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Whats next for the MWHN?

Below are a list of publictions, conferences, lectures and conference panels forthcoming from both the coordinator and members of the Network.

2026

October: A panel entitled ‘Military Welfare History: a new academic “perspective” to consider with two illustrative case studies’, will participate in the Seikeishi-gakkai (Conference of the Political Economy and Economic History Society) at Nanzan University, Japan. Comprising the following papers:

• Paul Huddie, ‘Military Welfare History: what is it and why does it matter?’
• Mahon Murphy, ‘Military Welfare: captured soldiers as objects of aid’
• Shoji Nakamura, ‘The Veterans’ Welfare in mid-20th-century United States: its history and scope’

For more see Events.

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2027

March: A panel entitled ‘Military Welfare History: what is it and why it matters?’, will participate in the European Social Sciences Hisotry conference at Lyon in France. Comprising the following papers:

• Paul Huddie, ‘Military Welfare History: what is it and why does it matter?’
• Abby Whitlock, ‘”Super-Cultural USO”: the intersection between identity and morale at the National Gallery of Art, 1942-1946’
• Shoji Nakamura, ‘”Be a Good Neighbor”: veterans’ information services and the associational veterans’ welfare state in 1940s America’.

For more see Events.

September: A collection of papers from the 2025/26 SSHM-Wellcome-funded conference series (plus invited papers) will be published by the Journal for Military, Veteran and Family Health.

For more see Publications.

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2028

An edited collection of papers from the 2026 conference at Cluj-Napoca, Romania will be published.