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The newest issue 15.1. of the Cultural History journal has been published

The newest issue 15.1 of the 𝘊𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 journal has been published! ISCH members have online access to the journal: https://www.euppublishing.com/toc/cult/15/1 The issue includes the following articles: ‘Menocchio in the Twentieth Century: Peasant Poets and Popular Irreligion’, by Jean-Pierre Cavaillé Reading the Face: Lavater’s Treatise on Physiognomy and its Impact on Nineteenth-Century Portrait Photography, by […]

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Call, News

CFP: Prosopography – Approaches, Texts and Technologies. International Conference on 24–25 September 2026 in Ljubljana

The International Society for Cultural History co-organises a conference with the Institute of Cultural History at the Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (abbreviated in Slovenian as ZRC SAZU). Please see below the Call for Papers: Call for PapersProsopography – Approaches, Texts and TechnologiesInternational Conference24–25 September 2026Atrium of ZRC SAZU, Ljubljana,

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ISCH Conferences

Call for Papers for the ADHC/ISCH conference in Paris, 10-12 September 2026

Update: The call for papers has ended. The results will be communicated by early April. Call for papers International Congress of the Association for the Development of Cultural History and the International Society for Cultural History Paris, September 10–12, 2026, at Campus Codorcet Centre de Colloques Auberviliiers. The theme of the 2026 ADHC and ISCH

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ISCH Prize, News

ISCH Prize 2025 Winner

ISCH Prize Competition 2025 for Cultural Historians Message from the Prize Committee In order to support cultural historical research and encourage scholars in their early career, the International Society for Cultural History (ISCH) offers the yearly ISCH Prize for the best conference presentation by an early career scholar in the annual ISCH conferences, which in

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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

One of the ISCH 2025 keynote lectures, titled ‘No more than human history – exploring human/nature entanglements in a life of a deafblind’, given by Hannu Salmi, professor of cultural history in the University of Turku, at the ISCH conference in Rovaniemi on 19 June 2025 is now available on Youtube. Link to the lecture.

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Isch Journal, News

The latest issue (14.1) of the Cultural History journal

The latest issue (14.1) of the Cultural History journal was published in April. The theme of the issue is ‘Democratization, National Identity and Collective Memory in Modern Romania’. The contents: ‘Introduction: Democratization, National Identity and Collective Memory in Modern Romania’, by Victor Rizescu ‘Politics of Eternity, Messianism and Liberal Democracy: Shapes and Waves of Modernity

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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!

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ISCH Prize, News

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’

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Call, ISCH Annual Conference, News

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.

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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

Website.

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

Website.

Cultural history of writing, autobiographical sources, everyday life during World War II, women and children at war, holocaust

Jasmin Lukkari

Ph.D. in History, Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki

Website.

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