Call for Paper and session proposals for the ESSHC 2027,  21-24 April,  hosted by ENS, Lyon, France.   

We invite you to submit your paper and panel proposals for the 16th edition of the European Social Science History Conference. The deadline for submission is April 15, 2026.

The aim of the ESSHC is 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 historical topic and any historical period. It is organized in 28 thematic networks. We strongly encourage interdisciplinary and international sessions.

New platform:  For this edition we are working Oxford Abstracts for the registration and abstract handling.  

Click here for guidelines of how to submit a paper or session proposal.

Click here to submit your paper and here for a panel/session proposal on the Oxford Abstracts Platform 

PhD students are invited to enter their paper for the Prof. Jan Lucassen Award for best paper by a PhD student in the conference programme.

Deadline for submission: 15.4.2026

More info: https://esshc.iisg.amsterdam/en