The Czech Historical Review (Český časopis historický) is a peer-reviewed academic journal, publishing academic work in Czech, Slovak, and English.Czech Historical Review Official Website/Home/For Authors/Instructions to Authors. Its contributions feature studies in the field of Czech, Central European, and world historyCzech Historical Review Official Website/Home/About journal and occasionally interdisciplinary works with other sciences used also to study historical topics like archaeology.Macháček, Jiří 2008: Středoevropský model a jeho archeologické testování. Český časopis historický 2008/106, issue 3, p. 598-626. Online The journal also focuses on new theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of the past and includes a large book review and literature report section, focusing on the field's developments.Czech Historical Review Official Website/Home/About journal All of the journal's issues from the year 2012 until present operate as open access and can be read in an online archive. Older issues can be found in the digital library of the Czech Academy of Sciences.
History The journal was established in 1895 by Jaroslav Goll and Antonín Rezek and was first published by the Czech Charles-Ferdinand University and Czech Academy of Sciences and Arts.Czech Historical Review 1989/1. Title page Online The founders were also the journal's first editors-in-chief. Some other significant Czech historians and editors-in-chief of the Czech Historical Review included Josef Pekař and František Šmahel. After the Second World War, the ongoing existence of the journal was supported by the Czechoslovak Ministry of Education, Sciences and Arts.Czech Historical Review 1949/48-49. Title page. Online In 1953 the publication of the journal (then named Czechoslovak Historical Review/Československý časopis historický) recovered after three year long breakŠmahel, František 2002: Sto ročníků Českého časopisu historického. Jubilejní ohlédnutí. Český časopis historický. 2002/100, čís. 4, p. 733–740. Online and was assumed by the Institute of History of Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, named the Institute of Czechoslovak and world history after its involvement in the Prague Spring.Institute of History of the Czech Academy of Sciences Official Website. Online In 1993, following the Czechoslovakia split, the institution publishing the journal obtained its current name – the Institute of History of Czech Academy of Sciences.
Publishing information The journal publishes four issues per year. Every study is peer-reviewed using double-blind review approach. The journal is indexed in databases, such as Scopus. As of 2025, the editor-in-chief is Martin Holý (Institute of History of the Czech Academy of Sciences).
References
Further reading Hrubý, Karel 1999: První desetiletí Československého časopisu historického (1953–1962). Czech Historical Review. 1999/97, issue 4, pp. 780–802. Marek, Jaroslav 1996: Sto roků časopisu. Czech Historical Review. 1996/94, issue 1, pp. 1–13.
External links
Institute of History of the Czech Academy of Sciences