Historical IR Section (ISA)
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This is the official account of the Historical IR (HIST) Section of the International Studies Association (ISA).
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Kerry Goettlich, From Frontiers to Borders: How Colonial Technicians Created Modern Territoriality - Cambridge University Press, August 2025
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July 25, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Kerry Goettlich, From Frontiers to Borders: How Colonial Technicians Created Modern Territoriality - Cambridge University Press, August 2025
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⏰ Reminder!
Don't forget to submit your nominations for our 2025 prizes – the deadline is **tomorrow** ⬇️
All details below & on our website:
Don't forget to submit your nominations for our 2025 prizes – the deadline is **tomorrow** ⬇️
All details below & on our website:
🚨 2025 HIST prize details
Our ISA section website will be updated shortly. In the meantime, have a look at this thread for all up-to-date information about our prizes 👇
Note that *all nominations* are due August 1st and should be sent (by email) to the respective committee chair. 🧵
Our ISA section website will be updated shortly. In the meantime, have a look at this thread for all up-to-date information about our prizes 👇
Note that *all nominations* are due August 1st and should be sent (by email) to the respective committee chair. 🧵
July 31, 2025 at 8:26 AM
⏰ Reminder!
Don't forget to submit your nominations for our 2025 prizes – the deadline is **tomorrow** ⬇️
All details below & on our website:
Don't forget to submit your nominations for our 2025 prizes – the deadline is **tomorrow** ⬇️
All details below & on our website:
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☀️ The wait is over: our summer reading list 2025 is here!
Explore our recommended selection of books, reviewed in International Affairs, to keep you company this summer: medium.com/internationa...
Explore our recommended selection of books, reviewed in International Affairs, to keep you company this summer: medium.com/internationa...
The International Affairs summer reading list 2025
There is nothing quite like spending the summer lost within the pages of a great book — or ten. Every year, Book Reviews Editor Mariana…
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July 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
☀️ The wait is over: our summer reading list 2025 is here!
Explore our recommended selection of books, reviewed in International Affairs, to keep you company this summer: medium.com/internationa...
Explore our recommended selection of books, reviewed in International Affairs, to keep you company this summer: medium.com/internationa...
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Congratulations to this year's ISA #BookAward winners! Check them out and add them to your summer reading list. Stay tuned for more winner announcements throughout the summer.
July 14, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Congratulations to this year's ISA #BookAward winners! Check them out and add them to your summer reading list. Stay tuned for more winner announcements throughout the summer.
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🚨 Reminder! Nominations for the Barbara W. Tuchman Prize for Best Paper in Historical International Relations by a Graduate Student are due August 1st – to nominate, get in touch with the committee chair. All further information on our website histsectionisa.weebly.com
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🌍 Barbara W. Tuchman Prize for Best Paper in Historical International Relations by a Graduate Student
Committee: Jelena Subotic (chair), Or Rosenboim, Thomas Müller
Nominations (of papers presented at ISA 2025) are due by August 1st and should be emailed directly to the chair.
Committee: Jelena Subotic (chair), Or Rosenboim, Thomas Müller
Nominations (of papers presented at ISA 2025) are due by August 1st and should be emailed directly to the chair.
June 27, 2025 at 8:45 AM
🚨 Reminder! Nominations for the Barbara W. Tuchman Prize for Best Paper in Historical International Relations by a Graduate Student are due August 1st – to nominate, get in touch with the committee chair. All further information on our website histsectionisa.weebly.com
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🚨 Reminder! Nominations for the Joseph Fletcher Prize for Best Edited Book in Historical International Relations are due August 1st – to nominate, get in touch with the committee chair. All further information on our website histsectionisa.weebly.com
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🌍 Joseph Fletcher Prize for Best Edited Book in Historical International Relations
Committee: Jelena Subotic (chair), Or Rosenboim, Thomas Müller
Nominations invited for ed. books published in the previous calendar year (2025 nominations are for books with a 2024 publication date) by August 1st.
Committee: Jelena Subotic (chair), Or Rosenboim, Thomas Müller
Nominations invited for ed. books published in the previous calendar year (2025 nominations are for books with a 2024 publication date) by August 1st.
