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ABC-CLIO and Society for Military History Launch Research Grants
New Program Encourages Outstanding Scholarship in the Study of War and Conflict
Santa Barbara, CA — September 14, 2006 — ABC-CLIO, the leader in history reference publishing, and the Society for Military History have joined forces to support research on war and conflict by providing two annual grants of $500 each to doctoral students and professional historians. The grants are designed to support research already in progress, helping scholars complete projects that might be stalled from lack of funding or that could deliver better results with additional funds.
“The study of war and conflict is important to us all. ABC-CLIO is committed to supporting scholarship in military history and to making that scholarship accessible and meaningful to today's students,” said Becky Snyder, President of ABC-CLIO. “Supporting the research process by working with the Society for Military History on grants like these is central to our mission as a history publisher.”
Grants are available to members of the Society for Military History who are either students enrolled in a doctoral program or professional full-time historians who have not yet attained a Ph.D. The first grants will be presented at the Society for Military History's Annual Conference in April 2007. Applications are due November 1, 2006, and will require a statement of no more than 500 words describing the research project. The description should include specific uses to which the funds will be put and indicate support the project has already received. A one-page bibliography of the most recent and relevant secondary works on the topic as well as a current curriculum vitae are also required.
Applications will be judged by a committee made up of Society members and an ABC-CLIO representative. For more information about the grants, please visit http://smh-hq.org/abcclio.html.
ABC-CLIO's support of military history research is part of a larger program to advance the study of war and conflict and to make the thinking of the greatest scholars on this important topic accessible to secondary school students. Publisher of the most extensive references devoted to the topic, ABC-CLIO assembles top international scholars to create print and online references that explore the events and impact of history's most significant conflicts. These resources are designed to help students develop the habit of historical inquiry: to question, to examine historical sources, to develop sound judgments, and to broaden their perspectives. The company's award-winning line of war references will expand this fall with the release of The Encyclopedia of the American Revolutionary War: A Political, Social, and Military History, by acclaimed historians Richard Ryerson and Gregory Fremont-Barnes. A highly visual and student-friendly version designed for secondary school students, American Revolutionary War: A Student Encyclopedia, will also be released this fall. For information about becoming an ABC-CLIO author or contributor, please visit http://www.abc-clio.com/publishing/authors/index.aspx.
About the Society for Military History
Established in 1933 as the American Military History Foundation, renamed in 1939 the American Military Institute, and renamed again in 1990 the Society for Military History, the Society is devoted to stimulating and advancing the study of military history. Its membership (today more than 2,300) has included many of the nation's most prominent scholars, soldiers, and citizens interested in military history. The Journal of Military History, the quarterly journal of the Society, is the primary refereed professional publication in the discipline. In publication since 1937, the Journal publishes scholarly articles on the military history of all eras and geographical areas as well as book reviews, a list of recent articles dealing with military history published by other journals, an annual list of doctoral dissertations in military history, and an annual index. The Society also hosts an annual conference that attracts leading scholars and educators from around the world and sponsors numerous awards and prizes, including conference travel grants for junior scholars, outstanding book and article awards, and an award for lifetime contributions to the profession.
About ABC-CLIO
Celebrating 50 years of reference publishing in 2005, ABC-CLIO is a privately held company founded and owned by the Boehm family. The company's corporate headquarters is in Santa Barbara, CA, with offices in Denver, CO, and Oxford, England. Committed to serving the history profession, history teachers, and students and scholars of history, ABC-CLIO publishes a complete line of award-winning databases, books, and ebooks. Its flagship publications are the abstracting and indexing services Historical Abstracts and America: History and Life, which together represent the largest bibliographic history database in the world. The ABC-CLIO Schools division publishes a line of social studies reference and curriculum materials for middle and high school libraries and classrooms, garnering over 40 education awards to date. ABC-CLIO also has a large eBook program with all reference book titles published in both print and electronic formats.