ISCHE 46 – Lille

8 – 11 July 2025, Lille, France (in-person conference)

15 – 16 July, online conference

Theme: Teachers and Teaching. History on the move.

The ISCHE 46 wishes to look at the history of teachers and teaching, from the earliest times to the beginning of the 21st century, in all its diversity, from primary school teachers taking care of young children to teachers in higher education, from full professors with a diploma to part-time teachers and professionals who occasionally took on the role of trainer, from preceptors to teaching congregations, to families taking on the task of educating children and the various practices of self-teaching. As key players in the history of education, teachers are defined by UNESCO as all those responsible for educating pupils, all those who teach others. However, teaching has never been the exclusive preserve of professionals and/or people who devote themselves exclusively to this task.

The conference will receive submissions through eight strands (A-Strands):

  1. Teachers’ career paths and identities.
  2. Teachers’ working and living conditions.
  3. Knowledge practices.
  4. Relationships and interactions with other actors.
  5. Teaching tools and school artifacts.
  6. Teachers and teaching outside the school.
  7. Non-human actors and teaching practices.
  8. Representations of teachers and teaching in literature, cinema and mass culture.

or through six strands from the participating SWGs (B-Strands):

  1. Public Histories of Education
  2. Notre tout puissant Empire du milieu: Histories of Secondary Education
  3. History of Knowledge in the History of Education
  4. History of Education in African Societies
  5. Teacher Education and Written Culture: History of Libraries, Books, and Practices
  6. Crises and Educational Renewal in a Complex World, 1870-1950

Please click below to download the Call for Papers in one of ISCHE’s conference languages

CfP English  CfP French  CfP German  CfP Portugues  CfP Spanish


Please click below to download the Call for Papers of the participating SWGs (B-Strands):

CfP Public Histories of Education
CfP Notre tout puissant Empire du milieu: Histories of Secondary Education
CfP History of Knowledge in the History of Education
CfP History of Education in African Societies
CfP Teacher Education and Written Culture: History of Libraries, Books, and Practices
CfP Crises and Educational Renewal in a Complex World, 1870-1950

Submission for ISCHE 46

Contributions need to be submitted via the conference platform Conftool here:
https://www.conftool.org/ische46

Submission deadline: 5 January 2025

Please note that ConfTool user accounts from previous years are no longer valid. You can download a small guide on how to create your user account and use Conftool here.

If you have any questions about ISCHE46 or the submission process, please email us at ische46@ische.org

Presentation formats for ISCHE 46.

  • Individual papers.
    Accepted papers will be allocated on parallel sessions with 15-18 minutes for the presentation of each paper. Proposals should be a maximum of 500 word excluding bibliography.
  • Preformed panels.
    Accepted panels will be allotted on 90 minutes sessions and typically should feature 3-4 panellists with time left for discussion. These proposals should include a 500 word abstract of the proposed panel, followed by titles and authors information. (*Please, read more on submission procedures below.)
  • Multilingual panels
    With at least two languages represented feature max. 4 panellists with ample time left for discussion and cross-language exchange. These proposals should include a 500-word abstract of the proposed multilingual panel, followed by titles and authors information. (*Please, read more on submission procedures below.)
  • Symposia
    Consisting of two to four preformed 90 minutes panels with a minimum of three countries represented among the participants. In addition, the symposium must include a discussant. Accepted symposia will have their panels scheduled across the conference dates in the order presented, though it may not be possible to have a symposium’s panels scheduled in back-to-back sessions. These proposals should include a 500 word abstract of the proposed symposium, followed by information on each panel included within the symposium, along with titles and authors information. (*Please read more on submission procedures below.)

*Please note the following: Each member/presenting author of a panel/symposium must have a user account on the conference electronic system ConfTool (at least, with name, email and password). It is not necessary that authors (of a panel/symposium paper) submit their single papers separately. Panels and Symposia will be reviewed as a whole. 

Conference venue: The conference will take place on the Pont-de-Bois campus of the University of Lille in Villeneuve d’Ascq.

Important Dates:

  • January 5, 2025 | Submissions ends
  • February 28, 2025 | Authors notified of acceptance
  • March 10, 2025 | Accepted authors must decide on the mode of presentation (in person or online)
  • March 10, 2025 | Registration opens
  • April 15, 2025 | Last day to register at early registration rates
  • May 15, 2025 | Last day to register as presenter (papers without at least one registered author will be removed from programme)
  • June 15, 2025 | Conference programme finalised
  • July 7, 2025 | Pre-Conference Workshops
  • July 8-11, 2025 | ISCHE 46 Conference in-person in Lille, France
  • July 15-16, 2025 | ISCHE 46 Conference online