Iberian Association of Military History
IV-XVI centuries
This association reflects the great importance that military history is acquiring internationally and which is expressed in a great number of publications, in production of dissertations of 2nd and 3rd cycles, in the growing interest of the general public in visiting museums, interpretation centers and military camps and even in the existence of chairs of military history, at some prestigious universities (such as the University Complutense of Madrid).
Also in the Iberian Peninsula, during the past thirty years, the research in this area experienced a substantial increase, largely due to the intense activity of Portuguese and Spanish Commissions of military history. However, the international projection of this reality is still scarce in a world where high culture has a strong dependence of what is produced in the countries of Anglo-Saxon expression, French or German-speaking. In addition, the internal articulation between what is done in Portugal and Spain is still very incipient.
Due to this circunstances, arose the project of creating a meeting point to network, stimulate, coordinate and make known the scientific research on military history that is done in the Hispanic world, specifically with regard to the period between the fourth century (the final phase of the Roman world) and the sixteenth century (that marks the start of overseas expansion, in which the Iberian countries were pioneers). The intention is to promote annual scientific meetings, joint publications (digital and paper), study visits, deepen research and, at the same time, to support young researchers who are dedicated to this area.
The AIHM already has legal existence and an institutional email address by which can be contacted: aihmilitar@gmail.com. The Association wishes to be known in the Iberian Peninsula and worldwide, being totally open to new active members, proposed by two founding partners and accepted by the Governing Council.
Journal e-Strategica
Online publication launched in 2017 by the AIHM. The purpose of this annual journal is to deepen and intensify the knowledge on medieval military history, mainly that of the Iberian Peninsula, although it is also open to the publication of studies on other geopolitical contexts.
11 October, 2020
The winner in this third edition (2020) is Ekaitz Etxeberría Gallastegi, born on February 23, 1991, graduated (2013), Master (2014) and Doctor (2019) in History from […]
7 September, 2020
e-Strategica is an online journal published annually by the Iberian Association of Military History (IV-XVI centuries). Its main objective is to promote and disseminate the studies […]
