Scientific director: Prof. Virgilio Ilari, former Associate Professor of the History of Military Institutions at the Catholic University of Milan, director of research at the Military Centre for Strategic Studies (Centro Militare di Studi Strategici) and member of the research doctorate in military history, co-founder and since 2004 President of the Italian Society for Military History (Sism) and director of the Sism-Aracne “Fvcina di Marte” collection.
Scientific deputy director: Prof. Giovanni Brizzi, Emeritus Professor of Roman History at the University of Bologna, vice-president of Sism and director of the “Rivista di Studi Militari” (Patron)
Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Gregory Alegi, Assistant Professor of American History at Luiss and Professor of Military History at the Aviation Academy (Accademia Aeronautica) and board member of Sism.
President:
- Prof. Massimo de Leonardis, Professor (ret) of History of International Relations and Institutions and Senior Lecturer of History of Treaties and International Politics at the Catholic University of Milan, director of the Quaderni di Scienze Politiche, President of the International Commission of Military History (CIHM/ICMH), former Vice-President and now honorary member of Sism.
Foreign members:
Prof. Christopher Bassford, Professor of International Security Studies in National Defense University (NDU)'s College of International Security Affairs, former Professor of Strategy at the National War College, editor and webmaster of The Clausewitz Homepage
Prof. Floribert Baudet, Director of Education at the Faculty of Military Sciences of the Netherlands Defence Academy.
Prof. Stathis Birtachas, Associate Professor in the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and member of Sism
Prof. Jeremy Martin Black, Professor of History at the University of Exeter
Prof. Loretana de Libero, Professor of Ancient History at the University of Potsdam and Scientific Director on Modern Military History at the Faculty of Politics, Strategy and Social Sciences at the Führungsakademie der Bundeswehr in Hamburg (Command and General Staff College, German Federal Armed Forces).
Prof. Magdalena de Pazzis Pi Corrales, Titular de historia moderna de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, y Directora de la Cátedra Extraordinaria Complutense de Historia Militar, vocal de la Junta del Instituto de Historia Naval
Prof. Gregory Hanlon, Professor of History, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia (CA)
Prof. John Hattendorf, Ernest J. King Professor Emeritus of Maritime History, U. S. Naval War College, Newport (RI)
Prof. Rotem Kowner, Professor of Japanese Studies, founder of the Department of Asian Studies at the University of Haifa, former head of the academic committee of the Haifa University Maritime Policy & Strategy Research Center (HMS). He taught naval history and strategy at the Israel Naval Academy and is currently considered the leading authority on the Russo-Japanese War.
Prof. Yann Le Bohec, émérite de l’Université Paris-Sorbonne, ancien Vice-Président du Conseil Scientifique du Centre de Recherche d’Histoire de la Défense
Prof. Aleksei Nikolaevič Lobin, Director of the FGBU scientific-methodological research group "Gosudarstvennyi kompleks 'Dvorets kongressov'" in the administration of the Russian president, and one of the editors of MILHIST.
Prof. Armando Marques Guedes, Professor of Law at NOVA University, Lisbon, former President of the Scientific Committee of the Portuguese Institute of International Relations and Security (IPRIS) and Director of the National Foreign Policy Course at the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
(†) Prof. Dennis Showalter (1942-2019), professor emeritus of history at Colorado College, past President of the Society for Military History (1997-2001), and co-founder and joint editor of the publication, War in History
Italian members:
Prof. Livio Antonielli, former Professor of Military History at the University of Milan and director of the Centre for Studies of “Le Polizie e il controllo territorio” (Cepoc), director of the “Stato, Esercito, e Controllo del Territorio” collection (Rubbettino) and member of Sism.
Prof. Marco Bettalli, Professor of Greek History at the University of Siena, Director of the Department of Philology and Critics of Ancient and Modern Literatures.
Prof. Antonello Folco Biagini, Emeritus Professor of the History of Eastern Europe at the University of Rome La Sapienza, Provost of Unitelma Sapienza, former President of Sism and consultant for the Italian Commission for Military History.
