About the Journal of the Civil War Era

About the Journal of the Civil War Era

The Journal of the Civil War Era is a peer-review journal that incorporates a broad view of the Civil War era, published in collaboration with The University of North Carolina Press and the George and Ann Richards Civil War Era Center at the Pennsylvania State University. William Blair, of the Pennsylvania State University, is the founding editor. Stacey Smith, Oregon State University, and Luke Harlow, University of Tennessee, are associate editors. Rachel Shelden is the book review editor, and Kristen Epps is the digital media editor. The journal takes advantage of the flowering of research on the many issues raised by the sectional crisis, war, Reconstruction, and memory of the conflict, and by extension, the course of American history in the nineteenth century.

Besides offering fresh perspectives on military, political, and legal history of the era, The Journal of the Civil War Era attends to such topics as slavery and antislavery, labor and capitalism, popular culture and intellectual history, expansionism and empire, as well as Native American, African American, and women’s history. It is a venue for scholars engaged in race, gender, transnational, and the full range of theoretical perspectives that animate historical practice.

The editorial board reflects the wide range of specialties and theoretical engagements that form the scope of this publication. Board members include:

Rabia Belt, Stanford University
Daina Ramey Berry, University of Texas
Fitzhugh Brundage, University of North Carolina
Laura Edwards, Duke University
Lesley Gordon, University of Alabama
Steven Hahn, New York University
Pekka Hamalainen, Oxford University
Angela Pulley Hudson, Texas A&M University
Tera Hunter, Princeton University
Stephen Kantrowitz, University of Wisconsin
Scott Nelson, University of Georgia
David Silkenat, University of Edinburgh
Brenda Stevenson, University of California, Los Angeles
Susannah Ural, University of Southern Mississippi

The Journal of the Civil War Era is the official journal of the Society of Civil War Historians, providing a substantial readership base that will provide authors with visibility. Society members  automatically receive a subscription to the journal.

Manuscript submissions can be made at https://thejournalofthecivilwarera.submittable.com/submit. All material should be double spaced and not exceed 10,000 to 11,000 words, including notes. Queries concerning review essays should go to Stacey Smith (stacey.smith@oregonstate.edu) or Luke Harlow (lharlow1@utk.edu).

The editorial home for the journal is at the Richards Civil War Era Center, The Pennsylvania State University, 108 Weaver Building, University Park, Pa. 16802.

For subscriptions, please contact Suzi Waters at UNC Press at suzi_waters@unc.edu.

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