The 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 for the annual ISCH conference in Rovaniemi is open! Note that the early bird registration discount is available until 31 March 2025.
The registration deadline for accepted presenters is 18 May 2025.
More information is available on the conference website.
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.
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…
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…
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…
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
