Upcoming Events

June 1998+

12-14 June, 1998

A Napoleonic "Grand Tactical" event for re-enactors will take place in Baltimore, Maryland. Sponsored by the Brigade Napoléon, details can be found on their web site, which has been updated with new events and other information: www.brigadepub.com/whatsnew.html or contact: Brigade Napoléon, 18914 Walnut Road, Castro Valley, CA 94546 USA; telephone (510) 537-6786 8:00 a.m.-5:00p.m. PST; e-mail: napoleon@brigadepub.com

13-17 July, 1998

The second International Congress on the Duke of Wellington will be held at the University of Southampton, England, this summer. This major conference features presentations on many aspects of the first Duke of Wellington's life and career. For further information on attending, contact the congress organizer: Dr. C. M. Woolgar, Archivist and Head of Special Collections, Hartley Library, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ England. Telephone: 01703-592989; fax: 01703-593007; e-mail: archives@soton.ac.uk

21-30 August, 1998

Kevin Zucker, author of the forthcoming The Habit of Victory (through Greenhill and Stackpole in the USA), is hosting a tour of Napoleonic sites in Poland, including the battlefields of Eylau (February 1807) and Friedland (June 1807), as well as Tilsit where Napoleon and Tsar Alexander signed the peace agreement in July following these French victories. Each participant on the tour will receive a copy of Zucker's new book which covers the 1807 campaign, and there will be local Napoleonic historians who will act as translators and guides. For further details, contact Kevin Zucker, Operational Studies Group, P.O. Box 50207, Baltimore, MD 21211 USA. Phone: (805) 534-9723; Fax: (805) 534-9127; e-mail: kzucker@charm.net or see the itinerary on his web site: http://www.charm.net/~kzucker/hq/html/tour_1998.html

18-20 September, 1998

The 14th annual conference of The Napoleonic Society of America will be held in the Monteleone Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana, this fall. The itinerary includes an antiques bazaar (dealer room), program of speakers, dinners, an auction, and a tour of the 1815 battle site where an American force under Andrew Jackson inflicted one of the few defeats suffered by the British in the War of 1812. For registration details, call (813) 586-1779 or write to The Napoleonic Society of America, Inc., 1115 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Clearwater, FL 33756 USA.

2-4 October, 1998

The Napoleonic Alliance will hold its Second North American Conference in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, this fall. Papers will be presented by both scholars and members of the NA, and other functions are scheduled as well. For registration form and other details, call (773) 777-4709 or write to: Napoleonic Alliance Williamsburg Conference, 5744 West Irving Park Road, Chicago, IL 60634-2623 USA.

21 February, 1999 The sixth annual Napoleonic Fair will again be held in central London at the Royal National Hotel on a Sunday next year, hosted by Greenhill Books, publishers of the Napoleonic Library series. The one day event will include a dealer room with dozens of stands of vendors offering books, militaria, prints, etc. There will also be wargame demonstrations, re-enactors, and a painting contest. Lecture presentations were added for this year's event and will be included again in 1999. Admission is £ 5 by catalogue (available at the door) with a prize drawing. For more information, contact: Greenhill Books, Park House, 1 Russell Gardens, London NW11 9NN England. Telephone: 0181-458-6314; fax: 0181-905-5245; e-mail: cairncross@compuserve.com

26-28 February, 1999 The 29th Consortium on Revolutionary Europe 1750-1850 will be held in Charleston South Carolina. Proposals for papers and panels should be submitted by 1 October, 1998, to Professor Owen Connelly, Department of History, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208 USA; phone (803) 777-6172.; e-mail connelly@garnet.cla.sc.edu

June, 2000

It is not too early to start planning for the 185th anniversary of Waterloo battle re-enactment. If you would like to participate, you can join the Brigade Napoléon, or, if you prefer to fight the forces of the "Corsican Ogre" you can enlist in The Highland Brigade, an informal worldwide association of re-enactment units portraying Scottish Highland regiments of the British Army during the Napoleonic era. The Brigade consists of the 42nd and 71st Regiments in England (part of the Napoleonic Association in Britain), the 42nd and 79th in Germany, the 42nd in Australia, and the 93rd plus the new 42nd forming in North America. All are actively recruiting and accept ladies and family members. The American contact is Benton Jennings, 93rd Highland Regiment, 5020 Coldwater Canyon #302, Shernan Oaks, CA 91423 USA; e-mail: ninety3rd@aol.com

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