Symposium History
For three decades, the Norwich Military Writers’ Symposium has brought well over 100 military writers, historians, journalists and biographers to campus, giving NU residential and online students the opportunity to meet some of the most prominent military writers and historians of our time, and to gain a better understanding of the world through their eyes.
THE SYMPOSIUM: 30 YEARS OF PROGRAM HISTORY
| 2023 | Train & Fight to Win: An Exploration of Global Special Operations Forces |
| 2022 | Robots Rising: Arming Artificial Intelligence |
| 2021 | Global Conflict or Cooperation? Evolving Arctic Security |
| 2020 | Weaponizing Water: Ancient Tactic, New Implications |
| 2019 | Warfare In The 21st Century: Future Battlegrounds |
| 2018 | Won The War, Lost The Peace: The U.S. Legacy in Iraq |
| 2017 | Won The War, Lost The Peace: The Centennial Legacy of World War One |
| 2016 | Going to War: The Cost to Families, Communities, And Nation |
| 2015 | Cyberwarfare and Privacy: How Do We Keep the Balance Between the Rights of Citizens and the Security of the Nation? |
| 2014 | After The Wars: What Have We Learned from Iraq and Afghanistan and What Is the Future Role of the United States and Our Military? |
| 2013 | Coming Home: The Hopes, Fears and Challenges of Veterans Returning from War |
| 2012 | Afghanistan and America’s Endless War On Terrorism |
| 2011 | An Uncertain Future in Afghanistan: Assessing The Conflict Ten Years On |
| 2010 | America at the Crossroads |
| 2009 | Chaos & Conflict |
| 2008 | The New Battlefield |
| 2007 | Civilians in The Path of War |
| 2006 | Final Offensive: The Battle of the Bulge, National Press Club, Washington, D.C. |
| 2006 | Ways of War |
| 2005 | The Rules of War |
| 2005 | Turning Point - 36 Days On Iwo Jima, National Press Club, Washington, D.C. |
| 2004 | Writing for War in the 21st Century, National Press Club, Washington, D.C. |
| 2004 | The New Face of War |
| 2004 | D-Day & Normandy: Then and Now, National Press Club, Washington, D.C. |
| 2003 | Uncommon Valor: Ethical Lessons in Military Literature |
| 2003 | Journalists at War, National Press Club, Washington, D.C. |
| 2002 | Raging War: Understanding The 21st Century Enemy |
| 2002 | The Military and the Media, National Press Club, Washington, D.C. |
| 2001 | The American Way of War |
| 2001 | Ethics, Issues and Policy, National Press Club, Washington, D.C. |
| 2000 | The World at War |
| 1999 | The American Way of War, National Press Club, Washington, D.C. |
| 1999 | Info Wars: The Next Battlefield |
| 1998 | The Role of Intelligence Operations Today and Tomorrow, National Press Club, Washington, D.C. |
| 1998 | Ethics in Military Literature and Film |
| 1997 | Military Fiction in America: The Craft and Its Influence |
| 1996 | Fact and Fiction in 20th Century Military History |
