Call for papers

Historiografías, revista de historia y teoría is an on-line biannual publication in three languages devoted to historiographical studies and theory of history. With the backing of worldwide specialists and professors from various universities, Historiografias was created in 2010 as the brainchild of the research group assembled by Professor Gonzalo Pasamar at the University of Zaragoza (Spain), where its server is located: http://www.unizar.es/historiografias.

          As indicated in its Editorial Manifesto (see http://www.unizar.es/historiografias), Historiografías regards the study of historical writings as a field without boundaries, ranging across such disparate viewpoints as cultural and intellectual history, political history and biography, as well as epistemology and social theory, anthropology, sociology and history of science. Hence, the objective of the journal is twofold: 1) to examine all the forms the writing of history has adopted, without any geographical, chronological or cultural restrictions, from historiography in Antiquity to forms memories have adopted in other civilizations, including medieval and Renaissance writers, and modern ways of writing history all over the world, as well as current trends; 2) to give importance to historical epistemology and theory in general.      

Historiografías calls for original papers to be included under its three headings: 1) “Historia y teoría”; 2) “Varia historiográfica”; and 3) “Crítica”. The content of these sections is as follows: “Historia y teoría” includes essays on historiography and theory and, where appropriate, may also cover single subjects. “Varia historiográfica” contains analyses of institutions, projects, debates, interviews, and scientific events relating to theory and historiographic reflection, in addition to a range of other articles (when the History and Theory section is devoted to a single issue). “Crítica” contains reviews of books and journals devoted to a single topic.  

The journal accepts manuscripts in Spanish, English and French, with documents being formatted in Word. Works must be original, that is, not previously published, nor should they be committed for publication elsewhere. Authors must indicate at the beginning of the text the institution they work for, along with their professional address and email. Some key-words (no more than six) should be included below, in Spanish and English, along with an abstract in Spanish and English (no more than 100 words), and a profile (no more than eighty words) in Spanish and English.

The length of contributions is as follows: “Historia y teoría” and “Varia historiográfica”: 10,000 words maximum. This includes footnotes, bibliographic references and appendices. Graphical documents (pictures, tables, photos, texts, charts, etc.) may also be appended, but only if they are of good standard. In this case, their source should be indicated and, where appropriate, permission to publish may also be required. “Crítica”: 3,000 words, including footnotes and bibliographic references. 

For further information, see “Instructions for Manuscripts Submission”, in http://www.unizar.es/historiografias 

Original papers should be sent by email to this address: historiografias@unizar.es 

Manuscripts will be submitted for external assessment by at least two accepted experts on the subject.