The winner of the ISCH Prize 2024 competition for the best conference presentation by an early career scholar in the annual ISCH conference in Potsdam, Germany, is:
Maximilian Tarik Orliczek, from the University of Graz, Austria, with his paper:
‘Archaeokinetics: Research-Historical, Theoretical, and Methodological Considerations onReconstructing Ancient Athletics’
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.
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…
The newest issue 13.2. of Cultural History is a themed issue ‘Esperantists in the Twentieth Century: Making Connections in an Age of Division’. Articles: Introduction: Esperantists in the Twentieth Century: Making Connections in an Age of Division, by Pascal Dubourg Glatigny Two Communist Esperantists: A Bulgarian-Japanese Dialogue, by Ulrich Lins Revolutionary Tongues: Esperanto, Marxist Linguistics,…
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…
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)
Jukka Kortti
Doctor of Social Sciences (PhD), Title of docent (Adjunct Professor) at the University of Helsinki
Hannu Salmi
Ph.D., Professor of Cultural History at the University of Turku
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
Professor of Medieval History, University of Bucharest, Romania
Academia.edu; ResearchGate.net; Twitter
Cultural History, Art History, Historiography, Gender Studies
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
