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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’

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.

Open positions in the ISCH committee

There currently are four ISCH committee positions open for candidatures. We invite applications for the positions of three regular committee members and the secretary (an officer position). The three-year term of each position starts at the next Annual General Meeting at the ISCH conference in June 2025. To be eligible for the ISCH committee, you…

Keynote lecture ‘Revolts Against the Modern World: Masculinity, Modernity, and Far-Right Body Politics’ by Christopher E. Forth is now online

The keynote by Christopher E. Forth (University of Kansas) took place on 6 September 2024 as part of the 16th Annual Conference of the International Society for Cultural History at the University of Potsdam. The lecture’s topic is ‘Revolts Against the Modern World: Masculinity, Modernity, and Far-Right Body Politics’. The lecture can be now viewed…

Keynote lecture ‘Disabilities and the Disabled in the Ancient World. A Social and Cultural History’ by Christian Laes is online

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…