For details of the Roma & Naples  Conference, see below

The American Historical Association, Philadelphia, 5-8 January 2023

Contact Info: 

Peter J. Aschenbrenner

ICHRPI National Convenor (US) (aschenbrenner.historian@gmail.com)

‘Three Cheers for Rudolph of Habsburg: Celebrating the 750th anniversary of his coronation’

Scholars are invited to celebrate the accession of Rudolf of Habsburg (as King of the Germans; Aachen, 24 October 1273), if only to say ‘others were a lot worse’. The world’s longest-running dynasty ended its days in a suitably Viennese manner with sort-of abdications, renunciations of renunciations and a short-lived return engagement, starring Charles I and Zita of Bourbon-Parma.   Please pick out a Habsburg and say something nice about him or her, even if it’s in a Rosenkavalier, slightly awkward and left-handed kind of way.

Suggestions: Carlo Quinto is responsible for the Maltese Falcon, the ‘stuff that dreams are made of’.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8_hGlwau3A

As for Joseph II … where would Amadeus be without him? ‘Let’s have some fun’

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IHptqZiDxc&t=46s

Left-handed compliments (‘mit mir keine Nacht dir zu lang’) are welcome.

The International Commission for the History of Representative and Parliamentary Institutions (founded in 1936) invites scholars to propose papers to this panel; this is scheduled in conjunction with the American Historical Association’s 2023 meeting in Philadelphia, PA USA from 5 to 8 January 2023. The International Commission is an AHA affiliated society. The names of presenters and the titles of their papers will appear in the AHA’s print and online program. Please submit the title of your proposed essay by 25 May 2022. Consideration is being given to conducting this event as a hybrid F2F / Zoom proceeding, so scholars should not assume that attendance is mandatory.

 ‘Philadelphia 1777 1787’

Next to Athens and London, this is the place that one can truly say ‘it all started here’.  A locale inspiring two national and two state constitutions … In 14 years (1776-1790), no less. What is there about top-down constitution writing? Why were technocratically scholars so confident that government founding/refounding could be launched with a constitutional instrument? References to the San Marino Constitution     (8 October 1600) welcome.

The International Commission for the History of Representative and Parliamentary Institutions (founded in 1936) invites scholars to propose papers to this panel; this is scheduled in conjunction with the American Historical Association’s 2023 meeting in Philadelphia, PA USA from 5 to 8 January 2023. The International Commission is an AHA affiliated society. The names of presenters and the titles of their papers will appear in the AHA’s print and online program. Please submit the title of your proposed essay by 25 May 2022. Consideration is being given to conducting this event as a hybrid F2F / Zoom proceeding, so scholars should not assume that attendance is mandatory.

‘Europe invaded: 2022, 1683, 451, 479 BC’

‘Europe invaded: 2022, 1683, 451, 479 BC’. I refer to Kyiv (2022), Vienna (1683), Chalons-sur-Marne (451) and Plataea (479 BC): Europeans had just finished celebrating the 2500^th anniversary of that victory, when another massive force from the east launched an invasion of Europe. What is it about Eurocentric ideals that inspires resistance to continental invasions? Does success have anything to do with European’s superior organizational ability? And, if this is the case, does that level of organizational competence (taken over 2,500 years) have something to do with the evolution of representative and parliamentary institutions?

The International Commission for the History of Representative and Parliamentary Institutions (founded in 1936) invites scholars to propose papers to this panel; this is scheduled in conjunction with the American Historical Association’s 2023 meeting in Philadelphia, PA USA from 5 to 8 January 2023. The International Commission is an AHA affiliated society. The names of presenters and the titles of their papers will appear in the AHA’s print and online program. Please submit the title of your proposed essay by 25 May 2022. Consideration is being given to conducting this event as a hybrid F2F / Zoom proceeding, so scholars should not assume that attendance is mandatory.

‘Pacific Rim Political and Parliamentary History: 1867-1945’

Political and Parliamentary institutions in nations fronting the Pacific Ocean underwent fundamental (organic) changes in 1867 (Canada) and in 1889 (Japan) and 1901 (Australia). How do newly-founded nations learn from the experience of other nations; the topic is not limited to missions dispatched by Japan and China before and after the turn of the 20^th century. Do divergences in the host political culture – if not outright contradictions – enable the ‘learning’ nation to avoid charges that it has ‘copied’ foreign political culture?

The International Commission for the History of Representative and Parliamentary Institutions (founded in 1936) invites scholars to propose papers to this panel; this is scheduled in conjunction with the American Historical Association’s 2023 meeting in Philadelphia, PA USA from 5 to 8 January 2023. The International Commission is an AHA affiliated society. The names of presenters and the titles of their papers will appear in the AHA’s print and online program. Please submit the title of your proposed essay by 25 May 2022. Consideration is being given to conducting this event as a hybrid F2F / Zoom proceeding, so scholars should not assume that attendance is mandatory.

Topic ‘Elements of European political culture from the 11th century’

The International Commission for the History of Representative and Parliamentary Institutions will be holding its conference, as an affiliated society, during the American Historical Association’s annual meeting in Philadelphia 5 -8 January 2023.

‘Elements of European political culture from the 11th century’.

Medievalists in the last 50 years have identified specific elements in statecraft whose development can be traced forward.  Some of these include consultation, negotiation, recording of disputes, choreography in ordered discourse and composition of procedural studies and treatises.  What is the state of today’s scholarly art in identifying progress in statecraft into the renaissance and beyond?

The International Commission for the History of Representative and Parliamentary Institutions (founded in 1936) invites scholars to propose papers to this panel; this is scheduled in conjunction with the American Historical Association’s 2023 meeting in Philadelphia, PA USA from 5 to 8 January 2023. The International Commission is an AHA affiliated society. The names of presenters and the titles of their papers will appear in the AHA’s print and online program. Please submit the title of your proposed essay by 25 May 2022. Consideration is being given to conducting this event as a hybrid F2F / Zoom proceeding, so scholars should not assume that attendance is mandatory.

