We are now accepting submissions for our Spring 2026 edition of the Madison Historical Review! If you are a current graduate student, first- or second-year PhD candidate in a history program, please visit the website below.
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We've officially started the review process! We want to thank everyone for submitting their work to our journal and we are looking forward to reviewing another year of incredible peer work. We plan to have decisions out in the coming months, so stay tuned!
REMINDER: The deadline to submit your original scholarly work is fast approaching! Make sure to have your submissions in on our website by December 31, 2025.
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Volume 22 of the MHR is available open access via https://t.co/ERNnvzEYls
Thank you so much to all of this year's authors and editorial board! Keep an eye out for the 2026 Call for Submissions, coming soon!
Rui Li (University of Guelph) analyzes the shortcomings of the abolition of prostitution movement in Guangzhou in his article "The Guangzhou Abolition of Prostitution Movement and Thought in the Republic of China from the 1920s to 1930s." Available at: https://t.co/RRYmQQC1RC
Melanie Holmes, Howard University, shares the history of how Black activists drew on the memory of slavery in her article "Black Power & the Slave Trade: How the Memory of Slavery Disrupted White Supremacy, 1959-1989." The article is available at: https://t.co/ORzXCM4YuN
We are loving the photos & stories on our online memory board! Thanks for helping us to mark this moment in JMU’s history!
You still have time to share your memories of Carrier Library & help us honor its history, even as we look to the future: https://t.co/yoqnmpkKMI
Mihow McKenny (University of Notre Dame) gives a new interpretation on the history of the abolition of widow burning in his article "Out of sheer love? The Abolition of Widow-Burning in British India." Check out the article at: https://t.co/yhSjXwo3Ka
Christopher Newman, Howard University, analyzes how white enslavers demonized Haitian Vodou in his article "Savages and Sable Subjects: White Fear, Racism, and the Demonization of Creole Voodoo in New Orleans in the 19th Century." Available at: https://t.co/I7eOmkiWXn
Emma Bianco's (University of California) article "Demons in the City of Angeles: Gay Neo-Nazis in Southern California" tells the history of a neo-Nazi group of gay men in SoCal. Available at: https://t.co/Bqj3YJnIzv
Haley North, Carleton University, examines how the US gov surveilled Dr. Martin Luther King Jr in her article "Intelligence Operations Conducted on Martin Luther King Jr. And His Loose Morals: The Changing Motives for His Surveillance." Available at: https://t.co/RfTVUeljAj
Congrats to Bailey Hoy, University of British Columbia, for winning the 2023 James Madison Award for Excellence in Historical Scholarship! Check out her article on beauty pageants held at incarceration centers on the MHR website: https://t.co/GA2YcpSKgH
The MHR is still accepting submissions for our Spring 2023 journal until Dec 25, 2022. For submission guidelines and to upload your submission visit https://t.co/ERNnvzEYls
Questions? Email the current editor at [email protected]#twitterstorians
Help us collect & celebrate memories of Carrier Library before it’s renovated and expanded. Share your memory here: https://t.co/yoqnmpClEg or learn more at https://t.co/dyiIn0TIz2.
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Volume 19 of the Madison Historical Review is now available for download (for free!) at https://t.co/WVVd5pzdJ6. Thank you to all of our authors for their submissions! #twitterstorians
Daryl Colyer's, @SamHoustonState "Carolingian War and Violence and the Course of Medieval History" tells the history of the Frankish noble dynasty in the eighth and ninth centuries.
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