The National Intelligence History Conference (NIHC), organised by Bletchley Park and GCHQ, will be taking place on 14-16 October 2026 at Bletchley Park.
The theme is International Collaboration and Co-operation.
Submissions are invited on topics including, but not limited to:
- International collaboration, unsanctioned cooperation and inter-agency communication.
- Intelligence-sharing, isolation and international boundaries.
- Nationality, national identity and intelligence.
- Signals intelligence, HUMINT, COMINT, espionage and criminal intelligence.
- Intelligence as represented in popular culture and literature, including fiction, documentary, TV and film.
Papers are also welcome on contemporary issues and events, but these should ideally be framed in a historical context. The theme of this conference is broader than just SIGINT, and submissions on all types of intelligence will be accepted and reviewed equally.
Delegates wishing to present at the conference or display a poster must provide a short synopsis (maximum of 500 words) of their topic, which could form the basis of a 20-minute presentation or a single A1-sized poster at the event. This needs to be submitted, along with a short biography, by the deadline of Thursday 29 January 2026, for consideration for acceptance by the conference peer review panel.
Please submit your synopsis with an accompanying short biography to NIHC@bletchleypark.org.uk and make it clear if you wish to speak, display a poster or either.
For more information about this Call for Papers visit https://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/nihc/call-for-papers/