Prof. Aldino Bondesan, Professor of Physical Geography and Geomorphology at the University of Padua and President of the Italian Society of Military Geography and Geology (SIGGMI)
Prof. Franco Cardini, Professor Emeritus of Medieval History at the University of Florence, director of research at Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, and member of Sism.
Prof. Piero Cimbolli Spagnesi, Professor of the History of Ancient, Medieval and Contemporary Architecture at the University of Roma La Sapienza, scientific co-ordinator of agreements with the High Command of the Navy and Army for the study of naval bases, the re-organization of historical museums and the deployment of dual-use of Arma del Genio, and member of Sism.
Prof. Piero del Negro, former Professor of Modern History and then of Military History at the University of Padua, and co-founder of the interuniversity Centre for Studies and Historical-Military Research and of the research doctorate in Military History, honorary member of Sism and board member of Sism.
Prof. Giuseppe De Vergottini, Emeritus Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Bologna, vice-president of the Academy of Sciences of Bologna, Editor-in-Chief of the journal “Percorsi costituzionali” and the collection for the Centre Italiano per lo Sviluppo della ricerca (Cedam), and member of Sism.
Prof. Carlo Galli, Professor of History of Political Doctrines at Bologna University, President of Gramsci Emilia Romagna Foundation, Member of Directive Board of the "il Mulino" Association of culture and politics, founder and director of the journal “Filosofia Politica”.
Prof. Roberta Ivaldi, Professor of marine geophysics at the Italian Hydrographic Institute, member of the Project “High North” in the Arctic and representant of the Italian Navy Staff in the “Arctic Table” of the Italian Foreign Ministry
Prof. Nicola Labanca, Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Siena and president of the Centre for Interuniversity Studies and Research in Military History, and member of Sism.
Prof. Luigi Loreto, Professor of Roman History at the Second University of Naples, director the “Storia Politica, Costituzionale e Militare del Mondo Antico” collection (Jovene), and member of Sism.
Prof. Gian Enrico Rusconi, Emeritus Professor of Political Sciences at the University of Turin, former Director of the Istituto italo-germanico di Trento
Prof. Carla Sodini, former Associate Professor of Military History and History of North America at the University of Florence, then Professor of military history at the School of Political Science, and member of Sism
Prof. Gioacchino Strano, Associate Professor of Byzantine Civilization at the University of Calabria
Prof. Donato Tamblé, Professor of History of Archives and Comparative Archival Theory in the Palaeography and Diplomatics School of Archival Sciences of the State Archives of Rome, former professor in Methodology of historical research and Archive sources for history of architecture and the city in the Faculties of architecture of Pescara and Rome, Vice-President of Sism.
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Prof. Lucio Caracciolo, Professor at Luiss and at Sioi, director of Limes
Ltn Col. Flavio Carbone, General Secretary of the Archives Committee at the International Commission of Military History (ICMH)
Gen. Basilio Di Martino, Director of Aeronautical Armaments of the Italian Air Force and co-ordinator of the Centre for Military Aeronautical Studies (Cesma) “Giulio Douhet”, and member of Sism.
Prof. Antulio Joseph Echevarria II, past Elihu Root Professor of Military Studies at the US Army War College, member of the editorial boards of the Journal for Strategic Studies and Armed Forces & Society.
Gen. Carlo Jean, former Professor of Strategic Studies at Luiss, founder of the Military Centre for Strategic Studies and president of the Centro Alti Studi Difesa (CASD), Military Advisor to the President of the Republic, and vice-president of Sism.
Gen. Gianfranco Linzi, deputy director of the journal Gnosis of the Italian Agency for Internal Intelligence and Security
Prof. Edward N. Luttwak, political scientist and historian
Gen. Matteo Paesano, former Chief of the Historical Office, Italian Defence Staff, President of the Italian Commission of Military History (CISM) and representative of the IDS in the National and International MH conferences
Adm. Ferdinando Sanfelice di Monteforte, Professor of Military History and Strategy at the University of Florence, the Catholic University of Milan and Gorizia, and honorary member of Sism.