Symposium: (5th ISA Forum of Sociology (6-11 July 2025))

RC56 Historical Sociology

Program Coordinators: Fabio SANTOS (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) and Paddy DOLAN (Technological University Dublin, Ireland)

Monday, 7 July 2025

09:00-10:45

Present without Past? on the Relevance of Historical Research for Sociological Investigation of the Present, Part I
Session Organizers: Gabriele ROSENTHAL and Lucas CÉ SANGALLI
Chair: Giorgios TSIOLIS

11:00-12:45

Sociology and the Politics of History
Session Organizer: Juho KORHONEN
Chair: Juho KORHONEN

13:00-14:45

Histories of Sociology, Sociologies of History. Exploring the Intersections of Biographies and Fields at a Crossroad
Session Organizer: Giovanni ZAMPIERI

15:00-16:45

Fatema Mernissi, Justice and Feminist Practice in the Anthropocene
Session Organizer: Kalpana KANNABIRAN

Genealogies of Modernity's Shadow: A Sociological Exploration of East Asia's Complex Historical Legacy
Session Organizer: Haenam PARK

Tuesday, 8 July 2025

09:00-10:45

Unsilencing the Past: Historical Sociology Beyond the "Savage Slot"
Session Organizers: Fabio SANTOS, Manuela BOATCA and Ricarda HAMMER

11:00-12:45

Historical Sociology of Sexual Rights and Sexual Violence
Session Organizers: Tatiana LANDINI and Marta BUCHOLC

13:00-14:45

The Historical Basis of the Idea of Future
Session Organizers: Massimiliano RUZZEDDU and Jiri SUBRT

15:00-16:45

Comparative and Historical Sociology of Women’s Careers: In the Midst of Great Changes
Session Organizer: Fumiya ONAKA

The Movement of Social Movements: Trajectories and Dynamics of Movement Formation and Transformation
Session Organizer: Paddy DOLAN

Wednesday, 9 July 2025

09:00-10:45

Civilisation, Decivilisation and Nationalism
Session Organizer: Florence DELMOTTE

Present without Past? on the Relevance of Historical Research for Sociological Investigation of the Present, Part II
Session Organizers: Gabriele ROSENTHAL and Lucas CÉ SANGALLI
Chair: Lucas CÉ SANGALLI

11:00-12:45

Anticolonialism in Thought and Practice
Session Organizer: Julian GO

13:00-14:45

Anticolonialism in Thought and Practice Part 2
Session Organizer: Julian GO

15:00-16:45

Anticolonialism in Thought and Practice Part 3
Session Organizer: Julian GO

Thursday, 10 July 2025

09:00-10:45

Unsilencing the Past: Historical Sociology Beyond the "Savage Slot" Part 2
Session Organizers: Fabio SANTOS, Manuela BOATCA and Ricarda HAMMER

11:00-12:45

Political Transformations and State Development
Session Organizer: Fabio SANTOS

13:00-14:45

RC56 Open Session 1
Session Organizer: Paddy DOLAN

15:00-16:45

RC56 Open Session 2
Session Organizers: Lucy CÍSAŘ BROWN and Paddy DOLAN

19:00-20:30

RC56 Business Meeting

Friday, 11 July 2025

09:00-10:45

A BRAVE New World or Business As USUAL? Changes and Continuities
Session Organizers: Jose Mauricio DOMINGUES and Kathya ARAUJO

11:00-12:45

Boundaries in Process-Oriented Social Research
Session Organizer: Fumiya ONAKA

13:00-14:45

Sociology and the Politics of History Part 2
Session Organizer: Juho KORHONEN
Chair: Juho KORHONEN

15:00-16:45

Remembrance of Things Past - Historical and Collective Memories
Session Organizer: Norman GABRIEL,