About THE HIST SECTION OF ISA
The purposes of the HIST SECTION are to:
1. promote the exchange of ideas among HIST-interested scholars across both disciplinary and international boundaries;
2. support a scholarly community and promote HIST-related studies;
3. facilitate networking and cooperation among scholars and students working on Historical International Relations.
4. strengthen research and teaching in the field and attract talented new scholars to it.
You can join the HIST SECTION by ticking the relevant box when you sign up for ISA Membership.
1. promote the exchange of ideas among HIST-interested scholars across both disciplinary and international boundaries;
2. support a scholarly community and promote HIST-related studies;
3. facilitate networking and cooperation among scholars and students working on Historical International Relations.
4. strengthen research and teaching in the field and attract talented new scholars to it.
You can join the HIST SECTION by ticking the relevant box when you sign up for ISA Membership.
ISA HIST SECTION GOVERNANCE And LEADERSHIP
- Section Chair. Benjamin de Carvalho, NUPI; 2023 - 2025.
- Past: 2021 - 2023. Julia Costa Lopez, University of Groningen; 2019 - 2021. Ayşe Zarakol, University of Cambridge; 2017 - 2019. Benjamin de Carvalho, NUPI; 2015 - 2017. Halvard Leira, NUPI; 2013 - 2015. Daniel Green, University of Delaware. [According to our by-laws, section chairs advance to the executive/nominating committee at the end of their term.]
- Program Chair. Lucian Ashworth, Memorial University of Newfoundland; 2023 - 2025.
- Past: 2021 - 2023. George Lawson, Australian National University; 2019 - 2021. Julia Costa Lopez, University of Groningen; 2017 - 2019. Ayşe Zarakol, University of Cambridge. 2015 - 2017. Benjamin de Carvalho, NUPI; 2013 - 2015. Halvard Leira, NUPI. [According to our by-laws, program chairs advance to section chair at the end of their term.]
- Communications Officer. 2023 - 2025. Swati Srivastava, Purdue University
- Member-at-large. 2022 - 2024, Quentin Bruneau, New School
- Member-at-large. 2022 - 2024, Zeynep Gülsah Çapan, University of Erfurt
- Graduate Student Representative. 2023 - 2024. Martin Kirsch, University of Cambridge
- Graduate Student Representative. 2023 - 2024. Anni Roth Hjermann, University of Cambridge
- Guicciardini (Best Book) Prize Committee. 2023 - 2025.
- Chair: Ji-young Lee (American); Kerry Goettlich (Reading); William Bain (National University of Singapore).
- Fletcher (Best Edited Book) Prize Committee. 2023 - 2025.
- Chair: Patricia Owens (Oxford); Eric Haney (McGill); Sinja Graf (LSE).
- Tuchman (Best Graduate Paper) Prize Committee. 2023 - 2025.
- Chair: Patricia Owens (Oxford); Eric Haney (McGill); Sinja Graf (LSE).
- Merze Tate (Best Article) Prize Committee. 2023 - 2025.
- Chair: Hitomi Koyama (Leiden); Quentin Bruneau (New School); Margot Tudor (City, University of London)
2022 Business Meeting (13 April 2022, Online)
You can find the agenda a minutes of the 2022 business meeting here
You can find the agenda a minutes of the 2022 business meeting here

You can view a zoom recording of the 2021 business meeting from this link.
The agenda for the meeting is here.
The agenda for the meeting is here.

You can view a zoom recording of the 2020 business meeting from this link.
The agenda for the meeting is accessible here.