ISCH 2020 in Mainz
The next conference of ISCH will be this September in Mainz, Germany. All information can be found on the conference website.
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The next conference of ISCH will be this September in Mainz, Germany. All information can be found on the conference website.
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Our Journal Cultural History is searching new editors! Please apply until the 15th of December 2019! Cultural History, the peer-reviewed journal of the International Society for Cultural History (ISCH), welcomes high-quality submissions from any discipline that bring contemporary cultural theories and methodologies to bear on the study of the past, regardless of historical or geographical focus.
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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
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After more than ten years, the society needed to revise its constitution, and to adapt to the structure which has developed over the years. Members of the ISCH are invited to comment and vote on these changes in the Annual General Meeting (AGM) at our conference in Tallinn in June. Members of the ISCH who
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The deadline for the CfPs for the upcoming conference of the ISCH is extended to 25 January, 2019. The conference, dedicated to “Global Cultural History”, will be held in Tallinn, Estonia, 26–29 June 2019. You are very welcome to send your paper proposal and join the great company of participants from all corners of the world. The keynote speakers include: Peter Burke (University of Cambridge), Anne Gerritsen (University of Warwick), Maria Lúcia Garcia Pallares-Burke (University of São Paulo / University of Cambridge), Matthias Middell (University of Leipzig), and Sujit Sivasundaram (University of Cambridge).All relevant information is available on the
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The next Annual Gathering of the ISCH is in New York from September 13-16, 2018. All information can be found here. Remember, you have to be a member of the ISCH to participate in the conference. Hope to see you in New York, and get some cultural historical discussions started!
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ISCH Prize Competition 2018 for Cultural Historians In order to support cultural historical research and encourage scholars in their early career, the International Society for Cultural History (ISCH) offers an essay prize that will be awarded each year to the best article on cultural history. The ISCH Prize in 2018 is 350 €. The winning article will also be
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Performance, Politics, and Play September 13-16, 2018 New York City In response to the “performative turn” in the humanities, the ongoing interest in bio- and body-politics, and the growing attention to leisure, dance, and sport studies, the International Society for Cultural History invites paper and panel proposals for its 2018 annual conference on Performance,
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The next annual conference of the International Society for Cultural History will be held in Hum-huset, Umeå university, Sweden, 26-29 June, 2017. The general theme this year is ‘Senses, Emotions and the Affective Turn – Recent Perspectives and New Challenges in Cultural History’. Conference Website CfP ISCH 2017 Programme
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Dear members of the International Society for Cultural History, As the Umeå conference is approaching, we would like to inform you that, since Catherine Ng’s, Ecaterina Lung’s and Mauricio Sánchez Menchero’s terms expire this year, there is room for three new members to be elected to the ISCH committee, conforming to our constitution. (Potentially more,
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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 Perspectives and New Challenges in Cultural History Registration for the ISCH Conference is now open. Please remember that all delegates (panel
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ISCH Prize Competition 2017 for Cultural Historians In order to support cultural historical research and encourage scholars in their early career, the International Society for Cultural History (ISCH) offers an essay prize which will be awarded each year to the best article on cultural history. The ISCH Prize in 2017 is 350 €, and the
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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
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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
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Noora Kallioniemi
Ph.D. in Cultural History, Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Turku.
Popular culture studies; film and television history; entertainment; audiovisual culture; digitized newspaper materials; environmental history and animal studies; film history of the Second World War.
Website: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Person/936427

Pälvi Rantala
Ph. D. in Cultural History, Senior lecturer in Cultural history (University of Lapland), Title of Docent in Applied Cultural History (University of Turku)
Website:
https://research.ulapland.fi/fi/persons/p%C3%A4lvi-rantala
https://purorantala.com/
Cultural history of everyday life, contemporary history, history of sleep and sleeplessness, Northern cultural history, creative writing

Daniel Gicu
Researcher at “Nicolae Iorga” Institute of History, Romanian Academy, Bucharest
Popular culture in the nineteenth century; High and low culture in modern Romania; Cultural exchange in modern Romania; Cultural history of folk and fairy tales

Josephine Hoegaerts
Professor of European Culture after 1800, University of Amsterdam (the Netherlands)
Prof. dr. J.A.I. (Josephine) Hoegaerts - Universiteit van Amsterdam
History of sound and voice, gender history, history of parliament, 19th cent cultural history, history of the senses, disability history
Liisa-Maija Korhonen
Doctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki
Histories of colonialism and migration; History of emotions and senses; Latin American history (especially Argentina)
Anna-Leena Perämäki
Ph.D. in Cultural History, Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Turku
Jasmin Lukkari
Ph.D. in History, Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki
History of ancient Greece and Rome, cultural identity, international relations, Hellenistic kings, the Roman Republic, ancient historiography, historical narratives, narratology

Dr. Cathleen Sarti
Post-Doctoral Associate in the ERC-Project The European Fiscal-Military System 1530-1870, University of Oxford
Personal Website; Academia.edu; Twitter
Political Culture; Northern Europe in 16th/17th century; Royal Studies; Depositions; Counsel