Society of Civil War Historians

Here's their website: http://scwh.la.psu.edu/

From their website:
The Society of Civil War Historians encourages scholarly activity and academic exchange among historians, graduate students, and professionals who interpret history in museums, national parks, archives, and other public facilities. The Society sponsors an annual banquet (held during the Southern Historical Association conference) and a newsletter. Membership includes a subscription to the quarterly Journal of the Civil War Era and the opportunity to attend a biennial conference. Annual dues are $50 for regular members, $25 for students, and there are also institutional, life, and founder memberships.

The Society seeks to bring greater coherence to the field by encouraging the integration of social, military, political, and other forms of history and generally promote the study of the Civil War era. The Society also plans to sponsor a “first book” prize to raise the visibility of the next generation of emerging historians. We also will have a regular, meaningful forum for promoting increased, systematic conversations among academic and public historians.

Florida Atlantic University serves as the organizational home for the Society of Civil War Historians and Penn State’s Richards Civil War Era Center will now serve as a co-sponsor to handle the journal and the conference planning.

We welcome questions and comments from members or inquiries about becoming members. The Society remains an organization committed to promoting both scholarship and fellowship among Civil War era historians.