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ISCH migrates from X to BlueSky

The ISCH committee has decided that ISCH will quit the social platform X, formerly known as Twitter, and will start using BlueSky instead. In the coming months, we will publish on both concurrently. Eventually, the X account will be deactivated. You can find us on BlueSky with the same username “ISCHistory“. See you there!

ISCH Prize 2024 Winner

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 in Rovaniemi, Finland, 16–19 June 2025

Call for Individual Papers 

Update: The CfP has been extended until the 2nd of February.

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

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…