Cultural & Social History

Official Journal of the Social History Society

Editors: Antony McElligott University of Limerick, Republic of Ireland
Alexandra Shepard University of Cambridge, UK

Published in Association with Social History Society

Aims and Scope:

Cultural and Social History is a journal committed to dialogue between social and cultural historians that will reinvigorate the discipline of history in the wake of epistemological challenges that have brought into question many of the foundational assumptions of historians. It holds that 'the cultural' and 'the social' are mutually constitutive and inextricably linked.

It asserts that an appreciation of the constellation of cultural forces that confer meaning on the lives of historical actors is necessary if we are more fully to understand the social experience of individuals and groups in the past. Moreover, it approaches 'culture' not as an entity distinct from 'society', but as a product of social practice, and therefore at the heart of society itself.

Articles are welcome that bridge what hitherto have been considered distinct subfields of the discipline or that draw effectively on the work of other disciplines in order to enhance our understanding of the past. No time period or part of the globe will be excluded from consideration.

We encourage articles from a wide geographical, chronological and cultural range. This is an ambitious brief, but one which is in tune with the interests and ambitions of practitioners today.

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Frequency: eISSN: 1478-0046 ISSN: 1478-0038
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