''French Historical Studies'' is a quarterly
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 ...
covering
French history
The first written records for the history of France appeared in the Iron Age. What is now France made up the bulk of the region known to the Romans as Gaul. The first writings on indigenous populations mainly start in the first century BC. Greek ...
. It publishes articles in English and French. The journal is published by
Duke University Press
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on behalf of the
Society for French Historical Studies.
History
Evelyn Acomb, a historian of French
laïcité
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, found that France lay largely outside the scope of North American historians. In 1954, Acomb and several colleagues founded the Society for French historical Studies to be one of the leading journals in
French history
The first written records for the history of France appeared in the Iron Age. What is now France made up the bulk of the region known to the Romans as Gaul. The first writings on indigenous populations mainly start in the first century BC. Greek ...
. The Society's journal was established in 1958 with
Marvin L. Brown Jr., a diplomatic historian from
North Carolina State College in Raleigh, was the first
editor-in-chief
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The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
. Brown remained as editor through 1966.
it is edited by Kathryn A. Edwards and Carol E. Harrison, professors of history at the (
University of South Carolina).
Further reading
* Edward Berenson and Nancy L. Green, "The Society for French Historical Studies: The Early Years", ''French Historical Studies'' 28, no. 4 (2005): 579-600.
References
External links
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French history journals
Publications established in 1958
Multilingual journals
Quarterly journals
Duke University Press academic journals
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