Contributions to the History of Concepts

07/01/2025

We are excited to share the series on 'Historical Anxiety' and how it impacts our understanding of the past and the future, sponsored by University College, Oxford. It features contributions by Jeffrey Andrew Barash, Francois Hartog, Stefanos Geroulanos, and Hartmut Rosa. All information is provided below⬇️ and following the link: https://www.thephilosopher1923.org/events

14/12/2024

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04/11/2024

28th European Conference for South Asian Studies (ECSAS)
Heidelberg - Germany, 1- 4 October 2025

CALL FOR PAPERS IS NOW OPEN!

Greetings from Heidelberg! We are happy to announce that the academic committee has accepted a record 125 panels to form the basis of the conference program at ECSAS Heidelberg 2025. The call for papers is now open. ECSAS invites scholars to submit paper abstracts that align with the panels that have been accepted by the academic committee. The submission deadline for paper proposals is January 30, 2025 (midnight CET).

For more Information about the application process: https://ecsas2025.com/call-for-panels/
Organizing Secretariat: [email protected]

We look forward to seeing you in Heidelberg.

02/09/2024

[REMINDER ]

Start the week off right and consider applying for the new conference series on "Parliamentary Junctures in Continental Europe". The deadline has been extended until September 20th, 2024! For details, follow the link: https://ihpan.edu.pl/en/extended-deadline-workshop-parliamentary-junctures-in-continental-europe/

Organizers: Piotr Kuligowski, Wiktor Marzec, Bartosz Dziewanowski-Stefańczyk Academic Committee: Marnix Beyen, Anna Grześkowiak-Krwawicz, Paulina Kewes, Judit Pál, Henk te Velde First Edition, 23-24 January 2025 Residues and Innovations within Imperial Orders. Political Assemblies in Continenta...

09/07/2024

📯 Don't miss Ewa Domańska's Koselleck-Lecture tomorrow at Universität Bielefeld! For everybody unable to attend in person, please contact [email protected] for the Zoom link.

💡"Anticipatory History: Contouring the Future through Historical Sources and Ethical Duties"
📆 10th July 2024
⏰ 6-8pm CEST
📌 Bielefeld/online via Zoom

In this lecture I will challenge the presentist bias of historical thinking captured in Benedetto Croce’s assertion that “all history is contemporary history.” I will propose treating historical knowledge as a form of anticipatory knowledge, capable of not only narrating our past but also illu...

05/07/2024

INSCRIPCIONES ABIERTAS

La historia conceptual en Iberoamérica: trayectorias, problemas y enfoques

A cargo de: Noemí Goldman (UBA-CONICET) y Fabio Wasserman (UBA-CONICET)

8 encuentros, jueves de 17 a 21hs, modalidad virtual
Inicia 1º de agosto
Abierto a estudiantes externxs

Consultas e inscripciones: [email protected].

10/06/2024

[From our family: ‘Analytical Concepts for Transcultural Settings’]

In global intellectual history, there exists a tension between analytical concepts often carrying a Western or colonial pedigree and their ability to capture the multifaceted reality of historical actors who cannot be placed in one language or culture alone.

The thematic section titled ‘Analytical Concepts for Transcultural Settings’ highlights the role of global intellectual historians as mediators who balance local realities with global narratives. It emphasizes how rethinking the crucial role of analytical concepts can help historical actors challenge and transcend conventional categories, urging historians to adapt their analytical frameworks for transcultural settings accordingly.

The editor Luc Wodzicki brings together former members of the Graduate School Global Intellectual History, who each focus on one concept and critically discuss it based on specific case studies: Paulina Dominik (Biography), Daniel Kolland (Modernity), Seb Boo (Q***r), Luc Wodzicki (Transculturality), and Leonie Wolters (Translation). Luc Wodzicki and Sebastian Conrad have written an introduction to the individual articles.

Have a look and share – the issue is in open access:

THE DESTRUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF HEBREW BOOKS Ed. by Miriam Benfatto and Elena LolliMiriam Benfatto and Elena Lolli, The Destruction and Preservation of Hebrew Books. New Sources and Methodologies for Studying Catholic Censorship and Other Forms of Dismemberment and Rescue of Hebrew Texts in Late...

10/05/2024

New Cambridge Element Conceptualizing the History of the Present Time by María Inés Mudrovcic out now! Read free for 2 weeks.
https://cup.org/3Qzl4xj

06/05/2024

[NEW ISSUE: 19/1, 2024]

In the opening article of the latest issue, titled “Travelling Concepts: On the Road with Margrit Pernau,” Jan Ifversen invites us on a journey through Margrit Pernau’s intellectual work. Through her exploration of postcolonial, global, and intercultural conceptual history, as well as the history of emotions and temporalities, Pernau's contributions to the discipline are extensive. Moreover, her invaluable role as the journal's longest-serving editor, a position she held until stepping down in 2023, cannot be overstated. Take part in this intellectual journey and explore the outstanding article, available for :

In 2023, Margrit Pernau stepped down as editor of Contributions to the History of Concepts. She first took up the position as editor in 2009, and, with her fifteen years on the editorial team, she has been by far our longest serving editor. Over the years, Margrit Pernau has played an invaluable rol...

03/05/2024

[CONCEPTA Summer School]

The for the annual Summer School "Introduction to Conceptual History" in Helsinki is out now – spread the word!
📍 University of Helsinki, Finland
📅 19–30 August 2024
📄 Application deadline: 31 May 2024

Please find all the information and the application form by following the link: https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/centre-for-intellectual-history/news/cfp-introduction-to-conceptual-history