Programme at a glance
The congress program consists of 48 sessions;
three major themes, twenty special sessions and twenty five so-called
round table sessions. In addition to the regular sessions, up
to 22 Affiliated Organizations (AIO) and 18 International Committees
(IC) will hold seminars during the congress.
- Major themes
- Specialised themes
- Round tables
- Poster sessions
- Affiliated International
Organisations
- International Commissions
- Workshops
Time Table - Major themes / Specialised
themes / Round tables / Poster sessions
Time Table - Affiliated International
Organisations / International Commissions / Workshops
Major
themes
- M1. Perspectives
on global history: concepts and methodology
- a) Is universal history possible?
- b) Cultural encounters between continents
over the centuries
- M2. Millennium,
time and history
- a) The construction and division of time:
periodisation and chronology
- b) Eschatology, millenarian movements
and visions of the future
- M3. The
uses and misuses of history and the responsibility of the historians,
past and present
Specialized
themes
- S1. An assessment of XXth-century
historiography: professionalisation, methodologies, writings
- S2. Memory and collective identity:
How do societies construct and administer their past?
- S3. Scientific discoveries:
the transmission and reception of scientific learning
- S4. The theory and practice
of justice: law, norms, deviance
- S5. Muslim societies over the
centuries
- S6. Religion and gender
- S7. Christian missions, modernisation,
colonisation and decolonisation
- S8. Family structures, demography
and population: a comparison of societies in Asia and Europe
- S9. Regions and regionalisation
- S10. The social practices of
writing and reading from Antiquity to the present
- S11. Masculinity as practice
and representation
- S12. Forms of totalitarianism
and dictatorship
- S13. Changing boundaries and
definitions of work over time and space
- S14. Minority cultures in relation
to dominant majorities
- S15. Central Europe: unity and
diversity
- S16. Changing approaches to
the Pacific world
- S17. Modernity and tradition
in Latin America
- S18. New developments in environmental
history
- S19. Modes of communication
from Antiquity to the present
- S20. Power, violence and mass
death in pre-modern and modern times
Round
tables
- R1. The media revolution (multimedia
and Internet) and historical research
- R2. The teaching of history:
new techniques, textbooks, and the place of history in the curriculum
- R3. Comparative history: methods
and models
- R4. Radio and television broadcasts
as sources for history
- R5. Army and power in the Ancient
World
- R6. Voyages and exploration
in the North Atlantic from the Middle Ages to the XVIIth century
- R7. Encounters and confrontations
between European and non-European legal and judicial systems
- R8. Gay and lesbian history
- R9. Family, marriage and property
rights
- R10. Nobility in comparative
perspective
- R11. Co-operation as an economic
system
- R12. Sport and gender through
the centuries: Comparative Approaches
- R13. Gender, race, xenophobia
and nationalism
- R14. Christianisation of northern,
eastern and central Europe around A.D. 1000
- R15. The Baltic area in history
- R16. China and the world in
the XVIIIth century
- R17. The history of disease
- R18. The history of suicide
- R19. The opening of archives
and the history of communism (1990-2000)
- R20. Propaganda and the images
of power
- R21. The Cold War revisited:
a half-century of historical writing
- R22. Tourism and history
- R23. Peace treaties and reconciliation
- R24. The individual and the
notion of private life
- R25. Historical journals between
«generalist» approach and extreme specialisation
Poster
sessions
Poster sessions are a forum for
students and professionals from around the world to share their
ideas with colleagues by presenting research results, practical
problem-solving efforts, or innovative programs. The Poster sessions
will be displayed on bulletin boards and will provide other congress
participants with an opportunity to quickly and easily become
acquainted with new topics. Poster sessions will be held throughout
the Congress.
Affiliated
International Organisations
- 1. International Association
of Southeast Europe
2. International Association of Contemporary History of Europe
3. International Association of History of Law and Institutions
4. International Association for Economic History
5. International Commission for the Second World War
6. The International Federation for Research on the History of
Women
7. International Association for Byzantine Studies
8. International Commission for the History of Historiography
9. International Commission on the History of Social Movements
and Structures
10.International Commission on Comparative Ecclesiastic History
11. International Commission of Maritime History
12. International Commission of Military History
13. International Numismatics Commission
14. International Commission of Slavic Studies
15. International Commission for the History of Representative
and Parliamentary Institutions
16. International Commission on the History of Universities
17. International Commission for the History of Towns
18. International Federation of Societies and Institutes for
Renaissance Studies
19. Commission of History of International Relations
20. Instituto Panamericano de Geografia y Historia
21. The International Association of Historical Societies for
the Study of Jewish History
22. International Society for History Didactics
23. Arab Historians Association
24. Unione Internazionale degli Instituti di Archeologia, Storia
e Storia dell´Arte in Roma
International
Commissions
- 1. Association Against the Manipulation
of History
2. African Historians Association
3. International Commission on Latin Paleography
4. International Commission for Historical Metrology
5. International Commission on the History of the French Revolution
6. International Commission on Historical Journals
7. International Commission on Historical Demography
8. International Commission of Diplomatics
9. International Commission on the History of the Russian Revolution
10. Commission for the Conservation and Publication of Contemporary
Sources
11. International Association for Media and History
12. International Commission for the Application of Quantitative
Methods in History
13. International Standing Conference for the History of Education
14. Study of Sovereignty
15. Peace History Society
16. Society for the Study of Crusades and the Latin East
Workshops
- 1. Central and East Europe (ICHS/UNESCO
panels)
2. Africa, Sub-Sahara (ICHS/UNESCO panels)
3. Latin America / América Latina: Retos y resultados
en la investigación
4. Scandinavia
5. European regional affiliate of the World History Association
6. H-NET (Humanities and Social Sciences Online)
7. IMAG - International Microdata Access Group