- 2008-12: Authority and Legitimation
- 2008-01: Cultures and Institutions in Motion
- 2007-08: Fear
- 2005-07: Utopias and Dystopias
- 2003-05: Cities: Space, Society, and History
- 2001-03: Migration
- 1999-01: Conversion: Sacred and Profane
- 1998-99: Corruption
- 1996-98: Animals and Human Society
- 1994-96: Business, Enterprise and Culture
- 1992-94: Proof and Persuasion
- 1990-92: Colonialism, Imperialism, and the Colonial Aftermath
- 1988-90: Power and Responses to Power
- 1986-88: The Transmission of Culture
- 1984-86: Charity and Welfare
- 1982-84: War and Society
- 1980-82: Political Power and Ideology
- 1978-80: The History of the Professions
- 1976-78: History of the Family
- 1973-76: Popular Culture
- 1969-73: The History of Education
