HEX Conference 2026

Experiences form our understanding of the world we live in, physically, culturally, economically and socially. One key aim of the new history of experience is to analyse the complex interactions and dynamics between individuals, groups, institutions and society in the production of experiences, and what lies in the margins of these encounters. Experiences are often shared and thus “collective”; while shared experience can hold communities and groups together, they may also undermine and even break societies apart. Subjective experiences that do not conform to expectations can lead to alienation. Focusing on the interplay between individual and collective experiences, centers and margins – especially during times of change – we invite contributions that explore how experiences relate to frictions, marginalizations, and disruptions in history of society.

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