Events

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

History of Emotions events on this page are convened by or feature Society members. Please note that event dates in the current environment are subject to change, so please always check the source links for event details as changes may not yet be reflected here.

NEW: 2026 NACHE Conference

22nd-23rd May 2026

Arizona State University in Tempe/Phoenix Arizona

Interested scholars are invited to submit proposals on the history of emotions, for single presentations or for panels. The conference is open to proposals on the history of emotions dealing with any region or time period; interdisciplinary approaches are welcome.

The conference is co-chaired by Bradley J. Irish, Susan Matt and Peter N. Stearns. Due date for proposals is 1 Oct. 2025. Decisions will be made by 1 Nov., and a conference program will be set by 1 Dec., at which time firm commitments will be required.

Please address questions or proposals to pstearns@gmu.edu.

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NEW: Seminar Series

The MEDITERRANEAN EMOTIONS: A GLOBAL RESEARCH HOTSPOT are excited to announce a new seminar series on Emotional Grammars of Globalization.

The second seminar of this series will be delivered by Prof. Rob Boddice (Tampere University, McGill University) who will present a paper on ‘History as it actually seemed: Theorizing Lived Experience’. This hybrid seminar will take place on the 27th February 2025 at The University of Florence, Via San Gallo 10, Aula Sapienza. For details on how to attend please see the poster below or visit the Mediterranean Emotions Website.

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NEW! Call for Submissions: Consortium of European Research on Emotion 2025

Location: Grenoble, France
Submission Deadline: 1 February 2025

We are delighted to invite submissions for the 10th Consortium of European Research on Emotion (CERE) Conference, hosted by Université Grenoble Alpes on 16–18 July 2025.

CERE serves as a leading platform for showcasing cutting-edge research on emotion, fostering interdisciplinary exchange across Europe and beyond. The consortium encourages contributions from scholars engaged in empirically grounded theoretical work across diverse disciplines, including but not limited to Psychology, Neuroscience, Philosophy, Sociology, Linguistics, Affective Computing, History, and Anthropology.

Submission Details:

• The conference will feature Paper sessions, Poster presentations, Symposia, and Data workshops.
• Scholars are invited to submit abstracts by 1 February 2025. Submissions should highlight innovative contributions to the study of emotion, appealing to an interdisciplinary audience.

CERE 2025 offers an exceptional opportunity to engage with international colleagues, share your research findings, and explore the latest advancements in emotion research. With an attendance of 200–300 scholars, CERE conferences are renowned for stimulating intellectual dialogue and fostering collaborative networks. For more details, please visit the official conference website: www.cere2025.com

Help us spread the word and make CERE 2025 an outstanding event for the emotion research community!

Scientific Committee:
Anna Tcherkassof, Université Grenoble Alpes – Chair
Martin Krippl, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg – Co-Chair
Damien Dupré, Dublin City University

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NEW: Seminar Series

The MEDITERRANEAN EMOTIONS: A GLOBAL RESEARCH HOTSPOT are excited to announce a new seminar series on Emotional Grammars of Globalization.

The first seminar of this series will be delivered by Prof. José María Pérez Fernández (University of Granada, Spain) who will present a paper on ‘Inebriated by a Barbaric Language I Need to Possess Immediately’. The Emotional Tribulations of a Grammarian Trying to Learn Arabic’. This seminar will take place on the 6th December 2024 at The University of Florence, Via San Gallo 10, Aula Sapienza. For details on how to attend this event please see the poster below.

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NEW SYMPOSIUM: Emotions in Turmoil

Deadline for abstract submission 31st January 2025

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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS TO THE SHE COUNCIL, 2024-25

The Society for the History of Emotions (SHE) invites members of SHE to nominate to join the SHE Council from 2024.

If more than one member nominates for the same position on the Council, an election will be held at the biennial Ordinary General Meeting (OGM) at the University of Adelaide on 30 November 2023, with the new Council beginning in 2024. The positions are normally held for a minimum of two to a maximum of four years– so those who have been Ordinary Members for just one year since the last 2022 OGM in Florence are not required to re-nominate. Nominees must be financial members of the Society and maintain financial membership for the duration of their tenure. Positions fall vacant at the OGM. All positions are listed below with current office holders, those who have already indicated they will nominate, and the procedure for nomination.

Positions:

CHAIR – Currently held by Charles Zika, University of Melbourne (first term and re-nominating). The Chair presides at Council meetings and the biennial Ordinary General Meeting.

TREASURER – Currently held by Michael Barbezat, Australian Catholic University (first term and re- nominating). The Treasurer is responsible for managing the Society’s finances, balancing its expenditure with the income generated through membership and sponsorship.

SECRETARY – Currently held by Tiffany Hoffman, University of Toronto (first term and not re-nominating; the position is therefore vacant). The Secretary convenes and prepares Agenda and Minutes for three Council meetings each year and the biennial Ordinary General Meeting.

COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER – Currently held by Catherine-Rose Hailstone, Durham University (second and final term; the position is therefore vacant). Responsible for maintaining the Society’s academic and public outreach. Duties include updating the Society’s website and social media accounts (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram) with news on Society events and Chapter developments.

*The Council wishes to appoint two individuals to this position if possible

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER – Currently held by Katrina Tap, University of Western Australia (second and final term; the position is therefore vacant and Catherine-Rose Hailstone is nominating). The administrative officer maintains the membership database; liaises with the journal publisher Brill and the Treasurer re: membership/journal subscription updates; monitors the Society’s email account.

