News
Announcements, statements and updates from the Society.
The International Conference on World War II, November 19 to 21 in New Orleans
The National WWII Museum hosts its 19th annual International Conference on World War II at the museum in New Orleans, November 19 to 21, 2026. Registration is open at ww2conference.com.
Symposium: Airborne forces in World War II, February 26 to 27, 2027
The National WWII Museum hosts a symposium titled "Like a Thunderbolt from the Skies", on airborne forces in World War II, at the museum in New Orleans on February 26 and 27, 2027.
Revolutionary War conference: Winning Independence, February 19 to 20, 2027, Staunton
The Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District holds its 2027 Revolutionary War Conference, "Winning Independence: The Final Years of the Revolutionary War", in Staunton, Virginia on February 19 and 20, 2027.
The Costs of War: TCU's Schmidt Symposium, April 15, 2027
The 10th annual LCpl Benjamin W. Schmidt Symposium on War, Conflict, and Society at Texas Christian University features William I. Hitchcock of the University of Virginia on April 15, 2027.
2027 Hay-Nicolay Dissertation Prize: submissions due October 17
The Abraham Lincoln Institute and the Abraham Lincoln Association invite dissertations completed between 2024 and 2026 on Lincoln and his legacy for a $1,000 prize. Submissions are due by 5:00 PM EST on October 17, 2026.
Army Historical Foundation announces its 2025 Distinguished Writing Awards
The Army Historical Foundation's 2025 Distinguished Writing Awards honor seven books and two articles on U.S. Army history published in 2025, from Peter R. Mansoor's biography of MacArthur to Steve Vogel's account of Task Force Faith at Chosin Reservoir.
Nominations open for the E. James Morton Award for Civil War cartography
A new annual award from the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College honors original maps in narrative Civil War books, with $1,000 each to the author and the cartographer. Submissions for books published in 2026 close February 28, 2027.
RAF Museum Academic Awards 2026: applications close October 23
The Royal Air Force Museum again offers a PhD bursary of £3,000, a Masters prize of £350 and an undergraduate prize of £250 for research that furthers the Museum's knowledge. Applications close Friday, October 23, 2026.
Book and journal collection for sale: 4,500 volumes and a near-complete run of the Journal
A member is selling 4,500 books and magazines, mostly on the Cold War USAF and the twentieth-century Army and Navy, together with every issue but three of The Journal of Military History from 1994 to 2020 and the 1936-1994 cumulative index.
Vietnam War stills and film from an Army photographer, free to historians
Chris Jensen, an Army photographer with the 221st Signal Company in 1970 and 1971, offers his high-resolution scans and digitized 16 mm film of the Cambodian incursion, Fire Support Base Ripcord and Lam Son 719 to historians without charge, for a photo credit.
