In 2026, the twelfth Making of the Humanities (MOHXII) conference will be hosted by Nicolaus Copernicus University, in Toruń, Poland, October 7-9, 2026.

Under the title “The Structure of Humanistic Revolutions,” this conference will seek to critically explore the transformations that have shaped the history of the humanities. Drawing inspiration from Thomas Kuhn’s seminal work “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions,” we will engage in a reflective analysis of how “revolutions” within humanistic disciplines have been conceptualized, contested, and institutionalized over time. The choice of Toruń, Copernicus’s birthplace, provides an especially fitting setting for these discussions.

Please note that although we invite submissions that explore this theme, we remain open to abstracts addressing other subjects as well.

Deadline for all submissions: April 19, 2026.
Notification of acceptance: June 1, 2026.

The conference fee will be 80 EUR for students and 120 EUR for regular participants (early bird rate). All participants must be members of the Society for the History of the Humanities ($30 student, $60 regular), which includes subscription to the journal History of Humanities.

For further information, and for submitting an abstract, please go to the MOHXII conference website: https://mohxii.umk.pl/pages/Conference/

We look forward to welcoming you in Toruń!

Our celebratory issue of History of Humanities is out! We celebrate 10 years of our journal by highlighting the remarkable development of a field that, just over a decade ago, was barely recognized as a distinct academic discipline. Today, the history of the humanities occupies a recognized space within academia and has become a thriving, global field of study.

We are keenly aware that we celebrate this milestone at a time when the world is facing a variety of societal, political and ecological crises. Negative trends in the academic world to which the humanities are especially vulnerable continue to be a threat to our emergent field. Yet, the resilience of our scholarly community and the growing recognition of the value of our field give us confidence that History of Humanities will continue to thrive and expand.

If the history of the humanities has revealed anything, it is our shared commitment to humanistic values. As humanists, we must remain connected, drawing inspiration from the Republic of Letters, a tradition that dates back to the time of Isotta Nogarola and Desiderius Erasmus. Even when nations were at war and mutual hatred ran deep, humanists continued to write to one another and extend intellectual hospitality. Let us uphold that legacy—and perhaps even find some solace in it!

Read our celebratory issue here: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/hoh/2025/10/1. It contains two Themes: “Race” in Cultural Knowledge Production and Papers from the MOH X Conference!

The program for the upcoming workshop Comparing Comparing: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Comparative Methods and their Histories is now set. The workshop is open for all, free of charge. For more information, see the workshop webpage: https://www.grk-gegenwart.uni-bonn.de/de/veranstaltungen/veranstaltungsarchiv/workshops/workshop-comparing-comparing-interdisciplinary-perspectives-on-comparative-methods-and-their-histories-1

• 9 July, 18:00 c.t. – A public evening lecture by Prof. Benjamin Hutchinson (University of Kent), titled “Comparison and its Discontents”
• 10 July, approx. 10:00–18:00 – Workshop sessions with nine papers

Please register for the workshop in advance at grk2291@uni-bonn.de.

The Board of Events is happy to announce a Call for papers for a 2025 digital workshop: Comparing Comparing: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Comparative Methods and their Histories

The Workshop is hosted by the Contemporary/Literature DFG-Research Training Group at the University of Bonn in cooperation with the Society for the History of the Humanities.

The workshop will take place on 9–11 July 2025, in hybrid (in person/digital) format. It is open to all those interested and will be free of charge.
Deadline for abstracts: 31 March 2025.

Read the call for papers here!