ABOUT THE EAUH
The European Association for Urban History (EAUH) was established in 1989 with support from the European Union. Its goal is to provide a multidisciplinary forum for historians, geographers, sociologists, anthropologists, art and architectural historians, planners and other scholars working on various aspects of urban history from the middle ages until the present.
Every two years, the EAUH organises a large-scale international conference, at which European and non-European scholars discuss new directions in the field, conduct and stimulate comparative research, and initiate future collaborative projects and publications.
Membership of the EAUH is free of charge, and is confirmed by repeated active participation during the conferences. The EAUH supports the participation of young scholars by bursaries, which cover registration fees. Since 2010 the EAUH has been able to offer mobility bursaries in a limited number of justified cases.
Since 1992 the EAUH has organised sixteen international conferences. The first conference took place in Amsterdam.
INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE
Gabor Czoch (Budapest), Heiko Droste (Stockholm), Erika Hanna (Bristol), Sebastian Haumann (Salzburg), Ulrik Langen (Copenhagen), Martin Pekár (Kôsice), Joan Roca i Albert (Barcelona) – President, Rosemary Sweet (Leicester), Katalin Szende (Vienna), Ilaria Taddei (Grenoble), Rosa Tamborrino (Torino), Tanja Vahtikari (Tampere) – Treasurer, Ilja Van Damme (Antwerp), Arie van Steensel (Groningen) – Secretary, Athina Vitopoulou (Thessaloniki), Rosemary Wakemen (New York, corresponding member).
ORGANISING INSTITUTIONS 2026
The EAUH Barcelona Conference 2026 is being organised in a collegiate manner by the Faculty of Geography and History – UB (University of Barcelona), ETSAV-UPC (Vallès School of Architecture, Polytechnic University of Catalonia), COAC (Architects’ Association of Catalonia), IAAC (Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia) and IMF-CSIC (The Milà i Fontanals Institution for Research in Humanities, Spanish National Research Council). And with the collaboration of Museu d’Història de Barcelona (Barcelona History Museum), SCEH-IEC (Catalan Society of Historical Studies, Institut d’Estudis Catalans) and CCCB (Barcelona Contemporary Culture Centre). List from July 2025, some other institutions are to join in October.
EAUH BARCELONA COMMITTEE 2026
Ida Mauro (Dep. of History and Archaeology, UB-University of Barcelona); Jordi Roca Vernet (Dep. of History and Archaeology, UB-University of Barcelona); Kathrin Golda-Pongratz (Vallès School of Architecture, ETSAV-Polytechnic University of Catalonia); José Luis Oyón (Vallès School of Architecture, ETSAV-Polytechnic University of Catalonia); Josep Maria Boronat (Architectural Heritage, COAC-Architects’ Association of Catalonia); Vicente Guallart (IAAC- Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia); Pere Verdés Pijuan (The Milà i Fontanals Institution for Humanities, CSIC-Spanish National Research Council); Mercè Morales Montoya (Catalan Society of Historical Studies, IEC-Institut d’Estudis Catalans); Joaquim Nadal i Farreras (Catalan Society of Historical Studies, IEC-Institut d’Estudis Catalans); Oriol Nel·lo i Colom (Department of Geography, UAB-Autonomous University of Barcelona); Joan Roca i Albert (former director of the Barcelona History Museum) – President of the Committee; Adrià Velasco Peraire (researcher at the Department of History and Archaeology, UB) – Conference Manager.