75th Conference of the International Commission for the History of Representative and Parliamentary Institutions (ICHRPI)

Rome-Naples, 25-28 September 2023

→ Call for Papers ←

73th Conference (Poznan, Poland) and ICHRPI sessions at the American Historical Association, please see below

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74th Conference of the International Commission for the History of Representative and Parliamentary Institutions (ICHRPI), Paris, France, 21-23 September 2022

→  Conference Programme – Paris 74  ←

Call for Papers

The 74th Conference of the ICHRPI will be held in Paris, from 21-23 September 2022. It will be organized by the French Section of the ICHRPI on behalf of the Comité d’histoire parlementaire et politique (CHPP) and the University of Orléans.

The scientific coordinators will be Jean Garrigues (Chairman of the CHPP), Pierre Allorant (Secretary General of the CHPP) and Walter Badier (Secretary General of the CHPP)

Main Conference Theme : Parliaments and parliamentary institutions facing political crisis from the Middle Ages to the twenty-first century.

Other Conference Themes :

1) Parliamentary institutions facing other powers

2) Parliamentary institutions facing the people.

3) Parliamentary institutions facing moments of revolution.

4) Parliamentary institutions during war.

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AHA meeting in New Orleans, USA (6-9 January 2022)

Dear Colleagues,

As you know the 2021 annual meeting of the American Historical Association (January, 2021; Seattle) was cancelled, along with the International Commission’s program at that event.

There is much optimism that the AHA meeting in New Orleans (6-9 January 2022) will take place. ‘We are planning to hold an in-person meeting and are working with the hotels and others on how to meet safely. We will regularly update members via our website as our plans evolve’. Several IC colleagues have remarked to me that New Orleans should be an attractive destination, especially at that time of the year.

So in my recent last blast-email I sent out the CFP Call for Papers (a) to all IC members (in my rolodex) and (b) scholars who attended the NYC conference (2020) for whom I have email addresses and (c) all those who signed for the Seattle conference. The information in this CFP duplicates that email.

All I need are (a) your name, (b) your institutional affiliation, if any, and (c) the title of your paper. Please respond by 15 May. My deadline to respond to AHA is 31 May. If I have questions, I’ll ask you. Please respond to

Peter J. Aschenbrenner, National Convenor (US) aschenbrenner.historian@gmail.com

About 15 May I’ll circulate a list of panels and presenters, discussants and chairs. If I don’t hear from you by then and you were on the program in Seattle, I’ll bug you to answer so I can get a firmer picture of who wants to present in New Orleans.

Here are the proposed panels, which barely differ from last year.

Topic A: Constitution writing and parliamentary organization in the Atlantic World 1775-1815.

Topic B: Elements of European political culture from the 11th century.

Topic C: Pacific Rim parliamentary history: 1850-1945

Please keep in mind that depending on the number of participants some recalibration of ‘who’s on what’ panel may be required.

Best wishes,

Peter

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73rd Conference (Poznan, Poland, August 2022)

The Commission will hold its 73rd meeting in Poznan, Poland, as part of the XXIII International Congress of Historical Sciences, which is being held 21-27 August.

The Commission meetings will be held 25-26 August.

→  PROGRAMME  ←

This conference has been POSTPONED until August 2022

CISH  23rd CONGRESS   (Poznan, August 23-29, 2020) 

LIST OF THEMES :

1)  From Administration to Politics: the role of representative assemblies.

2)  Representative institutions in the governance of cities from Middle Age to present time.

3)  Myth and reality of representation: political theories and institutional practices.

4)  The development of representative and parliamentary institutions in Central-Eastern Europe.

For the full programme, click HERE

Professor Maria Sofia Corciulo, mariasofia.corciulo@uniroma1.it is the chief organizer.

International Commission for the History of Representative and Parliamentary Institutions American Historical Association Conference

AHA Affiliated Society Sessions and Reception

Hilton Hotel

Sixth Avenue and 53rd Streets

New York City

3 to 6 January 2020

Sunday, January 5, 2020: 1:30 PM-3:00 PM Harlem Room (New York Hilton, Fourth Floor) The Medieval to the Early Modern: Origins of Contemporary Parliamentary Institutions Chair: Eva Hoffman Jedruch, independent scholar

– Paul Seaward (History of Parliament Trust): Writing the History of Parliament: The Historiography of Political Institutions

– Joachim W. Stieber (Smith College): Representative Institutions in the Age of the Reformations in Europe: Corporate Liberties of the Nobility and of Communes as Limits on Monarchy and as Precursors of Personal Religious Freedom, 1500-1700

– William Lubenow (Stockton University): The Secular Clerisy and the Formation of the Liberal State in 19th-Century Britain

– Sean Perrone (Saint Anselm College): Representation via the Mail: The Décima Negotiations of 1685-88

– Joseba Agirreazkuenaga (University of the Basque Country): The main questions and debates over 83 years (1936-2019) in the 71 Conferences of the ICHRPI

– Johannes Helmrath (Humboldt University of Berlin): The Voices of Medieval Orators before Diets and Councils

Sunday, January 5, 2020: 3:30 PM-5:00 PM

Harlem Room (New York Hilton, Fourth Floor)

Debates on Approaches to Parliamentary History in the ICHRPI since Its Foundation, 1936-2019

Chair: Mario Di Napoli, Camera dei Deputati

– Richard Helmholz (University of Chicago School of Law): The Role of Counsel in Medieval Canon Law

– John Young (University of Strathclyde): Parliamentary Representation in Scotland to the 1832 Reform Act

– Coleman Dennehy (University of Limerick): The Irish Parliament: Colonial Model or Parliamentary Particularism?

– Rocco Giurato (University of Calabria): Modernity, Statehood, and the Development of Tudor Parliaments

Reception

Sunday, January 5, 2020: 6:00 PM-8:00 PM

Green Room (New York Hilton, Fourth Floor)

                                                                                                          (Casa de la Vall, also the old parliament building, Andorra)

 Click here —>  Andorra General Information  <—

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Call for Papers

71st Conference ICHRPI

71è Congrés del CIHAE

71. Tagung IKGPS

Andorra la Vella, 16-18 July 2019

The 71^st conference of the ICHRPI will be held from Tuesday, 16 July to Thursday, 18 July2019, at the Congress Center of Andorra la Vella (Principality of Andorra).

