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ISCH Essay Prize 2015, Call for Contributions‏

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 which will be awarded each year to the best article on cultural history. The ISCH Prize in 2015 is 350 Euro. The winning article will also be published in the…

Second Call for Papers – Extended Submission Period | ISCH Annual Conference 2015

TIME AND CULTURE Our thanks to all of those who have already submitted proposals for the ISCH Annual Conference 2015. We received several requests for more time. By popular demand, we’re extending the Call for Papers for additional four weeks, by 10th January 2015. Proposals submitted before December 11 will receive a decision by Jan. 15,…

Winner of the 2014 ISCH Essay Prize Announced

The essay prize this year has been awarded to Agnes Andeweg from the University of Maastricht and University College Utrecht for an article entitled “Manifestations of the Flying Dutchman. On materialising ghosts and (not) remembering the colonial past”. In her article Agnes Andeweg seeks to answer questions like: How could we interpret this ghostly figure…

ISCH Book Series: Open Call for Series Editors

The ISCH book series ‘Studies for the International Society for Cultural History’, published jointly with Pickering & Chatto Publishers, is seeking one or two new Series Editors to oversee its list of monographs and edited essay collections. Information on the series and published titles can be found on the Publisher’s website here: www.pickeringchatto.com/isch Series Editors…

ISCH Committee Elections‏

Dear members of the International Society for Cultural History As the Monash South Africa conference is approaching, we would like to remind you that there will be three new members elected to the ISCH committee, conforming to our constitution. The incumbent committee would like to warmly thank the departing members of the committee, Philipp O.…