The first Central European History Convention (CEH-C) will be held this year in Vienna July 17-19, co-organized by Professors Peter Becker, Tara Zahra, and Dominique Reill, holder of the Migrations Studies – Fulbright/Iméra Chair in 2023-2024.
Picture credit: Vienna photographed by Jacek Dylag (Unsplash).
The CEH-C, organised by the Central European History Society, will serve as a space where scholars of the region and outside the region can share their work, exchange, and discuss, without the costs and travel usually associated with such conventions, making it more inclusive for participation by emerging scholars (thanks also to the fact that there are no registration fees and travel subsidies were made available upon request).
A more accessible and regional conference
In response to the initial call for papers that went out this fall, over 470 applications were received. Of that, almost 200 participants were selected to partake in 55 panels, dozens of poster presentations, and a specially appointed Research Lab space. The extraordinary interest in participation reflects precisely what the organizers had assumed: there is a hunger in the region to participate in these kinds of events, a hunger that was left hungry by what visa restrictions, travel costs, and heavy registration fees implied.
Some of the most prominent scholars of Central Europe from all over the world will also be in attendance, emblematized by Peter Haslinger’s and Tara Zahra’s keynotes and the three panels designated to honouring the intellectual impact of Professor Pieter Judson.
