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| Comité International des Sciences Historiques | |
|---|---|
| Name | Comité International des Sciences Historiques |
| Formation | 1926 |
| Type | Non-governmental organization |
| Headquarters | Paris |
| Location | International |
| Languages | French, English |
| Leader title | President |
Comité International des Sciences Historiques
The Comité International des Sciences Historiques is an international scholarly body founded in 1926 that coordinates historical research and professional associations among national historical organizations such as International Committee of Historical Sciences, Royal Historical Society, American Historical Association, Deutsche Historische Kommission, and British Academy. It links scholars connected to institutions like Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Harvard University, University of Oxford, Heidelberg University, and University of Tokyo and interacts with cultural bodies such as UNESCO, International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies, Council of Europe, European University Institute, and International Federation for Historical Studies.
The organization emerged in the aftermath of World War I alongside efforts by figures including Marc Bloch, Lucien Febvre, Henri Pirenne, and François Simiand to internationalize scholarship; its foundation built on antecedents like the Congrès International des Sciences Historiques and networks connecting École des Chartes, Institut de France, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Russian Academy of Sciences, and Pontifical Gregorian University. During the interwar period it navigated tensions involving representatives from Weimar Republic, Kingdom of Italy, Soviet Union, Weimar Republic, and Czechoslovakia while maintaining ties to archives in Vatican City, National Archives (France), The National Archives (UK), Library of Congress, and Bundesarchiv. After World War II it cooperated with UNESCO and engaged historians affiliated with Columbia University, University of Cambridge, University of Bologna, Saint Petersburg State University, and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México to rebuild transnational networks and address issues raised by events such as Nuremberg Trials, Yalta Conference, and decolonization episodes like the Algerian War and Indian Independence Act 1947.
The Comité fosters international cooperation among historians associated with Institute for Advanced Study, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Smithsonian Institution, Wellcome Trust, and Royal Society; it promotes exchanges among specialists in periods from Antiquity to the Contemporary era, including researchers of Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Mongol Empire, Renaissance, Reformation, French Revolution, Industrial Revolution, World War I, World War II, and Cold War. Objectives include supporting comparative studies across regions such as Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Middle East, Eastern Europe, and North America and collaborating with centers like Centro de Estudios Históricos, Institut d'Histoire du Temps Présent, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Australian Academy of the Humanities, and African Studies Association.
Governance comprises an executive committee modeled on bodies like International Council on Archives, with officers elected by delegates from national committees including French National Committee for Historical Sciences, American Historical Association, German Historical Association, Italian Society for Historical Studies, and Japanese Historical Association. Secretariat functions have been hosted at locations such as Paris, Geneva, Rome, and Madrid, and advisory councils have included scholars from Princeton University, Yale University, Lomonosov Moscow State University, University of Buenos Aires, and University of Cape Town. The Comité interfaces with professional organizations such as International Union of Academies, European Association for American Studies, International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies, and funding bodies like European Research Council, National Endowment for the Humanities, and Wellcome Trust.
The Comité organizes international congresses that attract delegations from institutions including Sorbonne, University of California, Berkeley, University of Toronto, Humboldt University of Berlin, Utrecht University, Universidad de Chile, Seoul National University, and Banaras Hindu University. Past sessions have taken place in cities such as Paris, Rome, Prague, Helsinki, Buenos Aires, Kyoto, Istanbul, and Cape Town and have addressed themes resonant with events like the Congress of Vienna, Treaty of Versailles, Helsinki Accords, and Treaty of Tordesillas. The congresses convene panels on topics including historiography of Slavery, Colonialism, Nationalism, Gender history, Economic history, and Environmental history with participation by scholars from University of Leiden, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Eötvös Loránd University, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, and McGill University.
The Comité supports edited volumes, proceedings, and collaborative projects published by presses such as Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Routledge, Presses Universitaires de France, and De Gruyter. It promotes initiatives akin to those of International Institute of Social History, Center for Historical Research, and International Commission for the History of Representative and Parliamentary Institutions and facilitates databases and digitization efforts linking repositories like Bibliothèque nationale de France, British Library, Vatican Library, National Diet Library (Japan), and Biblioteca Nacional de España. Collaborative research projects have brought together specialists from Columbia University, University of Melbourne, Seoul National University, University of São Paulo, and University of Nairobi.
Membership operates through national committees modeled on Finnish Historical Society, Polish Historical Society, Royal Irish Academy, Academia Mexicana de la Historia, and Russian Academy of Sciences, each sending delegations to congresses and participating in working groups with institutions like Institute of Historical Research (London), Max Planck Society, National Endowment for the Humanities, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (Canada). Individual historians affiliated with Princeton University, University of Chicago, Brown University, University of Edinburgh, and University of Cape Town participate in thematic commissions and editorial boards.
The Comité acknowledges scholarly achievement through prizes and recognitions comparable to awards such as the Balzan Prize, Prince of Asturias Awards, Holberg Prize, Cundill History Prize, and honors granted by national academies including Académie française, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and Leopoldina. Recipients have included historians associated with École Normale Supérieure, St Antony's College, Oxford, King's College London, Universidad de Salamanca, and Hebrew University of Jerusalem for contributions to historiography, archival research, and transnational collaboration.
Category:Historical organizations