Prize if no thesis is considered worthy or may decide to award it ex aequo to two doctors, dividing the amount of money. The Jury’s decisions are taken by simple majority; in case of parity of votes the President’s vote determines the decision.
7. The winner will be required to write an article drawn from his thesis to be published in the International Journal of Military History and Historiography, after peer review.
8. Requests for any further information should be addressed to Dr. Paschalidou.

INTERNSHIP PARTNER OPPORTUNITY
The Albert Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest at Villanova University has announced its Summer Internship program. Every year, they fund graduate and undergraduate History and Art History students to work with historically focused institutions and organizations or otherwise work on historically focused projects.

The Lepage Center is currently soliciting partners for the summer 2026 program ahead of opening the application to students in February 2026. Their guidelines for partner applications are below.

Application Instructions
Please send a letter of interest and a 2-page resume of the primary internship supervisor(s) in a single PDF to Kevin Fox, Lepage Center Administrator, at lepage@villanova.edu
 
Letters of interest should address the following:
• What duties and outcomes will define the proposed internship?
• How does the proposed internship use historical thinking, methods, and skills to address issues of public interest?
• Who will be the primary internship supervisor(s)? What types of teaching, mentoring, and professional development will they provide for the student?
• Will this internship be integrated into an existing internship program or is it a stand-alone opportunity?
• Can this internship, or parts of it, be done remotely?
• Can you tailor this internship to undergraduate or graduate expectations and mentorship, or is it best suited for one over the other?
• Can you contribute funding toward an internship stipend, travel expenses, or housing? This is not a requirement for successful applications.
 
Application Deadline is December 1, 2025

Please contact lepage@villanova.edu or Kevin.fox@villanova.edu with any questions.

AI TRANSCRIPTION GRANTS
Leo is a document management and transcription platform designed for historians, archivists, and family researchers by a fellow historian. It uses cutting-edge AI to transform manuscript images into accurate, searchable plain text.

Leo invites applications for the Leo Transcription Grant, which offers up to 100,000 free credits, sufficient to transcribe as many as 200,000 pages of handwritten manuscripts. The grant is open to students, academics, and institutions. The only condition of the award is that grantees publish the images and transcriptions online free of restriction and copyright. Further information and the application form are available at https://blog.tryleo.ai/2025/09/05/leo-transcription-grant-2025/.

NEW ARCHIVAL RESOURCE
Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive Opens Large Agent Orange Collection

Public perceptions about the Vietnam War remain filled with many myths, conspiracies, and misunderstandings, and the use of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War has had a lasting impact on Vietnam and on veterans. The Agent Orange Product Liability Litigation served as a widescale attempt by both plaintiffs and defendants to find answers such as whether the government and/or chemical companies were aware of Agent Orange’s toxicity before using it and who would be liable for damages caused by Agent Orange.  This landmark class action suit (1979-1984) brought together many of the individual suits filed by Vietnam veterans against these chemical companies claiming that their product caused numerous health issues for themselves and their children. 

The Agent Orange Product Liability Litigation Collection, housed at the Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, contains 550 linear feet of scientific studies, trial records, military documents about Agent Orange use, copies of case law relevant to the class action suit, and over 200 linear feet of deposition transcripts and exhibits from government officials, chemical company employees, representative plaintiffs and relevant expert witnesses who discuss a wide range of Agent Orange and dioxin related topics. 

By processing and making this collection available for research, the Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive is providing previously unavailable information and insight into one of the most controversial programs during the war – the use of chemical defoliants – and the long-term impact of their use on human health and the environment. This collection appeals to a wide range of audiences including veterans, legal scholars, scientists, medical professionals, historians, and students.  Given the ongoing public and academic interest in the Vietnam War, it is very exciting to provide everyone with access to a new set of documents that can help shed light on such a controversial and impactful topic.

To learn more about the materials, which were processed through a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, click on the link to view the collection’s finding aid. 

https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=26520000000

These materials are not available online and can only be viewed in person in our reading room on the Texas Tech University campus, or you can order photocopies through our reference service if you cannot visit.  If you would like to access these materials, email us at vnca@ttu.edu for help planning your visit or to request copies.

SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY
10th MOUNTAIN DIVISION
CHARLES A. and LOYOLA M. MURPHY ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE STUDY OF MILITARY HISTORY

The 10th Mountain Division Foundation, Inc. (the Foundation) has established the Charles A. and Loyola M. Murphy Endowed Scholarship for the Study of Military History to promote development of a broad understanding of military mountaineering or skiing history and contributions of the WWII Mountain Troopers within the American national experience. This historical knowledge can be an invaluable tool for the decision-making process in many professional fields.

WHAT: This scholarship provides a maximum of one $5,000 cash award annually to one selected doctoral candidate or graduate level student with high academic qualifications who is beginning or currently pursuing post graduate study in military history, U.S. history, international relations, or a related field.  The focus of study must directly relate to the U.S. Army’s 10th Mountain Division and affiliated units, from 1941 through the current active-duty actions, or to the post WWII contributions of these soldiers.  The award will help pay for expenses related to the costs of education, research, travel, and the purchase of books or other educational materials, as administered by the academic institution within the limits of applicable law and program limitations.

WHO: This scholarship is available for post graduate level scholars (Masters, Specialist or Doctoral level) having been accepted to or currently attending accredited universities or colleges in the United States, or solely at the discretion of the Foundation, distinguished universities or colleges abroad.  No historical or biological ties to any previous or current 10th Mountain Division soldier are required.

HOW: Students desiring to compete for the Charles A. and Loyola M. Murphy Endowed Scholarship for the Study of Military History to be awarded for study beginning in the coming fall, should submit a letter of application to the Foundation at the address noted on the application packet.

APPLICATION: Applications must be received no later than July 15th and include the following information:

• Completed application form.
• University presently attending or to which application has been made and the current status of that application (acceptance into an accredited program is a condition of any award).
• Copy of student’s personal and academic biography in your own words (limit to one printed page at 10 point font, please).
• A statement from the applicant that includes an outline of that proposed education program, the degree objective, major of study, and proposed thesis, dissertation or capstone project topic.   (Include the degree to be earned, department or college, etc.)
• A copy of all official college/university undergraduate and post-graduate transcripts.
• A statement not to exceed 1000 words concerning the relationship of the Tenth Mountain Division History Scholarship to the applicant's field of study and the value to be derived both by the individual and the general public.
• Upon acceptance into an accredited program, it is required that the thesis advisor, department chair or dissertation committee chair contact information be added to this packet.

• Relevance of the chosen area of study to contributions by the soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division.
• Academic ability including baccalaureate record.
• Viability of a publishable final paper, dissertation, thesis or capstone project on the impact of the 10th Mountain Division soldiers on the field of study.  Publication of a final paper is not a requirement for this scholarship, but it is expressly stated that a courtesy copy of any relevant final paper, dissertation, thesis or capstone project will be provided to the Foundation to be placed on file with the Tenth Mountain Division Resource Center in Denver, Colorado for reference by future generations. All publication rights will remain with the scholar.