Fourth European Social Science History Conference
The Hague, the Netherlands, 27 February - 2 March 2002

The ESSHC aims at bringing together scholars interested in explaining historical phenomena using the methods of the social sciences. The conference is characterized by a lively exchange in many small groups, rather than by formal plenary sessions.

The Conference welcomes papers and sessions on any topic and any historical period. It is organised in a large number of networks: Africa - Antiquity - Asia - Criminal Justice - Culture - Economics - Education and Childhood - Elites - Ethnicity and Migration - Family and Demography - Geography - Government and Politics - Health - Labour - Latin America - Middle Ages - Nations and Nationalism - Oral History - Political Movements - Quantitative Methods - Religion - Rural - Sexuality - Social Inequality - Technology - Theory - Urban -Women and Gender - World History

The deadline for sending in a pre- registration form and abstract is 1 March 2001.

The Conference fee will be NLG 300 (at present this is about US $ 120).

Further information and an electronic pre-registration form can be obtained from the Conference Internet site.