History, Journals, News

Call for an Editor | Continuity and Change

Continuity and Change aims to define a field of historical sociology concerned with long-term continuities and discontinuities in the structures of past societies. Emphasis is upon studies whose agenda or methodology combines elements from traditional fields such as history, sociology, law, demography, economics or anthropology, or ranges freely between them. There is a strong commitment … Continue reading →

History, Irish Studies, Journals, News, Religious Studies

Liverpool University Press to become publisher of Archivium Hibernicum

Liverpool University Press (LUP) is pleased to announce that it will become the new publisher of Archivium Hibernicum, the refereed history journal of the Catholic Historical Society of Ireland, from 2027. Published annually, Archivium Hibernicum is one of Ireland’s longest‑running historical journals and is internationally recognised for the quality of its scholarship.

Literature

Archival Encounter:  Editing Charles Olson’s The Special View of History, Revised and Expanded Edition

In this blog, John Faulise, the editor of The Special View of History: Revised and Expanded Edition examines how an archival encounter with the source materials at the Charles Olson Research Collection resulted in this new edition of Olson’s major statement on postmodern poetics. The need for a new edition of Charles Olson’s The Special … Continue reading →

books, History, medieval studies, Modern Languages

The Invention of Frenchness

This year, the Bayeux Tapestry is being displayed in the UK for the first time after 1,000 years. Here, Anne-Hélène Miller, discusses this significant moment and her new book, The Invention of Frenchness. Scene 51 of the Bayeux Tapestry, from the Bayeux Museum. Credit: https://www.bayeuxmuseum.com/la-tapisserie-de-bayeux/decouvrir-la-tapisserie-de-bayeux/explorer-la-tapisserie-de-bayeux-en-ligne The year 2026 marks the “return” of the Bayeux Tapestry … Continue reading →