Category Archives: Society Updates

2022 ISIH AGM

The AGM of the ISIH will be held on 14 September 2022 at 09.30 CET, during the ‘Histories of Knowledge Conference’ at Ca’ Foscari University, Venice. Contact the ISIH General Secretary for information.

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CFP: Women in Intellectual History: An Online Seminar of the International Society for Intellectual History

The International Society for Intellectual History is pleased to announce a Call for Papers for the second instalment of its seminar series, Women in Intellectual History, which will take place online in late 2022 / early 2023. Women thinkers and their writings are still underrepresented in the discipline of intellectual history. Despite decades-long efforts at […]

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2022 Charles Schmitt Prize Winner

We are delighted to announce that the winner of the Charles Schmitt prize for 2022 is Felix Schlichter of the University of Cambridge, for his essay ‘Flavius Josephus and Early Modern Biblical Chronology’. The winning essay will be published in Intellectual History Review. The quality of top submissions was particularly high this year. So the […]

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ISIH appoints new Executive Committee member: Elias Buchetmann as Early Career Representative

The ISIH is delighted to announce a new position on our Executive Committee: Early Career Representative. The inaugural holder of this position is Elias Buchetmann (University of Rostock). The Early Career Representative will be responsible for arranging events each year primarily geared towards early career researchers in intellectual history. Last year these events included Coerced […]

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Call for Expressions of Interest – 2022 ISIH Online Events for Early Career Researchers

The International Society for Intellectual History is inviting expressions of interest from early career researchers who would like to organise an online event for ECRs with ISIH in 2022. Possible formats include but are not limited to workshops and seminar series, with a topic that would engage intellectual historians from a broad range of backgrounds. […]

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Charles Schmitt Prize 2022

As the result of generous donations from an anonymous donor and our publisher, the International Society for Intellectual History is offering, on an annual basis, a prize to honour the contribution of Charles B. Schmitt (1933-1986) to intellectual history. The prize is £250, plus £100 worth of books, and a year’s free membership of the […]

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#ISIH2021 Conference programme available

Coerced Labour in the Early Modern World (1500-1800): Definitions, Justifications and Resistances 7 – 8 September 2021, online The International Society for Intellectual History (ISIH) is pleased to present this conference as part of a series of online events designed by early career researchers, for early career researchers. Its main objective is to provide the community of intellectual historians […]

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CFP: Coerced Labour in the Early Modern World (1500-1800): Definitions, Justifications and Resistances

Coerced Labour in the Early Modern World (1500-1800): Definitions, Justifications and Resistances 6 – 8 September 2021, online The International Society for Intellectual History is pleased to announce our 2021 conference: Coerced Labour in the Early Modern World (1500-1800), which will take place online from 6 – 8 September 2021. From the ancient world to […]

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CFP: New ISIH Seminar Series, Women in Intellectual History

The International Society for Intellectual History is pleased to announce a Call for Papers for our new seminar series, Women in Intellectual History, which will take place Autumn/Winter 2021. Women thinkers and their writings are still underrepresented in the discipline of intellectual history. Despite decades-long efforts at canon-busting, research agendas and teaching curricula alike attest that much […]

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New Special Issue of Intellectual History Review: Women and Radical Thought in the Early Modern Period

The ISIH is excited to announce a new special issue, Women and Radical Thought in the Early Modern Period, edited by Sabrina Ebbersmeyer & Gianni Paganini. The special issue features an introduction and ten stellar articles on topics like “Sexual desire, gender equality and radical free-thinking” in the Theophrastus redivivus; “Mary Astell’s radical criticism of […]

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  • #ISIH2022 Conference

    #ISIH2022 Conference

    #ISIH2022 Our 2022 Conference will take place in Venice, 12-15 Sept.