Historiography East & West

At the beginning of the 21st century, history has regained its central position in the discourse on the future of humankind; scholarly interest in the writing of and reflections on history has grown beyond the much-debated Western tradition. It is under these circumstances that the new journal Historiography East & West has been initiated as a truly comparative and multi-lingual on-line journal. Historiography East & West deepens our understanding of representations of "history" by comparing historiographical practices and traditions from all over the world, thus integrating them into the ongoing debates on general issues of history-writing as well as reflections on history and memory. The editorial board of the journal thus includes scholars from Europe, Asia and the US willing to guarantee the high standards of the journal as well as to contribute to cross-cultural understanding based on mutual respect.

The editorial board of Historiography East & West is committed to the idea of opening a worldwide discussion on issues of history writing and therefore invites contributors to submit their manuscripts in Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, and Japanese. Manuscripts will go through a process of peer-review and, once accepted for publication, will be accompanied by summaries in English and Chinese to make readers aware of their contents who are not able to read them in their respective language of publication. Outstanding articles first published in the on-line-journal will be selected for republication in a book every other year.

Since the idea of launching Historiography East & West originates from a conference on "Modern Chinese Historiography and Historical Thinking" organized by the Center for Chinese Studies of Heidelberg, Germany in May 2001, the first two volumes of the new journal will mostly draw on the papers from the conference. Starting from Vol. 3:1 the journal is open to any contributions related to the above-mentioned topics.

Core features
-- Multi-lingual with Chinese and English as main publication languages, and Dutch, French, German, and Japanese as secondary publication languages;
-- All articles come with a summary in Chinese, English, and the working language of the author;
-- Editorial board of internationally renowned scholars from Europe, Asia and the US;
-- Managing editors: Axel Schneider (Leiden), Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik (Vienna)
-- Peer-reviewed
-- On-line only

Nachgewiesene Ausgaben

2 (2006), 2
1 (2003), 2