June 27, 2025 at 8:44 AM
🚨 Reminder! Nominations for the Joseph Fletcher Prize for Best Edited Book in Historical International Relations are due August 1st – to nominate, get in touch with the committee chair. All further information on our website histsectionisa.weebly.com
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🚨 Reminder! Nominations for the Merze Tate Prize for Best Article in Historical International Relations are due August 1st – to nominate, get in touch with the committee chair. All further information on our website histsectionisa.weebly.com
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🌍 Merze Tate Prize for Best Article in Historical International Relations
Committee: Justin Rosenberg (chair), Jaakko Heiskanen, Andrea Paras
Nominations invited for articles published in the previous calendar year (2025 nominations are for articles with a 2024 publication date) by August 1st.
Committee: Justin Rosenberg (chair), Jaakko Heiskanen, Andrea Paras
Nominations invited for articles published in the previous calendar year (2025 nominations are for articles with a 2024 publication date) by August 1st.
June 27, 2025 at 8:42 AM
🚨 Reminder! Nominations for the Merze Tate Prize for Best Article in Historical International Relations are due August 1st – to nominate, get in touch with the committee chair. All further information on our website histsectionisa.weebly.com
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🚨 Reminder! Nominations for the Francesco Guicciardini Prize for Best Book in Historical International Relations are due August 1st – to nominate, get in touch with the committee chair. All further information on our website histsectionisa.weebly.com
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🌍 Francesco Guicciardini Prize for Best Book in Historical International Relations
Committee: Hendrik Spruyt (chair), Mlada Bukovansky, Maïa Pal
For the 2025 prize (presented at the 2026 Annual Convention), books with a 2024 copyright are eligible. Nominations are due August 1st.
Committee: Hendrik Spruyt (chair), Mlada Bukovansky, Maïa Pal
For the 2025 prize (presented at the 2026 Annual Convention), books with a 2024 copyright are eligible. Nominations are due August 1st.
June 27, 2025 at 8:41 AM
🚨 Reminder! Nominations for the Francesco Guicciardini Prize for Best Book in Historical International Relations are due August 1st – to nominate, get in touch with the committee chair. All further information on our website histsectionisa.weebly.com
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Modern Intellectual History is now on BlueSky: give @mihjournal.bsky.social a follow – lots of excellent work of interest to historically-minded IR scholars too!
July 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Modern Intellectual History is now on BlueSky: give @mihjournal.bsky.social a follow – lots of excellent work of interest to historically-minded IR scholars too!
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👋 If you're looking for updates of the ISA's Historical Section (HIST), you're in the right place! Please like, share, and follow to help us spread the word 😀 #HistIR
May 14, 2025 at 11:19 AM
👋 If you're looking for updates of the ISA's Historical Section (HIST), you're in the right place! Please like, share, and follow to help us spread the word 😀 #HistIR
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🚨 The deadline to apply for a ISA Research Workshop Grant (up to $2,500) is TOMORROW! 50K total funding available for 2026! In-person & virtual options. #ISA2026 👉 buff.ly/vDxoU04
June 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
🚨 The deadline to apply for a ISA Research Workshop Grant (up to $2,500) is TOMORROW! 50K total funding available for 2026! In-person & virtual options. #ISA2026 👉 buff.ly/vDxoU04
🚨 Reminder! Nominations for the Barbara W. Tuchman Prize for Best Paper in Historical International Relations by a Graduate Student are due August 1st – to nominate, get in touch with the committee chair. All further information on our website histsectionisa.weebly.com
Spread the word!
Spread the word!
🌍 Barbara W. Tuchman Prize for Best Paper in Historical International Relations by a Graduate Student
Committee: Jelena Subotic (chair), Or Rosenboim, Thomas Müller
Nominations (of papers presented at ISA 2025) are due by August 1st and should be emailed directly to the chair.
Committee: Jelena Subotic (chair), Or Rosenboim, Thomas Müller
Nominations (of papers presented at ISA 2025) are due by August 1st and should be emailed directly to the chair.
June 27, 2025 at 8:45 AM
🚨 Reminder! Nominations for the Barbara W. Tuchman Prize for Best Paper in Historical International Relations by a Graduate Student are due August 1st – to nominate, get in touch with the committee chair. All further information on our website histsectionisa.weebly.com
Spread the word!
Spread the word!
🚨 Reminder! Nominations for the Joseph Fletcher Prize for Best Edited Book in Historical International Relations are due August 1st – to nominate, get in touch with the committee chair. All further information on our website histsectionisa.weebly.com
Spread the word!
Spread the word!