In 2019 Andorra will celebrate the sixth centenary of the founding privilege of the Consell de la Terra, the old parliament of this small country in the midst of the Pyrenees. It is the perfect occasion to discuss in our congress the processes that followed the first participatory assemblies to become democratic parliaments. It will also allow us to focus our attention on the particular forms they adopt in small states/microstates. Parliaments are at the center of the political life of these small countries, very close to the citizens, and are they are the heirs of the ancestral forms of community representation.

Main conference theme:

Evolution of representative assemblies to democratic parliaments.

Other conference themes:

Parliaments of small states/microstates.

Forms of representation in representative and parliamentary assemblies.

The internal organization of representative assemblies: committees, commissions, secretariats.

Conference proposals

Proposals to give a paper at the Andorra conference should be submitted between 15 November 2018 and 31 January 2019 (proposal deadline).

Proposals should be submitted to consellgeneraland@gmail.com

 1a circular CIHAE (Español & Catalan)

CLICK HERE —>      CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

Please visit the conference website: <http://ichrpi2018.univie.ac.at>

Here is the “invitation letter” in German, English, and French (see below) 

GERMAN

Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen!

Die österreichische Sektion der ICHRPI lädt gemeinsam mit dem Institut für Rechts- und Verfassungsgeschichte der Universität Wien zur 70. Konferenz der ICHRPI nach Wien ein. Anlass ist das 100-Jahr-Jubiläum der Staatsgründung von Deutschösterreich am 30. Oktober 1918.

Diese 70. Konferenz der ICHRPI wird vom 10. bis 13. September 2018 überwiegend in den Räumen der Rechtswissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Wien, Schottenbastei 10-16, 1010 Wien, stattfinden. An einem der Konferenztage ist eine Exkursion nach Eisenstadt (Burgenland) und – in Kooperation mit der ungarischen Sektion – nach Sopron (Ödenburg) geplant.

Das Generalthema lautet:

1) Parlamentarismus und Staatsgründung

Dieses Thema soll in zumindest zwei Richtungen näher betrachtet werden: a) Parlament und Staatsgründung im Allgemeinen (insbesondere die Bedeutung von konkreten Parlamenten bei der – erfolgreichen oder bloß versuchten – Gründung neuer Staaten) b) Glanz und Elend des parlamentarischen Konzepts 1918 (-1938) Hier kann die Rolle des Parlamentarismus im Rahmen der Staatsgründungsvorgänge um 1918 untersucht werden – welche Erwartungen waren mit der Parlamentarisierung verbunden und wie erwuchs daraus die Krise des Parlamentarismus in der Zwischenkriegszeit?

Als weitere Themen sind vorgesehen:

2) Die Qualität von (parlamentarischer) Gesetzgebung

Dabei geht es um Fragestellungen wie: Was macht die Qualität parlamentarischer Gesetzgebung aus? Wie kann man die Qualität von Gesetzen messen? Welche Maßnahmen zur Qualitätssicherung, welche Mechanismen zur Qualitätskontrolle begegnen in der Verfassungsgeschichte?

3) Parlamentarische Infrastruktur: Gebäude, Hilfsämter, Technik

Anlass dafür ist die Renovierung des Parlamentsgebäudes in Wien und die Übersiedlung des Parlamentsbetriebs in ein Ausweichquartier.

Die Frist für die Einreichung der Vortragsvorschläge endet am 30. April 2018. Vortragsvorschläge sind als Word-Datei an gerald.kohl@univie.ac.at mit folgendem Inhalt zu senden: Name des Vortragenden, Institutszugehörigkeit, E-Mail-Adresse, Titel des Vortrages sowie eine kurze Zusammenfassung des Vortrages (höchstens 250 Wörter).

Alle weiteren Informationen zur Tagung werden auf der Tagungshomepage veröffentlicht: http://ichrpi2018.univie.ac.at/

Für das Organisationskomitee: Gerald Kohl / gerald.kohl@univie.ac.at

ENGLISH

Dear colleagues!

The Austrian section of the ICHRPI invites together with the Institute for Legal and Constitutional History of the University of Vienna to the 70th conference of the ICHRPI in Vienna. The occasion is the 100 year anniversary of the foundation of the state “Deutschösterreich” (“German Austria”) on 30th of October 1918.

This 70th conference of the ICHRPI will take place from 10th to 13th of September 2018 mainly in the premises of the Faculty of Law of the University of Vienna, Schottenbastei 10-16, 1010 Vienna. On one of the conference days an excursion is planned to Eisenstadt (Burgenland) and – in cooperation with the Hungarian section – to Sopron (Ödenburg).

The general theme is the following:

1) Parliamentarianism and state founding

This theme should be closer considered at least from two angles: a) Parliament and state foundation in general (particularly the importance of concrete parliaments during the – successful or merely attempted – foundation of new states) b) Glory and misery of the parliamentary concept 1918 (-1938) Here the role of the parliamentarianism can be explored within the framework of the state founding processes around 1918 – what expectations were related to the parliamentarization and how did the crisis of parliamentarianism arise in the interwar period?

Further themes of discussion:

2) The quality of (parliamentary) legislation

This may include questions such as: What determines the quality of parliamentary legislation? How is it possible to measure the quality of laws? What kind of measures for quality assurance and mechanisms for quality control can be encountered throughout the constitutional history?

3) Parliamentary infrastructure: building, assistance offices, technology

The reason for this is the renovation of the parliament building in Vienna and the transfer of the parliamentary operations to an alternative location.

The deadline for submission of proposals is 30th of April 2018. Proposals should be sent to gerald.kohl@univie.ac.at as a Word attachment containing the speaker’s name, institutional affiliation, e-mail address, title of the paper, along with a brief description of the paper (not exceeding 250 words).

All further information with respect to the conference will be published on the conference’s homepage: http://ichrpi2018.univie.ac.at/

Representing the organizing committee: Gerald Kohl / gerald.kohl@univie.ac.at

FRENCH

Chers collègues!