POSTGRADUATE REPRESENTATIVE – Currently held by Jenny Davis Barnett, University of Queensland and Hayley O’Harrow, University of St Andrews (Hailey O’Harrow has gained her doctorate and therefore not continuing; Jenny Barnett is not continuing. So both positions are vacant). Postgraduate representatives ensure that postgraduate student and researcher voices are brought to the attention of the Council. Nominees must be enrolled as a postgraduate student at the commencement of their tenure to nominate for this post.

ORDINARY MEMBERS (up to 12 positions)

First term (one year – and continuing; these members do not need to nominate):

Melissa Black, University of Western Australia; Bradley Irish, Arizona State University; Rob Boddice, Tampere University, Javier Moscoso, Institute of History Spanish Council for Scientific Research, Madrid; Pilar Osorio, Colegio de Estudios Superiores de Administracion, Columbia; Cecilia White (University of New South Wales).

First term (two years and re-nominating): Robyn Heckenberg, Curtin University; Jacqueline Van Gent, University of Western Australia

First term (two years and not re-nominating): Andrew Lynch, University of Western Australia; Dolores Martin Moruno, University of Geneva.

Second and final term: Kirk Essary, University of Western Australia (second and final term; not nominating)

There are at least four Ordinary Member positions vacant

Nomination Procedure:

All nominating for the first time or re-nominating – except the one year Ordinary Members –should email their nomination to the current Secretary, Tiffany Hoffman tiffany.hoffman@utoronto.ca and current Chair, Charles Zika c.zika@unimelb.edu.au, preferably by Wednesday 22 November 2023

Please use the subject header ‘SHE Nomination for Council Position 2023’, and include the following details in the text, writing in the third person (e.g. John White is…):

1. Full name;
2. Contact email;
3. Institutional affiliation (if you have one);
4. The position on the SHE Council for which you are nominating;
5. A brief bio, including current research interests in the history of emotions (c. 300 words max)

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CALL FOR PAPERS: Workshop

Title: Royal Spectacle and Court Performance: Medieval and Early Modern Perspectives

Location: The University of Adelaide

Date: Thursday 21 September 2023

Proposal Deadline: Sunday 30 April 2023

For Further Details Contact: courtlyperformances@gmail.com

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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR SHE COUNCIL: DUE 20th AUGUST 2022

The Society for the History of Emotions (SHE) invites you to nominate to join our Council from the end of 2022. If more than one member nominates for the same position on the Council, an election will be held at the biennial Ordinary General Meeting (OGM) on 1 September 2022, with handover expected to occur at the end of the year. The positions shall normally be held for two (minimum) to four years (maximum). Nominees must be financial members of the Society in 2022, and maintain financial membership for the duration of their tenure. Join or renew your membership of the Society for 2022 here.

What positions are available?

All positions fall vacant at the OGM:

CHAIR – Currently held by Charles Zika (first term). The Chair presides at Council meetings and the biennial Ordinary General Meeting.

TREASURER – Currently held by Michael Barbezat (first term). The Treasurer is responsible for managing the Society’s finances, balancing its expenditure with the income generated through membership and sponsorship.

SECRETARY – Currently held by Tiffany Hoffman (first term). The Secretary convenes and prepares Agenda and Minutes for three Council meetings each year and the biennial Ordinary General Meeting. Other duties include monitoring the Society’s email account.

COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER – Currently held by Catherine-Rose Hailstone (second term).
Responsible for maintaining the Society’s academic and public outreach. Duties include updating the Society’s website and social media accounts (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram) with news on member publications and Society events.

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER – Currently held by Katrina Tap (third/final term). The administrative officer maintains the membership database; liaises with the journal publisher Brill and the Treasurer re: membership/journal subscription updates; monitors the Society’s email account.

POSTGRADUATE REPRESENTATIVE – Currently held by Jenny Davis Barnett (first term) and Hailey Harrow Ogle (second term). Postgraduate representatives ensure that postgraduate students and researcher voices are brought to the attention of the Council. Nominees must be enrolled as a postgraduate student at the commencement of their tenure to nominate for this post.

ORDINARY MEMBERS (up to 12 positions) – First term: Matthew Roberts, Robyn Heckenberg, Michael Barbezat, Andrew Lynch, Jacqueline Van Gent; Second term: Kirk Essary; Third/final term: Piroska Nagy, Carly Osborn, Miri Rubin, Stephanie Trigg.

How do I nominate?

Email your nomination by Saturday 20 August 2022. Either click on this link or email Secretary, Tiffany Hoffman at societyhistoryemotions@gmail.com, c.c. tiffany.hoffman@utoronto.ca, using the subject header ‘SHE Nomination for Council Position [INSERT NAME OF POSITION]: Due 20 August 2022, and include the following details in the text:

o   Full name
o   Contact email
o   Institutional affiliation (if you have one)
o   The position on the SHE Council for which you are nominating
o   A brief bio (no more than 300 words)
o   Brief outline of your current research interests in the history of emotions (no more than 200 words)

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Online Conference: Archives and Emotions

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Call for Nominations: The Society for the History of Emotions (SHE) invites you to nominate to join our Council from the end of 2021. If more than one member nominates for the same position on the Council, an election will be held at the biennial Ordinary General Meeting (OGM) this November, with handover expected to occur at the end of the year. The positions shall normally be held for two (minimum) to four years (maximum). Nominees must be financial members of the Society in 2021, and maintain financial membership for the duration of their tenure. Join or renew your membership of the Society for 2021 here. All positions fall vacant at the OGM:

CHAIR – Currently held by Jacqueline Van Ghent (second/final term). The Chair presides at Council meetings and the biennial Ordinary General Meeting.

