Forthcoming Military History Conference Listing

This section provides information on forthcoming conferences of interest to military historians worldwide. Compiled and regularly updated by Dr. Davide Borsani on behalf of the International Commission of Military History, it offers a useful overview of scholarly meetings, workshops, and symposia devoted to the study of military history in its broadest sense. It is updated on a monthly basis. The newly added conferences are emphasized in bold.
 

From August 2026 to March 2027 (updated as of 5 October 2026)

Frontline: Faces & Spaces – a Great War Seminar Day
Organizer: Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome
Venue: Chelmsford, United Kingdom
When: 9 October 2026
Website: https://www.stowmaries.org.uk/event/stow-maries-great-war-aerodrome-frontline-faces-and-spaces-1850331534429 

Future Battlefield Innovation Conference
Organizer: British Commission for Military History and Royal Air Force Museum
Venue: Cosford, United Kingdom
When: 10 October 2026
Website: ⁠https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/midlands/whats-going-on/future-battlefield-innovation-conference/

Society for Intelligence History (SIH) Annual Conference 2026

Organizer: Society for Intelligence History (SIH)

Venue: London, United Kingdom

When: October 11-13, 2026

Website: https://www.intelligencehistory.org/2026conferencedetails

International Conference Military History Research past, present, future  
Organizer: Strategic Research Institute of the University of Defense  
Venue: Belgrade, Serbia  
When: 12–15 October 2026 
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National Intelligence History Conference (NIHC) 2026

Organizer: Bletchley Park
and GCHQ
Venue: Bletchley Park, United Kingdom

When: October 14-16, 2026

Website: https://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/nihc/

Nature, Animals and War: Relations and Interactions from Antiquity to the Present
Organizer: Université de Caen Normandie and partner institutions
Venue: Caen, France
When: 15–17 October 2026
Website: https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20156230/conference-nature-animals-war-relations-and-interactions-antiquity 

The Revolt of the Provinces: Local Dimensions of the English Civil War
Organizer: Lincoln Record Society, in association with the Society for Lincolnshire History & Archaeology
Venue: Newark-on-Trent, United Kingdom
When: 17 October 2026
Website: https://royalhistsoc.org/calendar/the-revolt-of-the-provinces-local-dimensions-of-the-english-civil-war-call-for-papers/ 

Richard Holmes Lecture 2026: Redcoats to Dusty Warriors – Britain and its Soldiers from Waterloo to Helmand
Organizer: British Commission for Military History, Battlefields Trust and Guild of Battlefield Guides
Venue: London, United Kingdom
When: 27 October 2026
Website: https://www.bcmh.org.uk/richard-holmes-lecture-2026/

ICOMAM Annual Conference 2026
Organizer: International Committee for Museums and Collections of Arms and Military History (ICOMAM)
Venue: Lisbon, Portugal
When: 2-6 November 2026
Website: https://icom-arms-military.mini.icom.museum/registration-details/

Women’s Mobilization in the Americas during the First World War: Argentina, Brazil, and Peru
Organizer: Network for the Study of the First World War in Latin America
Venue: Buenos Aires, Argentina
When: 5–6 November 2026
Website: https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20156446/womens-mobilization-americas-during-first-world-war-argentina

Military Attachés as Foreign Policy, Domestic Military and Intelligence Actors in the Age of World Wars
Organizer: Centre for Military History and Social Sciences of the Bundeswehr (ZMSBw) and Centre for History, International Order & Strategy (CHIOS), Helmut Schmidt University
Venue: Potsdam, Germany
When: 10–11 November 2026
Website: https://zms.bundeswehr.de

International Society of Military Sciences Conference 2026 (ISMS 2026)​
Organizer: International Society of Military Sciences​
Venue: Tartu, Estonia​
When: November 9-12, 2026​
Website: https://isofms.org/isms-conference/past-conferences/isms-2026

“The tanks have done marvels”: The 110th Anniversary Seminar
Organizer: The Tank Museum
Venue: Bovington, United Kingdom
When: 21 November 2026
Website: https://tankmuseum.org/110-anniversary 

New Directions in World War II History – 2027 Spring Emerging Scholars Colloquium
Organizer: The National WWII Museum – Jenny Craig Institute for the Study of War and Democracy
Venue: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
When: 5–6 January 2027
Website: https://www.nationalww2museum.org/ 

Conference on Joint Warfare
Organizer: Centre for Military History and Strategic Studies, Maynooth University
Venue: Maynooth, Ireland
When: 21–22 January 2027
Website: https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/news-events/call-papers-conference-joint-warfare-2122-january-2027 

93rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Military History
Organizer: Society for Military History
Venue: New Orleans, United States
When: 10–14 March 2027
Website: https://www.smh-hq.org/annualmeeting/info/cfp.html 

English Civil War Fortress and Sieges Symposium
Organizer: Cromwell Museum and Fortress Study Group
Venue: Huntingdon, United Kingdom
When: 20 March 2027
Website: https://www.cromwellmuseum.org/events 

Naval Dockyards Society 31st Annual (hybrid) Conference: Supplying and maintaining the Indo-Pacific Fleets in the Second World War
Organizer: Naval Dockyards Society
Venue: Greenwich, United Kingdom
When: 20 March 2027
Website: https://navaldockyards.org/conferences/