The DHST General Assembly elects a new Council every four years. The Council consists of a number of officers and assessors. A list of past Council members since 1947 can be found here.
The current members of the Council, elected during the General Assembly in 2025, are:
President
Janet BROWNE
Harvard University, USA
jbrowne[at]fas.harvard.edu
President Elect
Ana SIMÕES
University of Lisbon, Portugal
aisimoes[at]ciencias.ulisboa.pt
Secretary-General
Thomás HADDAD
University of São Paulo, Brazil
thaddad[at]usp.br
First Vice-President
Silvia FIGUEIRÔA
University of Campinas, Brazil
silviamf[at]unicamp.br
Second Vice-President
Hamish SPENCER
University of Otago, New Zealand
hamish.spencer[at]otago.ac.nz
Treasurer
Maarten BULLYNCK
Université Paris 8, France
maarten.bullynck[at]univ-paris8.fr
Engagement Secretary
Sam ROBINSON
University of York, UK
sam.robinson[at]york.ac.uk
Assistant Secretary-General
Milada SEKYRKOVÁ
Charles University, Czech Republic
milada.sekyrkova[at]ruk.cuni.cz
Assessors:
David AUBIN
Sorbonne University, France
david.aubin[at]imj-prg.fr
Xingbo LUO
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
luoxb[at]ucas.ac.cn
Gordon McOUAT
University of King’s College/Dalhousie University Halifax, Canada
gordon.mcouat[at]ukings.ca
Peeter MÜÜRSEPP
Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
peeter.muursepp[at]taltech.ee
Donald OPITZ
DePaul University, USA
don.opitz[at]depaul.edu
Mai SUGIMOTO
Kansai University, Japan
msgmt[at]kansai-u.ac.jp