TREASURER – Currently vacant. The Treasurer is responsible for managing the Society’s finances, balancing its expenditure with the income generated through membership and sponsorship. (Assistance and handover is available from former Treasurer, Tanya Tuffrey).

SECRETARY – Currently held by Anne Sophie Voyer (first/final term). The Secretary convenes and prepares Agenda and Minutes for three Council meetings each year and the biennial Ordinary General Meeting.  Other duties include monitoring the Society’s email account.

COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER – Currently held by Catherine-Rose Hailstone (first term). Responsible for maintaining the Society’s academic and public outreach. Duties include updating the Society’s website and social media accounts (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram) with news on member publications and Society events.

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER – Currently held by Katrina Tap (second/final term). The administrative officer maintains the membership database; liaises with the journal publisher Brill and the Treasurer re: membership/journal subscription updates; monitors the Society’s email account.

POSTGRADUATE REPRESENTATIVE – Currently held by Laura Collier and Hayley Ogle (first term). Postgraduate representatives ensure that postgraduate student and researcher voices are brought to the attention of the Council. Nominees must be enrolled as a postgraduate student at the commencement of their tenure to nominate for this post.

ORDINARY MEMBERS (up to 12 positions) – First term: Kirk Essary; Second/final term: Susan Matt, Piroska Nagy, Carly Osborn, Miri Rubin, Peter Stearns, Stephanie Trigg, Charles Zika.

Email your nomination by Saturday 2 October. Either click on this link or email Secretary, Anne Sophie Voyer at societyhistoryemotions@gmail.com, c.c. anne.s.voyer@gmail.com, using the subject header ‘SHE Nomination for Council Position [INSERT NAME OF POSITION]: Due 2 October 2021’, and include the following details in the text:

o   Full name

o   Contact email:

o   Institutional affiliation (if you have one)

o   The position on the SHE Council for which you are nominating

o   A brief bio (no more than 300 words)

o   Brief outline of your current research interests in the history of emotions (no more than 200 words)

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Call for Editors: Emotions: History, Culture, Society (EHCS) is a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary biannual journal published by Brill Publishing on behalf of the Society for the History of Emotions. EHCS is dedicated to understanding the emotions as culturally and temporally situated phenomena, and to exploring the role of emotion in shaping human experience and action by individuals, groups, societies and cultures.

JOURNAL EDITORS – The current editors are Katie Barclay, Andrew Lynch and Giovanni Tarantino. Due to the retirement of Andrew Lynch, we are now looking for one or more editors to join the editorial team, alongside Barclay and Tarantino. We are particularly interested in expressions of interest from emotions researchers who can expand the disciplinary, geographical and temporal breadth of the current editors (both historians of early modern Europe). This role involves full editorial responsibility for the two issues of the journal each year, including recruiting submissions, managing peer review and preparing articles for submission, proof-reading and similar activities. We are supported by our publishing team at Brill and a professional copyeditor. If you are interested, please send us a short expression of interest to editemotions@gmail.com detailing your research interest/expertise and any relevant experience by 30 September 2021.

BOOK REVIEWS EDITOR – EHCS also calls for a new book reviews editor or editors to take over this role from Giovanni Tarantino. The role involves identifying appropriate books and their reviewers, editing copy, and managing the timely submission of reviews. This role might be especially suitable for an ECR scholar who would like some experience of working as part of a journal editorial team; however we welcome expressions of interest from emotions scholars at any career stage. Please send a short expression of interest to editemotions@gmail.com detailing your research interests/expertise and any relevant experience by 30 September 2021.

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Online Seminar: Politics and Emotions – This online seminar, which is hosted by @ThinkEmotions , will take place on Friday 17 September 2021 (1:00pm AEST). Speakers include Dr Katie Barclay and Lise Waldek and the session will be chaired by Prof. Louise D’Arcens. For more information and details on how to sign up please visit: https://www.historyofemotions.org.au/events/politics-and-emotions 

Conference:

The North American Chapter on the History of Emotion (NACHE) will be holding its next conference June 3-4, 2022, on the campus of George Mason University in Fairfax, VA. Interested scholars are invited to submit proposals, for single presentations or for panels. The conference is open to proposals dealing with any region or time period; interdisciplinary approaches are welcome.

The conference is co-chaired by Susan Matt and Peter Stearns. Due date for proposals is Sept. 15, 2021. Decisions will be made by Oct. 1, and a conference program will be set by Nov. 15, at which time firm commitments will be required.

Conference details will be available on the NACHE website or by request by May 31. We are aiming to keep costs low, primarily to cover meals and very modest staffing expenses; hotel rooms will be available at discounted rates.

Please address questions or proposals to pstearns@gmu.edu.

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Symposium: Imperial Emotions and the De-Colonial Move, The University of Adelaide, TBC July 2021.

