Peace History Society

Announcements of Interest to Peace Historians

Fellowships

• Moore Research Fellowship. Calling all scholars of Quaker history, Peace history, and allied topics! Swarthmore College Special Collections is now accepting applications for our Moore Research Fellowship for the 2026-2027 cycle. The Margaret W. Moore and John M. Moore Research Fellowship promotes research during the academic year or summer months using the resources of the Friends Historical Library and/or the Swarthmore College Peace Collection, providing a stipend of $1,500-$6,000 to support such research. Applications are due March 31, 2026. Please share this announcement with all who might be interested. More details and application instructions are here: https://www.swarthmore.edu/libraries/research-funding
• Boren Scholarships & Fellowships
• The United States Institute of Peace - Dissertation Fellowship

Conferences

• Peacebuilding Through Truth and Reconciliation, International Network of Museums for Peace Conference, Winnipeg, August 12, 2026 to August 16, 2026
• Peace Movements - A Global History, Institute for History, Leiden University, 24-26 March, 2027

Lectures

• Mercy Peace Forum recordings. Mercy Peace Forum hosts an online event each semester, supported by the Peace History Society and four Mercy universities (U. of Detroit Mercy, Gwynedd Mercy U., Georgian Court U., and St. Joseph's U). Join us on Thursday, April 9, 2026, from 7 to 8:30 PM for the next Mercy Peace Forum webinar that features Steven Brady, Associate Professor of History at George Washington University, discussing his new book Less Than Victory: American Catholics and the Vietnam War (Cambridge University Press, 2025). You can register for the event using this link. Share the link and the announcement with anyone you know who might be interested in learning more about how an earlier generation of Americans responded to the moral dilemmas posed by a troubling war. For more information, contact Mike Clinton at clinton.michael@gmercyu.edu. Our past lectures are available for viewing:
  • Gail Presbey interviews Claire Schaeffer-Duffy of the Sts. Francis and Therese Catholic Worker in Worcester, Mass., on the topic of "Conversations on Nonviolent Action in a Time of War," University of Detroit Mercy, Nov. 15, 2023.
  • Joanne Sheehan: Nonviolent Activist for Peace & Justice - A Moderated Discussion with Scott Bennett, Mercy Peace Forum, March 20, 2023. Passcode: JW2H#4r!
  • PHS co-sponsored webinar "Critically Concerned: Catholic Women Religious and the Nonviolent Quest for Peace & Justice--Experiences and Perspectives" (November 9, 2022) with Sr. Jeanne Clark, OP; Sr. Diane Guerin, RSM, Ph.D.; Carole Sargent, Ph.D.; and Elaine Markey. Sargent is author of Transform Now Plowshares: Megan Rice, Gregory Boertje-Obed, and Michael Walli (Liturgical Press, 2022), and Markey is author of A Radical Faith: The Assassination of Sister Maura (Nation Books, 2016).
• International Network of Museums for Peace (INMP)

Webinars

• International Network of Museums for Peace (INMP) webinar on "What Can INMP Do For You?" Passcode: C77FZ=je

Jobs

• TBA

Upcoming Lectures

• TBA

Journals

• Home Front Studies
• Racial Justice and Peace History: A Special Issue of Peace & Change, Robbie Lieberman, Editor (essays due January 15, 2021)
• 2 special issues of Signs may be of interest to Peace History Society members:
  • War and Terror I: Raced-Gendered Logics and Effects in Conflict Zones (32.4; Summer 2007)
  • War and Terror II: Raced-Gendered Logics and Effects beyond Conflict Zones (33.1; Autumn 2007

Books

• New series: Studies in Peace History (Brill), editors: Scott H. Bennett and Michael Clinton
• Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution
• Carlos Cordero-Pedrosa, Peace Studies and the Color-Line: Africana Contributions (Wilmington, Delaware: Vernon Press, 2024).
• Charles F. Howlett and Audrey Cohan, John Dewey, America's Peace-Minded Educator (Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2016).
• Kathy Beckwith, A Mighty Case Against War: What America Missed in U.S. History Class and What We (All) Can Do Now (Dignity Press, 2015)
• Roger Peace, A Call to Conscience: The Anti-Contra war Campaign (2012)

Websites

• The Vietnam War, 1954-1975 (June 2017)

Museums

• The Peace Museum
• International Network of Museums for Peace (INMP)
• The International Peace Museum

Call for Papers

• TBA

Research

• TBA

Please send announcements to Marc Becker at marc@yachana.org.