The CISH Board was elected during the General Assembly held on 27 August 2026 in Leipzig in the presence of 41 delegates from national committees and affiliated organisations.
The 14 members of the Board offer a large geographic, gender and thematic diversity.
Members:
- Sacha Zala (President, Swiss Society for History)
- Katalin Szende (Commission for the History of Towns / Hungarian National Committee)
- Matthias Middell (German National Committee)
- Gabriela Pellegrino Soares (Brazilian and Chilean National Committee)
- Radmila Švaříčková Slabáková (Czech National Committee)
- Anne Conchon (French National Committee)
- Tyson Retz (International Committee of the History and Theory of Historiography)
- Mahmood Kooria (International Consortium for Oceanic History)
- Joanna Wojdon (International Society for History Didactics / International Federation for Public History)
- Irene Gaddo (Italian National Committee)
- Tamar Herzig (The Historical Society of Israel)
- Milos Vojinovic (Serbian National Committee)
- Kimberly Welch (American Historical Association)
- Elina Ziehm (International Students of History Association)
The new Board is committed to CISH’s mission of promoting historical scholarship and international cooperation among historians worldwide.