The Hungarian Historical Review invites submissions for its second issue in 2016, the theme of which will be “Nationalism & Discourses of Objectivity: The Humanities and Social Sciences in Central Europe in the Long Nineteenth Century”.
The deadline for the submission of abstracts: March 15, 2015.
Recently, scholarship has begun to pay attention to its own historical roots. Scholars in the humanities and social sciences are now more aware of the twofold nineteenth-century transformation that changed the practices of the sciences in Europe. On the one hand, there were strivings to transform various traditions of erudition into standardized disciplines as “scientific” methods emerged in the humanities and the networks of amateur scholars were replaced by salaried professionals. The social sciences were genuinely conceived as “scientific” principles. On the other hand, the humanities and the social sciences, though influenced by the increasing insistence on “objectivity,” served various (mostly nationalist) political projects. Nationalist politics of the nineteenth century relied on these disciplines to determine the substance of the new national identities far more than previous regimes had. Reflecting on this double process, this special issue of the Hungarian Historical Review will center on these transformations in Central Europe. Possible topics include:
- Individuals, institutions, groups and networks of national scholarship
- Professionalization of the humanities and social sciences as vehicles of national scholarship
- Uses of the humanities and social sciences in the assertions of national agendas
- Scholars as actors in politics and academic professionalization
- Academic discourses of non-dominant nations
- Humanities and social sciences above, underneath and beyond the nation: imperial, regional, socialist and religious frameworks
We invite the submission of abstracts on the questions and topics raised above.
We provide proofreading for contributors who are not native speakers of English.
Please send an abstract of no more than 500 words and a short biographical sketch with a selected list of the author’s five most important publications (we do not accept full CVs).
The editors will ask the authors of selected papers (max. 10 000 words) to submit their final articles no later than July 30, 2015. The articles will be published after a peer-review process.
All articles must conform to our submission guidelines: http://hunghist.org/index.php/for-authors.
The deadline for the submission of abstracts: March 15, 2015.
Proposals should be submitted by email: hunghist@btk.mta.hu
The Hungarian Historical Review is a peer-reviewed international journal of the social sciences and humanities the geographical focus of which is Hungary and East-Central Europe.
For additional information, including submission guidelines, please visit the journal’s website: http://www.hunghist.org
The Hungarian Historical Review
Published quarterly by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Research Centre for the Humanities
Institute of History
30 Országház utca, Budapest H – 1014, Hungary
Email: hunghist@btk.mta.hu
Website: www.hunghist.org