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The Committee and the members of the International Society for Cultural History are sad to announce the death of Gabriella Valera Gruber, one of its founding members, who passed away on 1 February 2021 at the age of 74. Gabriella was a scholar in the history of historiography with a special interest in theory who

ISCH Essay Prize Competition 2020 for Cultural Historians CfP ISCH Essay Prize 2020 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

Our Journal Cultural History is searching new editors! Please apply until the 15th of December 2019! Cultural History, the peer-reviewed journal of the International Society for Cultural History (ISCH), welcomes high-quality submissions from any discipline that bring contemporary cultural theories and methodologies to bear on the study of the past, regardless of historical or geographical focus.

After more than ten years, the society needed to revise its constitution, and to adapt to the structure which has developed over the years. Members of the ISCH are invited to comment and vote on these changes in the Annual General Meeting (AGM) at our conference in Tallinn in June. Members of the ISCH who

The deadline for the CfPs for the upcoming conference of the ISCH is extended to 25 January, 2019. The conference, dedicated to “Global Cultural History”, will be held in Tallinn, Estonia, 26–29 June 2019. You are very welcome to send your paper proposal and join the great company of participants from all corners of the world. The keynote speakers include: Peter Burke (University of Cambridge), Anne Gerritsen (University of Warwick), Maria Lúcia Garcia Pallares-Burke (University of São Paulo / University of Cambridge), Matthias Middell (University of Leipzig), and Sujit Sivasundaram (University of Cambridge).All relevant information is available on the

The next Annual Gathering of the ISCH is in New York from September 13-16, 2018. All information can be found here. Remember, you have to be a member of the ISCH to participate in the conference. Hope to see you in New York, and get some cultural historical discussions started!

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,

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