International Students of History Association

Throughout the academic year, the various member sections take turns organizing several seminars and an Annual Conference. These events usually last five to seven days and take place with thirty to fifty (in case of the Annual Conference, up to a hundred) student participants from around Europe. They comprise workshops, discussions, lectures and presentations on varying topics, but also offer a cultural programme with visits and excursions. Additional leisure and evening activities are meant to provide more informal opportunities for participants to meet one another and thereby broaden their intercultural understandings.[4]

Past conferences[5]

Year	City	Country	Title
1990	Budapest	Hungary	The European Paradigm
1991	Pécs	Hungary	People on the move: Migration
1992	Helsinki	Finland	Gender and History
1993	Tours	France	What does it mean to be Europe
1994	Utrecht	Netherlands	History of Daily Life
1995	Mainz	Germany	History and Propaganda
1996	Vienna	Austria	Man and Nature
1997	Wroclaw	Poland	Religion and History
1998	Helsinki	Finland	Revolution!?
1999	Heidelberg	Germany	Enemies and Feinbilder
2000	Zagreb	Croatia	The 20th Century
2001	Vilnius	Lithuania	Minorities
2002	Nijmegen	Netherlands	Expanding Horizons
2003	Helsinki	Finland	Who owns the Past?
2004	Pula	Croatia	Trade and Communication
2005	Ohrid	North Macedonia	Religion in History
2006	Utrecht	Netherlands	Ideologies through History
2007	Turku	Finland	Popular culture and History
2008	Delft	Netherlands	Facets of power
2009	Zagreb	Croatia	Turning points in History
2010	Helsinki	Finland	Integration throughout History
2011	Pula	Croatia	East and West: Bridging the Differences
2012	Jena	Germany	Identities in Transition
2013	Leuven	Belgium	Migrations
2014	Budapest	Hungary	Images of the Other: Relations between Western and Central-Eastern Europe in History
2015	Bucharest	Romania	Local vs Global: A Transnational Perspective on History
2016	Canterbury	United Kingdom	Sensing the Past: A Sensory Perception of History
2017	Eger	Hungary	Religion and History
2018	Maribor/Graz	Slovenia /  Austria	Work in Progress: Modernisation of History
2019	Budapest	Hungary	Recycling History
2020	Ghent	Belgium	Power Structures, Colonialism & Imperialism throughout History

In 2009-10, ISHA took part in the project "Connecting Europe through History – Experiences and Perceptions of Migration in Europe", together with EUROCLIO and The Europaeum, an organization of ten leading European universities.[6]

In 2016-17, ISHA took part in the EU-funded project "Learning a History that is 'not yet History'", together with EUROCLIO and several other partners. The final event (a public debate) took place in the newly opened House of European History in Brussels.[7]

Since 1999, ISHA publishes its own journal, Carnival, in which students can publish articles of their own. Carnival is a yearly publication and is open to contributions from all students of history and related sciences (not only ISHA members).[8]

The organs of ISHA are:

• The General Assembly (GA in short), who acts like the parliament of the association. It consists of Active and Passive Members, but only the former have the right to vote. Active Members can vote via one Delegate of their own section, or by giving one Proxy Vote to a Delegate of another section. The GA decides on the association's policies, the modification of Statutes and Standing Orders, and on the Annual Conference it elects the Officials for the next term.
• The International Board (IB in short) is ISHA's executive body. It is composed by five members: President, Secretary, Treasurer and two Vice-Presidents (or one Vice-President and one Vice-Secretary), who apply the guidelines decreed by the General Assembly.
• The Council represents the main aid of the Board in accomplishing the tasks necessary for the functioning of ISHA.
• The Archivist is responsible for maintaining and updating the ISHA Archives. Apart from a digitalised version, some parts of the ISHA Archives are physically available for consultation in the Artes - Ladeuze University Library of the KU Leuven, located on the Ladeuzeplein in Leuven.
• The Editor-in-Chief is the head of the Editorial Board, which is responsible for issuing Carnival, the academic journal of the association.
• The Webmaster has the task of keeping the ISHA website and social media accounts up-to-date.
• The Treasury Supervision consists of two members and has the main task of checking the outgoing treasurer's work at the end of his/her term.
• The Committees consist of an appointed Spokesperson (usually one of the Council Members) and at least one more member, plus several volunteers. Any Official, Active Member or Passive Member of ISHA can become part of the committees and attend the committee meetings. The Committees help the Officials in giving shape to the ideas and policies of ISHA. Currently, there are five thematic Committees:
  • The Alumni & PhD Network Committee
  • The Fundraising Committee
  • The Project Management Committee
  • The Public Relations Committee
  • The Training Committee

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