About the Journal
The Chinese Historical Review (ISSN 1547-402X) is a fully refereed and
vigorously edited transnational journal of history with issues
appearing in March and November each year. The journal publishes
original research on the history of China in every period, China¨s
historical relations with the world, the historical experiences of the
overseas Chinese, as well as comparative studies of history. Its Forum
section features interviews with leading historians and discussion of
issues concerning the profession of teaching and writing history.
Its Book Reviews section introduces recent historical scholarship,
especially those published in Chinese generally unavailable to the
English speaking world.
The journal
is published by The Chinese Historians in the United States, Inc. (CHUS), which, first established
in 1987 as a professional organization for Chinese students and
scholars studying history in the United States, is an affiliated
society of The American Historical Association and The Association of
Asian Studies. The journal began its publication in 1987 under the
title Historian. In 1989 it was registered with the Library of
Congress and began its publication as a referred journal of history
under the title Chinese Historians (ISSN 1043-643X) until
2000. It adopted the current title when it resumed regular publication
in 2004.
The
publication of the journal has been sponsored by the CHUS Membership
Fund, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, the Henry Luce Foundation,
State University of New York-Geneseo, Lake Forest College, the
Minneapolis Foundation, and institutional and individual
subscribers.