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| Discipline | History of Europe from 1914 |
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| Language | English |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1992–present |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (United Kingdom) |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| 0.962 (2021) | |
| Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt  ) | |
| ISO 4 | Contemp. Eur. Hist. |
| Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L | |
| ISSN | 0960-7773 (print) 1469-2171 (web) |
| LCCN | 92660049 |
| JSTOR | 09607773 |
| OCLC no. | 237351536 |
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Contemporary European History is an internationalpeer-reviewed academic historyjournal founded in 1992 and published quarterly byCambridge University Press. The journal covers thehistory of Europe from 1914 onwards and publishes three main types of article: research articles, review articles, and Spotlight essays. It regularly publishes forums - known as 'collections' - under the guidance of one or more guest editors.
The journal also publishes two blogs -TheContemporary European History Blog, designed to complement journal articles, andNew Voices, written by postgraduate students and early-career scholars.[1]
Contemporary European History launched in March 1992. The original editors wereKathleen Burk andDick Geary. The first issue noted:
It is an exciting thing to launch a new journal, and in this case it reflects the fact that we in Europe are living in interesting times. We are clearly on the brink of a new Europe: 1992 will see the United Kingdom and Ireland more fully integrated into the European Community, andglasnost has set in train unknown but certainly far-reaching changes in the USSR and Eastern and East Central Europe. Beyond this, year by year the concept of Europe as both a geographical and an historical entity becomes more credible, and there is increasing interest, not only in the histories of individual countries, but in how their histories compare with each other.[2]
The journal was established to cover 'European history in its widest sense', defined as continentalWestern Europe,Eastern Europe, and theUnited Kingdom. It sought to publish articles across all major historical areas, spanning political, social, economic, cultural and diplomatic history, as well as comparative and transnational approaches - a remit which continues to this day.[2]
In recent years, the journal has expanded its focus to include coverage of the histories ofEurope's overseas empires. The journal regularly features contributions from scholars outside the Anglophone community and acts as a channel of communication between European historians throughout the continent and beyond it.
From the outset, the journal has devoted at least one issue per year to a particular historical theme. Recent examples have includedEuropean Cultural Diplomacy and the Twenty Years' Crisis,[3]Religion and Socialism in the Long 1960s,[4]Transnational Anti-Fascism,[5] andAlcohol Production and Consumption in Contemporary Europe.[6]
From 2nd July 2025, all articles in the journal will be publishedOpen Access, irrespective of an author's institutional affliction or access to funding.[7]
In 2021, the journal established a prize aimed atPhD students and early-career scholars, inviting submissions on any topic within the journal's scope. The winner receives publication in the journal and £400 worth of Cambridge University Press books.[8]
In May 2024, the journal launched a blog series entitledNew Voices, with the stated aim of offering a platform for postgraduate students and early-career scholars to write about their research in a publicly-accessible way.[9] The blogs are published through the Cambridge University Press online platform, Cambridge Core, and are advertised on the journal's social media channels.
Contemporary European History is currently edited by:
