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

by admin • December 2, 2024

Call for Individual Papers

2025 ISCH Conference: ‘Human/Nature – Entanglements in Cultural History’

16–19 June 2025, Rovaniemi, Finland (On Site only)

The ISCH 2025 conference thus invites individual papers exploring human-nature entanglements from diverse angles.

You can direct your abstract proposal to a panel you wish to attend, or suggest an abstract related to a topic (see list of panels and topics below).

Max. 300 words abstract proposals are to be submitted via Submission Form by 15th of January at the latest.

Open positions in the ISCH committee

by admin • November 21, 2024

There currently are four ISCH committee positions open for candidatures. We invite applications for the positions of three regular committee members and the secretary (an officer position). The three-year term of each position starts at the next Annual General Meeting at the ISCH conference in June 2025. To be eligible for the ISCH committee, you…

Keynote lecture ‘Revolts Against the Modern World: Masculinity, Modernity, and Far-Right Body Politics’ by Christopher E. Forth is now online

by admin • September 25, 2024

The keynote by Christopher E. Forth (University of Kansas) took place on 6 September 2024 as part of the 16th Annual Conference of the International Society for Cultural History at the University of Potsdam. The lecture’s topic is ‘Revolts Against the Modern World: Masculinity, Modernity, and Far-Right Body Politics’. The lecture can be now viewed…

Keynote lecture ‘Disabilities and the Disabled in the Ancient World. A Social and Cultural History’ by Christian Laes is online

by admin • September 21, 2024

The keynote by Christian Laes (University of Manchester) took place on 4 September 2024 as part of the 16th Annual Conference of the International Society for Cultural History at the University of Potsdam. The lecture’s subject is ‘Disabilities and the Disabled in the Ancient World. A Social and Cultural History’. The lecture can be viewed…

April issue of the Cultural History journal

by admin • April 21, 2024

The newest issue 13.1 of the 𝘊𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 journal is here! It includes five articles on the theme ‘Discursive Constructions of Corruption in Ancient Rome’ and a book forum on 𝘋𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 by Riccardo Bavaj, Konrad Lawson, Bernhard Struck (eds.) Articles: ‘Discursive Constructions of Corruption in Ancient Rome: Introduction’, by Filippo Carlà-Uhink and Marta…

New issue of the South African Journal of Cultural History

by admin • December 8, 2023

The new issue (36.2) of the South African Journal of Cultural History has been published: link. Research Articles: ‘Colonial Alienation, Resistance and Assimilation: A Hopefield History‘, by Francois Johannes Cleophas ‘Circular Farms on Maps of the Southwestern Cape‘, by Elri Liebenberg ‘Historical Fiction as a Reflection on Present Concerns: Dalene Matthee’s Forest Novels’, by Marike…

October 2023 issue of the Cultural History journal

by admin • October 26, 2023

The new issue (12.2) of the Society’s journal Cultural History has been published. The issue includes the following articles: ‘Plague Markings: Doors and Disease’, by Edward Brookes ‘The ‘Autographic Self’: Facsimile Signatures and Lithographic Portraiture at the Crossroads of Liberalism, Romanticism and Nationalism, c. 1800–60’, by Tom Young ‘Recognizing Traces of Colonialism and Coloniality in…

Call for Papers/Panels 2024 ISCH conference in Potsdam: ‘Embodied Histories: Cultural History of, in, and through the Human Body’

by admin • September 18, 2023

Call for Papers Embodied Histories: Cultural History of, in, and through the Human Body 04.-06. September 2024, Potsdam, Germany For its 2024 conference, the International Society for Cultural History invites paper and panel proposals on the theme of “Embodied Histories.” Historians and contextually oriented scholars working on any period or location are encouraged to explore (but…

The ISCH 2023 conference 19-22 June: Online attendance registration this week

by admin • June 4, 2023

The next ISCH conference is coming up soon! This year, ISCH members gather in Singapore from 19 to 22 June. The ISCH conference theme this year is ‘Cultural Histories of Empire’. The ISCH conference will be held simultaneously with the Society for Global Nineteenth-Century Studies World Congress, and their conference theme is ‘Comparative Empire: Conflict,…

April 2023 issue of the Cultural History journal

by admin • April 17, 2023

The new issue (12.1) of the Cultural History journal has been published. Articles: Reviews: Cultural History journal promotes the work and aims of the International Society for Cultural History which was founded in 2008. It generates discussion and debate on the nature of cultural history and current trends, and advances theoretical and methodological discussions relating…

Call for Papers for 2023 ISCH Conference ‘Cultural Histories of Empire’, 19-22 June, Singapore

by admin • February 25, 2023

Update 25. February 2023: It is not too late to join us! A small number of spots have become available for presenters in the International Society for Cultural History’s 2023 conference on “Cultural Histories of Empire.” The program committee welcomes proposals that address the conference theme outlined below. Individual paper or panel proposals (3 presenters)…

ISCH 2023 conference website and registration

by admin • February 19, 2023

The registration for the ISCH conference in Singapore, on 19-22 June 2023, is open and the discounted early bird prices are available until 28 February: https://www.ischconference2023.com/ Regular registration will run from 1 March to 31 March. Late registration will be available from April to 1 May. Non-presenting attendees are warmly welcome as well! Also, if…

National Congress of the South African Society for Cultural History (SASCH) 2023

by admin • February 11, 2023

On behalf of our partner the South African Society for Cultural History (SASCH): The national congress of the South African Society for Cultural History will be held on Friday 19 and Saturday 20 May 2023 at the Voortrekker Monument, Pretoria. The theme is: The dialogue between the past and the present and the relevance for…

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

by admin • December 2, 2024

Call for Individual Papers

2025 ISCH Conference: ‘Human/Nature – Entanglements in Cultural History’

16–19 June 2025, Rovaniemi, Finland (On Site only)

The ISCH 2025 conference thus invites individual papers exploring human-nature entanglements from diverse angles.

