- The call for panels proposals for the 2026 CISH Centenary Conference in Leipzig is now closed. Panelists will receive more information soon.
- To celebrate its centenary, the CISH Board is supporting events and activities around the world commemorating CISH. More information on this and how to apply is available here.
- CISH is preparing an edition of sources that will document its history since the founding in 1926. For that purpose, we’re asking our members to send historical documents of their cooperation with CISH to edition@cish.org until September 30, 2025. Details can be found found here.
- All National Committees, International Organisations, and Internal Commissions are warmly invited to contribute to a new video project highlighting the diverse activities and contributions of each member group. We are collecting a series of short videos — each no longer than 4 minutes — to showcase your initiatives, achievements, and ongoing work. Details can be found found here.
Call for Short Videos
For the celebration of CISH’s 100th Anniversary, we invite all National Committees, International Organisations, and Internal Commissions to contribute to the project of recording a series of short videos, each no longer than 4 minutes, to spotlight the activities and contributions of each member committee/commission/organisation. These videos aim to showcase the diversity and impact of CISH’s members while celebrating a century of advancing historical scholarship and collaboration worldwide. The project will be coordinated by the International Federation for Public History and the resulting videos will be published on the new website of CISH.
There are two ways to participate in creating the videos:
- Record on Your Own: You can create the video at your convenience by answering the questions provided in this form. This approach allows you to take your time and produce the video in your preferred setting.
- Meet with Jimena Perry: Schedule a meeting with Dr. Jimena Perry, Project Manager of the IFPH Explorers, at jimenaperry@gmail.com. During the meeting, she will guide you through the questions and record the video for you.
Both options are designed to make your participation as seamless as possible while celebrating CISH’s milestone anniversary.
For more details about the proposed format and content of recordings, and to schedule the recording session (between September 1 and December 15, 2025) please visit the link with a simple on-line form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1SZ2LQxP3RRmH3O83_qSGkMhf991JDKNCjTfzgYi5y0c/viewform
In case of any questions please contact Jimena Perry at jimenaperry@gmail.com
Call for Documents
In May 1926, the Comité International des Sciences Historiques (CISH) was founded as a non-governmental organization intended to bring together historians from all over the world. The 100th anniversary of this event is approaching.
Among other projects (see here), CISH prepares an edition of sources (digital and print) with relevant sources that will document its rich history and its importance to international historiography. This edition will be published in 2026 for the Centennial Conference in Leipzig.
The CISH board asks its members to send historical documents of their cooperation with CISH to edition@cish.org as soon as possible, but until September 30, 2025 the latest. For questions, please contact office@cish.org.
Internal Commission for Computational Technologies and History (ICCTH)
We are pleased to announce the establishment of the Internal Commission for Computational Technologies and History (ICCTH), which was deliberated on 25 October 2024 by the General Assembly of the Comité International des Sciences Historiques (CISH) / International Committee of Historical Sciences (ICHS) in collaboration with the international research initiative Engineering Historical Memory (EHM).
ICCTH founding steering committee
- President: Prof Andrea Nanetti (Distinguished Professor of Digital Humanities and Founding Director of the Digital Humanities Research Centre at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, China)
- Vice President: Prof Wang Jun (Professor of Computer Science and Founding Director of the Digital Humanities Research Centre at Peking University, China)
- Secretary General: Ms Cui Yifang (Nanyang Technological University Singapore)
- Treasurer: Dr Liu Danyun (National University of Singapore)
The ICCTH is dedicated to exploring, unfolding, and sharing how established and emerging computational technologies can empower the methodologies and transform epistemologies in historical sciences.
The call for membership is open to enhance the ICCTH founding steering committee’s impact to inspire, promote, and facilitate effective and responsible use of computational technologies in historical sciences.
Please register here for more updates.
Call for Panel Proposals – Extended Deadline
The Comité International des Sciences Historiques (CISH) invites panel proposals for its Centennial Conference “The Past, the Present, and the future of History: Celebrating 100 Years of International Committee of Historical Sciences” to be held in
Leipzig, Germany
27–30 August 2026
The centennial conference celebrates 100 years of international cooperation in the historical sciences since the foundation of the CISH in Geneva on May 14, 1926. The conference will explore the developments, dynamics, and diversification the historical sciences have undergone over the past decades while also fostering inspiration for future research and innovation.
The conference will serve as an opportunity for
- a balanced reflection on the current state of historiography, taking into consideration a wide range of historiographical traditions and schools of thought;
- a mobilization of historians as broad as possible in terms of geography, gender, and age as well as the inclusion of various approaches and political orientations to contribute to such a balance; and
- a comparison of historiographical fields and their current standings, together with discussions of cross-fertilization, with the aim of deepening a broader understanding of common goals and hazards.
