• Journalist Wesley Morgan wins Colby Award for book about the war in Afghanistan and the troops who served there

    Journalist Wesley Morgan wins Colby Award for book about the war in Afghanistan and the troops who served there

  • Video Archives: 2021 Symposium

    Video Archives: 2021 Symposium

  • Larenz Simpkins ’23 is the 2021 Symposium Schultz Fellow

    Larenz Simpkins ’23 is the 2021 Symposium Schultz Fellow

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  • Endowment named for Carlo D’Este ’58, Symposium co-founder

    Endowment named for Carlo D’Este ’58, Symposium co-founder

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The only program of its kind at an American university, the Norwich University Military Writers’ Symposium convenes authors and experts in the fields of military history, intelligence, and current affairs to offer important perspectives on pressing global concerns. Traditionally, the symposium takes place on the picturesque Norwich campus in Northfield, Vermont. The 2020 symposium broke with tradition to offer a robust, all-virtual event. We returned to campus for the 2021 symposium, with selected programming also offered remotely. 

2022 Symposium
THEME: “ROBOTS RISING: ARMING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE”

Oct. 12-Oct. 13, 2022

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Pritzker Challenge: 2021 – 2025
The Pritzker Military Foundation (PMF), Norwich’s longtime philanthropic partner, has posed a $500,000 matching gift challenge through 2025 to grow the symposium’s endowment. Renamed the “Carlo D’Este ’58 Military Writers’ Endowment,” to honor the legacy of late symposium co-founder Carlo D’Este ’58, the endowment is essential to the symposium’s longevity, supporting its operating costs, the William E. Colby Award and year-round student enrichment opportunities on military history and current affairs. Should Norwich successfully raise $500,000, the PMF will match this effort with $500,000, bringing the endowment to over $1,000,000 and empowering the symposium to exist forever.

Please consider making a gift to help us carry on this excellent programming into the future.

Invest in the legacy of Carlo D’Este ’58 and the NU Military Writers’ Symposium.

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  • Pritzker Military Museum & Library Partnership

    THE PRITZKER MILITARY MUSEUM & LIBRARY is proud to partner with Norwich University to help solidify the university as a regional center on military history and affairs. As both a private university and a non-government organization, Norwich and the Museum & Library share strong stakes in the study of military history and affairs as they have a deep impact on the character of who we are as a country. Together, the Museum & Library and Norwich build awareness of the importance of study of military history and affairs and the role of the military in a democracy.

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  • Norwich University Military Writers’ Associates

    THE NORWICH UNIVERSITY MILITARY WRITERS’ ASSOCIATES are an affinity group whose members seek to support the Norwich University Military Writers’ Symposium and its corresponding year-round campus experience through:

    • Recommending authors
    • Fostering and encouraging an appreciation of the program by students, faculty and the public
    • Growing opportunities to attract new interest

    GIVING

    Associates give at all levels, and every gift sustains this one-of-a-kind program.

    Learn how you can support the Military Writers’ Symposium


    JOIN

    Would you like to join the Military Writers’ Associates and find out more about the Military Writers’ Symposium? Contact Associates chair, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. M’14.


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  • Honoring the Legacy of LTC Carlo D’Este, USA (Ret.), Class of 1958

    Honoring the Legacy of LTC Carlo D’Este, USA (Ret.), Class of 1958

    Remembering Carlo D’Este ’58

    It is with deep regret that I inform you of the death of LTC Carlo D’Este, USA (Ret.), Class of 1958. Married to Shirley D’Este, and father of four, Carlo passed away on Sunday, November 22nd, at Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

    Carlo is remembered for his impassioned service and longstanding support to Norwich University. Carlo served in the U.S. Army from 1958 to 1978 — including overseas tours of duty in Vietnam, Germany, and England — and retired as a lieutenant colonel. He graduated magna cum laude from Norwich University with a Bachelor of Arts in government in 1958, was an Honor Graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in 1974 and earned a master's degree from the University of Richmond in 1974. In 1992, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters by Norwich University.

    “As a Norwich alumnus and as one of the founders of both the William E. Colby Award and Norwich University Military Writers’ Symposium, Carlo D’Este has left a tremendous and positive legacy at Norwich,” said R. Pierce Reid ’14, Chairman of the Norwich Military Writers’ Symposium Associates. “While we are saddened by his passing, his contributions, especially his passion for promoting world-class military history research and writing, will continue to echo through Norwich, and the history community at large, for years to come.”

    Since 1978, Carlo enjoyed a second career as a military historian, biographer, lecturer, consultant, and book reviewer for The New York TImes, The Washington Post and other publications. He wrote four books about World War II, biographies of U.S. Army General George S. Patton, eventual President Dwight Eisenhower, and the military life of Sir Winston Churchill.

    In addition to a number of television appearances on C-SPAN, Fox News Channel, and the History Channel, he lectured at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, the National War College, and the U.S. Army War College. He advised President Bill Clinton for his 1994 visit to Italy, England, and Normandy to commemorate the 50th anniversary of World War II. From 1994 to 1997, Carlo was a member of the Department of the Army Historical Advisory Committee.

    Carlo co-founded and served as executive director of the William E. Colby Military Writers’ Symposium at Norwich University, later renamed the Norwich University Military Writers’ Symposium; he also served on the Norwich Board of Fellows, and as president of the Friends of the Norwich University Kreitzberg Library, later as president emeritus. He was a Board of Fellows Medallion Recipient in 2008.

    Carlo was a member of Legacy Committee of the Eisenhower Memorial Commission in 2002-03, was a consulting historian, contributor and member of the advisory board of Armchair General magazine, and was a long-serving member of the Mashpee Public Library Board of Trustees.

    “Carlo was a giant in military history and his excellent research reverberated across every segment of our society.” Peace & War Center Director, Professor Travis Morris

    Carlo was a giant in military history and his excellent research reverberated across every segment of our society,” said NUMWS and Peace & War Center Director, Professor Travis Morris. “I had the distinct privilege of working with him on Norwich University’s Military Writers’ Symposium and Colby Award. His love of Norwich and knowledge always inspired me. I am saddened by our loss and know that his legacy will continue.”

    He was the 2010 winner of the Andrew J. Goodpaster Prize awarded by the American Veterans Center, and in October 2011 received the Pritzker Military Library lifetime achievement award for military writing.

    The Carlo D’Este ’58 Military History Award, a $1,000 award created in D’Este’s honor, is awarded annually at the Military Writers’ Symposium to an outstanding graduating undergraduate senior who is pursuing a history or military history major.

    Mark C. Anarumo, PhD
    Col, USAF (Ret.)
    President, Norwich University

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For more than 25 years, the Norwich University Military Writers’ Symposium has provided a forum for learning and discussion, bringing together prominent writers, historians, and thought-leaders in military, intelligence, and international affairs.

Symposium Contacts

Travis Morris
Director, Peace & War Center
Executive Director, Symposium
Associate Professor, Criminal Justice
wmorris@norwich.edu

General Inquiries

peaceandwar@norwich.edu

Co-Founder

Carlo D’Este ’58

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