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| Discipline | Humanities, Interdisciplinary |
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| Language | English |
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| Publisher | University of Chicago Press for the Society for the History of the Humanities |
| Frequency | Biannually (twice per year) |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Hist. Humanit. |
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| ISSN | 2379-3163 (print) 2379-3171 (web) |
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History of Humanities is a double-blind peer-reviewed academic journal devoted to the history of the different traditions and disciplines in the humanities, across periods and cultures. Its current editors are Rens Bod, Julia Kursell, Jaap Maat, and Thijs Weststeijn.
The journal discusses the history of antiquarianism, archaeology, art history, classics, historiography, linguistics, literary studies, media studies, musicology, Oriental studies, philology, theater studies, and religious studies, as well as interactions between these disciplines and relevant developments in the sciences and social sciences. It publishes original research papers, thematic forums, review essays, and book reviews. It appears twice per year and is published by the University of Chicago Press like its counterpart devoted to the history of the (natural) sciences, Isis.