Public history asks who gets to tell the past, to whom, and for what purpose. This call invites contributions that examine how societies remember, preserve, contest and share their pasts beyond the walls of the academy.
Public history asks who gets to tell the past, to whom, and for what purpose. This call invites contributions that examine how societies remember, preserve, contest and share their pasts beyond the walls of the academy.
Submissions may draw on any region or period. We welcome work from historians, heritage professionals, archivists, museum practitioners, journalists, teachers and community researchers, and we encourage clear, accessible writing grounded in evidence.
Contributions may address, but are not limited to, the following areas.
Memorials, anniversaries, public rituals and the politics of what is remembered and what is forgotten.
Monuments, sites, museums and collections, including questions of ownership, restitution, conservation and who speaks for heritage.
Living memory, vernacular archives and community-led approaches to recording and presenting the past.
Social media, digitisation, online archives and the role of new technologies, including AI, in shaping public understanding of history.
Film, journalism, literature, school textbooks and other everyday channels through which the public encounters history.
Controversial histories, memory conflicts and the role of historians in public controversies and policy.
We consider the following peer-reviewed submission types for this issue.
| Research Article | 2,000 to 7,000 words |
| Narrative History | 1,500 to 4,000 words |
| Essay | 1,500 to 4,000 words |
| Book Review | 600 to 1,500 words |
| Photo Essay | 500 to 1,200 words |
