The ESSHC 2010 will take place in Ghent, Belgium
From Tuesday 13 April up to and including Friday 16 April 2010.
(Conference desk will open on Monday afternoon, April 12)
Information on registration
Read more about the site of the conference.
The ESSHC 2010 is organized in co-operation with local partners:
Amsab, Institute of Social History
Hogeschool Gent (Ghent Polytechnic)
Muziekcentrum De Bijloke (Music center De Bijloke)
STAM, Stadsmuseum Gent (Ghent City Museum)
and is supported by the City of Ghent.
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.
Read more about the ESSHC and past conferences.
Go to ESSHC 2010 for programme, registration etc.
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 www.iisg.nl.
At the IISH Els Hiemstra is responsible for the ESSHC.
ESSHC Conference Secretariat
c/o International Institute of Social History
Cruquiusweg 31
P.O. Box 2169
1000 CD Amsterdam
the Netherlands
tel: + 31 20 66 858 66
fax: + 31 20 66 541 81
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