La section autrichienne d’« ICHRPI »/de la CIHAE en collaboration avec l’institut d’histoire du droit et d’histoire constitutionnelle de l’Université de Vienne vous invite à la 70e conférence d’« ICHRPI »/de la CIHAE à Vienne, à l’occasion du 100e anniversaire de la création de l’Etat « Deutschösterreich » (« l’Autriche allemande ») le 30 octobre 1918.

Cette 70e conférence d’« ICHRPI »/de la CIHAE aura lieu du 10 au 13 septembre 2018 principalement dans les espaces de la faculté de droit de l’Université de Vienne, Schottenbastei 10-16, 1010 Vienne. Une excursion à Eisenstadt (au Burgenland) et à Sopron (Ödenburg) – en coopération avec la section hongroise – est prévue lors de l’une des journées de l’événement.

Le thème général est le suivant:

1) Parlementarisme et création d’Etat

Ce thème doit être analysé au moins sous deux angles : a) Parlementarisme et création d’Etat en général (en particulier l’importance des parlements concrets pour la création des nouveaux Etats – avec succès ou restant seulement une tentative) b) Eclat et misère du concept parlementaire de 1918 (à 1938) Sur ce point, le rôle de parlementarisme peut être analysé dans le cadre des processus de création de l’Etat autour de 1918 – quelles attentes étaient liées au parlementarisme et comment évolua la crise du parlementarisme pendant l’entre-deux-guerres?

D’autres thèmes au programme:

2) La qualité de la législation (parlementaire)

Dans ce contexte, des questions telles que: Qu’est-ce qui constitue la qualité de la législation parlementaire? Comment mesurer la qualité des lois? Quelles mesures pour l’assurance qualitative, quels mécanismes pour le contrôle de la qualité rencontre-t-on dans l’histoire constitutionnelle?

3) Infrastructure parlementaire: bâtiment, offices d’aide, technique

La raison en est la rénovation du bâtiment du parlement à Vienne et le déplacement des activités parlementaires vers un hébergement alternatif.

La date limite de soumission pour des propositions de communications est le 30 avril 2018. Les communications doivent être envoyées à gerald.kohl@univie.ac.at comme pièce jointe en format Word comprenant le nom du conférencier, son affiliation institutionnelle, l’adresse électronique, le titre de la communication, ainsi qu’une brève description de la communication (n’excédant pas 250 mots).

Toutes les autres informations concernant cette conférence seront publiées sur le site de la conférence: http://ichrpi2018.univie.ac.at/

Représentant le comité d’organisation: Gerald Kohl / gerald.kohl@univie.ac.at

Paper Submission until 30th April 2018:

Proposals must be accompanied by a copy stating the title, name(s) of the author(s), contact details (mailing address, city, telephone number and e-mail address), academic/professional activity, name of institution or company and a brief CV. Paper proposals will be accepted in French, English or German.

The paper proposals must be submitted to <gerald.kohl@univie.ac.at>

For more conference details see the conference website: <http://ichrpi2018.univie.ac.at>

Conference Information

Following the 68^th conference in Palma de Mallorca in September 2016, the Commission has chosen Orléans as home to its 68^th conference. The event will be hosted by the Comité d’histoire parlementaire et politique, the University of Orléans, the Mayor of Orléans, the Mayor of Blois, the Regional Council of Centre-Val de Loire and the French Senate (Paris).

Main conference theme: Powers, Debates, Norms.

1. Fondements juridiques et institutionnels de la vie des assemblées.Legal and institutional foundations of the life of assemblies.
2. Les acteurs de la vie parlementaire et des assemblées représentatives: biographie, prosopographie, sociologie.Actors in parliamentary life and representative assemblies: biography, prosopography, sociology.
3. Procédures, travail parlementaire et fonctionnement des assemblées.Procedures, parliamentary work and functioning of assemblies.
4. Eloquence, rhétorique, discours : les formes de la délibération.Eloquence, rhetoric, discourse: forms of deliberation.
5. Images, représentation et médiatisation de la vie parlementaire.Images, representation and media coverage of parliamentary life.
6. Les Parlements face aux autres pouvoirs (exécutif, judiciaire, économique, religieux, médiatique)Parliaments facing other powers (executive, judicial, economic, religious, media)
7. La vie des assemblées dans les périodes de guerre, de crise et dans les transitions institutionnelles.The life of assemblies in times of war, crisis and institutional transitions.

Paper Submission:

Proposals must be accompanied by a copy stating the title, name(s) of the author(s), contact details (mailing address, city, telephone number and e-mail address), academic/professional activity, name of institution or company and a brief CV. Paper proposals will be accepted in French, English or German.

The deadline for proposal submission is 1 May 2017 and paper proposals must be submitted to jeang78@orange.fr and pierre.allorant@gmail.com. All authors will be notified of the acceptance of proposals before 31th may 2017.

For more conference details see the conference website:

https://ichrpi2017.wixsite.com/orleans

Conference Information

Following the 66^th conference in London in June/July 2015 and the 67^th conference held as part of the Comité International des Sciences Historique [CISH] XXII congress in Jinan, China, in August 2015, the Commission has chosen Palma de Mallorca as home to its 68^th conference. The event will be hosted by the University of the Balearic Islands.

Main conference theme: Multilevel Parliaments

Contributions are welcomed on themes such as regulation, operation, composition, representation versus governability and parliamentary transparency.

Other themes:

• Sources for the study of parliamentary history.
• The representative assemblies of the Crown of Aragon.
• Forms of political representation from the Middle Ages to the present.

Remit and Context

The political institutional reality of most of the world indicates a multilevel structure within the scope of parliaments. Along with the parliaments of states, sub-state legislative chambers in decentralized states can be found alongside the parliaments of states, and in recent decades new legislative institutions as the European Parliament or representative assemblies of supranational entities such as the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. In addition to this central issue, this conference will reflect on forms of political representation, with special attention to parliamentary representation throughout history. As a base of both studies, it is also appropriate to introduce a third theme focusing on the sources of parliamentary history. We are keen to receive proposals from historians, jurists, political scientists, and archivists to provide us with their thoughts on different forms of sources, their classification, information management and their possible applications for parliamentary studies. Finally, given that the conference will be held in Mallorca, submissions are welcomed on the comparative reflection of the scholars of the representative assemblies of the Crown of Aragon.

