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- Editors: Professor Emma Griffin University of East Anglia, UK and Dr Sujit Sivasundaram University of Cambridge, UK
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The Historical Journal continues to publish papers on all aspects of British, European, and world history since the fifteenth century. The best contemporary scholarship is represented. Contributions come from all parts of the world. The journal aims to publish some thirty-five articles and communications each year and to review recent historical literature, mainly in the form of historiographical reviews and review articles. The journal provides a forum for early career scholars making a distinguished debut as well as publishing the work of historians of established reputation.
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- Ghost Stories in Early Modern England: The Social, Personal, and Spiritual Dynamics
- 22 January 2019,
- In early modern England, spectral figures like Madam Savage were regular visitors to the world of the living and a vibrant variety of beliefs and expectations...
- The Ancient Constitution and the Languages of Political Thought
- 04 December 2018,
- My essay explores the nature of the myth of the Ancient Constitution, its manifestations over three centuries, and its historical and conceptual difficulties....
- Science in History: From the Cold War to Trump
- 27 November 2018,
- This episode neatly captures the way in which Cold War politics framed much of the debate about the history of science in the twentieth century. My Retrospect...
Historiographical Reviews
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- Reassessing the First Red Scare of 1919-20 at its Centennial
- 05 February 2019,
- The time has come to take stock of both our historical understanding of the First Red Scare and what it means for us today. The January 2019 issue of The Journal...
- Central European History Discussion Forum: The Vanishing Nineteenth Century in European History?
- 22 January 2019,
- The nineteenth century just isn’t what it used to be. Any number of indicators – from academic job postings and doctoral dissertations to journal articles and...
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