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Conference: Fairfax 2021 North American Chapter on the History of Emotions Conference, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA, postponed to 3–4  June 2022 (supported by SHE). Keep updated with the announcements page of the North American Chapter.

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Conference: Third Biennial Conference of the Society for the History of Emotions in 2021. Details will be posted here shortly.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

History of Emotions events on this page are convened by or feature Society members. Please note that event dates in the current environment are subject to change, so please always check the source links for event details as changes may not yet be reflected here.

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS TO THE SHE COUNCIL, 2024-25

The Society for the History of Emotions (SHE) invites members of SHE to nominate to join the SHE Council from 2024.

If more than one member nominates for the same position on the Council, an election will be held at the biennial Ordinary General Meeting (OGM) at the University of Adelaide on 30 November 2023, with the new Council beginning in 2024. The positions are normally held for a minimum of two to a maximum of four years– so those who have been Ordinary Members for just one year since the last 2022 OGM in Florence are not required to re-nominate. Nominees must be financial members of the Society and maintain financial membership for the duration of their tenure. Positions fall vacant at the OGM. All positions are listed below with current office holders, those who have already indicated they will nominate, and the procedure for nomination.

Positions:

CHAIR – Currently held by Charles Zika, University of Melbourne (first term and re-nominating). The Chair presides at Council meetings and the biennial Ordinary General Meeting.

TREASURER – Currently held by Michael Barbezat, Australian Catholic University (first term and re- nominating). The Treasurer is responsible for managing the Society’s finances, balancing its expenditure with the income generated through membership and sponsorship.

SECRETARY – Currently held by Tiffany Hoffman, University of Toronto (first term and not re-nominating; the position is therefore vacant). The Secretary convenes and prepares Agenda and Minutes for three Council meetings each year and the biennial Ordinary General Meeting.

COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER – Currently held by Catherine-Rose Hailstone, Durham University (second and final term; the position is therefore vacant). Responsible for maintaining the Society’s academic and public outreach. Duties include updating the Society’s website and social media accounts (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram) with news on Society events and Chapter developments.

*The Council wishes to appoint two individuals to this position if possible

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER – Currently held by Katrina Tap, University of Western Australia (second and final term; the position is therefore vacant and Catherine-Rose Hailstone is nominating). The administrative officer maintains the membership database; liaises with the journal publisher Brill and the Treasurer re: membership/journal subscription updates; monitors the Society’s email account.

POSTGRADUATE REPRESENTATIVE – Currently held by Jenny Davis Barnett, University of Queensland and Hayley O’Harrow, University of St Andrews (Hailey O’Harrow has gained her doctorate and therefore not continuing; Jenny Barnett is not continuing. So both positions are vacant). Postgraduate representatives ensure that postgraduate student and researcher voices are brought to the attention of the Council. Nominees must be enrolled as a postgraduate student at the commencement of their tenure to nominate for this post.

ORDINARY MEMBERS (up to 12 positions)

First term (one year – and continuing; these members do not need to nominate):

Melissa Black, University of Western Australia; Bradley Irish, Arizona State University; Rob Boddice, Tampere University, Javier Moscoso, Institute of History Spanish Council for Scientific Research, Madrid; Pilar Osorio, Colegio de Estudios Superiores de Administracion, Columbia; Cecilia White (University of New South Wales).

First term (two years and re-nominating): Robyn Heckenberg, Curtin University; Jacqueline Van Gent, University of Western Australia

First term (two years and not re-nominating): Andrew Lynch, University of Western Australia; Dolores Martin Moruno, University of Geneva.

Second and final term: Kirk Essary, University of Western Australia (second and final term; not nominating)

There are at least four Ordinary Member positions vacant

Nomination Procedure:

All nominating for the first time or re-nominating – except the one year Ordinary Members –should email their nomination to the current Secretary, Tiffany Hoffman tiffany.hoffman@utoronto.ca and current Chair, Charles Zika c.zika@unimelb.edu.au, preferably by Wednesday 22 November 2023

Please use the subject header ‘SHE Nomination for Council Position 2023’, and include the following details in the text, writing in the third person (e.g. John White is…):

1. Full name;
2. Contact email;
3. Institutional affiliation (if you have one);
4. The position on the SHE Council for which you are nominating;
5. A brief bio, including current research interests in the history of emotions (c. 300 words max)

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CALL FOR PAPERS: Workshop

Title: Royal Spectacle and Court Performance: Medieval and Early Modern Perspectives

Location: The University of Adelaide

Date: Thursday 21 September 2023

Proposal Deadline: Sunday 30 April 2023

For Further Details Contact: courtlyperformances@gmail.com

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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR SHE COUNCIL: DUE 20th AUGUST 2022

The Society for the History of Emotions (SHE) invites you to nominate to join our Council from the end of 2022. If more than one member nominates for the same position on the Council, an election will be held at the biennial Ordinary General Meeting (OGM) on 1 September 2022, with handover expected to occur at the end of the year. The positions shall normally be held for two (minimum) to four years (maximum). Nominees must be financial members of the Society in 2022, and maintain financial membership for the duration of their tenure. Join or renew your membership of the Society for 2022 here.

What positions are available?

All positions fall vacant at the OGM:

CHAIR – Currently held by Charles Zika (first term). The Chair presides at Council meetings and the biennial Ordinary General Meeting.

