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Year of CISH 2026

To celebrate its centenary, the CISH Board has declared 2026 the Year of the CISH. Members will be involved in a number of activities:

  1. The website of the CISH Centennial Conference in Leipzig (26–30 August 2026) is online! More information here.
  2. The CISH-Board has drafted a new Constitution for CISH to be enacted in 2026. Read the draft here. More details here.
  3. The preliminary General Assembly of 2026 will be held on 24 April 2026, 13.30–16.30 CET via Zoom. Please inform office@cish.org about your intention to participate to obtain a link.
  4. The CISH-Board calls its members to submit candidatures for hosting the next World Congress of Historical Sciences in 2029 or 2030. More details here.
  5. To celebrate its centenary, the CISH Board is supporting events and activities around the world commemorating CISH. More information on this and how to apply is available here.
  6. All National Committees, International Organisations, and Internal Commissions are warmly invited to contribute to a new video project highlighting the diverse activities and contributions of each member group. We are collecting a series of short videos — each no longer than 4 minutes — to showcase your initiatives, achievements, and ongoing work. Details can be found found here.

Prix Sternhell

À l’occasion du centième anniversaire de la fondation du CISH et de son congrès qui se tiendra à Leipzig, à la fin du mois d’août 2026, la Commission internationale d’histoire de la Révolution française (CIHRF) a proposé de fonder le prix Zeev Sternhell, afin de récompenser le meilleur ouvrage d’histoire transnationale des Révolutions de la fin du XVIIIe siècle et du début du XIXe siècle.

Le prix est doté de 2000 euros.

Les ouvrages ont été sélectionnés par un jury composé de 16 experts internationaux, parmi une liste établie de 17 ouvrages, après une première consultation, puis réduite à 10 ouvrages.

Le prix sera remis le jeudi 27 août à Leipzig, lors d’une cérémonie spéciale, en présence du lauréat et de tous les membres de la CIHRF présent·e·s, où la CIHRF organise deux panels dans le cadre du congrès du centenaire du CISH.

L’ouvrage récompensé comme la meilleure monographie parue ces 5 dernières années renouvelant par ses recherches inédites, ses problématiques nouvelles, notre connaissance des Révolutions de la fin du XVIIIe siècle et du début du XIXe siècle de par le monde est :

– Micah Alpaugh, Friends of Freedom: The Rise of Social Movements in the Age of Atlantic Revolutions, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2021.

l’Acessit est décerné à  :

– Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South: A New History of Revolution and Empire, Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 2020.

Les huit autres finalistes sont :

-Ian Coller, Muslims and Citizens: Islam, Politics, and the French Revolution (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2020).

-Manuel Covo, Entrepôt of Revolutions. Saint-Domingue, Commercial Sovereignty, and the French-American Alliance, New York: Oxford University Press, 2022.

-Marlene L. Daut, Awakening the Ashes: An Intellectual History of the Haitian Revolution,UNC/Press,2023.


-Alan Forrest, The Death of the French Atlantic: Trade, War, and Slavery in the Age of Revolution (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020.

-Patrick Griffin, The Age of Atlantic Revolution: The Fall and Rise of a Connected World, New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 2023.

-Maurizio Isabella, Southern Europe in the Age of Revolutions, Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2023.

-Nathan Perl-Rosenthal, The Age of Revolutions and the Generations Who Made It, New York, Basic Books, 2024.

-Pernille, Røge Economistes and the Reinvention of Empire: France in the Americas and Africa, c. 1750-1802, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2019.

Le jury entend bien faire savoir que les succès des deux premiers ouvrages n’a de sens que par rapport à la liste globale dont ils font partie. Tous ces ouvrages sont désormais fondamentaux et plus que des classiques, des références. Ainsi la CIHRF tend à associer les dix œuvres à ce succès.

Registration for the CISH Centennial Conference 2026

Registration is now open for the CISH Centennial Conference 2026.

From 26–30 August 2026, scholars from around the world will come together in Leipzig, Germany, to explore the past, present, and future of history. The conference marks the CISH 100th Anniversary.

With more than 700 speakers, 64 panels, and 10 special events, the programme offers an extraordinary breadth of perspectives on where the historical sciences have been — and where they are headed.

The congress takes place at the Educational Science Center, Campus Jahnallee, Leipzig University, organized in partnership with the Leipzig Research Centre Global Dynamics (ReCentGlobe).

Early-bird registration is open until 30 April 2026.

Follow this link to register.

Website Centennial in Leipzig

The Past, the Present, and the Future of History – The Centennial Conference (Leipzig, 26-30 August 2026) Website is online!

The website for the Centenary Congress of the CISH is now online!

You can explore the content of 64 panels and discover the work of more than 400 participants taking part in four days of discussions in Leipzig, from 26 to 30 August 2026.

Registration will start in February. Discover the website here.