ICMH André Corvisier Prize for PhD theses on Military History

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The International Commission of Military History awards the “André Corvisier Prize for PhD theses on Military History”, named after the distinguished French scholar who was for ten years President of ICMH and then President of Honour.

For the 2017 edition, the prize will be awarded for a PhD thesis discussed and approved in 2015 and 2016 in 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 at the award ceremony during the XLIII ICMH Congress in Douala.

Deadline: 31 March 2017.

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Call for Chapters: U.S. Security Issues and World War I

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Editors
Dr. Craig B. Greathouse
Dr. Austin Riede

Proposal Submission Deadline: February 28, 2017
Full Chapters Due: June 1, 2017 this may be extended
Final Submission Date September 1, 2017 this may be extended

Introduction
As part of its new series on Security Studies and in commemoration of the World War I Centennial, the University of North Georgia Press is soliciting scholarly submissions for a peer reviewed collection of essays on U.S. Security Issues and World War I. This book will look at the security issues of World War I through the lens of the United States both in terms of domestic and international influences. The book looks to incorporate multi-disciplinary views about security issues and the impact these had on the U.S. or that the U.S. had on the international system. The book will examine security issues based on three themes including international influences, the U.S. home front / culture, and military issues.

Recommended Topics
The authors and the press have no apriori chapters which must be included however topics must be able to fit into one of the three themes. We ask that submissions directly address U.S. security in World War I through a focus on international influences, the U.S. Home front / culture, or military issues.

Possible subjects to consider include, but are not limited to, the following:
*Health/diseases, particularly shell shock and venereal disease
*Militarization and mobilization of civilians
*U.S. borders and immigration
*The economy
*The home front & popular understanding of the war
*The draft and draft evasion
*Education & academic freedom
*Censorship
*Letters to and from the warzone
*Depicting the war in cinema, radio, and newsprint
*Diplomacy
*Foreign Policy with belligerent and non-belligerent state
*Science and technology
*Isolationism vs. Globalism
*Literary and artistic depictions of security risks/war
*Labor and the Labor Movement (strikes, unions, and the war)
*Communications
*Specific military operations
*Naval operations and submarine warfare
*Military operations in the air (airplanes and balloons)
*Comparative analysis of security measures in various belligerent states

Please submit your chapter proposals to Dr. Craig Greathouse or Dr. Austin Riede at craig.greathouse@ung.edu or Austin.riede@ung.edu

Contact Info:
Dr. Craig Greathouse
Professor of Political Science
University of North Georgia

Commonwealth War Graves Commission intern programme

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2017 CWGC Centenary Interns

Want to take part in our paid internship in France & Belgium next summer?

The CWGC Centenary Interns will join the Commission for four months, based in France and Belgium, to welcome visitors to some of the CWGC’s most well-known sites. These will include the CWGC Tyne Cot Cemetery near Ieper (Ypres), which will be the focus of the UK Government commemorations of the Centenary of Passchendaele: Third Battle of Ypres in July 2017.

Responses must be received by 10pm on Friday 20/01/17 and completed registration forms by 10pm on Friday 27/01/17.

For further information and to register your interest, see here.

Assistant Professor, Military or Diplomatic History of Britain or the British Empire, Department of History

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The Department of History in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Calgary invites applications for a 2-year contingent term position at the rank of Assistant Professor. The anticipated start date is July 1, 2017.

We are seeking a candidate who will establish and maintain an active and externally funded research program in the area of military or diplomatic history of Britain or the British Empire from the 18th through 20th centuries. Ability to teach the history of intelligence would be considered an asset. The successful candidate will be expected to teach graduate and undergraduate courses in the area of their specialization in addition to a wide range of courses in the program of History including contributions to our core introductory courses. Participation in the affairs of the department and service to the department, faculty and university is also expected.

The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. in history or a relevant field, (or provide solid indication of completion by the position start date – July 1, 2017). In addition, the successful candidate must display evidence of excellence in both research and teaching. Candidates may demonstrate research excellence through peer-reviewed publications, a strong record of research productivity, and a proven track-record of (or potential to) successfully secure research grants. Evidence of excellence in teaching should be demonstrated via a teaching dossier (including a convincing statement of teaching philosophy, strong teaching evaluations, and an exceptional record of commitment to undergraduate and graduate teaching, student supervision, and mentorship).

The Department of History is a research-intensive department with high standards in teaching. We value interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches to research and training, and strongly encourage collaboration. Please visit the department website for more information.

Applicants should submit a letter of application detailing their research and teaching interests, a curriculum vitae, no more than four samples of scholarly work (in electronic form if possible), and a teaching dossier including a statement of teaching philosophy. Please also arrange for three confidential letters to reference to be sent directly to the Department Head by the deadline stated above.

Send application materials to:

Dr. Mark Konnert
Head, Department of History
University of Calgary
2500 University Dr. NW
Calgary, AB, Canada
T2N 1N4
Email: mkonnert@ucalgary.ca

The deadline for applications is January 31, 2017.

