Peace History Society

Announcements of Interest to Peace Historians

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). Our past lectures are available for viewing:
  • 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)

Upcoming Lectures

• TBA

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 2024-2025 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 April 1, 2024. Please share this announcement with all who might be interested. More details and application instructions are available at https://www.swarthmore.edu/friends-historical-library/moore-research-fellowship
• Boren Scholarships & Fellowships
• The United States Institute of Peace - Dissertation Fellowship

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
• 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)

Jobs

• The Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies, one of the leading and oldest Centers on these topics, at Appalachian State University is searching for a new director.

Call for Papers

• TBA

Research

• TBA

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