Historians’ Days 2024 in Maastricht “Undisciplined History @ FASoS”

In 2024 FASoS’ History Department together with the Royal Netherlands Historical Society (KNHG), the Open University (OU) and Fontys University will organize the fourth edition of the Historians’ Days 2024 in Maastricht. This three-day event will take place at campus of Maastricht University’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Building on a tradition of setting themes that resonate with current transformations in our society, the theme for the 2024 edition is Undisciplined History.

The multiple crises of today’s society arguably demand that we change our business as usual and therefore also rethink how we do history. How do we research, write and teach the past? And who does this history? More than interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary, the word undisciplined also has a rebellious streak. It suggests breaking with conventions, out-of-the-box thinking and unruly practices. It appeals to the idea of doing history differently.

The Maastricht edition of the Historian’s Days is an open invitation to all active as researchers, teachers, or exhibition makers—regardless of their ‘discipline’. It points to questions such as what makes a discipline, what holds it together, but also: what lies beyond it? Importantly, the Historians’ Days 2024 want to do more than just draw in those who are professionally active in the history and heritage field. We also explicitly extend the invitation to the amateurs, the communities and the creatives interested in historical objects and subjects.

The call for papers and panels will be published in October on https://historicidagen.nl