History in Africa

Last updated

History

The journal was established in 1974 with an introduction by founding editor David Henige entitled, "On Method: An Apologia and A Plea." [4] In 2020, the journal announced a new editorial team composed entirely of Black and African women, led by editor-in-chief Lorelle D. Semley. [5]

Related Research Articles

<i>Science</i> (journal) Academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Science, also widely referred to as Science Magazine, is the peer-reviewed academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and one of the world's top academic journals. It was first published in 1880, is currently circulated weekly and has a subscriber base of around 130,000. Because institutional subscriptions and online access serve a larger audience, its estimated readership is over 400,000 people.

<i>Canadian Medical Association Journal</i> Peer-reviewed general medical journal

The Canadian Medical Association Journal is a peer-reviewed open-access general medical journal published by the Canadian Medical Association. It publishes original clinical research, analyses and reviews, news, practice updates, and editorials.

<i>The Journal of Asian Studies</i> Academic journal

The Journal of Asian Studies, the flagship journal of the Association for Asian Studies, is the most authoritative and prestigious peer-reviewed academic journal in the field of Asian studies. With an acceptance rate of approximately 6%, it upholds rigorous standards in the evaluation and publication of scholarly research. Each issue of the Journal of Asian Studies circulates over 8,200 copies, reaching a readership across the academic community and beyond.

Patrick Manning is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of World History, Emeritus, at the University of Pittsburgh. He is also president of the World History Network, Inc., a nonprofit corporation fostering research in world history. A specialist in world history and African history, his current research addresses global historiography, early human history, migration in world history, the African diaspora, and the demography of African slavery.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dag Herbjørnsrud</span>

Dag Herbjørnsrud is a historian of ideas, author, a former editor-in-chief, and a founder of Center for Global and Comparative History of Ideas in Oslo. His writings have been published by Aeon, the American Philosophical Association (APA), Dialogue and Universalism, Cosmopolis, etc., and he was formerly a columnist for Al Jazeera English. Herbjørnsrud was the guest editor of a special issue of the bilingual journal Cosmopolis (Brussels), on "Decolonizing the Academy"; one of his contributors was the author and Professor Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o. He sits on the Editorial Review Board of the book series Global Epistemics at Rowman & Littlefield.

A law review or law journal is a scholarly journal or publication that focuses on legal issues. A law review is a type of legal periodical. Law reviews are a source of research, imbedded with analyzed and referenced legal topics; they also provide a scholarly analysis of emerging law concepts from various topics. Law reviews are generated in almost all law bodies/institutions worldwide. However, in recent years, some have claimed that the traditional influence of law reviews is declining.

The Journal of Logical and Algebraic Methods in Programming is a peer-reviewed scientific journal established in 1984. It was originally titled The Journal of Logic Programming; in 2001 it was renamed The Journal of Logic and Algebraic Programming, and in 2014 it obtained its current title.

The Design Research Society (DRS), founded in the United Kingdom in 1966, is an international society for developing and supporting the interests of the design research community. The primary purpose of the DRS, as embodied in its first statement of rules, is to promote ‘the study of and research into the process of designing in all its many fields'. This established the intention of being an interdisciplinary learned society, taking a scholarly and domain independent view of the process of designing. Membership is open to anyone interested in design research, and members with established experience and a strong background in design research may apply to be elected as a DRS Fellow.

The Journal of Roman Archaeology (JRA) is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering the archaeology of the Roman empire. It was established in 1988 under the publisher and editor-in-chief J.H. Humphrey. The journal was originally published by the Department of Classical Studies at the University of Michigan and was favorably received. Since 2021, the journal has been published by Cambridge University Press. It is considered the pre-eminent academic journal in the field of Roman archaeology and was ranked as the fourth most impactful journal in Classics in 2023.

David James Maxwell is a British historian and academic, specialising in the missionary movement and Christianity in Africa. He is the Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Cambridge and professorial fellow of Emmanuel College.

Brian Stanley is a British historian, best known for his works in the history of Christian missions and world Christianity.

Bernard K. Mbenga is a historian at North-West University, South Africa, where he is a specialist in the history of the north-west of South Africa. He was one of the editors of the first volume of The Cambridge History of South Africa.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Aili M. Tripp</span> American political scientist

Aili Mari Tripp is a Finnish and American political scientist, currently the Wangari Maathai Professor of Political Science and Gender and Women's Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Catriona Ida Macleod is a South African researcher. She is a distinguished professor of psychology, SARChI Chair of Critical Studies in Sexualities and Reproduction, and previous Head of the Psychology Department at Rhodes University. Her research focuses on sexual and reproductive health and feminist theory in psychology. Her book "Adolescence", Pregnancy, and Abortion: Constructing a threat of degeneration received the Distinguished Publication Award by the Association for Women in Psychology. Since 2013, she has been editor-in-chief of the international journal Feminism & Psychology.

Alexis Bertrand Agunmaro Adandé is an archaeologist from Benin, who has been key to the foundation of the discipline in the country.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Keisha N. Blain</span> American historian

Keisha N. Blain is an American writer and scholar of American and African-American history. She is Professor of Africana Studies and History at Brown University. Blain served as president of the African American Intellectual History Society from 2017 to 2021. Blain is associated with the Charleston Syllabus social media movement.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Valentin Goranko</span> Bulgarian-Swedish logician

Valentin Feodorov Goranko is a Bulgarian-Swedish logician, Professor of Logic and Theoretical Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy, Stockholm University.

Lorelle Denise Semley is an American historian of Africa specialized in modern West Africa, French imperialism, gender, and the Atlantic World. She is a professor of history at the College of the Holy Cross.

Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso is a Nigerian university professor whose work focuses on African women in post-conflict contexts; African refugees, gender and politics; democracy; and African politics. She has published multiple books on women's issues in Africa, an editor of the Journal of Contemporary African Studies and the Journal of International Politics and Development.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jessica Marie Johnson</span> American historian

Jessica Marie Johnson is an American historian and Black studies scholar specializing in the history of the Atlantic slave trade. She is an associate professor in the department of history at the Johns Hopkins University Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences. In 2020, Johnson published a Black feminist history of the founding of New Orleans titled Wicked Flesh: Black Women, Intimacy, and Freedom in the Atlantic World.

References

  1. "HiA Leadership". African Studies Association. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  2. "Editorial board". Cambridge Core. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  3. "Lorelle Semley". Yale RITM. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  4. "On Method via Cambridge University Press".
  5. https://africanstudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/ASA-News-Spring-2020-FINAL.pdf