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In the International Society for Cultural History (ISCH), our shared interest is the discussion, exchange, and support of global cultural history throughout all periods and world-wide in all interested academic disciplines. The ISCH meets annually, bringing together cultural historians from all continents. Moreover, we publish a book series and a journal, and we support a diversity of other activities related to cultural history. Learn more about our conferences, publications, ISCH prize, and how to become a member.

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ISCH Prize 2025 Winner

October 29, 2025

ISCH Prize Competition 2025 for Cultural Historians Message from the Prize Committee In order to support cultural historical research and...

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Keynote lecture ‘No more than human history – exploring human/nature entanglements in a life of a deafblind’ by prof. Hannu Salmi

September 10, 2025

One of the ISCH 2025 keynote lectures, titled 'No more than human history - exploring human/nature entanglements in a life...

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Annual General Meeting 2025

June 12, 2025

Thursday 19 June at 14:15-16:00 (UTC +3) in the ISCH conference at Lapland University Zoom link for online participation: link....

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The latest issue (14.1) of the Cultural History journal

The latest issue (14.1) of the Cultural History journal

May 11, 2025

The latest issue (14.1) of the Cultural History journal was published in April. The theme of the issue is ‘Democratization,...

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ISCH migrates from X to BlueSky

February 24, 2025

The ISCH committee has decided that ISCH will quit the social platform X, formerly known as Twitter, and will start...

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New issue 13 supplement of Cultural History

New issue 13 supplement of Cultural History

February 20, 2025

The issue 13 supplement of the Cultural History journal, titled 'Experience, Culture and Society: New Insights into Historical Analysis', has...

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ISCH 2025 Rovaniemi conference registration is open

February 20, 2025

The 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 for the annual ISCH conference in Rovaniemi is open! Note that the early bird registration discount is available...

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ISCH Prize 2024 Winner

December 20, 2024

The winner of the ISCH Prize 2024 competition for the best conference presentation by an early career scholar in the...

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Call for individual papers: 2025 ISCH conference in Rovaniemi, Finland, 16–19 June 2025

December 2, 2024

Call for Individual Papers Update: The CfP has been extended until the 2nd of February. 2025 ISCH Conference: ‘Human/Nature – Entanglements...

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Open positions in the ISCH committee

November 21, 2024

There currently are four ISCH committee positions open for candidatures. We invite applications for the positions of three regular committee...

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