As well as running its own conferences every couple of years, the MWHN also encourages and supports its Members in coming together to participate in panels at other academic events around the world. This includes:
Upcoming Events:
MWHN panels at the following conferences:
2027 A panel entitled ‘Military Welfare History: what is it and why it matters?’, to 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’
2026 A panel entitled ‘Military Welfare History: a new academic “perspective” to consider with two illustrative case studies’, to 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’
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