The Society for the History of the Humanities promotes the study of the history of humanistic disciplines including, but not limited to, archaeology, art history, historiography, linguistics, literary studies, musicology, philology, and media studies.
The aims of the Society are to connect experts in the history of these fields and to stimulate research into the earliest developments of the humanities across time and place, their formation into university disciplines, their continuous unfolding in the present day, as well as their relation to the sciences and society.
The central activity of the Society is the publication of the journal History of Humanities and the organization of the The Making of the Humanities conference. The Society currently consists of three Boards: the Editorial Board (for the journal), the Board of Events (for the conference and satellite events) and the International Board of the Society.
For further details on the History of the Humanities, see also A New Field: History of Humanities.
Editorial Board:
Rens Bod (U. of Amsterdam)
Julia Kursell (U. of Amsterdam)
Jaap Maat (U. of Amsterdam)
Floris Solleveld (KU Leuven, Review Editor)
Thijs Weststeijn (U. of Utrecht)
Board of Events:
Isak Hammar (Lund University, Chair)
Eric Hayot (Penn State)
Judith Kaplan (Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine)
Camilla de Simone (U. of Chieti)
Floris Solleveld (KU Leuven)
Lucila Mallart (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
International Board:
Rens Bod (U. of Amsterdam, Chair)
Christopher Drew Armstrong (U. of Pittsburgh)
Isak Hammar (Lund University)
Julia Kursell (U. of Amsterdam)
Fenrong Liu (Tsinghua University)
Jaap Maat (U. of Amsterdam, Secretary)
Helen Small (U. of Oxford)
Thijs Weststeijn (U. of Utrecht, Treasurer)
Contact details:
Chamber of Commerce (KvK)-number: 65957830.
Address: Society for the History of the Humanities, c/o Rens Bod, University of Amsterdam, Turfdraagsterpad 9, 1012 XT Amsterdam, Netherlands
Phone: +31 20 525 4536
Email: historyofhumanities@uva.nl
Giving to the Society:
To Donate
Donations can be transferred to:
‘Stichting History of Humanities’ with location ‘Amsterdam’
Swift: INGBNL2A
IBAN: NL98INGB0007324957
To give by check, please contact us via historyofhumanities@uva.nl.
Your Gifts
Your tax-deductible gift will benefit the Society in many ways. Gifts are used to support the executive office, the website, the organisation of The Making of the Humanities conferences and annual prizes, such as the Graduate Student Paper Award. If you would like to direct your gift for a special purpose, please contact us via historyofhumanities@uva.nl.