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About us

HistoCrypt 2026 is an international conference focusing on all aspects of historical cryptography, cryptanalysis, and the history of cryptology from ancient times to the contemporary era. It addresses topics such as encryption methods, cipher machines, linguistic aspects, the influence of cryptology on history, and the use of AI in historical cryptology. The conference invites regular and short papers and encourages submissions from early-stage researchers.

Important Dates

Fri, Dec 5, 2025
Paper Submission Opens
Sat, Jan 31, 2026
Paper Submission Deadline
Fri, Apr 3, 2026
Notification of Acceptance
Thu, Apr 30, 2026
Camera Ready Manuscripts
Mon, Jun 22, 2026
Main Conference

Paper Submission

Research Paper Submission Tracks

Use(s) and practice(s) of cryptography in the military, diplomacy, business, and other areas
Encryption methods and their evolution over time
Other techniques of information dissimulation (various steganographic techniques: invisible ink, steganographic printing, knot codes, …)
Cipher machines
Roots of modern ciphers in historical cryptology
Automatic methods including AI in the field of historical cryptology
Linguistic aspects of cryptology
Cryptanalysis of historical cryptograms
Cryptanalytic methods and algorithms applied to historical cryptograms
Unsolved historical cryptograms
Cryptographers and cryptanalysts over history
Influence of cryptography on the course of history
Cryptology within the history of sciences
Representations of cryptology (literature, movies, education, …)

Call for Papers Description

We invite paper submissions in two distinct tracks: regular papers up to 10 pages on substantial, original, and unpublished research, and short papers up to 4 pages on smaller, focused contributions, work in progress, negative results, surveys, tutorials, or opinion pieces. All submissions will receive at least two double-blind reviews.