TREASURER – Currently held by Michael Barbezat (first term). The Treasurer is responsible for managing the Society’s finances, balancing its expenditure with the income generated through membership and sponsorship.

SECRETARY – Currently held by Tiffany Hoffman (first term). The Secretary convenes and prepares Agenda and Minutes for three Council meetings each year and the biennial Ordinary General Meeting. Other duties include monitoring the Society’s email account.

COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER – Currently held by Catherine-Rose Hailstone (second term).
Responsible for maintaining the Society’s academic and public outreach. Duties include updating the Society’s website and social media accounts (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram) with news on member publications and Society events.

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER – Currently held by Katrina Tap (third/final term). The administrative officer maintains the membership database; liaises with the journal publisher Brill and the Treasurer re: membership/journal subscription updates; monitors the Society’s email account.

POSTGRADUATE REPRESENTATIVE – Currently held by Jenny Davis Barnett (first term) and Hailey Harrow Ogle (second term). Postgraduate representatives ensure that postgraduate students and researcher voices are brought to the attention of the Council. Nominees must be enrolled as a postgraduate student at the commencement of their tenure to nominate for this post.

ORDINARY MEMBERS (up to 12 positions) – First term: Matthew Roberts, Robyn Heckenberg, Michael Barbezat, Andrew Lynch, Jacqueline Van Gent; Second term: Kirk Essary; Third/final term: Piroska Nagy, Carly Osborn, Miri Rubin, Stephanie Trigg.

How do I nominate?

Email your nomination by Saturday 20 August 2022. Either click on this link or email Secretary, Tiffany Hoffman at societyhistoryemotions@gmail.com, c.c. tiffany.hoffman@utoronto.ca, using the subject header ‘SHE Nomination for Council Position [INSERT NAME OF POSITION]: Due 20 August 2022, and include the following details in the text:

o   Full name
o   Contact email
o   Institutional affiliation (if you have one)
o   The position on the SHE Council for which you are nominating
o   A brief bio (no more than 300 words)
o   Brief outline of your current research interests in the history of emotions (no more than 200 words)

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Online Conference: Archives and Emotions

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Call for Nominations: The Society for the History of Emotions (SHE) invites you to nominate to join our Council from the end of 2021. If more than one member nominates for the same position on the Council, an election will be held at the biennial Ordinary General Meeting (OGM) this November, with handover expected to occur at the end of the year. The positions shall normally be held for two (minimum) to four years (maximum). Nominees must be financial members of the Society in 2021, and maintain financial membership for the duration of their tenure. Join or renew your membership of the Society for 2021 here. All positions fall vacant at the OGM:

CHAIR – Currently held by Jacqueline Van Ghent (second/final term). The Chair presides at Council meetings and the biennial Ordinary General Meeting.

TREASURER – Currently vacant. The Treasurer is responsible for managing the Society’s finances, balancing its expenditure with the income generated through membership and sponsorship. (Assistance and handover is available from former Treasurer, Tanya Tuffrey).

SECRETARY – Currently held by Anne Sophie Voyer (first/final term). The Secretary convenes and prepares Agenda and Minutes for three Council meetings each year and the biennial Ordinary General Meeting.  Other duties include monitoring the Society’s email account.

COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER – Currently held by Catherine-Rose Hailstone (first term). Responsible for maintaining the Society’s academic and public outreach. Duties include updating the Society’s website and social media accounts (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram) with news on member publications and Society events.

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER – Currently held by Katrina Tap (second/final term). The administrative officer maintains the membership database; liaises with the journal publisher Brill and the Treasurer re: membership/journal subscription updates; monitors the Society’s email account.

POSTGRADUATE REPRESENTATIVE – Currently held by Laura Collier and Hayley Ogle (first term). Postgraduate representatives ensure that postgraduate student and researcher voices are brought to the attention of the Council. Nominees must be enrolled as a postgraduate student at the commencement of their tenure to nominate for this post.

ORDINARY MEMBERS (up to 12 positions) – First term: Kirk Essary; Second/final term: Susan Matt, Piroska Nagy, Carly Osborn, Miri Rubin, Peter Stearns, Stephanie Trigg, Charles Zika.

Email your nomination by Saturday 2 October. Either click on this link or email Secretary, Anne Sophie Voyer at societyhistoryemotions@gmail.com, c.c. anne.s.voyer@gmail.com, using the subject header ‘SHE Nomination for Council Position [INSERT NAME OF POSITION]: Due 2 October 2021’, and include the following details in the text:

o   Full name

o   Contact email:

o   Institutional affiliation (if you have one)

o   The position on the SHE Council for which you are nominating

o   A brief bio (no more than 300 words)

o   Brief outline of your current research interests in the history of emotions (no more than 200 words)

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Call for Editors: Emotions: History, Culture, Society (EHCS) is a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary biannual journal published by Brill Publishing on behalf of the Society for the History of Emotions. EHCS is dedicated to understanding the emotions as culturally and temporally situated phenomena, and to exploring the role of emotion in shaping human experience and action by individuals, groups, societies and cultures.

