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Big Ideas. Key Debates. Laying the Global Foundations of History.

Bloomsbury History: Theory & Method is an educational resource dedicated to historiography and the examination of historical theory and methods using a global approach.

Available via annual subscription or perpetual access to institutions worldwide.

Content Highlights

• 130+ exclusive articles written by authors from 29 different countries across five continents that explore key concepts, thinkers, debates, methods for analysing primary sources, classic and cutting-edge theories, schools of thought and overviews and excerpts from scholarly works which shaped the discipline. Examples of articles include: Historical Culture; Marxism and Its Influence; Global History in China; Micro-History; Posthuman History; The Abuse of History; Philosophy of Historiography; Diaries; Autobiographies; Folklore; Museum Objects; Livy, History of Rome; Gibbon, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire; Afrocentricity; Empathy; Gender; Medievalism; Social Movements; Bala Usman; Catherine Macaulay; Joan Wallach Scott; Johann Gustav Droysen; and R.G. Collingwood
• 60+ academic eBooks focused on historiography, theory and methods. Titles include Using Non-Textual Sources, Global History, Globally, History in Times of Unprecedented Change and An Introduction to Historical Comparison
• Historiography: Critical Readings, a four-volume major reference work on the global history of historiography. The volumes examine – Ancient and Medieval Traditions / Transition and Transformation / Scientific Models: From the West to the World / Challenges and Criticisms: From the 1990s to the Present

Editorial Team and Contributors

Adrian Bingham, University of Sheffield, UK

Alistair Thomson, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands

Andrea Wiegeshoff, Philipps-University Marburg, Germany

Andreas Boldt, Maynooth University, Ireland

Angélique Janssens, RU Nijmegen, Netherlands

Antoinette Burton, University of Illinois, USA

Antoon De Baets, University of Groningen, Netherlands

Arthur Alfaix Assis, University of Brasília, Brazil

Attila Pok, Institute of Advanced Study, Hungary

Aviezer Tucker, Harvard University, USA

Barbara Caine, University of Sydney, Australia

Benjamin Zachariah, University of Trier, Germany

Beverley Southgate, University of Hertfordshire, UK

Catherine Gaullier-Bourgassas, University of Lille, France

Christine Gundermann, University of Cologne, Germany

Christophe Bouton, Université Bordeaux Montaigne, France

Christophe Henning, La Croix Internatioanl, France

Claire Langhamer, University of Sussex, UK

Claude Diebolt, CRNS: Universities of Strasbourg and Nancy, France

Claudia Opitz-Belakhal, der Universität Basel, Switzerland

Daniel Woolf, Queens University, Canada

David Doddington, Cardiff University, UK

Dieter Rucht, WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Germany

Effie Botonaki, Aristotle University, Greece

Eileen Ka-May Cheng, St Lawrence College, USA

Emilia Salvanou, Utrecht University, Netherlands

Erin Stewart Mauldin, U. of South Florida St Petersburg, USA

Eugen Zelenak, Catholic University in Ruzomberok, Slovakia

Eugenia Gay, National University of Cordoba, Argentina

Eva Kingsepp and Pieter Van den Heede, Karlstad University, Sweden

Felicity Heal, University of Oxford, UK

Geertje Mak, VU Amsterdam, Netherlands

Gijsbert Oonk and Ned Bertz, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands

Grant Hardy, UNC Asheville, USA

Guo Wu, Allegheny College, USA

Hans Ruin, Södertörn University, Sweden

Harry Jansen, RU Nijmegen, Netherlands

Helge Jordheim, University of Oslo, Norway

Henning Trüper, Center for Literary and Cultural Research, Germany

Ilkka Lähteenmäki, University of Oulu, Finland

Inger Leemans, VU Amsterdam, Netherlands

James Greenhalgh, University of Lincoln, UK

Jan van der Dussen, Leiden University, Netherlands

Jane D. Chaplin, Middlebury College, USA

Jayne Svenungsson, Lund University, Sweden

Jocelyn Martin, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines

Jochen Hung and Rachel Gillett, Utrecht University, Netherlands

Joern Ruesen, University of Witten, Germany

John Claughton, Independent Scholar, UK

Jonas Ahlskog, Åbo Akademi University, Finland

Jonathan Gorman, Queen's University Belfast, UK

Jos de Mul, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands

Jouni-Matti Kuukanen, University of Oulu, Finland

Juliane Tomann, University of Regensburg, Germany

Julie Valk, UCL, UK

Karen Green, University of Melbourne, Australia

Karl Peeter Valk, Sorbonne University, France

Kate Wildman Nakai, Sophie University, Japan

Kelly Shannon-Henderson, University of Alabama, USA

Kent den Heyer, University of Alberta, Canada

Laurajane Smith, Australian National University, Australia

Lindsay Gibson, University of British Columbia, Canada

Liz Stanley, University of Edinburgh, UK

Lizette Jacinto, Meritorious Autonomous University of Puebla, Mexico

Louise D’Arcens, Macquarie University, Australia

Ludmilla Jordanova, Durham University, UK

Luther Obrock, University of Toronto, Canada

Lutz Raphael, University of Trier, Germany

Majid Hannoum, University of Kansas, USA

Marek Tamm, University of Tallinn, Estonia

Maria Grever, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands

María Inés La Greca, Universdad Nacional de Tres de Febrero, Argentina

Maria Ines Mudrovcic, Universidad Nacional del Comahue-CONICET-IPEHCS, Patagonia

Marieke Borren, Ultrecht University/Open University, Netherlands

Marijke Huisman, Utrecht University, Netherlands

Marina Bán, Copenhagen University, Denmark

Mario Carretero, Universidad Autonoma Madrid, Spain

Mark Haugaard, National University of Ireland, Ireland

Mary Cox, University of Oxford, UK

Mia Ellen Minack Treacey, Monash University, Australia

Michael Haupert, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, USA

Michael Werner and Bénédicte Zimmermann, EHESS, France

Miroslava Chavez-Garcia, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

Ned Bertz, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA

On-cho Ng, Pennsylvania State University, USA

Paul A. Roth, UC Santa Cruz, USA

Paul van de Laar, Erasmus University Rotterdam

Peter Seixas, University of British Columbia, Canada

Pieter Van den Heede, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands

Q. Edward Wang, Rowan University, USA

Ralf Futselaar, NIOD, Netherlands

Ramesha Jayaneththi, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Real Fillion, University of Sudbury, Canada

Richard Lachmann, University at Albany, USA

Richard Shaw, Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College, Canada

Robbert-Jan Adriaansen, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands

Ross Wilson, Nottingham University, UK

Saro Lozano Parra and Bjorn Wansink, Utrecht University, Netherlands

Sharon Crozier-De Rosa, University of Wollongong, Australia

Siep Stuurman, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands

Simon Lumsden, University of New South Wales, Australia

Stephan Palmié, University of Chicago, USA

Sun Yue, Capital Normal University, China

Sylvia Schafer, University of Connecticut, USA

Terrell Carver, University of Bristol, UK

Thomas Cauvin, University of Luxembourg

Tim Stuart-Buttle, University of York, UK

Timothy James LeCain, Montana State University, USA

Tina van der Vlies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands

Tor Egil Forland, University of Oslo, Norway

Toyin Falola, University of Texas at Austin, USA

Tyson Retz, University of Stavanger, Norway

Uladzislau Belavusau, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

Ute Frevert, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Germany

Veronica Tozzi and Moira Pérez, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Veronica Vasterling, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands

Vilmos Erős, University of Debrecen, Hungary

Wessel Krul, University of Groningen, Netherlands

Will Pooley, University of Bristol, UK

Xin Fan, Fredonia SUNY, USA

Xosé M. Núñez Seixas, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Yemima Ben-Menahem, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

Yuri Pines, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

Zachary Shiffman, Northeastern Illinois University, USA

Zhang Xupeng, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China

Zofia Wocicka, Zentrum für Historische Forschung Berlin, Germany

Zoltan Simon, Bielefeld University, Germany