''The Historical Journal'', formerly known as ''The Cambridge Historical Journal'', is a
peer-reviewed
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academic journal
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published by
Cambridge University Press
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. It publishes approximately thirty-five articles per year on all aspects of
British,
European, and
world history since the fifteenth century. In addition, each issue contains numerous review articles covering a wide range of historical literature. Contributing authors include historians of established academic reputation as well as younger scholars making their debut in the historical profession.
History
The journal was founded in 1923 as ''The Cambridge Historical Journal'' by
Harold Temperley. It obtained its present title in 1958 when the journal editors decided to adopt a more global perspective.
Despite choosing to omit the Cambridge label from the latter date, it remained under the editorial leadership of the History Faculty at the
University of Cambridge
, mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts.
Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge.
, established =
, other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...
, as it does to this day.
Its current
editors are Prof.
Sujit Sivasundaram
Sujit Sivasundaram is a British Sri Lankan historian and academic. He is currently professor of world history at Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge.
Early life
Sivasundaram was born in Sri Lanka. He is the great grand son of Law ...
(
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Gonville and Caius College, often referred to simply as Caius ( ), is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1348, it is the fourth-oldest of the University of Cambridge's 31 colleges and one of t ...
) and Prof. Emma Griffin.
Scope
The journal aims to publish around thirty-five articles and book reviews each year.
Abstracting
The ''Historical Journal'' is abstracted by
Historical Abstracts, Periodicals Index Online, and
ABELL Abell may refer to:
People
*Abell (surname)
*George O. Abell, of the astronomical catalogues fame
Places
;United States
* Abell, Maryland, a location in St. Mary's County, Maryland
* Abell, a neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland
* Abells Corners, ...
.
See also
*
Historiography
Historiography is the study of the methods of historians in developing history as an academic discipline, and by extension is any body of historical work on a particular subject. The historiography of a specific topic covers how historians h ...
*
Historiography of the United Kingdom
The historiography of the United Kingdom includes the historical and archival research and writing on the history of the United Kingdom, Great Britain, England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. For studies of the overseas empire see historiog ...
References
Further reading
* Clark, G. Kitson. "A Hundred Years of the Teaching of History at Cambridge, 1873–1973." ''Historical Journal'' 16#3 (1973): 535–53
online
External links
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