Registration Open for Fourth Annual Symposium on Modern Warfare

July 29, 2019

The theme of this year’s event is “Leadership and Modern Warfare.”

Registration is now open for the fourth annual Symposium on Modern Warfare at Texas Tech University, titled, "Leadership and Modern Warfare." This free event will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 20 at the International Cultural Center, 601 Indiana Ave.

The symposium will feature presentations examining various aspects of leadership in modern warfare. Topics will include proxy warfare, command philosophies, private military contractors, terrorist leaders, the war in Iraq, reform movements, tactical improvements and Operation Inherent Resolve, the U.S. military's intervention against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.

The keynote speaker will be four-star Gen. John Murray, the first commanding general for the U.S. Army Futures Command (AFC), a new Army Command that focuses on modernization reform. Murray has served in leadership positions and commanded from company through division, with various staff assignments at the highest levels of the Army. He assumed command of the AFC on Aug. 24, 2018.

For a detailed listing of presentations, see the program agenda here.

To register, attendees should email their full name to andrew.hinton@ttu.edu. A luncheon will be available for the first 100 people to register.

The annual Symposium on Modern Warfare is hosted by the Archive of Modern American Warfare, which – along with Texas Tech's internationally recognized Vietnam Center & Archive – is part of the Institute for Peace & Conflict.

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The mission of the Institute for Peace and Conflict at Texas Tech University is to enhance and expand critical research, creative scholarship, and classroom teaching in the fields of war and society, global peacemaking, conflict resolution, and society's response to such efforts. IPAC will host conferences and events, support graduate student research, and promote international cooperation and collaboration with students, faculty, and other organizations who share our vision and mission to better understand these important events and issues. Please be sure to check our events page for information about upcoming conferences and other activities.

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Founded in 1989, the Texas Tech Vietnam Center and Archive houses the largest collection of materials related to the Vietnam conflict outside of the U.S. National Archives. Its mission is to support and encourage research and education regarding all aspects of the American Vietnam experience.

In 2017, the archive was renamed the Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive to honor U.S. Rep. Sam Johnson, a former prisoner of war who worked as an advocate for troops and veterans following his 29-year career in the U.S. Air Force.

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The mission of the Archive of Modern American Warfare is to encourage, promote, support and enhance the long term study and preservation of all aspects of America's diplomatic and military experiences and involvements on a global scale, beginning in 1975 and continuing to the present. Through this, the Archive strives to help researchers develop a better understanding of America's modern military experiences.