Political history today: exploring new themes
International Conference of the Association for Political History
23-24 June 2022, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Five years after successfully taking stock of the “State of the Art in the History of Politics” (The Hague, 2017), next Summer, the Association for Political History (APH) and the Dutch national Research School Political History (RSPH/OPG) organize a two-day follow-up conference in Amsterdam to revisit the field and explore new themes in the history of politics.
Call for Panels
We invite proposals for panels that discuss new and urgent themes in the history of the political. These can be either proposals for a single panel of two hours (3-4 panelists), or a pair of interconnected panels (6-8 panelists). Each panel has a chair and a commentator.
Keynote lectures
Keynote lectures by Hedwig Richter and Lucy Riall and Judith Pollmann. Internationally reputed speakers give keynote lectures as an introduction to the debate on how to study political history today.
5th Nordic Challenges Conference
Nordic Neighbourhoods: Affinity and Distinction in the Baltic Sea Region and Beyond
1 – 3 June, 2022, Södertörn University, Stockholm
We are delighted to announce the launch of the website for the 5th Nordic Challenges Conference, which is organized in collaboration with the Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES) at Södertörn University as a part of the ReNEW University Hub activities. The conference will take place 1-3 June 2022 at Södertörn University in Stockholm under the title “Nordic Neighbourhoods: Affinity and Distinction in the Baltic Sea Region and Beyond”.
Thomas Welskopp | 5 September 1961 – 19 August 2021

The death of Thomas Welskopp, just before his sixtieth birthday, comes as a shock to his colleagues and friends. From the start, he belonged to the board of the Association for Political History, as testimony to his commitment to the international education of young historians.