Recognizing that the historical sciences are embedded in diverse sociopolitical developments while upholding the freedom of thought and expression in research and addressing the misuse of history, the centennial conference invites panels that critically (self-)reflect on past and future developments in historical research. Panel proposals should address majors trends in the diverse historiographical fields represented by the member organizations of the CISH. To encourage discussions, panels should
- consider possible (counter)tendencies to transnational openings and to nationalizing closures in different fields, leading to integration and cooperation, on the one hand, as well as pillarization and fragmentation, on the other hand;
- acknowledge that history (as part of the humanities and social sciences) is often influenced by current sociopolitical trends prioritizing “useful knowledge” and infotainment over critical reflection, which requires the development of strategies for continued critical research that questions mainstream narratives and addresses the inherent complexities and multi-perspectivity of historical developments; and
- recognize that international historiography itself is characterized by many inequalities that result in different chances to be heard and, therefore, sees the conference as an opportunity to present and consider more marginal trends in the historical sciences.
Accordingly, we encourage applicants to view the CISH as the worldwide forum of historians and a shared platform for necessary discussions on possible future orientations of the historical sciences.
The conference is planned around 3 plenary sessions and the CISH General Assembly (including the elections for a new board and a president of the CISH), with approximatively 80 panels. This format ideally allows each member organization (national and thematic) the possibility to be responsible for at least 1 panel with 4–5 contributors each. At the same time, we encourage cooperation between the member organizations and wherever possible joint submissions.
Criteria for panel selections are
- a topic complementing the overall theme of the centennial conference,
- an inclusive approach in terms of geography, gender, academic age, and perspectives covered, and
- the taking into account of the number of panels organized by the submitting member organization.
Panels can be organized in hybrid mode to allow those who have not the means to travel or who would like to reduce their ecological footprint to participate. However, the success of the conference also depends on direct intellectual exchange and face-to-face contact. To balance these considerations, we suggest that at least the chair and the majority of speakers be physically present, which is a prerequisite for panel acceptance. Accordingly, up to 2 out of 5 contributors may participate remotely.
The schedule is as follows:
- Call for panels: December 2024–March 2025; deadline for submissions: 31 March 2025
- Decision by the CISH board on submitted panel proposals: May 2025; decisions communicated to convener: end of June 2025
- Deadline for early-bird rate registration: February 2026; all panelists have to be registered by that date in order to appear in the program
Please use the form here to submit your panel proposal until 21 April 2025.
Appel aux nouveaux membres du comité directeur
Le Comité international des sciences historiques (CISH) a été fondé en 1926. Aujourd’hui, l’organisation compte 58 membres.
Le CISH comprend deux types de membres. D’une part, les Comités nationaux constitués dans chaque pays à partir des centres de recherche historique. D’autre part, des organisations internationales spécialisées dans des domaines particuliers de l’histoire se sont constituées au fil des ans. Le Comité directeur est responsable du fonctionnement et de la coordination des activités du CISH.
Pour la période 2026-2031, huit postes
au sein du Comité directeur sont à pourvoir
Tâches : Afin de permettre à chaque membre de remplir efficacement ses fonctions au sein du Comité, des missions ont été définies pour le mandat. Responsables devant le Président et le Secrétaire général, les membres du Conseil nouvellement nommés se sont vus attribuer une tâche spécifique afin de développer les activités du CISH :
- Relations avec les membres : assurer les relations avec les membres du CISH et encourager les relations avec les pays qui ne sont pas ou plus membres.
- Partenariats internationaux : développer des liens avec les grandes institutions internationales et organiser des événements scientifiques majeurs.
Candidature et procédures : Chaque candidat à ces postes doit avoir un profil correspondant et s’assurer qu’il dispose des possibilités matérielles nécessaires à la réalisation de ces tâches.
Les candidats doivent être titulaires d’un doctorat ou avoir le titre de professeur ou de directeur de recherche. La maîtrise d’au moins deux des langues officielles du CISH (anglais, français, espagnol) est appréciée. Les candidats âgés de plus de 70 ans en 2026 ne sont pas éligibles. Le comité de nomination apprécie la diversité des genres et des origines culturelles, ainsi que les différentes époques de spécialisation dans la recherche.
Le dossier de candidature doit comprendre les éléments suivants :
- une lettre de motivation et un CV (2 pages maximum)
- une liste des publications les plus importantes
- une lettre de soutien d’au moins une organisation membre du CISH
- un résumé d’un projet original et innovant pour le CISH ou d’un projet de mission.
Le dossier de candidature doit être envoyé en un seul fichier PDF à office@cish.org avant le 31 mai 2025.
Les candidats sélectionnés seront soumis au vote de l’Assemblée générale en 2026. Les détails des procédures de sélection sont précisés dans les statuts du CISH.
Le comité de nomination nommé lors de l’Assemblée générale de 2024 à Tokyo est composé de : Catherine Horel (Présidente du CISH), Edoardo Tortarolo (Secrétaire général), Katalin Szende (Membre du Conseil d’administration); Radhika Seshan (Inde), Olunfunke Adeboye (Nigeria), Véronica Zarate (Mexique), Tomasz Schramm (Pologne).