About the AHR
The American Historical Review ( AHR ) has served as the journal of record for the historical discipline in the United States since 1895. It is the leading global forum for new scholarship in every major field of historical study across time and space. The AHR publishes field transforming articles and contributions that reimagine historical practice and teaching. From traditional articles to innovative digital media, we welcome submissions that spark scholarly conversations.
History Lab
The AHR History Lab is a new, experimental space in the middle of the journal featuring collective projects that seek to reimagine how we approach historical practice in terms of content, form, and method.
How to Submit
Find information on article and digital media submissions and proposals for the AHR History Lab and #AHRSyllabus project.
Current Issue
September 2024 vol 129 | issue 3.
Check out the AHR 's September issue, with articles that rethink approaches to environmental, humanitarian, and welfare history, and includes collections on historical fiction, archives and libraries, and history education. Members can access the issue online through the link under AHA Publications on MYAHA .
Recent Articles
"looking for the soul of environmental lament: civil religion, political emotion and the handling of the earth in the new deal era".
By Michael G Thompson and Clare Monagle
"'We Found Her at the River': German Humanitarian Fantasies and Child Sponsorship in the Eastern Mediterranean in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries"
By Melanie Schulze Tanielian
“Carceral Recycling: Zero Waste and Imperial Extraction in Nazi Germany”
By Anne Berg
History in Focus
About the podcast.
History in Focus is a podcast by the American Historical Review . Go behind the scenes with the world's leading history journal as we explore the who, what, how, and why of doing history in the 21st century.
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The #AHRSyllabus is a collaborative project designed to help teachers and students look "under the hood" at how historians in the early 21st century do the work of history. Each contribution to the syllabus features a practical hands-on teaching module that foregrounds innovative uses of historical method in the classroom.
The American Historical Review publishes approximately 650 reviews annually, aiming to represent all fields of historical scholarship. Click here to learn more about our reviews process, read our FAQ, and submit your information for our reviewer database.
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Access past issues of the AHR , the journal of record for the historical discipline since 1895. The AHR publishes field transforming articles and contributions that reimagine historical practice and teaching. In its second century of continuous publication, the AHR strives to be the leading forum for new historical research, while meeting the challenges of an ever-evolving digital age and an ever-expanding global community of scholars.
Special Issues
The AHR occasionally publishes special issues. More information about upcoming special issues coming soon.
History Unclassified
Essays that highlight archival stories, off-beat discoveries, unexpected connections with other fields, as well as historians’ research experiences and their connection to the authors’ lives and stories.
Perspectives on History
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Reviewing books and other forms of scholarship—including films, public history sites and museums, document collections, digital projects, podcasts, and many other genres—is a primary responsibility of the American Historical Review .
The AHR carefully selects reviewers, ensuring that they have demonstrated sufficient expertise in the relevant field and guarding carefully against potential conflicts of interest. Scholars who have already reviewed a work for another journal should not then agree to review it for the AHR . Reviewers and potential reviewers should maintain the spirit of objectivity inherent in the review process. They should avoid making public statements, commentaries, or electronic media posts/discussions about a book they have agreed to review. Membership in the American Historical Association is neither a requirement for nor a guarantee of selection as a reviewer. We do not assign book reviews to scholars at their own suggestion; invitations to review are based on independent staff judgments about the appropriate match between material and reviewer. If you meet the above criteria and want to be added to our large and growing database of reviewers, please send a CV for consideration to [email protected] .
As of 2023, the AHR no longer accepts print copies of books for review. Books reviewed in the AHR are selected from seasonal publisher catalogs. As an author, if you would like your book to be under consideration, please ensure your publisher has sent their latest catalog to [email protected] . Books listed in the catalog will be considered by our book review editors.
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The English Historical Review publishes original and high-quality historical research. There is no ‘typical’ EHR article, but we provide some guidance here on the scope and qualities that the editors look for in current article submissions and that they are keen to encourage in future ones.
The American Historical Review (AHR) is the official publication of the American Historical Association (AHA). The AHA was founded in 1884 and chartered by Congress in 1889 to serve the interests of the entire discipline of history.
The American Historical Review (AHR) has served as the journal of record for the historical discipline in the United States since 1895. It is the leading global forum for new scholarship in every major field of historical study across time and space.
The journal aims to publish some thirty-five articles and communications each year and to review recent historical literature, mainly in the form of historiographical reviews and review articles.
An evaluation rubric is presented that facilitates a progressive appraisal of the integration of history within a literature review. Ultimately, the article serves to stimulate the processes of thought, interpretation and rationalization when historically engaging with a body of literature.
The official journal of the American Historical Association. Publishes research that brings together scholarship from every major field of historical.
How to Write a Review. October 2001. Revised September 2003. History instructors have three good reasons for assigning reviews, whether of books, films, exhibits, tours, or other works. First, a review requirement ensures that students will do the assigned reading, or whatever else is being reviewed. It is much harder to fake familiarity with a ...
First published in 1886, The English Historical Review is the oldest journal of historical scholarship in the English-speaking world. It deals not only with British history, but with almost all aspects of European and world history since the classical era.
A Brief Guide to Writing the History Paper. The Challenges of Writing About (a.k.a., Making) History. story can seem like an overwhelming task. History’s subject matter is immense, encompassing all of human affairs in the recorded past — up until the moment, th.
Reviews Guide. Reviewing books and other forms of scholarship—including films, public history sites and museums, document collections, digital projects, podcasts, and many other genres—is a primary responsibility of the American Historical Review.