Joyce Appleby, 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

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

Jens Boel, chief archivist; member of the Working Group on Archives and Human Rights of the International Council on Archives, Paris, France

Marc Boone, professor of medieval history, University of Ghent, Belgium

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, historian, 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, the Netherlands

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

Georg Iggers, 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)

Derek Jones, editor ofCensorship: 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, professor of contemporary history, University of Athens, Greece

Martyn Lyons, professor of history, School of History & Philosophy, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

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

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

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

Hayden White, Presidential Professor of Historical Studies, Emeritus, University of California, United States

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

Sacha Zala, historian, Historisches Institut, Universität Bern, Switzerland