About the Journal

Historical Encounters | Open Access Journal on Historical Consciousness & Education

Historical Encounters is a double-blind peer-reviewed, diamond open access, interdisciplinary journal dedicated to the empirical and theoretical study of historical consciousness, historical cultures, and history education.

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Important Information

– The journal is published by HERMES, the History Education Research Group concentrated within the School of Education, at The University of Newcastle, Australia.

– The journal is indexed in SCOPUSDOAJ, and Google Scholar.

– Completed volumes of the journal are archived via the National Library of Australia’s edeposit system (NED), and discoverable through Trove.

– All individual articles and issues are published with Digital Object Identifiers (DOI) registered with Crossref.

– Articles are distributed under a CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 International License.

– Contributors to the journal retain copyright to their work. Please read the Author Copyright policy for full details.

SCImago Journal & Country Rank

1.8
2024CiteScore
 
93rd percentile
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Contact Guide & Details

Editor-in-Chief
Professor Heather Sharp

Administrative Editor
Dr Abbie Smith

Please direct all correspondence via the positional account below: 
hej@newcastle.edu.au

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The Editorial Team acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we live and work: the Awabakal, Darkinjung, Biripai, Worimi, Wonnarua, and Eora Nations. We pay our respects to the wisdom of Elders past and present, and to all who continue to share histories, steward cultural knowledge systems, and preserve and sustain their living traditions and intangible cultural heritage.