Call for Papers

The submission deadline for abstracts, of no more than 200 words, should be submitted to Elisabeth Ripoll Gill or Gabriel Mayol Arbrona by 30 March 2016.

Grants for scholars to attend the Palma de Mallorca Conference of ICHRPI/CIHAE2016

Applications are invited for grants available to support younger scholars without permanent employment or other adequate financial subsidy to attend this conference on 7-9 September 2016.

The awards will consist of the conference fee, one year’s subscription to the ICHRPI (which entitles members to a free copy of its journal Parliaments, Estates & Representation), and a contribution towards travel and hotel costs.

Applications and enquiries should be sent to the election panel convenor, Dr Eva Jedruch (evajedruch@gmail.com) not later than 1 May 2016.

Applicants should include

• an outline of their reasons for attending the conference
• their academic curriculum vitae
• estimates of expected costs with supporting documents for fares and accommodation
• details of any other applications for funds and the results thereof
• two confidential supporting letters sent directly by senior scholars.

The decision of the selection panel will be final.

Applicants are encouraged to submit a paper for consideration by the conference organizers and to offer it for publication either in any volume arising from the conference or in Parliaments, Estates & Representation. The closing date for offering a conference paper has been moved from January to March; see the websites above.

Conference Contacts

For general information as well as submissions email Elisabeth Ripoll Gil and Gabriel Mayol Arbona at ichrpi2016@gmail.com.

For more conference details see the conference website:

• Catalan : http://ichrpi.uib.cat/
• Spanish : http://ichrpi.uib.cat/es/
• English : http://ichrpi.uib.cat/en/

A stained glass window at St Lawrence’s Church, Evesham, commemorating Simon de Montfort’s visit to Evesham Abbey on the morning of the Battle of Evesham, 4 August 1265 [left]

Magna Carta, 1215 [to the right]

The conference is being organised by Dr Paul Seaward, Director of the History of Parliament Trust and Dr Emma Peplow, History of Parliament Trust. The conference has its own website with further information: http://makingconstitutionsconference2015.wordpress.com/ or contact Dr Paul Seaward (pseaward@histparl.ac.uk) or Dr Emma Peplow (epeplow@histparl.ac.uk).

Conference Information

The theme of the conference is MAKING CONSTITUTIONS, BUILDING PARLIAMENTS: CONSTRUCTING REPRESENTATIVE INSTITUTIONS, 1000-2000

The year 2015 marks two anniversaries of enormous significance in the history of English, and British constitutional and legal history: the 800th anniversary of King John’s acceptance of Magna Carta, the great charter of liberties of the English nation in 1215; and the 750th anniversary of the Parliament summoned by Simon de Montfort in 1265, following his defeat of King Henry III in a civil war which was the culmination of a baronial revolt.

The conference will take 1215 and 1265 as a starting point for an exploration of the initiation and development of political institutions from the early Middle Ages onwards, and an assessment of their role in state formation or nation building. It will consider the significance of foundational documents and events such as Magna Carta and the de Montfort Parliament and how these – and the historiography of Parliaments – became so important in the subsequent history of Parliament and political institutions.

For the full conference programme click here.

For more information (including security procedures) and a map of these venues, visit the conference website https://makingconstitutionsconference2015.wordpress.com/locations/

All information about how to register for the conference, and the conference dinner, which is scheduled on the evening of Friday 3 July at the Strangers’ Dining Room, House of Commons, can be found on the conference website https://makingconstitutionsconference2015.wordpress.com/registration/

Events

The conference will take place at Kings College, London in the afternoon/evening of 30 June, followed by Royal Holloway, University of London on 1 July and Portcullis House, Westminster on 2 and 3 July. Transportation will be provided to Royal Holloway so participants should look for accommodation in central London.

Accommodation

The conference website also contains suggestions for accommodation https://makingconstitutionsconference2015.wordpress.com/accommodation/

Palais Niederösterreich, historically known as the Niederösterreichisches Landeshaus, Vienna. This building housed the Estates General of Lower Austria until 1848, the State Assembly from 1861 and the parliament of the Republic of Austria from 1918. (Illustration 1883)

The Commission has chosen the City of Vienna as home to its 65^th Conference. It will be located at the University of Vienna, Austria. One of the conference days will be held at the Schallaburg Castle, 50 miles west of Vienna.

The conference is being organized by Professor Lothar Höbelt, the Secretary General of ICHRPI and he can be contacted for conference information at ichpri2014@gmail.com

Conference Information

The theme of the conference is PARLIAMENTS AND WAR.

Papers relating to World War I are particularly welcome and might be published as a special issue.

Papers will be presented on the influence of warfare on parliaments throughout history: did it help to strengthen or weaken the power of parliament?

The deadline for submission of proposals was 31 March 2014. In keeping with the traditions of the Commission all the papers proposed by 1 April have been accepted.

For the full Vienna programme see Conference Programme

The conference fee will be €100, just like last year, and will include a few calories.

Participants should please pay into the account named:

• Dr. Lothar Hoebelt VK: ICHRPI
• IBAN: AT64 2011 1280 1105 1501
• BIC: GIBAATWWXXX

Events

Events on 3 and 5 September will take place in Vienna, Thursday 4 September at Schallaburg but bus transport will of course be provided for so all participants should look for accommodation in Vienna.

Accommodation

There are all sorts of options for hotels but two of them close to university have agreed to provide a certain number of rooms at slightly reduced prices. Please mention you are attending our conference when booking.

• • *** Pension Andreas at 1080 Vienna, Schlösselgase 11 info@hpandreas.com
    Tel. 00431-4053488
    Single room at €59, Double €84

• **** Hotel de France, 1010 Schottenring 3 defrance@austria-hotels.at
  Tel. 00431-31368-3361
  Single room at €120 (Deluxe single €140), Double €140 (Deluxe double €160).

