A Review of Selected Papers from the Fiftieth Anniversary Issue of "Historical Research"

Author: Editorial Board of Journal of History
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Publishing Date: 2005-07-01
Features: Journal of History is a historical academic journal initiated by the "Committee on Historical Issues of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China" and launched in Beijing in February 1954. Comrade Mao Zedong first proposed studying history with the principle of "freedom of thought and debate" when he advocated the establishment of Journal of History. Guo Moruo directly led the formation of the editorial board and the editorial department. The members of the first editorial board included Guo Moruo, Yin Da, Bai Shouyi, Xiang Da, Lü Zhenyu, Du Guoyang, Wu Han, Ji Xianlin, Hou Wailu, Hu Sheng, Fan Wenlan, Chen Yuan, Chen Yinque, Xia Na, Ji Wenfu, Tang Yongtong, Liu Dannian, and Jian Bozan. The former editors-in-chief include Yin Da, Li She, Pang Pu, Xu Zongmian, Tian Jujian, Song Dejin, Li Xindu, and Zhang Yigong, among others. Journal of History is sponsored by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Bimonthly. Main columns: Special Studies, Theory and Methodology, Historians and Historiography, Discussions and Reviews, Book Reviews, Notes on History, Academic Reviews, Reviews of Foreign New Books, and Letters to the Editor. Journal of History is the authoritative historical academic journal of the People's Republic of China, enjoying high reputation both domestically and internationally. Some of its articles have been translated and introduced abroad by Social Sciences in China. Journal of History was founded in 1954, one of the earliest philosophy and social science journals established after the founding of the People's Republic of China. In half a century, Journal of History has published approximately 4,000 articles, collectively representing and reflecting the achievements of several generations of historians in the new China. Its authors range from the renowned giants of the historical scholarship, such as Guo Moruo, who had already gained fame in the mid-20th century, to the emerging scholars who have only begun to shine in the new century, embodying the highest level and evolutionary trajectory of Chinese historical studies over the past fifty years. Therefore, in the context of the development and evolution of academic history, the fifty years of Journal of History can be seen as a microcosm of the development of historical scholarship in the new China. To this end, we have compiled this series of books to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Journal of History.