Thursday 19 June at 14:15-16:00 (UTC +3) in the ISCH conference at Lapland University Zoom link for online participation: link. All ISCH members are welcome! Agenda for the meeting: TOP 1 Opening of the AGM TOP 2 Reception of the report of the committee (A. Dana Weber) TOP 3 Reception of the treasurer’s report (Liisa-Maija […]
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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.
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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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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
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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
Update 25. February 2023: It is not too late to join us! A small number of spots have become available for presenters in the International Society for Cultural History’s 2023 conference on “Cultural Histories of Empire.” The program committee welcomes proposals that address the conference theme outlined below. Individual paper or panel proposals (3 presenters)
CALL FOR PAPERS Cultures of Belief and Unbelief 14th Annual Conference of the International Society for Cultural History 2–5 August 2022 University of Verona, Italy The International Society for Cultural History invites paper and panel proposals for its 2022 annual conference on Cultures of Belief and Unbelief. The conference will be held in Verona,
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We would like to invite you to our first online conference! 2-3 September 2021 (13:00-18:00 GMT+1) Cultures of Participation and Belonging Keynotes: Nicholas Terpstra (Toronto), Insiders, Outsiders, and …: Being Ambivalent in the Early Modern World Panikos Panayi (Leicester), London: Global City of Migration and Panels on Language and Narratives of Belonging Roots of Cultural History
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The next conference of ISCH will be this September in Mainz, Germany. All information can be found on the conference website.
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CfP – International Society for Cultural History (ISCH) Conference University of Mainz, Germany 16. – 19. September 2020 “Cultures of Participation and Belonging.” DEADLINE: 15. January 2020 Confirmed keynote speakers: Panikos Panayi (School of Humanities, De Montfort University Leicester); Nicholas Terpstra (Department of Italian Studies, University of Toronto) The International Society for Cultural History invites
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The organising committee of the conference is pleased to announce the call for papers for the ISCH – Annual Conference 2017. 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
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The organising committee of the conference is pleased to announce call for sections (panels) for the ISCH – Annual Conference 2017. 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
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The Conference Booklet contains detailed information on the conference programme, the venues, and the speakers.
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
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
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
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