Contemporary historical research

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Contemporary history research / Studies in Contemporary History

description Trade journal
Area of ​​Expertise history
language German
publishing company Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht ( Germany )
First edition 2004
Frequency of publication three times a year
Editor-in-chief Jan-Holger Kirsch
editor Konrad Jarausch
Martin Sabrow
Frank Bösch
Web link zeithistorische-forschungen.de
Article archive all editions since 2004
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Zeithistorische Forschungen / Studies in Contemporary History (ZF or ZF / SCH for short) is the title of a historical journal . It has been published three times a year since 2004 in two complementary editions: an open access online edition ( electronic journal ) and a parallel print edition by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht from Göttingen with around 160–180 pages per issue. The published contributions, reviews and articles on sources are all devoted to questions of contemporary history .

Structure and characteristics

The focus of interest is on the decades between 1945 and 1990, but the latest contemporary history is not neglected either. Central problems of the first half of the century and the entire 20th century are taken up, which are important for a historically based understanding of the present. In addition to longer articles, the magazine u. a. Essays, contributions to debate, interviews and source interpretations. Both German and English-language articles are published.

The journal is published by Frank Bösch , Konrad Jarausch and Martin Sabrow at the Center for Contemporary Historical Research in Potsdam. From 2003 to 2011 Christoph Kleßmann was founding co-editor. The editorial team is supported by a scientific advisory board: Hannah Ahlheim (Gießen), Julia Angster (Mannheim), Melanie Arndt (Freiburg), Jörg Baberowski (Berlin), Hartmut Berghoff (Göttingen), Cornelia Brink (Freiburg), Mary Fulbrook (London) ), Knut Hickethier (Hamburg), Krzysztof Ruchniewicz (Wrocław), Iris Schröder (Erfurt), Dietmar Süß (Augsburg) and Michael Wildt (Berlin).

Overview of topics

  • 1st year 2004
    • 1 Contemporary History Today - Status and Perspectives
    • 2 media history (s)
    • 3 Europeanization of Contemporary History?
  • 2nd year 2005
    • 1 wars after World War II
    • 2 open booklet
    • 3 migration
  • 3rd year 2006
    • 1 empires
    • 2 open booklet
    • 3 The 1970s - Inventory of a Time of Change
  • 4th year 2007
    • 1/2 open booklet
    • 3 Open booklet
  • 5th year 2008
    • 1 Violence: Spaces and Cultures
    • 2 open booklet
    • 3 Nazi research after 1989/90
  • 6th year 2009
    • 1 open booklet
    • 2 Fordism
    • 3 Popular historiography
  • 7th year 2010
    • 1 open booklet
    • 2 security
    • 3 Religion in the Federal Republic of Germany
  • 8th year 2011
    • 1 open booklet
    • 2 Politics and Culture of Sound in the 20th Century
    • 3 International Orders and New Universalisms in the 20th Century
  • 9th year 2012
    • 1 open booklet
    • 2 Politics and Culture of Sound in the 20th Century
    • 3 Anti-Liberal Europe
  • 10th year 2013
    • 1 open booklet
    • 2 Social inequality in state socialism
    • 3 Contemporary history of provision
  • 11th year 2014
    • 1 open booklet
    • 2 West Berlin
    • 3 stress!
  • 12th year 2015
    • 1 open booklet
    • 2 Photography in dictatorships
    • 3 Marketing
  • 13th year 2016
    • 1 open booklet
    • 2 Apartheid and Anti-Apartheid - South Africa and Western Europe
    • 3 The value of things
  • 14th year 2017
    • 1 open booklet
    • 2 open booklet
    • 3 Mobility and the Environment
  • 15th year 2018
    • 1 open booklet
    • 2 Avoidance of violence as a social project in the Federal Republic of Germany
    • 3 Escape as a context of action
  • 16th year 2019
    • 1 open booklet
    • 2 Contemporary history of law
    • 3 Israel, Palestine and German Contemporary History
  • 17th year 2020
    • 1 open booklet

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