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The deadline to submit proposals for an SMH (Grad Student) TALKS presentation for the 2026 Annual Meeting has been extended to November 21.
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The 2026 Summer Seminar in Military History is now accepting applications! Join top scholars & peers for an immersive experience in historical analysis and professional development. Submit the application form, 2-page cover letter, & CV by Dec. 12th!

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November 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The San Diego State University Department of History seeks to fill the USS Midway Chair in Modern US Military History, an open-rank and endowed position with expertise in modern U.S. military history. Deadline to apply: January 5, 2026.
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Details - USS Midway Chair in Modern US Military History | Job Opportunities | SDSU
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November 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon, Virginia welcomes applications from military historians researching broadly in Early American history.
For more information, see www.mountvernon.org/library/fell....

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Research Fellowships
Submit an application for a research fellowship at the George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The deadline to submit proposals for an SMH (Grad Student) TALKS presentation for the 2026 Annual Meeting has been extended to November 21.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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My running list of fellowships and other opportunities has been updated, including a veteran fellowship recently highlighted by Jason Galui - the Stand-To Veteran Leadership Program at the Bush Presidential Center.

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Fellowships and Seminars
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November 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Turning your dissertation into a book? Check out this video for expert tips from university press editors @dwcongdon.com, @dawnd.bsky.social & Alyssa Napier, hosted by the Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions.
Turning Your Dissertation into a Book
In this session, university press editors offered advice and answered questions about how to transform a dissertation into a book, including tips for finding a publisher and writing an effective book proposal.
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October 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Did you know that the North American Society for Oceanic History has book awards for maritime & naval history & archaeology? If your book on a topic in those categories has a 2025 original copyright, you’re probably eligible for consideration for this year. Give me a shout if you want to know more!
October 25, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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Coming out in January 2026, including one of my last ever (wishful thinking?) essays on the American citizen-soldier.
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The Oxford Handbook of American Military History
Amazon.com: The Oxford Handbook of American Military History: 9780190079932: Watson, Professor Samuel J.: Books
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October 17, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Reminder for Graduate Students: Just TWO more days to submit applications for the Mark Grimsley Fellowship in Social Media! Deadline is October 15th!

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October 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The Call for Applications for the 2026 Summer Seminar in Military History is now live! Application forms, a 2-page Letter of Interest, and CV/Resume are due December 12th.
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October 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Three more weeks to submit your proposals for #SMH2026!
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Call for Papers | The Society for Military History
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September 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
GRIMSLEY FELLOWSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT
SMH seeks a doctoral student in military history to fill its Mark Grimsley SMH Fellowship in Social Media. 2-year term beginning Jan. 2026 ($2,000/yr stipend). Applications (CV, statement) due October 15, 2025 to brittanyhuner@my.unt.edu
September 24, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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CFP: 'Academic Processes and Digital Humanities' - Global Maritime History
GlobalMaritimeHistory welcomes proposals for our new series ‘Academic Processes and Digital Humanities’. We are looking for people to talk about the processes (especially technical processes) that they use to do their research, analysis or both.  Some of the things we would love to have you write about Transcription of Documents Textual Analysis Materials Analysis Materials Conservation/Art Conservation Mapping, GIS and related topics Use of R and data visualization Databases and their varied uses Using websites to display projects and findings Collective projects/collaboration This series is very much about these processes, and it is not at all required that your research be on a maritime topic. If how you do what you do is neat and you think that it would interest other people or help other people with their research, we would love to hear from you. Proposals do not need to be any particular length. The blogposts should be approximately 800-1000 words, however we absolutely do encourage longer posts. We also encourage embedded youtube videos, images, anything that can be embedded into our posts. Also, please do not feel the need to moderate your enthusiasm. This is an audience that appreciates procedural and technical enthusiasm. Posts should be written for an educated but not expert audience. Links to tutorials and similar material is always appreciated. We are also open to tutorial videos, or other formats instead of written blog posts. If it is technically possible to be done on WordPress then we are very much open to creative approaches to discusses processes.  If you are unable to submit something in the near future but are interested in contributing over the longer term, please do get in touch. We’d love to hear from you as well. This series is open to grad students, early career researchers as well as more established researchers. We will not be entertaining any proposals either written by or having to do with the use of generative AI. If you are interested in contributing to this series please email Dr Samuel McLean
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September 1, 2025 at 8:30 AM
NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR GRAD STUDENTS: “SMH (Grad Student) TALKS” at #SMH2026 Annual Conference!
Submission deadline: November 15, 2025

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September 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Call for Papers is live! Submit your proposal for a panel, paper, or poster by October 17th! #SMH2026 www.smh-hq.org/annualmeetin...
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June 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
In response to ongoing events related to the publication and dissemination of military history, The Society for Military History Council unanimously resolves as follows, dated April 25, 2025: www.smh-hq.org/publicstatem...
SMH Council Statement 2025 | The Society for Military History
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April 28, 2025 at 2:31 AM
The Society for Military History is now archiving historical materials related to military history that are disappearing from federal or state websites. We are open to submissions, anonymously or otherwise. Please see www.smh-hq.org/archivedreso... and note there the submission links.
Archived Resources | The Society for Military History
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April 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Day 2 of #SMH2025 was filled with panels (including the Presidential panel with Dr. Richard Overy) and wrapped up with the Keynote Address given by Henry Sledge!
March 30, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Head over to the Crystal Ballroom in the Battle House Hotel for the #SMH2025 keynote address by Henry Sledge, starting now!
March 29, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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March 29, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Day 1 of #SMH2025 is in the books!
A great first day of the annual meeting! From the panels and roundtables…
March 29, 2025 at 5:14 AM