European Social Science History Conference

The ESSHC 2010 will take place in Ghent, Belgium at the Bijloke Site,
from Tuesday 13 April up to and including Friday 16 April 2010.
(Conference desk will open on Monday afternoon, April 12)

Registration

For information on registration, please click here.

Hotels

In Ghent there is a limited capacity of hotelrooms. So we advise you to book your room early on. We are working together with a hotel booking-agency: A-travel. For information and booking, please click here

Travel grants

Information on how to apply for a travel grant is available here.

The site

The Bijloke site is an oasis of greenery close to the city centre of Ghent. For a long time its main activity was caring for the sick, but now it will be a superb haven for culture on the banks of the River Leie.
Caring for the sick was the main activity on the Bijloke site for seven centuries. This all changed a quarter of a century ago when it lost its role as a hospital and Ghent Polytechnic decided to house its main administrative offices, the Academy (Art) Department and part of the Conservatory (Music) Department in this former Civilian Hospital. On the initiative of Ghent City Council, they were followed by numerous other cultural activities and organisations: the Musiccenter Bijloke, Kunstwerk(t), IBK (Initiatief Beeldende Kunst/ Visual Arts Initiative), IAK (Initiatief Audiovisuele Kunst / Audiovisual Arts Initiative), the Flemish Community Belgian Mediadesk, Circusvlo, Gent Cultuurstad (Ghent Heritage Unit), Flanders OperaStudio and VLAMO (Flemish amateur music organisation). This process will be completed in 2009 when a number of building projects are finished. By that time the STAM and the accommodation for Het Muziek Lod and Les Ballets C. de la B. will be operational. The re-laying of the inner area will create a linking element between the various activities. Click here to see the (future) lay-out.

The conference

The ESSHC aims at bringing together scholars interested in explaining historical phenomena using the methods of the social sciences. The conference is characterized by a lively exchange in many small groups, rather than by formal plenary sessions. The conference is organized in a large number of networks which cover a variety of topics. It welcomes papers and sessions on any topic and any historical period. See the guidelines for papers and sessions. Read more about the ESSHC and past conferences.

Organization

The European Social Science History Conference is organized by the International Institute of Social History (IISH), an institute of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts & Sciences. Information on the IISH is available from its website at http://www.iisg.nl.
At the IISH Els Hiemstra is responsible for the ESSHC.

The ESSHC 2010 is organized in co-operation with local partners: