Agenda
Call for papers – Session on cross-disciplinary approaches to domestic cultures (17th EAUH Conference) – deadline 22 October 2025
The organisers of Session 19 on “Cross disciplinary approaches to domestic cultures in premodern cities in Europe and beyond, 13th-17th centuries” at the 17th conference of the European Association for Urban History (EAUH) (Professor Daniel Lord Smail (Harvard University), Professor Juan Vicente García Marsilla (Universitat de València) and Dr Julie De Groot (University of Antwerp)) welcome papers for this session. The EAUH Conference will be held on 2-5 September 2026 in Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia.
Their session examines premodern urban domestic cultures through interdisciplinary methods, integrating archaeology, historical texts, material culture, iconography, and social history. By combining diverse sources, it reveals the complexities of domestic life and its cultural dynamics in cities across Europe and beyond.
The conference’s central theme is ‘City Networks in Europe and Beyond’. City networks have played a strategically important role in both the past and the present. Cities and the connections between them have been just as influential—if not more so—than states in shaping Europe and extending its influence beyond the continent, especially through colonial relationships. Although the history of Europe is often identified with states and nations, it is largely the history of its networked cities.
The deadline for the submission of paper proposals is 22 October 2025. For more info on the content of the paper, you may contact Dr Julie De Groot or consult the session info (see below)
