The History Department of the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston Ontario will host its annual Military History Symposium on 17-18 March 2005. This year's format will feature a mix of invited speakers and panels of graduate students and new scholars. The theme will be:

"Old Wars - New Perspectives: The Way Ahead for Military History in the New Millennium"

The Symposium will provide a convivial forum for the community of military historians to discuss and debate new perspectives and emerging trends in four broad areas: pre-1914, the First World War, the Second World War, and the Cold War, including peacekeeping and peacemaking operations. The RMC History department extends a special invitation to graduate students and new scholars to present their innovative research. There is a possibility of financial support for panellists.

Terry Copp, Director of the Laurier Centre for Military and Disarmament Studies (WLU) will be the Keynote Speaker and Desmond Morton, Hiram Mills Professor of History at McGill, will deliver Concluding Remarks. Four other notable speakers will share their vision of the way ahead for military history in the new millennium. The Organizing Committee welcomes papers and panels that address as many topics as possible. This includes, but is in no way limited to:

• operational history
• war and society
• war and remembrance
• military leadership and decision-making
• war, gender, ethnicity and culture
• the technologies of war
• media, propaganda and intelligence
• and civil-military relations

The deadline for proposals (250 words max) is Monday 17 January 2005. Presentations will be limited to 20 minutes, followed by a discussion period.

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