''The Journal of Modern History'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed

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covering European intellectual, political, and cultural

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, published by the

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. Established in 1929, the journal covers events from approximately 1500 to the present, with a geographical scope extending from the

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through the European continent, including

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and the

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Editors and editorial board

The ''Journal of Modern History'' is coedited by John W. Boyer,

Jan E. Goldstein Jan Ellen Goldstein (born 1946) is an American intellectual historian of Modern Europe. She is the Norman and Edna Freehling Professor of History at the University of Chicago, and co-editor of the ''Journal of Modern History''. Scholarship Goldste ...

, and Fredrik Albritton Jonsson (

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). Previous editors include Sheila Fitzpatrick,

Hanna Gray Hanna Holborn Gray (born October 25, 1930) is an American historian of Renaissance and Reformation political thought and Professor of History ''Emerita'' at the University of Chicago. She served as president of the University of Chicago, from 19 ...

, William Hardy McNeill, and

Bernadotte Schmitt Bernadotte Everly Schmitt (19 May 1886 – 23 March 1969) was an American historian who was professor of Modern European History at the University of Chicago from 1924 to 1946. He is best known for his study of the causes of World War I, in whic ...

Format and contents

The journal publishes articles and book reviews. On occasion, it has published special issues focusing on specific topics.

The Chester Penn Higby Prize

Chester Penn Higby (1886–1966) served on the history faculty at the

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from 1927 to 1956, and was one of the founders of the ''Journal of Modern History''. He also served as the first president of the Modern European History Section of the

American Historical Association The American Historical Association (AHA) is the oldest professional association of historians in the United States and the largest such organization in the world. Founded in 1884, the AHA works to protect academic freedom, develop professional s ...

. Upon his retirement, several of his former students established a trust fund to provide a cash prize for the best article published in the journal. The prize is awarded during even-numbered years, and past winners have included

William W. Hagen William W. Hagen (born 1942) is a historian and professor of history at the University of California-Davis. Hagen's focus is on modern European history, primarily in relation to Germany and Eastern Europe. He obtained his B.A. from Harvard Univer ...

, Susan Pedersen, and Heinrich August Winkler.

References

External links

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1956-2010 Higby Prize winners list
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