International Commission for Urban History

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The International Commission for the History of Towns ( French Commission Internationale pour l'Histoire des Villes - CIHV ; English International Commission for the History of Towns - ICHT ) is a European network of researchers and a scientific forum for comparative research on urban history.

background

Against the background that cities in historical research tend to be examined in individual studies, in a regional context and from national perspectives, the Commission focuses on European urbanism as a historical phenomenon. Accordingly, it promotes basic research on a European level and outlines the subject area on the basis of conferences and publications that emphasize comparison as a method.

The commission was set up at the International Historians' Day in Rome (September 4-11, 1955) at the instigation of Hektor Ammann (1894-1967) and Edith Ennen (1907-1999) by resolution of the Comité International des Sciences Historiques . At annual general assemblies, first held in Dijon in 1956, it set up a joint program encompassing three projects: It comprised a source work on high medieval urban development ("Elenchus fontium historiae urbanae"), bibliographies on urban history and the edition of historical maps and images in city atlases historic towns atlases). While the first two ventures were discontinued after a series of relevant publications, the city atlases have developed into a permanently groundbreaking project. In their entirety, they form a “European city atlas”. The Commission's Atlas Working Group, which has been in existence since 1993, has played a major role in the success of the City Atlas project.

The current statutes provide that a maximum of 70 international and up to 10 intercontinental full members (with voting rights) as well as honorary members form the commission; the number of members to be provided by the individual European countries is fixed. The main languages ​​of the Commission are English, French and German. The commission elects a board of directors according to a fixed rhythm, which looks after the upcoming business (like conferences, book projects, memberships). At the suggestion of members, the General Assembly decides on a joint research focus for the period between the International Historians' Congresses (2016–2019: “Essential functionalities of urban spaces in transition”).

President

  • Hermann Aubin , University of Hamburg [1885–1969] (1956–1958)
  • Hektor Ammann , Saarbrücken University [1894–1967] (1959–1967)
  • Philippe Wolff, University of Toulouse [1913–2001] (1968–1980)
  • Sergij Vilfan, University of Ljubljana [1919–1996] (1981–1991)
  • Adriaan Verhulst , Ghent University [1929–2002] (1992–2001)
  • Thomas Riis, University of Kiel [b. 1941] (2002-2006)
  • Michel Pauly , University of Luxembourg [b. 1952] (2007-2016)
  • Roman Czaja, University of Toruń [b. 1960] (2017–)

General meetings

Budapest 2019; Salzburg 2018; Krakow / Kraków 2017; Kiel 2016; Zurich 2015; Clermont-Ferrand 2014; Lisbon 2013; Prague 2012; Sibiu / Hermannstadt 2011; Amsterdam 2010; Helsinki 2010; Luxembourg 2009; Lecce 2008; London 2007; Zagreb 2006; Kiel 2005; Münster / Westphalia 2004; Vienna 2003; Toruń 2002; Bologna 2001; Oslo 2000; Bordeaux 1999; Spa 1998; Saloniki 1997; Bern 1996; Montreal 1995; Sigtuna 1994; Trier 1993; Alphen am Rhein / Alphen aan den Rijn 1992; Meissen 1991; Linz 1990; Madrid 1990; Helsingör / Helsingør 1989; Andorra 1988; Helsinki 1987; Bologna 1986; Stuttgart 1985; Dublin 1984; Linz 1983; Saloniki 1982; Leningrad 1981; Bucharest / Bucureşti 1980; Brussels / Bruxelles 1979; Münster / Westphalia 1978; Varna 1977; Aarhus 1976; San Francisco 1975; Skofja Loka - Laibach / Ljubljana 1974; Ferrara 1973; Budapest 1972; Barcelona 1971; Moscow / Moskva 1970; Salzburg 1969; Oxford 1968; Engelberg 1967; Warsaw / Warszawa 1966; Vienna 1965; Dordrecht 1964; Verona 1963; Esslingen 1962; Toulouse 1961; Brugge 1959; Freiburg im Uechtland / Friborg 1958; Maastricht 1957; Dijon 1956.