The many venues of democracy in Ireland [left to right]: The Parliament House in Dublin; Stormont (home of the Northern Irish Assembly), and Leinster House (home of the current Republic of Ireland parliament).

Conference Information

The Commission has chosen the City of Dublin as home to its 64th Conference. It will be located in Dublin City centre, with a day-trip to Belfast. The theme of the conference is PARLIAMENTS AND THE COLONIAL/IMPERIAL EXPERIENCE IN IRELAND AND THE WIDER WORLD.

• Registration form (Word)
• Programme (PDF)
• Travel to and from Dublin (PDF)
• Accommodation (PDF)
• Conference locations
• Things to do in Dublin

Conference Themes

Papers will be presented on the following:

• Parliaments, lawyers and the law – making and judging law in parliament.
• Parliaments and political culture.
• Sources and methodology for the study of parliamentary history.
• Parliaments and nation-building.

All correspondence and enquiries relating to the conference should be addressed to the Convener Dr Coleman Dennehy, ichrpi2013@gmail.com

This conference is being held with the generous support of:

• Seanad Éireann
• Northern Ireland Assembly
• Bank of Ireland
• National Library of Ireland
• Royal Irish Academy
• Marsh’s Library

Introduction

The International Commission for History of Representative and Parliamentary Institutions is affiliated to the International Committee of Historical Sciences. It was founded in 1936 and its main aim is the discussion and publication of research into the representative and parliamentary institutions.

The Commission is made up of university professors and officers of parliaments of many diverse European, Asian and American countries; being Italy, UK, Belgium and Spain the divisions with the largest number of members.

Conference information

The Commission has chosen the City of Cadiz as home to its 63rd Conference, which will form part of the programme marking the Cortes of Cadiz of 1812 bicentennial. Therefore, papers are especially invited on the main conference theme The CORTES of CADIZ and the FIRST SPANISH LIBERAL CONSTITUTIONALISM, and its INTERNATIONAL IMPACT – a theme established in order to acknowledge the value of the influence of the Cortes in the models for Liberal constitutions both in Europe and the new Latin American states.

Papers are also invited on the following conference themes:

• Parliamentary officers – elected representatives and officials
• Representative assemblies in the Old Regime – forms and representation
• Reactionaries vs. Liberals – propaganda elements (the press, leaflets, symbols and imagery)
• Modern Parliaments – census suffrage and equal suffrage
• Other Constitutions in 1812

Paper Submission

A copy of the paper proposal should be submitted in Din-A4 format and have a minimum of 2,000 characters (single space). Proposals must be accompanied by a copy stating the title, name(s) of the author(s), contact details (mailing address, city, telephone number and e-mail address), academic/professional activity, name of institution or company and a brief CV.

Paper proposals will be accepted in Spanish, English, French or German.

The deadline for submission of proposals is 29th February 2012 and paper proposals must be submitted to diana.repeto@uca.es, diego.caro@uca.es. All proposals will be reviewed by the Scientific Committee. Relevance to the conference theme(s) and quality will be considered when reviewing submissions. Authors will be notified of the acceptance of proposals before 31st March 2012.

Those who have received the notification of acceptance will be required to submit the paper by 15th June 2012 at the latest.

Paper Submission (Guidelines for Authors)

1. Manuscripts must be accompanied by a copy stating the title, name(s) of the author(s), contact details (mailing address, city, telephone number and e-mail address), academic/professional activity, name of institution or company and a brief CV.
2. Presentation of papers in the Conference sessions is mandatory for final publication of papers.
3. All manuscripts must not exceed 35,000 characters, spaces and notes all included.
4. A copy of the manuscript (carefully checked) on A4 size paper must be sent on paper and another on CD. Full texts should be in Microsoft Word version (or compatible). CDs must be labelled with the name of author(s), title, and name of programme and version used.
5. Format and size:- A4 size paper (210 x 297 mm).- Footnote citations should be added at the foot or bottom of the same page, and listed numerically and consecutively.- Pages should be numbered at the bottom centre of pages.
6. All figures provided to illustrate the text should be numbered consecutively and given a brief caption. Illustrations must be limited to 4.
7. References given at the end of the text must conform to the following style:a) Book citations:Author: place the surname first and then the name.Title: italicize the title.Volume (if any): use the abbreviation vol.Place a comma between publisher’s name, place of publication and year of publication.Pagination: use the abbreviations p. or pp. to designate page numbers.b) Chapter of a book, contributions, introductions or forewords:Author: idem book citation.Title of the chapter: in quotes and in bold. The title should not be underlined.Title of the book: italicized the title of the book.Volume (if any): use the abbreviation vol.Place a comma between publisher’s name, place of publication and year of publication.Pagination: use the abbreviations p. or pp. to designate page numbers.c) Journal article:Author: idem book citation.Article title: in quotes and in bold. The title should not be underlined.Publication title (journal, magazine, etc.): italicize the title.Volumes: include volume number (issue numbers) and publication date.Pagination: use the abbreviations p. or pp. to designate page numbers.

Scientific Committee

Gonzalo Butrón Prida – University of Cadiz.
Diego Caro Cancela – University of Cadiz.
Lola Lozano Salado – University of Cadiz.
Enrique Montañés Primicia – University of Cadiz.
Alberto Ramos Santana – University of Cadiz.
Diana Repeto García – University of Cadiz.
Mikel Urquijo Goitia – University of the Basque Country / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea.

Conference Secretary

Diana Repeto García – University of Cadiz.
Email: diana.repeto@uca.es

Communication between the Conference Organisation and lecturers will be carried out by e-mail.

Conference Venue:

Aula Magna de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras y Edificio Constitución 1812 (Great Auditorium of the University of Cadiz Faculty of Philosophy).
Antiguo Cuartel de la Bomba.
Paseo Carlos III, 3.
11.003 – Cádiz.