🌍 Joseph Fletcher Prize for Best Edited Book in Historical International Relations
Committee: Jelena Subotic (chair), Or Rosenboim, Thomas Müller
Nominations invited for ed. books published in the previous calendar year (2025 nominations are for books with a 2024 publication date) by August 1st.
Committee: Jelena Subotic (chair), Or Rosenboim, Thomas Müller
Nominations invited for ed. books published in the previous calendar year (2025 nominations are for books with a 2024 publication date) by August 1st.
June 27, 2025 at 8:44 AM
🚨 Reminder! Nominations for the Joseph Fletcher Prize for Best Edited Book in Historical International Relations are due August 1st – to nominate, get in touch with the committee chair. All further information on our website histsectionisa.weebly.com
Spread the word!
Spread the word!
🚨 Reminder! Nominations for the Merze Tate Prize for Best Article in Historical International Relations are due August 1st – to nominate, get in touch with the committee chair. All further information on our website histsectionisa.weebly.com
Spread the word!
Spread the word!
🌍 Merze Tate Prize for Best Article in Historical International Relations
Committee: Justin Rosenberg (chair), Jaakko Heiskanen, Andrea Paras
Nominations invited for articles published in the previous calendar year (2025 nominations are for articles with a 2024 publication date) by August 1st.
Committee: Justin Rosenberg (chair), Jaakko Heiskanen, Andrea Paras
Nominations invited for articles published in the previous calendar year (2025 nominations are for articles with a 2024 publication date) by August 1st.
June 27, 2025 at 8:42 AM
🚨 Reminder! Nominations for the Merze Tate Prize for Best Article in Historical International Relations are due August 1st – to nominate, get in touch with the committee chair. All further information on our website histsectionisa.weebly.com
Spread the word!
Spread the word!
🚨 Reminder! Nominations for the Francesco Guicciardini Prize for Best Book in Historical International Relations are due August 1st – to nominate, get in touch with the committee chair. All further information on our website histsectionisa.weebly.com
Spread the word!
Spread the word!
🌍 Francesco Guicciardini Prize for Best Book in Historical International Relations
Committee: Hendrik Spruyt (chair), Mlada Bukovansky, Maïa Pal
For the 2025 prize (presented at the 2026 Annual Convention), books with a 2024 copyright are eligible. Nominations are due August 1st.
Committee: Hendrik Spruyt (chair), Mlada Bukovansky, Maïa Pal
For the 2025 prize (presented at the 2026 Annual Convention), books with a 2024 copyright are eligible. Nominations are due August 1st.
June 27, 2025 at 8:41 AM
🚨 Reminder! Nominations for the Francesco Guicciardini Prize for Best Book in Historical International Relations are due August 1st – to nominate, get in touch with the committee chair. All further information on our website histsectionisa.weebly.com
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👉 Take a look at this CfP for the LSE-Tufts Seminar in Contemporary International History, for those working on "any aspect of 20th or 21st century international history and historical IR, broadly defined" 👇
Organised by @lizingleson.bsky.social, @mjbayly.bsky.social, @emleake.bsky.social #HistIR
Organised by @lizingleson.bsky.social, @mjbayly.bsky.social, @emleake.bsky.social #HistIR
June 20, 2025 at 12:46 PM
👉 Take a look at this CfP for the LSE-Tufts Seminar in Contemporary International History, for those working on "any aspect of 20th or 21st century international history and historical IR, broadly defined" 👇
Organised by @lizingleson.bsky.social, @mjbayly.bsky.social, @emleake.bsky.social #HistIR
Organised by @lizingleson.bsky.social, @mjbayly.bsky.social, @emleake.bsky.social #HistIR
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Announcing the 2025 ISA Dissertation Completion #Fellowship. This award is for #EarlyCareerScholars in the later stages of their #PhD program. It is intended to help #Students offset the cost of completing their dissertation. Eligibility Criteria & submission details here: buff.ly/pv0ye0Z
June 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Announcing the 2025 ISA Dissertation Completion #Fellowship. This award is for #EarlyCareerScholars in the later stages of their #PhD program. It is intended to help #Students offset the cost of completing their dissertation. Eligibility Criteria & submission details here: buff.ly/pv0ye0Z
All updated information on prizes (see below) is now also available on our @isanet.bsky.social section website: www.isanet.org/Programs/Awa...
