International Students of History Association

The International Students of History Association (ISHA) is an international non-governmental organization of students of history. Based and active mainly in Europe, ISHA's goals are to facilitate communication and provide a platform of exchange for students of history and related sciences on an international level.[1]

International Students of History Association
AbbreviationISHA
Formation1990
TypeInternational Students' Association
Legal statusAssociation
PurposeEducational / Academic
HeadquartersBerlin, Germany
Region served
Europe
Membership
Student Associations / Individuals
Official language
English
President
Blaž Ševo
Main organ
General Assembly
Websiteisha-international.org

ISHA was founded in Budapest in May 1990 thanks to the initiative of Hungarian history students who, after the fall of the Iron Curtain, wanted to forge links with their colleagues in Western Europe. At present, ISHA's members include more than 25 sections in fifteen European countries, and a number of observers and associate members, while ISHA is itself an associate member of the European Students' Union (ESU). Moreover, ISHA closely cooperates with a number of other academic networks, among them the European History Network and EUROCLIO, the European Association of History Educators.[2][3]

Activities

Throughout the academic year, the various member sections take turns organizing several seminars and an Annual Conference. These events usually last five to seven days and take place with thirty to fifty (in case of the Annual Conference, up to a hundred) student participants from around Europe. They comprise workshops, discussions, lectures and presentations on varying topics, but also offer a cultural programme with visits and excursions. Additional leisure and evening activities are meant to provide more informal opportunities for participants to meet one another and thereby broaden their intercultural understandings.[4]

Past conferences[5]

YearCityCountryTitle
1990Budapest HungaryThe European Paradigm
1991Pécs HungaryPeople on the move: Migration
1992Helsinki FinlandGender and History
1993Tours FranceWhat does it mean to be Europe
1994Utrecht NetherlandsHistory of Daily Life
1995Mainz GermanyHistory and Propaganda
1996Vienna AustriaMan and Nature
1997Wroclaw PolandReligion and History
1998Helsinki FinlandRevolution!?
1999Heidelberg GermanyEnemies and Feinbilder
2000Zagreb CroatiaThe 20th Century
2001Vilnius LithuaniaMinorities
2002Nijmegen NetherlandsExpanding Horizons
2003Helsinki FinlandWho owns the Past?
2004Pula CroatiaTrade and Communication
2005Ohrid North MacedoniaReligion in History
2006Utrecht NetherlandsIdeologies through History
2007Turku FinlandPopular culture and History
2008Delft NetherlandsFacets of power
2009Zagreb CroatiaTurning points in History
2010Helsinki FinlandIntegration throughout History
2011Pula CroatiaEast and West: Bridging the Differences
2012Jena GermanyIdentities in Transition
2013Leuven BelgiumMigrations
2014Budapest HungaryImages of the Other: Relations between Western and Central-Eastern Europe in History
2015Bucharest RomaniaLocal vs Global: A Transnational Perspective on History
2016Canterbury United KingdomSensing the Past: A Sensory Perception of History
2017Eger HungaryReligion and History
2018Maribor/Graz Slovenia /  AustriaWork in Progress: Modernisation of History
2019Budapest HungaryRecycling History
2020Ghent BelgiumPower Structures, Colonialism & Imperialism throughout History

In 2009-10, ISHA took part in the project "Connecting Europe through History – Experiences and Perceptions of Migration in Europe", together with EUROCLIO and The Europaeum, an organization of ten leading European universities.[6]

In 2016-17, ISHA took part in the EU-funded project "Learning a History that is 'not yet History'", together with EUROCLIO and several other partners. The final event (a public debate) took place in the newly opened House of European History in Brussels.[7]

Carnival
Carnival
CategoriesHistorical journal
FrequencyYearly
First issue1999
LanguageEnglish
Websiteisha-international.org/Files/Carnival
ISSN1457-1226

Since 1999, ISHA publishes its own journal, Carnival, in which students can publish articles of their own. Carnival is a yearly publication and is open to contributions from all students of history and related sciences (not only ISHA members).[8]

Structure

The organs of ISHA are:

  • The General Assembly (GA in short), who acts like the parliament of the association. It consists of Active and Passive Members, but only the former have the right to vote. Active Members can vote via one Delegate of their own section, or by giving one Proxy Vote to a Delegate of another section. The GA decides on the association's policies, the modification of Statutes and Standing Orders, and on the Annual Conference it elects the Officials for the next term.
  • The International Board (IB in short) is ISHA's executive body. It is composed by five members: President, Secretary, Treasurer and two Vice-Presidents (or one Vice-President and one Vice-Secretary), who apply the guidelines decreed by the General Assembly.
  • The Council represents the main aid of the Board in accomplishing the tasks necessary for the functioning of ISHA.
  • The Archivist is responsible for maintaining and updating the ISHA Archives. Apart from a digitalised version, some parts of the ISHA Archives are physically available for consultation in the Artes - Ladeuze University Library of the KU Leuven, located on the Ladeuzeplein in Leuven.
  • The Editor-in-Chief is the head of the Editorial Board, which is responsible for issuing Carnival, the academic journal of the association.
  • The Webmaster has the task of keeping the ISHA website and social media accounts up-to-date.
  • The Treasury Supervision consists of two members and has the main task of checking the outgoing treasurer's work at the end of his/her term.
  • The Committees consist of an appointed Spokesperson (usually one of the Council Members) and at least one more member, plus several volunteers. Any Official, Active Member or Passive Member of ISHA can become part of the committees and attend the committee meetings. The Committees help the Officials in giving shape to the ideas and policies of ISHA. Currently, there are five thematic Committees:
    • The Alumni & PhD Network Committee
    • The Fundraising Committee
    • The Project Management Committee
    • The Public Relations Committee
    • The Training Committee

List of current sections (as of 2019)
CountrySections
 ArgentinaSan Miguel de Tucumán
 AustriaGraz, Vienna
 BelgiumBrussels, Ghent, Leuven
 Bosnia & HerzegovinaMostar, Sarajevo
 BrazilRio de Janeiro
 BulgariaBlagoevgrad, Sofia
 ChileSantiago de Chile
 ColombiaBogotá, Medellín
 CroatiaOsijek, Pula, Rijeka, Split, Zadar, Zagreb
 CyprusNicosia
 Czech RepublicPrague,[9] Olomouc
 FinlandHelsinki, Turku
 GermanyBerlin, Erfurt, Heidelberg, Jena, Marburg
 GreeceThessaloniki
 HungaryBudapest, Eger
 ItalyBologna, Milan, Pisa, Rome, Trieste-Koper
 LithuaniaVilnius
 NetherlandsLeiden, Nijmegen
 NigeriaIle-Ife
 North MacedoniaSkopje
 PolandŁódź, Poznań, Warsaw
 RomaniaBucharest
 RussiaKaliningrad, Moscow
 SerbiaBelgrade, Novi Sad
 SloveniaLjubljana, Maribor, Trieste-Koper
 SpainBilbao, Madrid
  SwitzerlandLausanne, Lugano
 TurkeyAnkara, Istanbul, Zonguldak
 United KingdomKent (Canterbury), Manchester

List of former Presidents
Year Name Country Section
1990-1991Zoltán Zarándy HungaryISHA Budapest
1991-1992
1992-1993
1993-1994
1994-1995
1995-1996
1996-1997
1997-1998
1998-1999Dragan Božić SerbiaISHA Novi Sad
1999-2000Mikko-Olavi Seppälä FinlandISHA Helsinki
2000-2001Konstantin zu Dohna GermanyISHA Heidelberg
2001-2002John Blake United KingdomISHA Nijmegen
2002-2003John Blake United KingdomISHA Nijmegen
2003-2004
2004-2005Janós Betkó NetherlandsISHA Nijmegen
2005-2006Alan Götz GermanyISHA Heidelberg
2006-2007Branimir Bekavac CroatiaISHA Zagreb
2007-2008Leonie Huijs NetherlandsISHA Nijmegen
2008-2009Marko Halonen FinlandISHA Helsinki
2009-2010Frerik Kampman NetherlandsISHA Utrecht
2010-2011Sarah Stroobants BelgiumISHA Leuven
2011-2012Stephanie Bakker NetherlandsISHA Utrecht
2012-2013Sven Mörsdorf GermanyISHA Jena
2013-2014Mišo Petrović CroatiaISHA Zagreb
2014-2015Barbora Hrubá Czech RepublicISHA Prague
2015-2016Daria Lohmann GermanyISHA Berlin
2016-2017 (resigned)Benjamin Harding United KingdomISHA Kent
→ 2016-2017 (Acting President)Lilla Zámbó HungaryISHA Budapest
2017-2018Lucija Balikić CroatiaISHA Zagreb
2018 (second half, intermediary term)Adam Tuković CroatiaISHA Osijek
2019Anselm Logghe BelgiumISHA Ghent / ISHA Bilbao
2020Blaž Ševo CroatiaISHA Split
2021Elina Sipilä FinlandISHA Helsinki

References
  1. http://www.isha-international.org/About
  2. http://www.cliohworld.net/
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-07-08. Retrieved 2014-09-02.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. http://www.isha-international.org/About
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-09-03. Retrieved 2014-09-02.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-08-12. Retrieved 2010-02-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "Learning a History that is 'not yet History'".
  8. http://www.isha-international.org/Files/Carnival
  9. http://www.ffabula.cz

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