Organisation

Departamento de Historia Moderna, Contemporánea, de América y del Arte de la Universidad de Cádiz (UCA Department of Modern and Contemporary History of Art and the Americas).

Commission for History of Representative and Parliamentary Institutions – Spanish Division.

Sponsored by

Consorcio para la Conmemoración del Bicentenario de la Constitución de 1812 (Consortium for the Commemoration of 1812 Constitution Bicentennial).

Consejo Social de la Universidad de Cádiz (Social Council of the University of Cadiz).

Consejería de Innovación Empresa de la Junta de Andalucía (Ministry for Innovation, Science and Enterprise of the Regional Government of Andalusia).

In collaboration with

San Fernando City Council and Fundación Centro de Estudios Constitucionales 1812 (Centre for research into the politics, constitution and history of Spain).

Conference website: http://ichrpi2011.unime.it

Conference information

The Conference will mark the 150th Anniversary of the Unification of Italy (1861–2011).

There will be seven main themes:

1. ‘Representing’ the Old Regime: Representative Assemblies and Parliaments
2. Parliaments and constitutional models in the XIXth-XXth century
3. Leaders and actors in parliamentary life: cultural education and political career
4. Political institutions and society in Italian States before Unity
5. The role of representative institutions in Italian nation-building
6. Parliaments under the Crown of Aragon
7. Development of parliamentary institutions in Sicily

The organizer of the conference will be Professor Andrea Romano, Dean of the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Messina. Further information for participants will be sent after the deadline for the registration, which was on 28 February 2011.

The contact person is:

Dr Carmen Trimarchi
Dipartimento di studi europei e mediterranei
Universita degli studi di Messina
Piazza XX Settembre, 4
98122 Messina
Italy

Dr Carmen Trimarchi can be contacted by email at ctrimarchi@unime.it

Related conference images

© The Hebrew University of Jerusalem & The Jewish National & University Library

Conference website: www.ichs2010.org

Conference programme

Theme: In the frame of the 21st International Congress of Historical Sciences
Organizer: John Rogister, HP

26th August – Morning

Session 1: Models of Parliamentary practice (Room 1)

• Sebastia SERRA BUSQUETS (University of the Balearic Islands): Elections to the Parliaments of the Autonomous Communities of the Spanish state, 1980-2009
• Peter ROBERTS (Wolfson College, Oxford) : Patrick Collinson’s “Monarchical Republic of Queen Elizabreth I”: A House of Cards?
• Alessia ZAPPELLI (University La Sapienza of Pisa) : Bettino Ricasoli and the evolution of parliamentary practice in the new Kingdom of Italy during the age of the Destra Storica
• Joseba AGIRREAZKUENAGA/Mikel URQUIJO (University of Bilbao): The parliamentary practices of the Basque Country MPs in the Spanish Parliament, 1890-1914

Session 2: The symbolism of Parliamentary ceremonies (Room 2)

• Remédios FERRERO MICÒ (University of Valencia) : The sequence of the parliamentary sessions in the Valencian Parliament
• Agustín BERMÚDEZ AZNAR (University of Alicante): The ceremonial spaces of parliamentary sessions in the Kingdom of Valencia (13th-17th centuries)
• Jonathan STIEBER (Smith College): The Celebration of the Duke of Anjou’s Entry as Duke of Brabant into Antwerp in 1582 and its consequences
• Maria Manuel TAVARES RIBEIRO (University of Coimbra): Les Images Du Parlement au Portugal (1870-1926): la caricature

26th August – Afternoon

Session 3: Parliamentary Bureaucracies (Room 1)

• Cristiana SENIGAGLIA University of Trieste) : Max Weber and the parliamentary bureaucracy of his time
• Francesco SODDU (University of Sassari): The Italian parliamentary bureaucracy during the Liberal Age
• Mario DI NAPOLI (Chamber of Deputies, Rome): Parliamentary Bureaucracy in Italy between politics and administration
• Sandro GUERRIERI (University of Rome): A supranational parliamentary bureaucracy: The Secretariat of the European Parliament, 1952-1979

Session 4: Rhetoric in assemblies and parliaments (Room 2)

• Maria Helena da CRUZ COELHO (University of Coimbra): Les discours sur les minorites religieuses aux Cortes portugaises du Moyen Age
• Frédéric BIDOUZE (University of Pau): Remontrances contre lettres de cachet, ou l’habeas corpus à la francaise en 1788
• Valeria FERRARI (University La Sapienza of Rome) : An example of parliamentary rhetoric after the Italian Risorgimento: Benedetto Musolino’s speeches
• Jean GARRIGUES (University of Orleans) : L’Âge d’or des grands orateurs au Parlement français, 1870-1914

27th August – Morning

Session 5: Rhetoric in assemblies and parliaments (Room 1)

• Marcella AGLIETTI (University La Sapienza, Pisa): The Nation as woman. Gender in Spanish parliamentary rhetoric during the 19th century
• Emilia INESTA PASTOR (University of Alicante): Honour and Reputation in the Spanish Parliament in the 19th century

Session 6 (Room 2)

• Editorial Board Meeting
• Direction Meeting
• General Business Meeting

Conference information

Main theme: Les Parlements, la Loi, la Pratique et les Représentations
Four subthemes: Royaume, Nation, État; Pouvoirs en confrontation; Les hommes et les discours; Images, représentations et symboles.

Conference information

The conference themes are:

1. Sources and methodology for the study of parliamentary history
2. Parliaments and political culture from the Middle Ages to the present day;
3. Territorial identity, autonomy and representative institutions
4. Parliaments and the building of National State
5. Parliaments and media

The organiser of the conference is Prof. Francesco Soddu (University of Sassari).

Further information to participants will be sent out after the deadline for registration and proposals of conference papers. (31st January 2008)

Conference information

The 58th Conference of the ICHRPI will be held on 4th-7th September 2007 in Edinburgh, Scotland, at the Scottish Parliament in collaboration with the universities of St Andrews and Edinburgh. The conference will form part of the programme marking the tercentenary of the 1707 Act of Union between England and Scotland.

