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MCU Journal

Marine Corps University Press (MCUP) publishes the MCU Journal on topics of concern to the Marine Corps and the Department of Defense through the lens of various disciplines, including international relations, political science, security studies, and political economics.

Our Fall 2019 issue will have a broadly construed theme:
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INDIAN OCEAN STUDIES CONFERENCE, PERTH Initial Announcement

A conference focused on Indian Ocean Studies will be held in Perth, Western Australia on Friday, 22 November to Saturday, 23 November, 2019.

The theme of the conference will be ‘Trade in the Indian Ocean: Commodities, Ideas, People, Politics’.

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM

THE OTTOMAN WORLD DURING THE REIGN OF FATIH SULTAN MEHMED

 IDEOLOGY – DIPLOMACY – WAR - CONQUEST

In the context of the recent “oceanic turn” (DeLoughrey 2016), the world’s oceans have not only been (re-)valued as objects of study, but they have inspired a range of formative new theories and methodologies in literary and cultural studies.

What? Amphibious Operations will be an edited volume featuring expert strategic analysis, historical analysis, and commentary on the past, present, and future of amphibious operations across the range of military operations. Roughly thirty scholars will engage subjects ranging from the history of amphibious operations, doctrinal and national perspectives, and the future of amphibious operations. Each essay will not only shed light on the past but also illuminate critical methods for understanding current and coming conflicts.

IdeAs. Idées d'Amérique is the open access online journal of the Institut des Amériques. Commited to a multidisciplinary approach that combines new perspectives emerging out of the social sciences and humanities, this journal is devoted to the study of the entire American continent.

Call for Papers: "Militarized California: Transpacific Flows of Toxicity and Environmental Ruin" 

Panel at the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment Conference

June 26-30, 2019, University of California, Davis 

Join us for a free talk in central London on mental health in the Georgian navy by historian Dr Catherine Beck. All are welcome and there is no need to book. 

What happened to those who suffered from mental health problems at sea? What did it mean to be ‘mad’ in the Royal Navy? How were ‘mad’ sailors and ‘drunken’ sailors viewed differently? 

Perceptions, depictions, expressions and performances of masculinity are an important part of maritime topics and have been discussed, for example, at the “Maritime Masculinities” conference held at Oxford Brookes University in 2016. For this conference, we are seeking to discuss the influence of the concept of ‘toxic masculinities’ on the history and interpretation of maritime history.

The Society for the History of Navy Medicine requests paper proposals on any topic related to the history of medicine in the maritime environment for its panel(s) hosted by the Naval Academy McMullen Naval History Symposium, 19 - 20 September 2019. A 250 word precis (as a Word document) and brief personal bio should be submitted to the Society Executive Director no later than 15 February 2019. Generous travel grants are available for graduate / professional students whose papers are selected for presentation.