RHN 46/2021 | Call
ESSHC Organisers: International Institute of Social History in co-operation with the University of Gothenburg
Rural History Network Chairs: Tim Soens (University of Antwerp, Belgium), Alba Díaz Geada (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
20-23 April 2022, Gothenburg, Sweden
Deadline for abstract submission: 15 May 2021
Call for Papers and Sessions:
Rural History Network of the ESSHC 2022
The Rural History Network (RHN) of the European Social Science History Conference invites session and paper proposals for the European Social Science History Conference which will be held in Gothenburg, 20 to 23 April 2022.
Session and paper proposals can be submitted through the conference website. Deadline for session and paper proposals is 15 May 2021. Please note that the network chairs are especially eager to see complete session proposals, as we find that this is conducive to intellectual coherence in sessions. However, promising single paper submissions will be given every consideration, and each edition the Rural History Network manages to merge single paper submissions into coherent and innovative panels.
After the virtual ESSHC 2021 and so many conferences cancelled or postponed, the ESSHC 2022 in Gothenburg will be a unique chance to meet again in person with hundreds of colleagues in the beautiful surroundings of Sweden. Moreover, why not use the ESSHC 2022 conference as either the follow-up for sessions organized at the 2021 Uppsala Rural History Conference or in preparation of the 2022 World Economic History Conference? With about 100 participants in Rural History sessions during the last “normal” edition in Belfast and many more in adjacent fields (such as Economic History, Social Inequality, Labour…), ESSHC is an ideal venue to meet international colleagues in the field, to strengthen existing international collaborations between rural historians and establish new ones. This conference gives us the chance to demonstrate the importance of rural history for the historical process in general, but also to encourage discussions between (sub-)disciplines. For this purpose, we accept that sessions can be proposed on more than one network. In this case, session organizers should refer what is the partner network of the RHN.
When you have suggestions for recent books that would merit a “Meet the author”-session, we would very much appreciate it that you send these suggestions to us. We can also have “Round tables” sessions. The Round table-format is suitable when you want to stimulate discussion on a general topic or when you embark on a new theme and want to raise some first reactions.
Possible themes for sessions in Gothenburg (this list provided by the network chairs is just meant to stimulate your thoughts. We are open for other themes and proposals):
- Theories and Historiographies about Rural History & Development
- Climate Change, Climate Shocks & Agriculture
- European integration (& Disintegration) & Agriculture
- Urban Agriculture and Urban Husbandry
- Gender in Rural History
- Horticulture & Botanical Gardens
- Peasant farming & New & Old Peasantries
- Regional divergences in agro-systems
- Biological standards of living (food, health, disease, length)
- Feeding the City: agriculture and urban food supplies
- European farming in non-European contexts
- Agritourism and Ecotourism
- Collective Action: from Commons over Cooperatives to Associationism
- Modernizing the countryside
- Agriculture and biodiversity in historical perspective
- Land improvement and Land Grabbing
- World food needs and agriculture changes
- Governing the rural: institutions and policies
- Migrations and rural society
- Rural heritage and the (re)construction of regional identities
- Authoritarian regimes and the countryside
- …
How to propose a paper: Fill out the pre-registration form on the Internet: ESSHC Conference 2022 | ESSHC (iisg.amsterdam). Include an abstract of your paper (100-500 words).
How to organise a panel session: Gather four speakers who each will present a paper on a related topic, a commentator who will introduce the discussion with a prepared comment on the papers and a chair. The roles of the session organizer, chair and commentator can be fulfilled by the same or by different persons. Confirm participation and arrange with these individuals the (date of) exchange of papers and the way the session will be conducted. Submit the proposal for a session with a pre-registration form for each individual speaker (ESSHC Conference 2022 | ESSHC (iisg.amsterdam)). The deadline for this is May 15, 2021. Contact the speakers regularly; to make sure that the preparation of the session is progressing, as you would want it to be.
If you want to organise a panel session and you are looking for contributors, you may think of using H-Rural for asking other scholars to join you in a session.
When you have any additional question about how to participate in the Rural History Network, please do not hesitate to contact Tim Soens tim.soens@uantwerpen.be or Alba Díaz Geada (alba.diaz@usc.es)
Conference website: Additional information regarding the conference can be found at ESSHC Conference 2022 | ESSHC (iisg.amsterdam)