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
President Elect
Ana SIMÕES
University of Lisbon, Portugal
First Vice-President
Silvia FIGUEIRÔA
University of Campinas, Brazil
Second Vice-President
Hamish SPENCER
University of Otago, New Zealand
Secretary-General
Thomás HADDAD
University of São Paulo, Brazil
Treasurer
Maarten BULLYNCK
Université Paris 8, France
Engagement Secretary
Sam ROBINSON
University of York, UK
Assistant Secretary-General
Milada SEKYRKOVÁ
Charles University, Czech Republic
Assessors:
David AUBIN
Sorbonne University, France
Xingbo LUO
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Gordon McOUAT
University of King’s College/Dalhousie University Halifax, Canada
Peeter MÜÜRSEPP
Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
Donald OPITZ
DePaul University, USA
Mai SUGIMOTO
Kansai University, Japan
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