- The CISH-Board has drafted a new Constitution for CISH to be enacted in 2026. Read the draft here and participate in the public consultation on 31 October 2025. More details here.
- The CISH-Board calls its members to submit candidatures for hosting the next World Congress of Historical Sciences in 2029 or 2030. More details 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 For that purpose, we’re asking our members to send historical documents of their cooperation with CISH to edition@cish.org until September 30, 2025.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.
- 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.
- 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.
A New Constitution for CISH
The CISH Board has drafted a new Constitution for CISH to be voted on in the General Assembly (GA) of 2026 in Leipzig, which will be held on 28 August 2026.
The new Constitution will allow us to act more swiftly and strengthen the professionalization of CISH. The main new idea of the new Constitution is a clear cascade of decision-making competences. The highest organ is the General Assembly, the lowest the Office. The Office decides on day-to-day matters. If a larger political legitimacy is needed, it can take matters to the Presidium, which in turn can convene the Board, if it deems the matter too important to decide on its own. Questions of great political significance would be decided by the General Assembly. You’ll find the draft here.
We cordially invite you to send us your comments and questions until 21 October 2025 (office@cish.org). A public consultation of the new Constitution will be held via Zoom on 31 October 2025, 13:30–15:30 CET. Please inform office@cish.org about your intention to participate in this session to obtain a link. A revised draft will be presented in the preliminary GA of 2026 to be held in Spring 2026 via Zoom.
Call for Candidatures Hosting the Next International Historical Congress 2029 or 2030
In 2021 the GA chose Jerusalem for the venue of the International Congress of Historical Sciences to be hosted in 2026. Because of the ongoing war in the Near East, in 2024 it was decided to postpone the congress to 2028 and to host a Centennial Congress in Leipzig in 2026 instead. However, the circumstances in the Near East since then even have worsened. The Israeli National Committee thus informed us about its desire to step back from organizing the Congress in 2028 as the circumstances in the Near East simply do not allow its organization in the near future (Letter and Response). CISH is deeply committed to the idea that international scholarship and dialogue can foster mutual understanding as well as reconciliation. In this spirit, we hope that someday it will be possible to host a CISH-Congress in Israel, and we sincerely thank Professor Shmuel Feiner and all our Israeli colleagues for their efforts in these past months.
Considering said developments, the CISH Board invites its members to submit candidatures for hosting the next International Historical Congress in 2029 or 2030. Candidatures must include a concept, letters of support of the hosting institutions and the government as well as a preliminary budget. Please send your candidatures to office@cish.org until 31 May 2026. A public Q&A will be held on November 28, 2025, 13:30–15:30 CET via Zoom. Please inform office@cish.org about your intention to participate in this Q&A to obtain a link. Supposing that the new Constitution will be enacted, a set of candidatures will be selected in the GA of 2026 in Leipzig. The Presidium will then conduct negotiations with the respective National Committees; the final decision will be taken by the CISH-Board.
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.