The War in the Ancient World International Conference brings together scholars on ancient warfare from around the world to share research and ideas. This annual hybrid conference includes presentations on any aspect, era, or geographical region of ancient warfare. We encourage a broad and inclusive discussion of ancient warfare, and contributions from archaeological, philological, and historical perspectives are welcome, with a particular interest in topics related to the Greco-Roman world, the ancient Near East, ancient Egypt, and neighboring cultures. The conference is open to doctoral students, early-career researchers, and established scholars alike.
Conference Dates: June 9 - 11, 2026
Conference Locations: Winnipeg, Manitoba and Madrid, Spain
Schedule: Winnipeg Program and Madrid Program
Registration: The conference is open to the public at both venues and will also be streamed online. Interested participants are kindly asked to register with Birgit Luschei ([email protected]) and to indicate whether attendance will be via Zoom or in person. In the case of in-person attendance, the venue (Madrid or Winnipeg) should also be specified. Zoom links will be sent to registered participants shortly before the conference.
For organizational queries, please contact the organizers at [email protected]
Conference participants are invited to submit their paper to the newly founded Diamond Open Access Online Journal Deimos after the conference (https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/deimos/index). Thematic panels may be proposed for the newly founded book series Bellona.
Local Contacts:
North American (Winnipeg) Participants: Conor Whately (University of Winnipeg, [email protected])
European (Madrid) Participants: Fernando Echeverria (Complutense University of Madrid, [email protected])
Conference Coordinator Contacts:
Europe: Lennart Gilhaus (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, [email protected])
North America: Graham Wrightson (South Dakota State University, [email protected]) and Jeffrey Rop (University of Minnesota Duluth, [email protected])
Information for in-person participants and guests:
North American Conference Session
European Conference Session
Policy on AI use:
All contributions and presentations at WAWIC are expected to be the original work of the author. The use of generative artificial intelligence (genAI) or Large Language Models (LLMs) is strongly discouraged. Any use of such tools (e.g., checking grammar and spelling) must be explicitly acknowledged.