CESH holds an annual international congress, where historians are invited to present and discuss their research.
The congresses have been staged in various countries: Italy (1996, 1999, 2004, 2009, 2015, 2025), Germany (2001, 2023), France (1995, 2002, 2007, 2017, 2018, 2024), Denmark (1998), Tunisia (2010), Spain (2000, 2005, 2014), Poland (1997, 2008), Greece (2003, 2014), Austria (2006), Portugal (2011, 2021), Romania (2022), Switzerland (2019), the UK (2016).
A leading sports historian is invited to give the Horst Ueberhorst Memorial Address during the international congresses of CESH in memory of Prof. Dr. Horst Ueberhorst (1925-2010) who was a pioneer in international sports history.
[2] CESH has a College of Fellows which co-opts the leading European sports historians.
These are capable to work in more than one European language, have published at least one monograph and have participated in several CESH congresses.