Speakers at the event
Dr Kate Smith
(Co-editor, Transactions of the RHS / University of Birmingham)
Dr Harshan Kumarasingham
(Co-editor, Transactions of the RHS / University of Edinburgh)
Professor Sarah Knott
(Indiana University, and former Associate Editor of the American Historical Review)
Georgia Priestley
(Publisher, History Journals, at Cambridge University Press)
Professor Karin Wulf
(Director, John Carter Brown Library, Brown University, USA)
Professor Emma Griffin
(RHS President and University of East Anglia, chair)
About the event
November 2022 marks the 150th anniversary of publication of Volume One of the Transactions of the Royal Historical Society. Transactions is the longest-running English-language academic history journal, predating the first publication of the English Historical Review (1886) and the American Historical Review (1895), among other titles.
November 2022 also sees important changes to the current Transactions. This year’s volume will come with a new design and paperback format. It’s also the first in 150 years to include external submissions not previously read to the Society; the first to be edited by historians who are not members of RHS Council; and the first to engage an editorial board.
This event is an opportunity to take stock at a time that’s both an anniversary and a new departure.
Journals have long been, and remain, central to the communication of historical research. As a publishing form, History journals have proved remarkably durable, with developments typically taking place within an established framework of article types and formats. At the same time, the very recent history of History (and other) journals points to quickening and more disruptive change - most notably in terms of online access and publishing models; but also with reference to innovations of form, tone and purpose.
In this panel, UK and US historians associated with leading journals (as editors, publishers, innovators, authors and readers) consider the extent, impact and possible outcomes of these recent changes. At an important time for Transactions, we’ll also explore how far journal publishing fits with current research and pedagogical priorities; and what innovations our panellists - and you - propose as ‘Futures for the History Journal’.
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