JOURNAL EDITORS – The current editors are Katie Barclay, Andrew Lynch and Giovanni Tarantino. Due to the retirement of Andrew Lynch, we are now looking for one or more editors to join the editorial team, alongside Barclay and Tarantino. We are particularly interested in expressions of interest from emotions researchers who can expand the disciplinary, geographical and temporal breadth of the current editors (both historians of early modern Europe). This role involves full editorial responsibility for the two issues of the journal each year, including recruiting submissions, managing peer review and preparing articles for submission, proof-reading and similar activities. We are supported by our publishing team at Brill and a professional copyeditor. If you are interested, please send us a short expression of interest to editemotions@gmail.com detailing your research interest/expertise and any relevant experience by 30 September 2021.

BOOK REVIEWS EDITOR – EHCS also calls for a new book reviews editor or editors to take over this role from Giovanni Tarantino. The role involves identifying appropriate books and their reviewers, editing copy, and managing the timely submission of reviews. This role might be especially suitable for an ECR scholar who would like some experience of working as part of a journal editorial team; however we welcome expressions of interest from emotions scholars at any career stage. Please send a short expression of interest to editemotions@gmail.com detailing your research interests/expertise and any relevant experience by 30 September 2021.

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Online Seminar: Politics and Emotions – This online seminar, which is hosted by @ThinkEmotions , will take place on Friday 17 September 2021 (1:00pm AEST). Speakers include Dr Katie Barclay and Lise Waldek and the session will be chaired by Prof. Louise D’Arcens. For more information and details on how to sign up please visit: https://www.historyofemotions.org.au/events/politics-and-emotions 

Conference:

The North American Chapter on the History of Emotion (NACHE) will be holding its next conference June 3-4, 2022, on the campus of George Mason University in Fairfax, VA. Interested scholars are invited to submit proposals, for single presentations or for panels. The conference is open to proposals dealing with any region or time period; interdisciplinary approaches are welcome.

The conference is co-chaired by Susan Matt and Peter Stearns. Due date for proposals is Sept. 15, 2021. Decisions will be made by Oct. 1, and a conference program will be set by Nov. 15, at which time firm commitments will be required.

Conference details will be available on the NACHE website or by request by May 31. We are aiming to keep costs low, primarily to cover meals and very modest staffing expenses; hotel rooms will be available at discounted rates.

Please address questions or proposals to pstearns@gmu.edu.

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Symposium: Imperial Emotions and the De-Colonial Move, The University of Adelaide, TBC July 2021.

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Conference: Fairfax 2021 North American Chapter on the History of Emotions Conference, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA, postponed to 3–4  June 2022 (supported by SHE). Keep updated with the announcements page of the North American Chapter.

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Conference: Third Biennial Conference of the Society for the History of Emotions in 2021. Details will be posted here shortly.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

History of Emotions events on this page are convened by or feature Society members. Please note that event dates in the current environment are subject to change, so please always check the source links for event details as changes may not yet be reflected here.

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS TO THE SHE COUNCIL, 2024-25

The Society for the History of Emotions (SHE) invites members of SHE to nominate to join the SHE Council from 2024.

If more than one member nominates for the same position on the Council, an election will be held at the biennial Ordinary General Meeting (OGM) at the University of Adelaide on 30 November 2023, with the new Council beginning in 2024. The positions are normally held for a minimum of two to a maximum of four years– so those who have been Ordinary Members for just one year since the last 2022 OGM in Florence are not required to re-nominate. Nominees must be financial members of the Society and maintain financial membership for the duration of their tenure. Positions fall vacant at the OGM. All positions are listed below with current office holders, those who have already indicated they will nominate, and the procedure for nomination.

Positions:

CHAIR – Currently held by Charles Zika, University of Melbourne (first term and re-nominating). The Chair presides at Council meetings and the biennial Ordinary General Meeting.

TREASURER – Currently held by Michael Barbezat, Australian Catholic University (first term and re- nominating). The Treasurer is responsible for managing the Society’s finances, balancing its expenditure with the income generated through membership and sponsorship.

SECRETARY – Currently held by Tiffany Hoffman, University of Toronto (first term and not re-nominating; the position is therefore vacant). The Secretary convenes and prepares Agenda and Minutes for three Council meetings each year and the biennial Ordinary General Meeting.

COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER – Currently held by Catherine-Rose Hailstone, Durham University (second and final term; the position is therefore vacant). Responsible for maintaining the Society’s academic and public outreach. Duties include updating the Society’s website and social media accounts (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram) with news on Society events and Chapter developments.

*The Council wishes to appoint two individuals to this position if possible

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER – Currently held by Katrina Tap, University of Western Australia (second and final term; the position is therefore vacant and Catherine-Rose Hailstone is nominating). The administrative officer maintains the membership database; liaises with the journal publisher Brill and the Treasurer re: membership/journal subscription updates; monitors the Society’s email account.

POSTGRADUATE REPRESENTATIVE – Currently held by Jenny Davis Barnett, University of Queensland and Hayley O’Harrow, University of St Andrews (Hailey O’Harrow has gained her doctorate and therefore not continuing; Jenny Barnett is not continuing. So both positions are vacant). Postgraduate representatives ensure that postgraduate student and researcher voices are brought to the attention of the Council. Nominees must be enrolled as a postgraduate student at the commencement of their tenure to nominate for this post.

ORDINARY MEMBERS (up to 12 positions)

First term (one year – and continuing; these members do not need to nominate):

Melissa Black, University of Western Australia; Bradley Irish, Arizona State University; Rob Boddice, Tampere University, Javier Moscoso, Institute of History Spanish Council for Scientific Research, Madrid; Pilar Osorio, Colegio de Estudios Superiores de Administracion, Columbia; Cecilia White (University of New South Wales).

