XXIII International Congress of Historical Sciences Poznań 2020 Research Forum
The International Committee of Historical Sciences (ICHS) is the association of historians from all over the world. It was established as a non-governmental organization in Geneve in 1926. It is composed of national committees (now 54), international organizations devoted to research in all areas of historical study (now 31) and affiliated commissions (now 8).
The main task of the Committee is to organize every five years the International Congresses of Historical Sciences in various parts of the world. On August 29, 2015, at the XXII International Congress of Historical Studies in Jinan (China), the General Assembly of ICHS elected Poznan for the host of the XXIII Congress in 2020. So far, in Poland, the congress was held only once, in 1933 in Warsaw.
The Committee is headed by a board, coordinating its current activities. The current Board is composed of:
President – Andrea Giardina (Italy)
XXIII International Congress of Historical Sciences Poznań 2020 Research Forum
- Research Forum is a new initiative of the Board of the International Committee of Historical Sciences (ICHS). It is to be held for the first time during XXIII International Congress of Historical Sciences in Poznań in 2020.
- The main purpose of the Research Forum is to allow research institutions to present their ongoing or planned projects to an audience of established scholars and beginner researchers. It should provide an opportunity for new cooperation between institutions as well as the addition of high qualified researchers as collaborators. This initiative fully coincides with the ICHS mission, as one of its objectives is to stimulate dialogue between young scholars and various research institutions.
- The Research Forum is addressed to Universities, Research Institutes, Research Foundations and other institutions which support research in the field of history.
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