The International Institute for Social History will organize the Eighth European Social Science History conference at the Bijloke Site in Ghent, Belgium, 13 - 16 April 2010.
Now available: the preliminary programme.
The aim of the ESSHC is 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 welcomes papers and sessions on any historical topic and any historical period. It is organized in 28 networks, which cover a certain topic. There are two new networks: Material and Consumer Culture and Politics, Nations, Nationalism (a merger of the Politics and Nations networks). The conference language is English.
Please note it is no longer possible to pre-register a paper or session proposal (deadline was 1 May 2009). It is still possible to pre-register as listener. If you have been in touch with the network chairs or session organizers about a paper proposal and still have to pre-register, please contact the secretariat at esshc@iisg.nl
All conference participants are required to register.
When you have pre-registered we will send you information on the final registration, payment, and accomodation in the fall of 2009.
| Conference fee | Payment in advance | Payment on location |
| Full fee | Euro 200 | Euro 250 |
| One day attendance | Euro 100 | Euro 125 |
| Special (MA) student fee | Euro 50 |
All participants are required to handle their final registration and payment before 15 December 2009 (a notification will be sent in the Fall of 2009).
When you cancel your registration before March 15, 2010 and have already paid the conference fee, we will refund the fee minus Euro 20 for administration costs. When you cancel your registration after March 15, 2010 there will be no refund.
If you cancel please inform the esshc secretariat and the chair(s) of your network.On the website you can log on to your Personal page. After the pre-registration you will receive a log-in and password. With these you can log on to your personal page. The personal page shows all registration information we have on you and a log of the e-mails we have sent to date.
The advantage is that you can always check what information we have sent you and when.
Sometimes our e-mail messages disappear in spam filters, but via this personal page the info in these mails can always be retrieved. You also need to log on with the password/log-in combination to upload your paper and for the final registration and payment (information on payment will follow in the Fall of 2009).