The Department of History of the United States Military Academy at West Point will host a conference 7-9 March 2002 entitled "Making History: West Point at 200 Years." Commemorating the bicentennial of the Military Academy; the event will include lectures by distinguished scholars on the service of USMA graduates, officership, civil-military, and the military and society.

For information contact:
Cpt. Kevin Clark
Department of History
U.S. Military Academy
West Point, NY 10996

Tel: (845) 938-5689
Fax: (845) 938-3932
E-mail: kk7457@usma.edu

The 45th annual Missouri Valley History Conference will take place in Omaha, Nebraska, March 7-9, 2002. The Society for Military History will sponsor several sessions at the 2002 MVHC. Since 1957, Omaha and UN-Omaha have hosted the Missouri Valley History Conference. This year, the conference will be held at the Sheraton Omaha, a historic hotel adjacent to Omaha's Old Market district, known for its restaurants, nightlife, and shopping. Linda K. Kerber, author of the prize-winning No Constitutional Right to Be Ladies: Women and the Obligations of Citizenship will be the MVHC luncheon speaker.

On 1 March 2002, Sayuri Shimizu will speak on "Baseball and Modernity: The Diffusion of the American National Pastime in Japan, 1870-1935" and On 5 April, Matt Connelly will lecture on "The Algerian War for Independence and the Origins of the Post-Cold War Era." For further information contact Frank Costigliola at: costig@uconnvm.uconn.edu