International Students of History Association

International Students of History Association

Abbreviation	ISHA
Formation	1990
Type	International Student's Association
Legal status	Association
Purpose	Educational / Academic
Headquarters	Zürich, Switzerland
Region served	Europe
Membership	Student Associations / Individuals
Official language	English
President	Daria Lohmann
Main organ	General Assembly
Website	isha-international.org

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.

ISHA was founded in Budapest in 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.

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.

Past conferences

Year	City	Country	Title
1990	Budapest	Hungary	The European Paradigm
1991	Pécs	Hungary	People on the move: Migration
1992	Helsinki	Finland	Gender and History
1993	Tours	France	What does it mean to be Europe
1994	Utrecht	Netherlands	History of Daily Life
1995	Mainz	Germany	History and Propaganda
1996	Vienna	Austria	Man and Nature
1997	Wroclaw	Poland	Religion and History
1998	Helsinki	Finland	Revolution!?
1999	Heidelberg	Germany	Enemies and Feinbilder
2000	Zagreb	Croatia	The 20th Century
2001	Vilnius	Lithuania	Minorities
2002	Nijmegen	Netherlands	Expanding Horizons
2003	Helsinki	Finland	Who owns the Past?
2004	Pula	Croatia	Trade and Communication
2005	Ohrid	Macedonia	Religion in History
2006	Utrecht	Netherlands	Ideologies through History
2007	Turku	Finland	Popular culture and History
2008	Delft	Netherlands	Facets of power
2009	Zagreb	Croatia	Turning points in History
2010	Helsinki	Finland	Integration throughout History
2011	Pula	Croatia	East and West: Bridging the Differences
2012	Jena	Germany	Identities in Transition
2013	Leuven	Belgium	Migrations
2014	Budapest	Hungary	Images of the Other: Relations between Western and Central-Eastern Europe in 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.

Carnival

Carnival

Frequency	Yearly
First issue	1999
Language	English
Website	isha-international.org/Files/Carnival
ISSN	1457-1226

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).

Structure

The organs of ISHA are:

• The General Assembly (GA in short), who acts like the parliament of the association. It is made by member and observer sections, but only the former have the right to vote. It decides on the association's policies and the modification of statutes and standing orders and elects the Officials.
• The International Board (IB in short) is ISHA's executive body. It is composed by four members: President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer, 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 Treasury Committee is made by two members and has the main task of checking the outgoing treasurer's work at the end of his term.
• The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for the yearly issue of Carnival.
• The Webmaster has the task of keeping the ISHA website up-to-date.

List of current sections (as of 2016)

Country	Sections
Austria	Graz, Vienna
Belgium	Gent, Leuven
Bulgaria	Sofia
Croatia	Osijek, Pula, Rijeka, Split, Zadar, Zagreb
Cyprus	Nicosia
Czech Republic	Prague, Olomouc
Finland	Helsinki, Turku
France	Saint-Étienne, Paris, Strasbourg
Germany	Berlin, Heidelberg, Jena, Marburg, Mannheim
Greece	Thessaloniki
Hungary	Budapest, Eger
Italy	Bologna, Milan, Rome,
Lithuania	Vilnius
Macedonia	Skopje
The Netherlands	Utrecht
Poland	Warsaw
Romania	Bucharest
Serbia	Belgrade
Slovakia	Banská Bystrica
Slovenia	Ljubljana, Maribor,
Switzerland	Zürich
Ukraine	Lviv
United Kingdom	Kent (Canterbury), London, Edinburgh

External links

www.isha-international.org