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History and Theory is the premier international journal in the field of theory and philosophy of history. Founded in 1960, History and Theory publishes articles, review essays, and summaries of books principally in these areas: critical philosophy of history, cause, explanation, interpretation, objectivity; speculative philosophy of history, comparative and global history; historiography, theoretical dimensions of historians' debates; history of historiography, theory and practice of past historians and philosophers of history; historical methodology, examination of texts and other evidence, narrativism, stylistics; critical theory, Marxism, deconstruction, gender theory, psychoanalysis; time and culture, conceptions of humanity-in-time; related disciplines, interactions between history and the natural and social sciences, the humanities, and psychology.
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2010s
  1. 2019 (Vol. 58)
    1. No. 4 Theme Issue 57: Islamic Pasts: Histories, Concepts, Interventions DECEMBER 2019 pp. 1-153
    2. No. 3 SEPTEMBER 2019 pp. 327-495
    3. No. 2 JUNE 2019 pp. 171-323
    4. No. 1 MARCH 2019 pp. 1-164
  2. 2018 (Vol. 57)
    1. No. 4 Theme Issue 56: Writing as Action, Situation, and Trace DECEMBER 2018 pp. 1-168
    2. No. 3 SEPTEMBER 2018 pp. 327-482
    3. No. 2 JUNE 2018 pp. 173-322
    4. No. 1 MARCH 2018 pp. 1-166
  3. 2017 (Vol. 56)
    1. No. 4 Theme Issue 55: Theorizing Histories of Violence DECEMBER 2017 pp. 1-152
    2. No. 3 September 2017 pp. 339-465
    3. No. 2 JUNE 2017 pp. 167-334
    4. No. 1 MARCH 2017 pp. 1-162
  4. 2016 (Vol. 55)
    1. No. 4 THEME ISSUE 54: Words, Things, and Beyond: Foucault's "Les mots et les choses" at 50 DECEMBER 2016 pp. 1-148
    2. No. 3 OCTOBER 2016 pp. 325-479
    3. No. 2 MAY 2016 pp. 163-317
    4. No. 1 FEBRUARY 2016 pp. 1-157
  5. 2015 (Vol. 54)
    1. No. 4 THEME ISSUE 53: History and Theory in a Global Frame DECEMBER 2015 pp. 1-148
    2. No. 3 OCTOBER 2015 pp. 311-474
    3. No. 2 MAY 2015 pp. 153-310
    4. No. 1 FEBRUARY 2015 pp. 1-152
  6. 2014 (Vol. 53)
    1. No. 4 DECEMBER 2014 pp. 473-628
    2. No. 3 OCTOBER 2014 pp. 309-472
    3. No. 2 MAY 2014 pp. 155-308
    4. No. 1 FEBRUARY 2014 pp. 1-154
  7. 2013 (Vol. 52)
    1. No. 4 THEME ISSUE 52: Does History Need Animals? December 2013 pp. 1-168
    2. No. 3 OCTOBER 2013 pp. 305-476
    3. No. 2 MAY 2013 pp. 149-304
    4. No. 1 FEBRUARY 2013 pp. 1-148
  8. 2012 (Vol. 51)
    1. No. 4 THEME ISSUE 51: Tradition and History December 2012 pp. 1-136
    2. No. 3 October 2012 pp. 313-484
    3. No. 2 May 2012 pp. 151-312
    4. No. 1 February 2012 pp. 1-150
  9. 2011 (Vol. 50)
    1. No. 4 THEME ISSUE 50: Historical Distance: Reflections on a Metaphor December 2011 pp. 1-149
    2. No. 3 October 2011 pp. 303-456
    3. No. 2 May 2011 pp. 147-302
    4. No. 1 February 2011 pp. 1-146
  10. 2010 (Vol. 49)
    1. No. 4 Theme Issue 49: History and Theory: The Next Fifty Years December 2010 pp. 1-166
    2. No. 3 October 2010 pp. 315-456
    3. No. 2 May 2010 pp. 157-313
    4. No. 1 Feb., 2010 pp. 1-156
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