You can direct your abstract proposal to a panel you wish to attend, or suggest an abstract related to a topic (see list of panels and topics below).

Max. 300 words abstract proposals are to be submitted via Submission Form by 15th of January at the latest.

Call for Panels: ISCH 2025 conference in Rovaniemi (Finland)

by admin • October 1, 2024

Call for Panels 2025 ISCH conference: ‘Human/Nature – Entanglements in Cultural History’ 16–19 June 2025, Rovaniemi, Finland Cultural history has mainly studied humans: their actions, experiences, and ways of thinking. Yet the past is not shaped by only human actions and thoughts. Human beings inevitably interact with the nature surrounding them, which further means that…

Keynote lecture ‘Disabilities and the Disabled in the Ancient World. A Social and Cultural History’ by Christian Laes is online

by admin • September 21, 2024

Call for Papers/Panels 2024 ISCH conference in Potsdam: ‘Embodied Histories: Cultural History of, in, and through the Human Body’

by admin • September 18, 2023

Call for Papers for 2023 ISCH Conference ‘Cultural Histories of Empire’, 19-22 June, Singapore

by admin • February 25, 2023

CfP ISCH 2022 conference in Verona

by Cathleen Sarti • October 15, 2021

CALL FOR PAPERS Cultures of Belief and Unbelief 14th Annual Conference of the International Society for Cultural History 2–5 August 2022 University of Verona, Italy The International Society for Cultural History invites paper and panel proposals for its 2022 annual conference on Cultures of Belief and Unbelief. The conference will be held in Verona,…

ISCH Online Conference 2021

by Cathleen Sarti • August 11, 2021

We would like to invite you to our first online conference! 2-3 September 2021 (13:00-18:00 GMT+1) Cultures of Participation and Belonging Keynotes: Nicholas Terpstra (Toronto), Insiders, Outsiders, and …: Being Ambivalent in the Early Modern World Panikos Panayi (Leicester), London: Global City of Migration and Panels on Language and Narratives of Belonging Roots of Cultural History…

ISCH 2020 in Mainz

by Cathleen Sarti • January 7, 2020

The next conference of ISCH will be this September in Mainz, Germany. All information can be found on the conference website.

CfP ISCH Conference 2020

by Cathleen Sarti • October 25, 2019

CfP – International Society for Cultural History (ISCH) Conference University of Mainz, Germany 16. – 19. September 2020 “Cultures of Participation and Belonging.” DEADLINE: 15. January 2020 Confirmed keynote speakers: Panikos Panayi (School of Humanities, De Montfort University Leicester); Nicholas Terpstra (Department of Italian Studies, University of Toronto) The International Society for Cultural History invites…

Call for Papers – ISCH Annual Conference 2017

by admin • November 22, 2016

The organising committee of the conference is pleased to announce the call for papers for the ISCH – Annual Conference 2017. The next annual conference of the International Society for Cultural History will be held in Umeå, Sweden, 26-29 June 2017. The general theme this year is ‘Senses, Emotions and the Affective Turn – Recent…

Call for Panels – ISCH Annual Conference 2017

by admin • September 29, 2016

The organising committee of the conference is pleased to announce call for sections (panels) for the ISCH – Annual Conference 2017. The next annual conference of the International Society for Cultural History will be held in Umeå, Sweden, 26-29 June 2017. The general theme this year is ‘Senses, Emotions and the Affective Turn – Recent…

Conference Booklet of the Annual Conference of the International Society for Cultural History (ISCH) – 2016

by admin • July 11, 2016

The Conference Booklet contains detailed information on the conference programme, the venues, and the speakers.

Registration for 2016 ISCH Conference is now open

by admin • March 14, 2016

Registration for the ISCH Conference, which will be taking place in Trieste (Italy) from Monday july 18 to Thursay July 21 (Excursion in the places of the WW1 on Friday 22), is now open. All the delegates (Panel organisers and speakers) must be members of the ISCH (http://www.culthist.org/membership) during 2016, and pay the fees specified…

Extended Call for Papers – ISCH 2016

by admin • December 15, 2015

At the request of potential delegates, the deadline for proposal is extended as follows: applications received by 31 December 2015 will obtain a reply by 31 January 2016 applications received between 1-15 January 2016 will obtain a reply by 15 February 2016 Please note that: the ISCH encourages the consideration of the interplay between gender…

Call for Papers – ISCH Annual Conference 2016

by admin • October 16, 2015

Annual Conference of the International Society for Cultural History Trieste, Italy, 18-22 July 2016 Gender and Generations: Spaces, times and relationships in cultural-historical perspective The next annual conference of the International Society for Cultural History will be held in Trieste, Italy, from 18 to 22 July 2016. The conference will be open to host papers…