About

De Re Militari: the Society for Medieval Military History is a scholarly society dedicated to the study of warfare, broadly construed, in the Middle Ages. The society is a non-profit, tax-exempt private foundation under Internal Revenue Service Section 509(a). It is run by an all-volunteer group of members from across the educational spectrum: research universities, liberal arts colleges, secondary education, professional military education, independent scholars, and the private sector. Officers receive no compensation from Society dues or the publication of the Society journal.

Current Society Officers (as of 2021)

  • President:Ilana Krug, York College of Pennsylvania
  • Executive Secretary: Kelly DeVries, Loyola University, Maryland
  • Treasurer: Daniel Franke, Richard Bland College of William & Mary
  • Program Chair: Valerie Eads, School of Visual Arts, NYU
  • Webmaster: Peter Konieczny, Medievalists.net
  • Book Review Editor: Craig M Nakashian, Texas A&M University, Texarkana
  • Chairman of the Prize Committees and Membership Secretary:  L.J. Andrew Villalon, University of Cincinnati (emeritus)
  • Editors of the Journal of Medieval Military History: Clifford Rogers (United States Military Academy at West Point), Kelly DeVries (Loyola College, Maryland), John France (University of Swansea, emeritus)

Past Officers

  • President:
  • John D. Hosler (Command and General Staff College)L.J. Andrew Villalon (University of Cincinnati, emeritus), Stephen Morillo (Wabash College)
  • Secretary/Treasurer: Jay Roberts (Olathe North High School), Carroll Gillmor (Independent Scholar)
  • Book Review Editor: Steven Walton (Michigan Technological University)

Members of the Prize Committees (as of 2020)

  • Verbruggen Prize: John France (Chair), Nicolas Prouteau (Université de Poitiers), John D. Hosler, Craig M Nakashian
  • Gillingham prize: Editors of the Journal of Medieval Military History
  • Bernard Bachrach Prize: Kelly DeVries, Helen Nicholson (Cardiff University), Valerie Eads, Stephen Morillo

Editorial Board of the Journal of Medieval Military History

  • David Bachrach (University of New Hampshire)
  • Valerie Eads
  • Daniel Franke
  • John Gillingham (London School of Economics, emeritus)
  • Carroll Gillmor
  • Steven Isaac (Longwood University)
  • Ilana Krug (York College of Pennsylvania)
  • Helen Nicholson
  • Leif Inge Ree Petersen (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
  • Theresa Vann (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities)

Founding Editors of the Journal of Medieval Military History

  • Bernard S. Bachrach (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities)
  • Clifford J. Rogers
  • Kelly DeVries

For more information, you can contact the society at [email protected]

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