Over 6-8 June 2024, Lancaster hosted the inaugural conference of the Military History Consortium (MHC).

The MHC connects institutions, academics, and students engaged in the study of warfare and/or military organisations in the past, to address contemporary security challenges and inform related policy debates.

The consortium comprises the universities of Amsterdam and Calgary, Stellenbosch University, Sciences Po Aix, Lancaster University and (as of July 2024) University Institute of Lisbon.

The inaugural conference featured research on military history from the ancient world to today, by delegates from across the MHC member institutions, as well many other universities – from Cambridge to Edinburgh, the University of London and Portsmouth in the UK, to Bologna, Geneva, Lisbon, Potsdam, Trinity College Dublin, Utrecht and Uzhhorod in Europe, and beyond from Chicago, Mississippi, Texas, Zambia and Free State.

The keynote lecture was delivered by Professor Tarak Barkawi (Johns Hopkins University), on ‘Fighting and the Production of Military History: The US in the Korean War’.

For more information on the consortium and its activities, visit the MHC website.