EUROPEAN CRIMINOLOGY ORAL HISTORY (ECOH) PROJECT - Call for new Chair

The ESC Executive Board announces the search for a new Chair of the ESC’s European Criminology Oral History project (ECOH).

Launched in 2015, European Criminology Oral History is the project created by the ESC to narrate the story
of the emergence and consolidation of criminology across Europe, which is aimed at developing a visual ar- chive of interviews with scholars playing a pivotal role in the expansion of this academic field. Previously chaired by its founder Rossella Selmini (University of Bologna, 2015-2018; assisted by Marco Calaresu) and José A. Brandariz (University of A Coruna, 2019-2024; assisted successively by Silvia Rodríguez and Ignacio González), the ECOH project has interviewed 44 scholars from 19 countries since its inception.

The Chair of the ECOH project is responsible for the following tasks:

• Preparing the annual list of interviewees by consid- ering the different dimensions of diversity (e.g. geo- graphical, epistemic, methodological) characterising European criminology;

• Assisting the ESC Executive Board in making deci- sions on the ECOH project by delivering annual reports on the current state, prospects and potential challeng- es of the project;

• Assisting invited interviewees and interviewers in preparing ECOH interviews;

• Supervising the logistical aspects of the project, in collaboration with the video-making team and the local organisers of the corresponding annual ESC conference;

• Monitoring edition, montage and post-production tasks.

The ESC Executive Board invites expressions of interest by April 1, 2025, with the goal of making a final decision on this position during the Executive Board meetings that will take place in Athens in September 2025.

Those interested should send a less than 1000-word bio supported by a letter that outlines their experience and ability to perform this role. All inquiries and expres- sions of interest should be directed to the Executive Secretary of the ESC: secretariat@esc-eurocrim.org.