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| Journal of Historical Sociology | |
|---|---|
| Title | Journal of Historical Sociology |
| Discipline | Historical sociology |
| Abbreviation | J. Hist. Sociol. |
| Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| History | 1988–present |
Journal of Historical Sociology is a peer-reviewed academic journal publishing scholarship at the intersection of History and Sociology with emphasis on historical-comparative analysis of social change. The journal addresses debates connected to figures and movements such as Max Weber, Karl Marx, Émile Durkheim, Michel Foucault, and Norbert Elias while engaging with studies related to events like the French Revolution, Industrial Revolution, Russian Revolution, American Civil War, and Meiji Restoration. It attracts contributions by scholars affiliated with institutions such as University of Oxford, Harvard University, University of Cambridge, University of Chicago, and London School of Economics.
Founded in 1988 during a period of renewed interest in historical theory, the journal emerged alongside publications and debates involving Annales School, Social History, Cultural History, Comparative Studies in Society and History, and journals edited at centers like Institute for Advanced Study and Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies. Early editorial conversations invoked theorists including Theda Skocpol, Charles Tilly, Immanuel Wallerstein, E. P. Thompson, and Sidney Tarrow and engaged historical episodes such as the Reformation, Napoleonic Wars, Taiping Rebellion, Boxer Rebellion, and Meiji Restoration to shape its remit. Over subsequent decades the journal published work intersecting with projects at Royal Historical Society, American Historical Association, British Academy, and thematic programs funded by bodies like the European Research Council and National Endowment for the Humanities.
The journal situates research on comparative historical sociology within conversations tied to intellectuals such as Hannah Arendt, Antonio Gramsci, Pierre Bourdieu, Jürgen Habermas, and Frantz Fanon. It prioritizes articles that connect case studies—ranging from the Ottoman Empire and Ming dynasty to the British Empire and Habsburg Monarchy—with theoretical interventions referencing works like The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, Capital, The Elementary Forms of Religious Life, and Discipline and Punish. The aims include fostering dialogue across departments at universities such as Yale University, Columbia University, Stanford University, University of Toronto, and Australian National University and informing research programs in centers like Centre for Contemporary British History and International Institute of Social History.
The journal is overseen by an editorial board drawn from scholars at institutions like Princeton University, University of California, Berkeley, King's College London, McGill University, and European University Institute. Associate editors and advisory board members have included historians and sociologists who have worked on topics spanning the Atlantic slave trade, Transatlantic slave trade, Great Depression, World War I, World War II, and Cold War. Manuscripts undergo double-blind peer review with external reviewers recruited from networks linked to societies like the Social Science History Association, Royal Historical Society, American Sociological Association, and disciplinary journals such as Past & Present, American Historical Review, and American Journal of Sociology.
The journal is indexed in major databases and services used by scholars working on projects tied to archives like the British Library, Library of Congress, Bibliothèque nationale de France, and repositories such as JSTOR and Project MUSE. It appears in indexing services alongside titles tracked by Web of Science, Scopus, EBSCOhost, and ProQuest and is discoverable through catalogues maintained by institutions like WorldCat and the Directory of Open Access Journals where applicable.
Scholars including Seymour Martin Lipset, Barrington Moore Jr., Peter Gay, John Gaventa, and Immanuel Wallerstein have been cited in conversations that reference articles from the journal when discussing transformations such as democratization in the Third Republic (France), industrialization in Great Britain, agrarian change in Russia, and urbanization across Latin America. The journal has been used as a venue for influential debates on methodological pluralism that involve journals and forums like History Workshop Journal, Social Research, Theory and Society, and conferences at International Sociological Association and International Congress of Historical Sciences. Citation metrics place it among leading outlets for historical-sociological research with recognition from research assessment exercises in countries such as the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada.
The journal has published notable articles addressing themes such as state formation, nationalism, welfare institutions, labor movements, and comparative revolutions, engaging case studies on the English Civil War, Mexican Revolution, Chinese Civil War, Italian Risorgimento, and German reunification. Special issues have focused on topics linked to the work of Charles Maier, Ellen Meiksins Wood, Joan Wallach Scott, Geoff Eley, and Michael Mann and have responded to events such as the Fall of the Berlin Wall, September 11 attacks, and financial crises referencing the Great Recession.
Published quarterly by Wiley-Blackwell, the journal accepts submissions from scholars based at research centers including National University of Singapore, University of Cape Town, University of São Paulo, and Erasmus University Rotterdam. It is available in print and electronic formats through institutional subscriptions, interlibrary loan systems in libraries like Bodleian Libraries and Wellcome Library, and is accessible to readers via platforms used by university consortia including JISC and national library services in countries like Germany and Japan.
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