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8th European Social Science History Conference Ghent, Belgium, 13 – 16 April 2010

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 welcomes papers and sessions on any topic and any historical period. It is organized in a large number of networks:

Africa – Antiquity – Asia – Criminal Justice – Culture – Economics – Education and Childhood – Elites – Ethnicity and Migration – Family and Demography – Geography – Health – History and Computing – Labour – Latin America – Material and Consumer Culture – Middle Ages – Oral History – Politics – Religion – Rural – Sexuality – Social Inequality – Technology – Theory – Urban – Women and Gender – World History

The deadline for pre-registration on our website is 1 may 2009.

The 8th European Social Science History Conference is organized by the International Institute of Social History 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)

Further information and the online pre-registration form for the conference please go to the Conference Internet site at [url]http://www.iisg.nl/esshc[/url]

or contact the conference secretariat:

European Social Science History Conference 2010, c/o International Institute of Social History
PO Box 2169 1000 CD Amsterdam The Netherlands
Telephone: +31.20.66 858 66
Fax: +31.20.66 541 81
E mail: [mailto]esshc@iisg.nl[/mailto]