The ESSHC aims at 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 topic and any historical period. It is organised in a large number of networks: Africa, Antiquity, Asia, Criminal Justice, Culture, Economics, Education and Childhood, Elites, Ethnicity and Migration, Family and Demography, Geography, Government and Politics, Health, Labour, Latin America, Middle Ages, Nations and Nationalism, Oral Histor, Political Movements, Quantitative Methods, Religion, Rural, Sexuality, Social Inequality, Technology, Theory, Urban, Women and Gender, and World History.

The deadline for sending in a pre-registration form and abstract is 1 March 2001. The Conference fee will be NLG 300 (at present this is about US $ 120).

Further information and an electronic pre-registration form Conference can be obtained from the Conference Internet site at http://www.iisg.nl/esshc or from the conference secretariat:

European Social Science History Conference 2002,
c/o International Institute of Social History
Cruquiusweg 31 1019 AT
Amsterdam Netherlands

Telephone: +31.20.66 858 66 Fax: +31.20.66 541 81
E mail: esshc@iisg.nl