''The Historical Journal'', formerly known as ''The Cambridge Historical Journal'', is a

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published by

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. It publishes approximately thirty-five articles per year on all aspects of

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, and

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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 Harold William Vazeille Temperley, (20 April 1879 – 11 July 1939) was an English historian, Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge from 1931, and Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge. Overview Temperley was born in Cambridg ...

. 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

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, as it does to this day. Its current

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are Prof. Sujit Sivasundaram (

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) 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

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, Periodicals Index Online, and ABELL.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Historical Journal, The History journals Publications established in 1923 English-language journals Cambridge University Press academic journals Quarterly journals

History

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