First term (two years and re-nominating): Robyn Heckenberg, Curtin University; Jacqueline Van Gent, University of Western Australia

First term (two years and not re-nominating): Andrew Lynch, University of Western Australia; Dolores Martin Moruno, University of Geneva.

Second and final term: Kirk Essary, University of Western Australia (second and final term; not nominating)

There are at least four Ordinary Member positions vacant

Nomination Procedure:

All nominating for the first time or re-nominating – except the one year Ordinary Members –should email their nomination to the current Secretary, Tiffany Hoffman tiffany.hoffman@utoronto.ca and current Chair, Charles Zika c.zika@unimelb.edu.au, preferably by Wednesday 22 November 2023

Please use the subject header ‘SHE Nomination for Council Position 2023’, and include the following details in the text, writing in the third person (e.g. John White is…):

1. Full name;
2. Contact email;
3. Institutional affiliation (if you have one);
4. The position on the SHE Council for which you are nominating;
5. A brief bio, including current research interests in the history of emotions (c. 300 words max)

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CALL FOR PAPERS: Workshop

Title: Royal Spectacle and Court Performance: Medieval and Early Modern Perspectives

Location: The University of Adelaide

Date: Thursday 21 September 2023

Proposal Deadline: Sunday 30 April 2023

For Further Details Contact: courtlyperformances@gmail.com

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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR SHE COUNCIL: DUE 20th AUGUST 2022

The Society for the History of Emotions (SHE) invites you to nominate to join our Council from the end of 2022. If more than one member nominates for the same position on the Council, an election will be held at the biennial Ordinary General Meeting (OGM) on 1 September 2022, with handover expected to occur at the end of the year. The positions shall normally be held for two (minimum) to four years (maximum). Nominees must be financial members of the Society in 2022, and maintain financial membership for the duration of their tenure. Join or renew your membership of the Society for 2022 here.

What positions are available?

All positions fall vacant at the OGM:

CHAIR – Currently held by Charles Zika (first term). The Chair presides at Council meetings and the biennial Ordinary General Meeting.

TREASURER – Currently held by Michael Barbezat (first term). The Treasurer is responsible for managing the Society’s finances, balancing its expenditure with the income generated through membership and sponsorship.

SECRETARY – Currently held by Tiffany Hoffman (first term). The Secretary convenes and prepares Agenda and Minutes for three Council meetings each year and the biennial Ordinary General Meeting. Other duties include monitoring the Society’s email account.

COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER – Currently held by Catherine-Rose Hailstone (second term).
Responsible for maintaining the Society’s academic and public outreach. Duties include updating the Society’s website and social media accounts (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram) with news on member publications and Society events.

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER – Currently held by Katrina Tap (third/final term). The administrative officer maintains the membership database; liaises with the journal publisher Brill and the Treasurer re: membership/journal subscription updates; monitors the Society’s email account.

POSTGRADUATE REPRESENTATIVE – Currently held by Jenny Davis Barnett (first term) and Hailey Harrow Ogle (second term). Postgraduate representatives ensure that postgraduate students and researcher voices are brought to the attention of the Council. Nominees must be enrolled as a postgraduate student at the commencement of their tenure to nominate for this post.

ORDINARY MEMBERS (up to 12 positions) – First term: Matthew Roberts, Robyn Heckenberg, Michael Barbezat, Andrew Lynch, Jacqueline Van Gent; Second term: Kirk Essary; Third/final term: Piroska Nagy, Carly Osborn, Miri Rubin, Stephanie Trigg.

How do I nominate?

Email your nomination by Saturday 20 August 2022. Either click on this link or email Secretary, Tiffany Hoffman at societyhistoryemotions@gmail.com, c.c. tiffany.hoffman@utoronto.ca, using the subject header ‘SHE Nomination for Council Position [INSERT NAME OF POSITION]: Due 20 August 2022, and include the following details in the text:

o   Full name
o   Contact email
o   Institutional affiliation (if you have one)
o   The position on the SHE Council for which you are nominating
o   A brief bio (no more than 300 words)
o   Brief outline of your current research interests in the history of emotions (no more than 200 words)

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Online Conference: Archives and Emotions

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Call for Nominations: The Society for the History of Emotions (SHE) invites you to nominate to join our Council from the end of 2021. If more than one member nominates for the same position on the Council, an election will be held at the biennial Ordinary General Meeting (OGM) this November, with handover expected to occur at the end of the year. The positions shall normally be held for two (minimum) to four years (maximum). Nominees must be financial members of the Society in 2021, and maintain financial membership for the duration of their tenure. Join or renew your membership of the Society for 2021 here. All positions fall vacant at the OGM:

CHAIR – Currently held by Jacqueline Van Ghent (second/final term). The Chair presides at Council meetings and the biennial Ordinary General Meeting.

TREASURER – Currently vacant. The Treasurer is responsible for managing the Society’s finances, balancing its expenditure with the income generated through membership and sponsorship. (Assistance and handover is available from former Treasurer, Tanya Tuffrey).

SECRETARY – Currently held by Anne Sophie Voyer (first/final term). The Secretary convenes and prepares Agenda and Minutes for three Council meetings each year and the biennial Ordinary General Meeting.  Other duties include monitoring the Society’s email account.

COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER – Currently held by Catherine-Rose Hailstone (first term). Responsible for maintaining the Society’s academic and public outreach. Duties include updating the Society’s website and social media accounts (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram) with news on member publications and Society events.

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER – Currently held by Katrina Tap (second/final term). The administrative officer maintains the membership database; liaises with the journal publisher Brill and the Treasurer re: membership/journal subscription updates; monitors the Society’s email account.

POSTGRADUATE REPRESENTATIVE – Currently held by Laura Collier and Hayley Ogle (first term). Postgraduate representatives ensure that postgraduate student and researcher voices are brought to the attention of the Council. Nominees must be enrolled as a postgraduate student at the commencement of their tenure to nominate for this post.

ORDINARY MEMBERS (up to 12 positions) – First term: Kirk Essary; Second/final term: Susan Matt, Piroska Nagy, Carly Osborn, Miri Rubin, Peter Stearns, Stephanie Trigg, Charles Zika.

Email your nomination by Saturday 2 October. Either click on this link or email Secretary, Anne Sophie Voyer at societyhistoryemotions@gmail.com, c.c. anne.s.voyer@gmail.com, using the subject header ‘SHE Nomination for Council Position [INSERT NAME OF POSITION]: Due 2 October 2021’, and include the following details in the text:

o   Full name

o   Contact email:

o   Institutional affiliation (if you have one)

o   The position on the SHE Council for which you are nominating

o   A brief bio (no more than 300 words)

o   Brief outline of your current research interests in the history of emotions (no more than 200 words)

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Call for Editors: Emotions: History, Culture, Society (EHCS) is a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary biannual journal published by Brill Publishing on behalf of the Society for the History of Emotions. EHCS is dedicated to understanding the emotions as culturally and temporally situated phenomena, and to exploring the role of emotion in shaping human experience and action by individuals, groups, societies and cultures.

JOURNAL EDITORS – The current editors are Katie Barclay, Andrew Lynch and Giovanni Tarantino. Due to the retirement of Andrew Lynch, we are now looking for one or more editors to join the editorial team, alongside Barclay and Tarantino. We are particularly interested in expressions of interest from emotions researchers who can expand the disciplinary, geographical and temporal breadth of the current editors (both historians of early modern Europe). This role involves full editorial responsibility for the two issues of the journal each year, including recruiting submissions, managing peer review and preparing articles for submission, proof-reading and similar activities. We are supported by our publishing team at Brill and a professional copyeditor. If you are interested, please send us a short expression of interest to editemotions@gmail.com detailing your research interest/expertise and any relevant experience by 30 September 2021.

BOOK REVIEWS EDITOR – EHCS also calls for a new book reviews editor or editors to take over this role from Giovanni Tarantino. The role involves identifying appropriate books and their reviewers, editing copy, and managing the timely submission of reviews. This role might be especially suitable for an ECR scholar who would like some experience of working as part of a journal editorial team; however we welcome expressions of interest from emotions scholars at any career stage. Please send a short expression of interest to editemotions@gmail.com detailing your research interests/expertise and any relevant experience by 30 September 2021.

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Online Seminar:

Conference:

The North American Chapter on the History of Emotion (NACHE) will be holding its next conference June 3-4, 2022, on the campus of George Mason University in Fairfax, VA. Interested scholars are invited to submit proposals, for single presentations or for panels. The conference is open to proposals dealing with any region or time period; interdisciplinary approaches are welcome.

The conference is co-chaired by Susan Matt and Peter Stearns. Due date for proposals is Sept. 15, 2021. Decisions will be made by Oct. 1, and a conference program will be set by Nov. 15, at which time firm commitments will be required.

Conference details will be available on the NACHE website or by request by May 31. We are aiming to keep costs low, primarily to cover meals and very modest staffing expenses; hotel rooms will be available at discounted rates.

Please address questions or proposals to pstearns@gmu.edu.

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Symposium: Imperial Emotions and the De-Colonial Move, The University of Adelaide, TBC July 2021.

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Conference:  ‘Unsettling Certainties‘, Fourth Biennial Conference of the Society for the History of Emotions, 28 November– 01 December 2023, The University of Adelaide.

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Conference: Fairfax 2021 North American Chapter on the History of Emotions Conference, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA, postponed to 3–4  June 2022 (supported by SHE). Keep updated with the announcements page of the North American Chapter.

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Conference:  ‘Going Places: Mobility, Migration, Exile, Space and Emotions‘, Third Biennial Conference of the Society for the History of Emotions, 30 August– 2 September 2022, University of Florence (postponed from 2021 due to COVID-19).

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Conference: ‘Emotions in Conflict‘, Second Biennial Conference of the Society for the History of Emotions, 2-4 October 2019, University of Ottawa.

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Conference: ‘Reception and Emotion’, Thirteenth Biennial Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (ANZAMEMS), The University of Western Australia, TBC mid-2022. #anza22

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Conference: ‘Emotions of Cultures/Cultures of Emotions: Comparative Perspectives‘, First Biennial Conference of the Society for the History of Emotions, 11–12 December 2017, The University of Western Australia.

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See also the Events pages for:

• Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions
• Cost Action 18140 People in Motion: Entangled Histories of Displacement across the Mediterranean (1492–1923)(PIMo)
• Queen Mary University of London Centre for the History of Emotions