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The Historical Journal continues to publish papers on all aspects of British, European, and world history since the fifteenth century. The best contemporary scholarship is represented. Contributions come from all parts of the world. The journal aims to publish some thirty-five articles and communications each year and to review recent historical literature, mainly in the form of historiographical reviews and review articles. The journal provides a forum for early career scholars making a distinguished debut as well as publishing the work of historians of established reputation.
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Beyond When and Why: North Korea’s Reluctant Embracing of “Peaceful” Nuclear Power
- 07 July 2022,
- Nobody knows when and why did the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) begin its nuclear weapon program. Our current state of knowledge regarding...

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Neutrality and Displacement: Refugees in Hong Kong and Macau during the Second World War in East Asia
- 06 May 2022,
- My article analyses the entanglement of neutrality and displacement in two European colonial territories in South China – British-ruled Hong Kong and Portuguese-ruled...

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‘no power, no money, no influence and little experience’: Why read more about a history of ‘gifted children’?
- 25 March 2022,
- The article contributes, instead, to new writings about ‘popular individualism’ in this period, showing how large scale political movements around ‘the individual’...
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