''Historia'' is a peer-reviewed

academic journal An academic journal or scholarly journal is a periodical publication in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as permanent and transparent forums for the presentation, scrutiny, and ...

specialising in the

history History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...

of the

Americas The Americas, which are sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North and South America. The Americas make up most of the land in Earth's Western Hemisphere and comprise the New World. Along with th ...

and

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

. It was established in 1961 and its first director was

Jaime Eyzaguirre Jaime Eyzaguirre (21 December 1908 – 17 September 1968) was a Chilean lawyer, essayist and historian. He is variously recognized as a writer of Spanish traditionalist or conservative historiography in his country.Góngora ''et al''., pp. 201� ...

. The first editorial committee included Ricardo Krebs, Gonzalo Vial,

Gabriel Guarda Gabriel Guarda (born Fernando Guarda Geywitz; 19 January 1928 – 23 October 2020), was a Chilean historian and architect. Career He studied architecture at the Catholic University of Chile. He was part of the editorial committee of the journal ' ...

, Armando de Ramón, Julio González and Carlos Oviedo. Javier González acted as secretary. Apart from original articles the journal includes a bibliography of any history publication about Chile or written by a Chilean in the period that precedes the journal deem relevant.

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{{reflist History of the Americas journals Biannual journals Publications established in 1961 Pontifical Catholic University of Chile academic journals Spanish-language journals 1961 establishments in Chile