Main conference theme: PARLIAMENTS and POLITICAL UNIONS from the MIDDLE AGES to the PRESENT DAY
Papers are especially invited on the theme of parliaments and political unions in Europe and the world from the Middle Ages to the present day.

Other conference themes will include:

1. parliamentary elections – the nature and manner of elections to parliaments
2. parliamentary officials and officers – their roles, powers and status in parliaments
3. the architectural history of parliaments – the design, construction and architecture of parliaments
4. parliaments and the media – the representation of parliaments through different media, the relationship between parliaments and the media
5. sources and methodology for the study of parliamentary history
6. the relationship between parliaments and other representative institutions – such as religious and legal bodies

The organiser of the conference will be John R. Young. He will be sending out further information to participants after the deadline for conference papers. On the following page you will find an application form. Please return it before 30th March 2007 to:

Dr John R. Young
Convenor of the UK and Republic of Ireland section of ICHRPI
Department of History
McCance Building
University of Strathclyde
16 Richmond Street
GLASGOW
G1 1XQ
SCOTLAND, UK

Dr Young can be contacted by email at john.r.young@strath.ac.uk

Conference website: www.parlements.org/colloques.html#CIHAE

Conference information

The 57th Conference of the ICHRPI will be held in Paris in the French National Assembly, the Senate and at the Paris IV – Sorbonne University, in the first week of September 2006.

The five themes were selected for the 2006 edition:

1. Nobility and intermediate power in France and Europe, 16-19th century
2. Actors of the parliaments and representative assemblies (biography, prosopography, sociology) in France and in the world, from the Middle Ages to the 20th century
3. Parliament’s work, law-creative procedures and organization of representative assemblies in France and in the world, from the Middle Ages to the 20th century
4. Pictures, representation and media coverage of Parliament’s life in France and in the world, from the Middle Ages to the 20th century
5. Parliaments and other powers (executive, justice, economy, religion, medias) in France and in the world, from the Middle Ages to the 20th century

Proposals for papers (title and abstract) must be received by March 31, 2006 at the latest.

Five Hundred Years Anniversary of the adoption of the Nihil Novi Statute – Radom 1505 (Five Centuries of Polish Bicameralism).

Conference information

The 56th Conference will be held at the Faculty of Law of the Jagiellonian University of Cracow between 5-7 September 2005, on the occasion the five hundredth anniversary of the adoption of the Nihil Novi Statute in 1505 mark­ing the separation of the legislative and the executive power and introduction of bicameralism into constitutional system of the Kingdom of Poland.

The themes will be:

1. Constitutional devices implementing Statepower in Europe – Middle Ages through 1818
2. Parliaments and the political culture – Middle Ages through the 20th century
3. Law-creatingprocedures as applied in representative bodies – Middle Ages through the 20th century

The organizer of the Conference will be Waclaw Uruszczak, Professor of history of law at the Jagiellonian University. He will be sending out further details to the participants.

Conference information

The 54th Conference of ICHRPI/CIHAE will take place in Prague at the invitation of the Czech Senate. Members wishing to suggest themes or to offer papers should write directly to the President, Professor Wilhelm Brauneder, at the address given elsewhere in this Newsletter or to:

Professor Milan Hlavatka
Institute for Czech History
Charles University
Namesti Jana Placha 2
CZ-1 16 38 Prague 1
Czech Republic

Conference information

Pompeu Fabra University’s Jaume Vicens i Vives University Institute of History, the Institute for Basque Historical Law (Euskal Herriko Zuzenbide Historikorako Institutua) of the University of the Basque Country (Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea), and the Museum of Catalonian History are currently organising the 53rd Conference of the International Commission for the History of Representative and Parliamentary Institutions.

STRUCTURE OF THE CONFERENCE IN SECTIONS

1. “Representing” the Old Regime. Representative Parliaments and Assemblies.
2. Territorial identity and representative assemblies in the Iberian Peninsula.
3. The Parliament of the Crown of Aragon territories: comparative and evolutionary analysis.
4. Contemporary parliamentarianism. The organisation of substate, state and suprastate Parliaments.
5. Prosopography and social analysis of the representative assemblies.
6. Sources and methods for studying parliamentary documents.

Download: Conference programme | PDF

PRESENTING PAPERS

The title of the paper should be sent to the Conference Secretary together with a one-page summary before Ist February 2003. The papers themselves should be submitted before 31st july 2003, and should not exceed 60,000 characters, including spaces (between 20 and 25 DIN A4) and notes. Papers must be submitted in electronic format (PC, Word) and on paper, stating the author, title, work section and the version used.

CONFERENCE SECRETARY

Museu d’Historia de Catalunya.
Palau de Mar. Placa Pau Vila, 3. 08002 Barcelona.
Telephone: +34 93 225 47 00.
Fax: +34 93 225 47 58.
Email: mmoralesm@correu.gencat.es

REGISTRATION FEE

Ordinary price: 90 Euros.
Reduced price (Amics del Museu cardholders and university students): 70 Euros

Conference information

The 52nd Conference of ICHRPI will take place at the Law Faculty, University of Györ, Hungary.

As you have already been informed, there will be no general topics this time. The Local Organizers will form sections on the basis of the registered papers, so every participant is given the chance to report about the own research work in the field of Parliamentary and Representative Institutions. Papers on the (re-)construction of representative parliaments (multi-party-system) after the end of an one-party-domination are especially welcome.

The conference will be opened on Wednesday, 28th August, 16.00. The section meetings will start on Thursday, 29th August, 9.00. Friday, 30th August, an excursion to Budapest (Houses of Parliament, University) is planned. The conference will end on Saturday, 31st August, 13.00.

The General Meeting will be held in the morning of Saturday, 31st August.

The languages of our Commission – English, French, German – and also Hungarian as the language of our hosting country will be languages of the conference.

For registration please use the Registration Form attached. The registration fee, covering the excursion to Budapest, coffee and conference material etc, will be EURO 75,-.

The registration ends on April 30th. The Preliminary Programme and information about accommodation including reservation-form will be sent to the registered participants in May. Györ has hotels of all categories, e.g. a Seminar-Hotel is located very near to University.