Carlos Barros, historian, coordinator of Historia a Debate, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Jens Boel, former UNESCO chief archivist; member of the Section on Archives and Human Rightsof the International Council on Archives, Paris, France

Marc Boone, professor of medieval history, former dean of the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, University of Ghent; past president of the European Assocation for Urban History, Belgium

Peter Burke, emeritus professor of cultural history, Life Fellow, Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

Luigi Cajani, professor of modern history, department of History, Culture and Religion, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy

Natalie Zemon Davis, Henry Charles Lea Professor of History emeritus, Princeton University; Adjunct Professor of History and Anthropology, Professor of Medieval Studies, University of Toronto; past president American Historical Association; past vice-president International Commission for Historical Sciences, Canada (and United States)

Toyin Falola, the Frances Higginbotham Nalle Centennial Professor in History and University Distinguished Teaching Professor, University of Texas at Austin; Hon. D. Hum. (Monmouth); Mwalimu Julius Nyerere Chair of Modern Africa-At-Large, Benue State University, United States and Nigeria

Willem Frijhoff, emeritus professor of early modern history, VU University, Amsterdam; Erasmus chair for humanities on behalf of the G.Ph. Verhagen Foundation, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Adolfo Gilly, full professor of history, Facultad de Ciencias Politicas y Sociales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

Trudy Huskamp Peterson, editor of "Archives and Human Rights - News from the Section on Archives and Human Rights", International Council on Archives; formerly Acting Archivist of the United States; consultant, Washington, United States

Marie-Louise Jansen, Director, Contested Histories Initiative, Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation, The Hague, The Netherlands

Derek Jones, editor of Censorship: A World Encyclopedia (4 vols.; lxii+2891 pp.; London/Chicago, Fitzroy Dearborn: 2001), United Kingdom

Jürgen Kocka, emeritus university professor, dr. dr. h.c. mult.; Professor für Geschichte der industriellen Welt, Freie Universität (FU) Berlin; Direktor am Zentrum für Vergleichende Geschichte Europas, FU und Humboldt-Universität, Berlin; past president of the International Committee of Historical Sciences, Germany

Antonis Liakos, president of the International Commission for the History and Theory of Historiography (2010-2015), professor of contemporary history, University of Athens, Greece

Martyn Lyons, professor of history, School of Humanities, University of New South Wales, Sydney; Past President, Australian Historical Association, Australia

Juan Maiguashca, emeritus professor of Latin American History, York University [YU], Canada, and Universidad Andina [UA], Quito, Ecuador; director of Iberoconcepto-Ecuador (a conceptual history project sponsored by the Universidad del País Vasco, Spain, with YU, UA, and six other universities), Canada and Ecuador

Shula Marks, historian, Emeritus Professor and Honorary Fellow, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London; Hon. D. Phil (University of Cape Town); Hon. D.Phil et Litt. (University of Johannesburg); Hon.D.Soc.Sci. (University of Natal), Fellow British Academy; United Kingdom (and South Africa)

Toby Mendel, human rights lawyer, executive director Centre for Law and Democracy, Halifax, Canada

Jörn Rüsen, university professor, dr. dr. h.c., senior fellow and former director, Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut (Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities), Essen; emeritus for General History and Historical Culture at the University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany

Timothy W. Ryback, historian and author; co-editor, Contested Histories in Public Spaces: Principles, Processes, Best Practices (London: International Bar Association, 2020), France

Rick Shenkman, founder and former editor of the History News Network, Washington, United States

John David Smith, Charles H. Stone distinguished professor of American history, department of history, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, United States

Sølvi Sogner, professor emeritus of history, Institute for Archeology, Conservation and Historical Studies, University of Oslo, Norway

Romila Thapar, professor emeritus of ancient history, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, past vice-president of the International Committee of Historical Sciences, India

Daniel Woolf, historian, former principal, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Sacha Zala, historian, member of the International Committee of Historical Sciences, director Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland, Berne, Switzerland

PATRONS IN MEMORIAM

Joyce Appleby (1929-2016), emerita professor of history at the University of California, Los Angeles; past president of the American Historical Association and the Organization of American Historians, United States

Georg Iggers (1926-2017), professor emeritus of history, University at Buffalo (State University of New York), past president of the International Commission for the History and Theory of Historiography,United States (and Germany)

Hayden White (1928-2018), Presidential Professor of Historical Studies, Emeritus, University of California, United States