Founded in 1958, The Historical Journal publishes on all aspects of history since 1500, providing a forum for younger scholars making a distinguished debut as well as publishing the work of historians with an international reputation. The journal publishes original research in full-length articles and shorter communications and major surveys of the field in historiographical reviews and review articles. Contributions are aimed both at specialists and non-specialists.
Research Article
BRUSH TALK AS THE ‘LINGUA FRANCA’ OF DIPLOMACY IN JAPANESE–KOREAN ENCOUNTERS, c. 1600–1868 REBEKAH CLEMENTSPublished online by Cambridge University Press: 30 October 2018, pp. 289–309
COUNSELS OF PERFECTION AND REFORMATION POLITICAL THOUGHT SARAH MORTIMERPublished online by Cambridge University Press: 27 September 2018, pp. 311–330
RICHARD HOOKER AS POLITICAL NATURALIST SIMON P. KENNEDYPublished online by Cambridge University Press: 10 May 2018, pp. 331–348
THE INNER LIVES OF EARLY MODERN TRAVEL MARK R. F. WILLIAMSPublished online by Cambridge University Press: 10 September 2018, pp. 349–373
PAUPER INVENTORIES, SOCIAL RELATIONS, AND THE NATURE OF POOR RELIEF UNDER THE OLD POOR LAW, ENGLAND, c. 1601–1834 JOSEPH HARLEYPublished online by Cambridge University Press: 13 June 2018, pp. 375–398
REASSESSING FRONTLINE MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS OF THE BRITISH CIVIL WARS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY MEDICAL WORLD ISMINI PELLSPublished online by Cambridge University Press: 18 June 2018, pp. 399–425
A FAREWELL TO KING COAL: GEOPOLITICS, ENERGY SECURITY, AND THE TRANSITION TO OIL, 1898–1917 VOLKAN Ş. EDIGER, JOHN V. BOWLUSPublished online by Cambridge University Press: 18 June 2018, pp. 427–449
PETITIONS AND PATHWAYS TO THE ASYLUM IN BRITISH MANDATE PALESTINE, 1930–1948 CHRIS WILSONPublished online by Cambridge University Press: 20 July 2018, pp. 451–471
THE CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT AND DREAMS OF BRITAIN'S POST-WAR FUTURE KIT KOWOLPublished online by Cambridge University Press: 10 January 2018, pp. 473–493
VLADIMIR JABOTINSKY AND POPULATION TRANSFERS BETWEEN EASTERN EUROPE AND PALESTINE GIL S. RUBINPublished online by Cambridge University Press: 16 November 2018, pp. 495–517
THE POLITICS OF REGIONALISM AND FEDERATION IN EAST AFRICA, 1958–1964 CHRIS VAUGHANPublished online by Cambridge University Press: 31 October 2018, pp. 519–540
Communication
EMPIRE AND ENLIGHTENMENT IN THREE LETTERS FROM SIR WILLIAM JONES TO GOVERNOR-GENERAL JOHN MACPHERSON JOSHUA EHRLICHPublished online by Cambridge University Press: 28 January 2019, pp. 541–551
Historiographical Reviews
MODERN MOUNTAINS FROM THE ENLIGHTENMENT TO THE ANTHROPOCENE THOMAS SIMPSONPublished online by Cambridge University Press: 09 October 2018, pp. 553–581