About the Journal

The journal Historical Thought was launched with the aim of providing an additional stimulus to the development of historical science in Bosnia and Herzegovina and creating a new space for the publication of research results in the field of historiography, both for established historians and young researchers, postgraduate and doctoral students, professors of history, and other experts of related sciences who can offer papers in accordance with the scientific and professional standards of the journal.
The publishers launched the journal based on the awareness that historical science should be ensured a more favorable status in the scientific life of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and in Bosnian society in general, including the need to affirm historical knowledge as an important prerequisite for the humanization of social relations in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in the territories of the former Yugoslav state. The history of Bosnia and Herzegovina, regardless of the continuous development of historical science in Bosnia and Herzegovina, still offers a significant number of topics and questions from all periods of the past that are insufficiently or not at all addressed, which should be covered by quality scientific treatment and presentation of research results. Many questions require new perspectives and analyses. At the same time, there is a need to collect and publish historical sources, both because of their greater availability to historians and other experts, and because of incentives for greater protection and preservation of dispersed historical documentation of different provenance.
On the other hand, with the disintegration of the former Yugoslav state, insights into the wider course of historical events were reduced to a certain extent, especially when it comes to the twentieth century, and certain historical phenomena became the subject of a narrowed perception conditioned by the reality of national, research and psychological barriers.
It is the intention of the initiators of the journal to open its pages to all competent researchers whose topics, analyses and insights may be relevant for gaining a wide range of historical insights about particular and common aspects of the past. Historiography is legitimized by reliable and verifiable information about past processes, events and personalities, telling about the past in the language of facts, figures and relevant insights. However, there is no historical knowledge without the author's thought, without a conscious involvement in the subject matter and a relationship with the traces of the past. For the credibility of historical science, it is important that this thought determines the responsibility towards the legacy that enables knowledge about the past.
The main criteria for publishing works in the Historical Thought is their scientific and professional foundation and quality. The editors will be happy to publish articles from various historical fields, from political to intellectual history, from local topics to issues of national, regional and wider significance.
The structure of the journal will include articles, reviews, information about the activities of the founders of the journal, and as possible sections - material, teaching-pedagogical topics and presentations from scientific conferences, round tables, and similar events. The scope of the journal is determined by the number of accepted papers and articles positively reviewed by the editor-in-chief.
Contributions are published in Latin in Bosnian, Serbian, Croatia, Montenegrin, English and German language. The journal is published once a year, usually at the end of the year.