Society for Military History

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The Society for Military History (SMH) is an American association founded in 1933 for the scientific research of military history . She is a member of the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) and is considered a leader in this field.

history

The Military History Society was founded in 1933 at the instigation of Charles ET Lull , a former World War I officer , as the American Military History Foundation (AMHF) in Washington, DC . As early as 1939 it was renamed the “American Military Institute” (AMI). The current name "Society for Military History" (SMH) dates back to 1990.

organization

Members

The society has over 2,300 members, including national and international scientists, soldiers and citizens with an interest in military history. They deal with topics such as naval history, military aviation history, technologies and military theory and are informed via the quarterly members' newsletter Headquarters Gazette .

A total of nine regional coordinators take care of different regions of the world: Europe / Africa / Middle East, Eastern Canada / New York / New England, Mid-Atlantic, South, Midwest, Great Plains, Southwest, Pacific Coast and Pacific.

Conferences

Conferences are held annually; participation in the Northern Great Plains History Conference (NGPHC) is supported.

Committees

The following committees are currently active:

  • Book Awards Committee
  • Moncado Prizes Committee
  • Edward M. Coffman First Manuscript Awards Committee
  • Russell F. Weigley Graduate Student Travel Grants and ABC-Clio Research Grants Award Committee
  • Society for Military History-George C. Marshall Foundation Prize for the Use of Technology in Teaching Military History
  • Finance Committee
  • George C. Marshall Lecture Committee
  • Membership Committee
  • Program Committee for 2014 Annual Meeting
  • Long Range Planning Committee
  • SMH blogging team
  • SMH Facebook / Twitter Management Team

President

Journal of Military History

Prizes and awards

The organization awards numerous prizes and awards. a. The Edwin H. Simmons Award, Society for Military History First-Manuscript Prize Moncado Prizes, SMH-GCMF Prize for the Use of Digital Technology in Teaching Military History, ABC-Clio Research Grants, and Russell F. Weigley Graduate Student Travel Grant Awards. The following are the most prestigious:

Samuel Eliot Morison Prize

See also

literature

  • Presidents of the American Military Institute . In: Military Affairs 41 (1977) 2, pp. 81-82.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Stephen Morillo with Michael F. Pavkovic: What is Military History . 2nd edition, Polty Press, Cambridge et al. a. 2013, ISBN 978-0-7456-5978-7 , p. 1974.