Contributions to the History of Concepts

20/05/2025

[Reminder ]

Don't forget to apply until May, 31 and share the call!
📅 27th–29th October 2025
📍 Bologna, Italy

For detailed information, please visit:

Images of Historical Times. Concepts, Metaphors, and Arts

16/04/2025

📝 Explore the newest issue of Contributions (19/3), featuring articles on the concepts of Fascism, Historical Thinking, Working Nation in Mexico, and Police State by Bodin. This edition also includes a commemorative article in honor of J. G. A. Pocock and a selection of book reviews: conta.cc/4jpQHpg

And we have great news: Contributions to the History of Concepts goes Open Access, starting with Vol. 20! 🎊

Berghahn Books Christoffer Kølvraa Jan Ifversen Jorge Myers Marcelo Durão Matias Gonzalez Ben Holland Bruno Hamnell Gennaro Imbriano Nikolay Koposov

Email from Berghahn Journals Vol. 19, Issue 3 is out now The latest issue of Contributions to the History of Concepts has published! We are delighted to announce that Contributions to the History of

09/04/2025

Images of Historical Times. Concepts, Metaphors, and Arts

06/04/2025

[Conference ]

Many have asked, many more have waited, and now it’s here: The Call for Papers for the 26th International Conference on the History of Concepts titled „Images of Historical Times. Concepts, Metaphors, and Arts“ is open now! It will be hosted by the Department of the Arts, Bologna University Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, from 27th to 29th October 2025.

📅 27th–29th October 2025
📍 Bologna, Italy
⏰ Submission deadline: 31st May 2025

For detailed information, please visit: https://eventi.unibo.it/historical-times-bologna

Spread the word!

Gennaro Imbriano DAMSLab / La Soffitta - Università di Bologna

Images of Historical Times. Concepts, Metaphors, and Arts

03/04/2025

📯 The Call for the Concepta Summer School 2025 in the Helsinki edition is open now!

Time: 18 August–29 August 2025
Place: University of Helsinki, Central Campus
Application deadline: 15 May 2025

For more information and the application form, please follow: https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/centre-for-intellectual-history/news/cfp-introduction-to-conceptual-history-0

25/03/2025

If you have missed the announcement for Concepta Iberoamérica 2025, please find all the information below and apply for the annual summer school in Mexico City at El Colegio de México - Colmex!

VIII Escuela de Verano CONCEPTA Iberoamérica en Historia Conceptual

"Repensar la civilización y la barbarie" | 28 de julio-8 de agosto de 2025-El Colegio de México

Más información:
https://ceh.colmex.mx/actividad/concepta
¡Envía tu candidatura!

14/03/2025

Conference: In and Out of the Canon in Intellectual History

The Helsinki Centre for Intellectual History devotes its 2025 conference to exploring the question of being in and out of the canon of intellectual history. They welcome proposals for panels and individual papers that target the conference theme.

📆 15-17 December 2025
📌 University of Helsinki
⏰ deadline for proposals: 17 April 2025

More information: https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/centre-for-intellectual-history/in-and-out-of-the-canon-in-intellectual-history

17/02/2025

The “Exploring Worldviews” Interdisciplinary Seminar Series was launched in September 2024 at the Faculty of Religion Culture and Society, University of Groningen. The aim of this monthly seminar is to create a forum dedicated to unraveling the development and influence of the concept of "worldview" in contemporary thought and society.

It is still possible to join for the last two lectures:

📆February 27, 2025, 15:00-16:30 (Hybrid)
🗣Dr. David Ludwig (Wageningen University)
💡Bridging Worldviews through Transdisciplinary Co-Production?

📆April 2, 2025, 15:00 - 16:30 (Online)
🗣Prof. Trevor Cooling (Canterbury Christ Church University), Markus Davidsen (Leiden University), and Leni Franken (Antwerp University)
💡The emergence of worldview education in the school systems of the UK, the Netherlands and Flanders

More information:

The “Exploring Worldviews” Interdisciplinary Seminar Series will be launched on September 26, 2024 with a hybrid event at the Faculty of Religion Culture...

03/02/2025

This year's Call for Papers on the Entangled Histories of Concepts in the Bengal to Balkans Complex (B2B) is out!

💡 Entangled Histories of Concepts (with a focus on emotions and the body)
📆 September 22nd–26th, 2025
📌 Orient-Institut Istanbul
⏰ Deadline for Applications: March 1st, 2025

September 22nd – 26th, 2025, Orient-Institut Istanbul Call opened: January 29th, 2025 Deadline for applications: March 1st, 2025 The Summer Meeting on the Entangled Histories of in the Bengal-to…