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Dakar, 1 September 2025 – The Senegalese capital turned this Monday into a crossroads of military and historical knowledge with the opening of the 50th International Congress of Military History. Researchers, officers, diplomats and historians from 37 countries met for five days to revisit two centuries of rebellion and question their influence on the sovereignty of the...
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Mor Ndao ,Professor Full Professor of Universities Inspector General of Education and Training President of the Senegalese Commission of Military History Doctor of History, State Doctor of Letters and Human Sciences Director of the Doctoral School Studies on Man and the ED ETHOS Society An important element of military culture, military history can be defined as...
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The Senegalese Commission for Military History (CSHM) will have the honour of organising the 50th International Military History Congress, to be held in Dakar from 1 to 5 September 2025. This congress, under the theme « Rebellions and Sovereignty in the Contemporary Age (1800 to the present) », will bring together military historians, researchers and experts from around the world to discuss...
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50th Congress of the International Commission on Military History Theme: Rebellions and sovereignty in contemporary times (1800 to the present) Dakar (Senegal) 1 - 5 September 2025 Argument Rebellion can be defined as any act of dissent, insurrection, revolt, separatism, sling or uprising. It refers to opposing violent resistance...
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The International Commission on Military History held its 49th Congress in Lisbon (POR), from 1 to 6 September 2024. The meeting was attended by 183 participants from 38 countries; Switzerland was represented by a delegation of 8 members of ASHSM, our association forming the National Commission of Military History. The general theme of the congress...
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Researchers from the Cheikh Anta Diop University (UCAD) in Dakar were distinguished by the Community of Communes of Retz in Valois (CCRV) in France, in recognition of their contribution to the transmission of the history of Senegalese tirailers who participated in the First World War. A solemn tribute to Villers-Cotterêts Friday, March 21, 2025,...
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