The ''Journal of Belgian History'' is a quarterly
peer-reviewed
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academic journal
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published by the
Centre for Historical Research and Documentation on War and Contemporary Society (Cegesoma). It focuses on the
history of Belgium
For most of its history, what is today Belgium was either a part of a larger territory, such as the medieval Carolingian Empire, or was divided into a number of smaller states which were prominent among them. The pre Belgian states being, the Duc ...
in the 19th and 20th centuries. One of the four yearly issues is published in English, the other three in
French and
Dutch. The journal is abstracted and indexed in the
Arts and Humanities Citation Index
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.
The
editors-in-chief
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are
Catherine Lanneau (
University of Liège
The University of Liège (), or ULiège, is a major public university of the French Community of Belgium founded in 1817 and based in Liège, Wallonia, Belgium. Its official language is French (language), French.
History
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) and
Nico Wouters (Cegesoma).
History
The ''Journal of Belgian History'' was first published under its current title in 2012. The current journal was created by a merger of two long-running publications:
*''Belgisch tijdschrift voor nieuwste geschiedenis/Revue belge d'histoire contemporaine'' (Belgian Review of Contemporary History), founded in 1969
*''Bijdragen tot de Eigentijdse Geschiedenis/Cahiers d'Histoire du Temps présent'' (Journal of Contemporary History), founded in 1996.
See also
*''
Revue belge de philologie et d'histoire''
References
External links
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European history journals
Multilingual journals
Academic journals established in 1969
Quarterly journals
Historiography of Belgium
Open access journals
2012 establishments in Belgium
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