May 27, 2025 at 10:17 AM
All updated information on prizes (see below) is now also available on our @isanet.bsky.social section website: www.isanet.org/Programs/Awa...
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🚨 2025 HIST prize details
Our ISA section website will be updated shortly. In the meantime, have a look at this thread for all up-to-date information about our prizes 👇
Note that *all nominations* are due August 1st and should be sent (by email) to the respective committee chair. 🧵
Our ISA section website will be updated shortly. In the meantime, have a look at this thread for all up-to-date information about our prizes 👇
Note that *all nominations* are due August 1st and should be sent (by email) to the respective committee chair. 🧵
May 14, 2025 at 11:35 AM
🚨 2025 HIST prize details
Our ISA section website will be updated shortly. In the meantime, have a look at this thread for all up-to-date information about our prizes 👇
Note that *all nominations* are due August 1st and should be sent (by email) to the respective committee chair. 🧵
Our ISA section website will be updated shortly. In the meantime, have a look at this thread for all up-to-date information about our prizes 👇
Note that *all nominations* are due August 1st and should be sent (by email) to the respective committee chair. 🧵
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🗓️ The registration deadline for #EISAPEC25 has been extended by four days to 18 May, 2025!
🔗 Register via our online portal: bit.ly/4cB8W8N
🔗 Register via our online portal: bit.ly/4cB8W8N
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May 15, 2025 at 6:00 AM
🗓️ The registration deadline for #EISAPEC25 has been extended by four days to 18 May, 2025!
🔗 Register via our online portal: bit.ly/4cB8W8N
🔗 Register via our online portal: bit.ly/4cB8W8N
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Tomorrow is the deadline fo proposals for ISA-West 2025, scheduled for September in Pasadena, CA!! More information can be found here: buff.ly/J7I0jFA
May 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Tomorrow is the deadline fo proposals for ISA-West 2025, scheduled for September in Pasadena, CA!! More information can be found here: buff.ly/J7I0jFA
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Want to nominate/self-nominate a book or article for one of the ISA HIST prizes this year? Here's all the up-to-date info you need 👇 #HistIR
🚨 2025 HIST prize details
Our ISA section website will be updated shortly. In the meantime, have a look at this thread for all up-to-date information about our prizes 👇
Note that *all nominations* are due August 1st and should be sent (by email) to the respective committee chair. 🧵
Our ISA section website will be updated shortly. In the meantime, have a look at this thread for all up-to-date information about our prizes 👇
Note that *all nominations* are due August 1st and should be sent (by email) to the respective committee chair. 🧵
May 14, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Want to nominate/self-nominate a book or article for one of the ISA HIST prizes this year? Here's all the up-to-date info you need 👇 #HistIR
🚨 2025 HIST prize details
Our ISA section website will be updated shortly. In the meantime, have a look at this thread for all up-to-date information about our prizes 👇
Note that *all nominations* are due August 1st and should be sent (by email) to the respective committee chair. 🧵
Our ISA section website will be updated shortly. In the meantime, have a look at this thread for all up-to-date information about our prizes 👇
Note that *all nominations* are due August 1st and should be sent (by email) to the respective committee chair. 🧵
May 14, 2025 at 11:35 AM
🚨 2025 HIST prize details
Our ISA section website will be updated shortly. In the meantime, have a look at this thread for all up-to-date information about our prizes 👇
Note that *all nominations* are due August 1st and should be sent (by email) to the respective committee chair. 🧵
Our ISA section website will be updated shortly. In the meantime, have a look at this thread for all up-to-date information about our prizes 👇
Note that *all nominations* are due August 1st and should be sent (by email) to the respective committee chair. 🧵
👋 If you're looking for updates of the ISA's Historical Section (HIST), you're in the right place! Please like, share, and follow to help us spread the word 😀 #HistIR
May 14, 2025 at 11:19 AM
👋 If you're looking for updates of the ISA's Historical Section (HIST), you're in the right place! Please like, share, and follow to help us spread the word 😀 #HistIR
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ISA is pleased to announce our 2026 conference, taking place in March 22-25, 2026 in Columbus, Ohio. The conference theme is "Back to the Fundamentals" and the deadline for submissions is June 1st: buff.ly/ItyofBO
April 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
ISA is pleased to announce our 2026 conference, taking place in March 22-25, 2026 in Columbus, Ohio. The conference theme is "Back to the Fundamentals" and the deadline for submissions is June 1st: buff.ly/ItyofBO