CfP: Colonies and Colonial Wars in History

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The Educational Committee of the International Commission of Military History invites PhD. students to take part in a workshop for young scholars who are still working on or have just finished their PhD thesis on a topic related to ‘Colonies and Colonial Wars in History’.

The purpose of the workshop is to give young scholars the opportunity of discussing their projects with young as well as experienced colleagues from over 40 Countries.

This workshop is part of the annual meeting of the International Commission of Military History, which will take place under the auspices of the Cameroonian Commission of Military History in Douala, Cameroon from 2 to 8 September 2017.

We expect a presentation of 20 minutes. Some PhD papers may be published as part of the conference proceedings in 2018.

Applicants should offer papers dealing with:

Significant military figures in colonies
Local authorities and wars
War efforts in colonies
Colonial possessions and wars
Women and wars in colonies
Colonial prisoners and deportees during the World Wars
International Conventions and wars in colonies
World Wars and migration in colonies
World Wars and decolonization
Cold War and post-independence revolutions.
Colonial Wars and Civil Society

The working languages for the event are English and French.

Applicants should send their proposals to the Secretary General of the Educational Committee, Prof. Dr. Michael Epkenhans, Centre for Military History and Social Sciences of the Bundeswehr, Zeppelinstrasse 127/28, D-14471 Potsdam, Germany no later than 1 March 2017. The Educational Committee will inform you if your paper has been accepted by 1 April 2017.

Proposals must include an outline of your paper as well as an academic CV.

The Educational Committee will support PhD. students with a small travel grant of up to €200. Accommodation will be at a discounted rate. PhD. students will have to pay a congress fee of only €100.

For further information, please consult the official website of the Cameroonian Commission.

CfP: Dissent and the First World War In New Zealand

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The First World War divided New Zealand society in many ways. But in the current commemorative climate little attention has been paid to the perceptions and actions of those who opposed the war. Dissent may take many forms, and we hope that this conference, cohosted by the Stout Research Centre for New Zealand Studies and the Labour History Project, will include discussion of the following themes, among others:

Conscription
Māori and dissent, e.g. Te Puea Hērangi and Kīngitanga, or Rua Kenana
Pre-war anti-militarism
Post-war dissent e.g. veterans
Repression and persecution of dissent
NZ Labour Party and dissent
NZ trade unions and dissent
War profiteering
Dissent within the military
Pro-German perspectives
Germans and internment
Internment
Censorship
Pacifism
Conscientious objection
The Irish in New Zealand
Influence of the Bolshevik Revolution or Easter 1916
Perceptions of dissent
Religious dissent
Moral campaigns
Gender and dissent
Divided communities, e.g. sectarianism

Contact Info:

The deadline for proposals is 28 April 2017. These should include a title, abstract of no more than 300 words, and full contact details for the presenter(s). We welcome submissions from a broad range of presenters and encourage those who might be interested in organizing a panel session, or have any further queries, to contact David Grant.

Please email proposals for papers to each of the conference organizers listed below:

Richard Hill: richard.hill@vuw.ac.nz
David Grant: david.grant@xtra.co.nz
Peter Clayworth: peterclayworth@hotmail.com
Anna Green: anna.green@vuw.ac.nz

CfP: National formations in the Great War: from an imperial mobilization policy to armies of independent nation states

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Estonian War Museum – General Laidoner Museum
Tallinn-Tartu, April 25–26, 2017

The Estonian War Museum’s annual conference for 2017, marking the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Estonian national units within the Russian imperial army, will aim at a comparative study of national formations in the Great War. It will analyse the political and military goals of the empires in recruiting and forming national units. To what extent were national formations tools for imperial war propaganda and mobilization, to what extent were they supposed to rouse national separatism against those empires? How important was the initiative by national leaders themselves? Obviously, internationalist agitation by the Bolsheviks, which competed with nationalist agitation, cannot be discounted as well. When empires collapsed, a number of those national units became the germ for armies of new states that fought in independence or freedom wars; but there were national formations on the other side, in the Red Army, too. What was the effect of national units in the long term? Clearly, there were attempts to revive the policy in the Second World War.

Please send abstracts of your papers (length up to 4,000 characters) in English or Estonian by 31 January 2017 to conference@esm.ee. Panel proposals should include the abstracts of all prospective speakers. We also request that you send a short, one-page CV with an overview of your research so far. The length of presentations will be 20 minutes. The working languages of the conference will be English and Estonian. All the presentations in Estonian will be interpreted into English and vice versa. Articles based on the presentations will be published in the Estonian Yearbook of Military History in 2018. The Estonian War Museum will cover the costs of stay in Estonia. All speakers can also request compensation for travel costs.

The conference is held by the Estonian War Museum – General Laidoner Museum in co-operation with the Estonian National Military College. The events of 25 April will take place in the War Museum in Tallinn. For the second day on 26 April, all participants will be taken to the Military College in Tartu, and brought back to Tallinn at the end of the conference.

Further information here.