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ICHS/CISH General Assembly in Tokyo, October 25, 2024

Update, April 26, 2024

On behalf of the ICHS/CISH Board, we would like to inform all members that we have been following the evolving situation in the Middle East with particular attention and concern since October 7, 2023. In light of the ongoing escalation, we have agreed that there are no conditions to prepare for the 2026 Congress in Jerusalem. The Board, in agreement with the Historical Society of Israel, decided to postpone the ICHS/CISH Congress until 2028 and to hold a Congress dedicated to the centenary of ICHS/CISH in 2026.

The General Assembly will take place at the Kasumigaseki Campus (Small Campus), Teikyo University, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, October 25, 2024, from 9 am to 5 pm.

The award will be delivered after the ICHS/CISH General Assembly at the Embassy of the Federative Republic of Brazil in Japan, in Tokyo, October 25, 2024, from 6 pm to 8 pm.

The conference Crossings and Connections: East Asia and the World, c1800-1945 will take place at the Hachioji Campus, Teikyo University, Tokyo, October 26, 2024. The deadline for submission of paper proposals is confirmed as April 30, 2024.

April 26, 2024

The President of CISH and the Secretary General

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Announcement – Crossings and Connections: East Asia and the World, c1800-1945

Date: Saturday, 26 October 2024
Place: Teikyo University, Hachioji Campus, 359 Otsuka, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, 192-0395, Japan

The international conference on “Crossings and Connections: East Asia and the World, c1800-1945” is an accompanying program of the General Assembly of the International Committee of Historical Sciences (ICHS) hosted by the Japanese National Committee of the ICHS and the Japanese Historical Council.

CONFERENCE WEBSITE: https://sites.google.com/view/crossings-and-connections

REGISTRATION
Please complete registration and payment below by October 16, 2024 (JST).

Registration: https://forms.gle/ftqbkgQ8d9s32stbA
Payment for Reception Party (light meals and drinks, 2000 yen): https://jnc-ichs2024tokyo.peatix.com

*After October 16, participants must register and pay the fee for the reception party at the venue in cash.

CONTACT INFORMATION
ichs2024tokyo@gmail.com

Japanese National Committee of ICHS/CISH
https://www.cish.org/index.php/fr/membres/information/?pdb=462

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Laura de Mello e Souza awarded the 2024 International Prize for History CISH

The fourth edition of the International Prize for History CISH 2024 will be awarded to Laura de Mello e Souza, for her intellectual and academic career, alongside the exceptional quality, originality and uniqueness of her work.

For more than four decades, Laura de Mello e Souza has engaged with various trends and waves in historiography, both international and Brazilian, contributing to the progress of historical research and to the dialogue between cultures, opening many new perspectives and training generations of scholars. Social and cultural history have always been her fields of choice, but she has also combined them with political, religious, and literary history.

Among her many publications, many translated into different languages, a few may be mentioned here:

  • Os Desclassificados do Ouro, published in 1983 (translated into French: Les déclassés de l’or. La pauvreté dans le Minas Gerais au XVIIIe siècle, Paris: Le Poisson volant éditeur, 2020);
  • O Diabo na Terra de Santa Cruz (published in English as The Devil and the Land of the Holy Cross: Witchcraft, Slavery, and Popular Religion in Colonial Brazil, Austin: University of Texas Press, 2003; and in Spanish as El diablo en la tierra de Santa Cruz: hechichería y religiosidad popular en el Brasil colonial, Madrid: Alianza, 1993);
  • O Sol e a Sombra: política e administração na América portuguesa do século XVIII  (São Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 2006);
  • Cláudio Manuel da Costa: o letrado dividido (São Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 2011).

The award will be delivered during the ICHS/CISH General Assembly in Tokyo on October 27, 2024.
Please find here the Board’s statement for the 2024 International Prize for History CISH to Laura de Mello e Souza.

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ICHS-CISH General Assembly, Tokyo 2024

The next General Assembly of ICHS-CISH will take place in Tokyo on Sunday, October 27, 2024.

The arrival is recommended on Thursday, October 24, 2024
The Board will meet on Friday 25.
On Saturday 26, a scientific conference organized by our Japanese colleagues will take place.
On Sunday 27, the General Assembly will take place. At its conclusion, the award ceremony of the International Award for History.
Monday 28: day off and departure.

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ICHTH–INTH Book Prize for the History and Theory of Historiography – Call for Applications 

The International Commission for the History and Theory of Historiography (ICHTH) and the International Network for Theory of History (INTH) jointly award a Book Prize and a First Book Prize, worth $500 each, for the Best Book and Best First Book on any aspect of the history and theory of historiography. The Prize is supported by the journal Storia della Storiografia. 

Submissions are now open for the 2024 ICHTH–INTH BEST BOOK AND BEST FIRST BOOK (published between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2023) 

SCOPE 
The Prize focuses on books in the field of the history and theory of historiography. A book is any single-author publication with an ISBN. There are two categories: Best First Book and Best Book, with the former targeting first works (including published Ph.D. dissertations) of early-career scholars and the latter targeting all other works. Authors may submit only one book. 

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS 

  • The submitted book should be published between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2023.
  •  The submitted book should be in English, French, German or Spanish (based on the linguistic competence of the Prize Committee).
  • The following materials should be submitted to the Prize Committee:
    (1) one hard copy of the book: please send to Berber Bevernage, History Department, Ghent University, St. Pietersnieuwstraat 35, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
    (2) a pdf of the book (for internal use of the Prize Committee): please send to
    prize@ichth.net.
    (3) a pdf with curriculum vitae and list of publications: please send to
    prize@ichth.net.

All scholars, whether ICHTH or INTH members or not, can submit. Pdfs should not exceed 25 MB.
Each e-mail will receive an automatic response acknowledging its receipt. 

PRIZE COMMITTEE
The Prize Committee consists of four scholars nominated by ICHTH and INTH: Prof. Berber Bevernage (Ghent University, Belgium), Prof. Lizette Jacinto (Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Mexico), Prof. Lize Kriel (University of Pretoria, South Africa), and Prof. Marek Tamm (Tallinn University, Estonia). 

COMPETITION CALENDAR 

  • Deadline for electronic submission is 31 December 2023 (early submissions are
    encouraged).
  •  A shortlist of selected candidates will be determined by 20 April 2024.
  • An announcement and celebration of the Prize will be held on 22–24 May 2024 at
    the INTH conference in Lisbon.

    BOOK PRIZE FORA IN STORIA DELLA STORIOGRAFIA
    Storia della Storiografia will publish two Fora dedicated to the Prize winners: Forum for the Best First Book and Forum for the Best Book. Both Fora will consist of a summary of the winning book by the laureate, three review essays, and a rejoinder by the laureate.

    WEBSITES
    Prize updates are available at https://www.ichth.net/prize and https://inth.ugent.be.
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