Newer publications of the annual meetings

  • Peter Johanek, Heinz Stoob (eds.), European trade fairs and market systems in the Middle Ages and modern times, (Städtforschung A / 39, Köln-Weimar-Wien 1996)
  • Destruction et reconstruction de villes, you Moyen Age à nos jours. Actes / Verwoesting en Wederopbouw van Steden, van de Middeleeuwen dead: Handelingen. 18e colloque international / 18de internationaal colloquium: Spa, 10–12.IX.1996 (Collection Histoire, 100, Bruxelles 1999).
  • Martin Körner (ed.), Stadtzersterung und Wiederaufbau / Destruction and reconstruction of towns / Destruction et reconstruction des villes, 3 volumes (Bern 1999–2000).
  • Francesca Bocchi, Rosa Smurra (ed.), Imago urbis. L'immagine della città nella storia d'Italia. Atti del convengno internazionale (Bologna 5-7 September 2001, Roma 2003).
  • Ferdinand Opll (ed.), Image and Perception of the City (Contributions to the History of the Cities of Central Europe 19, Linz 2004).
  • Roman Czaja (ed.), The Image and Perception of the City and Urban Society in the Hanseatic Region in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times (Toruń 2004).
  • Franz Irsigler, Michel Pauly (ed.), Fairs, Fairs and Urban Development in Europe / Foires, marchés annuels et développement urbain en Europe (contributions to national and cultural history, 5 / Publications du CLUDEM 17, Trier 2007).
  • Neven Budak, Finn-Einar Eliassen, Katalin Szende (eds.), Towns and Communication (Zagreb 2009).
  • Ferdinand Opll, Christoph Sonnlechner (eds.), European cities in the Middle Ages (research and contributions to the history of the city of Vienna 52, Vienna 2010).
  • Michel Pauly, Martin Scheutz (eds.), Cities and their spaces. Concepts ans their Use in Europe (Städtforschung A / 88; Köln-Wien 2014).
  • Jean-Luc Fray, Michel Pauly, Magda Pinheiro, Martin Scheutz (eds.), Urban Spaces and the Complexity of Cities (Städtforschung A / 97, Köln-Wien 2018).
  • Gerhard Fouquet, Ferdinand Opll, Sven Rabeler, Martin Scheutz (eds.), Social Functions of Urban Spaces through the Ages / Social Functions of Urban Spaces in Transition (Residency Research New Series: Stadt und Hof 5, Ostfildern 2018).
  • Martina Stercken, Christian Hesse (eds.), Municipal Self-Staging. Urban constellations between the Middle Ages and modern times (media change, media change, media knowledge 40, Zurich 2018).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ For the history of the commission, cf. Ferdinand Opll, See the city. City atlases and the view of the city, in: Wilfried Ehbrecht (ed.), Städteatlanten. Four decades of atlas work in Europe (Städtforschung A / 80, Köln-Weimar-Wien 2013), 3–31 and 107–108, here: 14 f. See also the Commission's newsletter https://www.historiaurbium.org .
  2. ↑ An overview of the General Assemblies since 1956 can be found in the Newsletter for the International Commission for the History of Towns 10 (1990), 38 (online at: https://www.historiaurbium.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11 /Newsletter_10_1990.pdf [Access: October 8, 2018]).
  3. ↑ Elenchus fontium historiae urbanae. Vol. 1 (Germany, Netherlands, Scandinavia), 2/1 (France and Luxembourg), 3/1 (Austria), 3/2 (Kingdom of Hungary) (Leiden 1967-1996). - Wilhelm Rausch (ed.), Bibliography on the history of the cities of Austria (Linz / Donau 1984).
  4. ^ On the overall project of the "European City Atlases": Ferdinand Opll, The European Historical City Atlas. Project - Objectives - Achievements, in: Pro civitate Austriae NF 15 (2010), 9–20; Ders., The European Atlas of Historic Towns. Project, Vision, Achievements, in: Ler história 60 (Lisboa 2011), 169–82, Ders., Seeing the City (see reference 1), 3–31 and 107–108; Anngret Simms, The European Historic Towns Atlas Project, in: Dies., Howard B. Clarke (ed.), Lords and Towns in Medieval Europe. The European Historic Towns Atlas Project (Farnham-Burlington 2016), 13-32; Wilfried Ehbrecht (ed.), City atlases. Four decades of atlas work in Europe (Städtforschung A / 80, Köln-Weimar-Wien 2013)
  5. ↑ https://www.uni-muenster.de/Staedtegeschichte/portal/staedteatlanten/index.html (accessed: October 8, 2018).
  6. ↑ https://www.historiaurbium.org/statutes/ (accessed October 8, 2018). Cf. Francesca Bocchi, The renewal of the International Commission for the History of Towns after the enlargement of Europe (1998-2005), in: Newsletter for the International Commission for the History of Towns 27 (2006), 19-24, online at: https://www.historiaurbium.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Newsletter_27_2006.pdf (accessed October 8, 2018).
  7. ↑ The conference at the 2016 General Assembly in Kiel was dedicated to “Changing social functions of urban spaces”, in Krakow in 2017 the focus was on “Changing political functions of urban spaces”, and in Salzburg in 2018 “Changing cultural functions of urban spaces” and in 2019 Budapest will be about “Economic functions of urban spaces in transition”.