Cathleen Sarti

ISCH Essay Prize Competition 2018

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…

ISCH Conference 2018 in New York – CfP

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,…

ISCH Conference 2017 in Umeå

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

Call for new Committee Members

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,…

ISCH Annual Conference 2017 in Umeå

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…