The Alcohol and Drugs History Society Biennial Conference 2026

The Alcohol and Drugs History Society is pleased to announce the Call for Papers for its 9th biennial meeting, which will take place in Paris, France, from 25 to 27 June 2026. The conference will be hosted by the Advanced School of Social Sciences and Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne University.  This event will bring together scholars from a wide range of disciplines to explore the social, cultural, medical, and political dimensions of psychoactive substance use from a historical point of view.

The program committee and the conference hosts invites proposals on any aspect of the history of alcohol and drugs. Topics may include festive and experiential uses, medical and pathological framings, production and trade networks, spiritual and religious practices, legal regulation and public policy, harm reduction strategies, or the cultural representations of substance use. Papers may address practices of consumption, scientific and lay expertise, colonial and racialized regimes of control, gendered experiences and activist movements. Proposals can focus on any historical period and may adopt local, national, or global perspectives.Panel proposals are welcome. Submissions will be accepted in English only.

All participants must be registered as members of the ADHS.