RHN 23/2026 | Call
ESSHC Organisers: International Institute of Social History in co-operation with the ENS, Lyon, France
Rural History Network Chairs: Lev Centrih (Department of History, Faculty of Humanities, University of Primorska), Davide Cristoferi (Université Libre de Bruxelles) and Harm Zwarts (University of Groningen)
21–24 April 2027, Lyon, France
Deadline for Submissions: 15 April 2026
Call for Panels and Paper Proposals:
16th European Social Science History Conference
The call for panels and papers for the 16th ESSHC Conference – which will take place in Lyon on 21-24 April 2027 – is now open.
Since 1996, the aim of the ESSHC is to bring together scholars interested in explaining historical phenomena using the methods of the social sciences. The conference, organized in English in 28 thematic networks, will host specific sessions on rural, agrarian and environmental history, from Antiquity to Contemporary age.
In particular, the Rural Network embraces economic, social, ecological, geographical, demographical, cultural and political approaches to the rural. Global food needs, rural heritage, management of natural resources are all relevant topics of rural history, as are topics such as productivity change in agriculture, transfer of property, and rural organization. We believe that the use of comparisons between periods and regions can strengthen our discipline. Finally, we want to be a forum where new sources and methods for the many branches of rural history can be tested and discussed.
Everyone interested in applying for one or more panels through the Rural History Network can contact one of us as co-chairs, according to his or her research area and/or interest.
- Lev Centrih: lev.centrih@fhs.upr.si (Eastern and Southern Europe, Modern and Contemporary age)
- Davide Cristoferi: davide.cristoferi@ulb.be (Western and Southern Europe, Antiquity, Medieval and Early Modern times)
- Harm Zwarts: h.zwarts@rug.nl (Western and Northern Europe, Modern and Contemporary age)
The deadline for Submissions is 15 April 2026.
Here the guidelines of how to submit a paper or session proposal.
Here the guidelines for a paper and/or panel/session proposal on the Oxford Abstracts Platform.
Conference website: https://esshc.iisg.amsterdam/en/esshc-conference
Source: https://esshc.iisg.amsterdam/en/esshc-conference-2025