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The purpose of the society is to promote the academic research and teaching of history didactics, focusing on issues related to historical thinking and consciousness, learning and teaching history, historical culture, and the education of history teachers. Our society functions as a forum for communication and cooperation between history didacticians in the five continents. It organizes international conferences, publishes a yearbook and other publications, and cooperates with national and regional groups and with other international research associations in order to support the development of history education and related fields, such as civic education.

L’objectif de la société est de promouvoir la recherche académique et la didactique de l’histoire en s’intéressant particulièrement aux enjeux liés au développement de la pensée et de la conscience historiques, à l’enseignement et l’apprentissage de l’histoire, à la culture historique et à la formation initiale et continue des maîtres. Notre société fonctionne comme un forum de communication et de coopération entre didacticiens et autres spécialistes de l’enseignement de l’histoire provenant de cinq continents. Elle organise des conférences internationales, publie annuellement un ouvrage collectif et d’autres types de textes et coopère avec des associations nationales, régionales et internationales de chercheurs dans l’optique d’encourager le développement de l’éducation historique et des champs connexes, comme l’éducation à la citoyenneté.

By the year 2004 membership had grown to 275 members from 42 countries in 4 continents.

 

The Society organizes every year a conference open also to non members. Click here for a list of recent and forthcoming events.

 

There are seven members from different countries and continents, elected every three years. The president and vice-president are elected from the members of board.

 

 
Walter Fuernrohr, a founder of ISHD, 1980 - 1990
Karl Pellens 1991 - 2001
Elisabeth Erdmann since 2002