East Asian History (journal)

East Asian History
DisciplineAsian history
LanguageEnglish
Edited byBenjamin Penny
Publication details
Former name(s)
Papers on Far Eastern History
History1970-present
Publisher
FrequencyBiannually
Yes
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4East Asian Hist.
Indexing
ISSN1839-9010
OCLC no.1120263121
Links

East Asian History is a biannual peer-reviewed open-access academic journal published by the Australian National University.[1][2] It was established in 1970 as Papers on Far Eastern History, obtaining its current title in 1991. Published by ANU's Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies,[3] it was part of a growth in publication on Asian studies in Australia in the 1970s.[4] Originally "founded as a forum for the publication of papers written by the faculty and students of Australian National University" affiliates of ANU continued to "represent the large majority of its contributors, although over the years there have been increasing contributions from scholars from other universities in Australia and abroad."[5] Chinese History: A Manual included the journal as one of the main Western-language journals for research on Chinese history.[6]

In its early years, it represented one of only a few places for work on East Asian history to be published in Australia.[7] Igor de Rachewiltz's translations of the Secret History of the Mongols were first published in serialised form in this journal [8][9][10][11] and remain its most cited contribution. The journal adopted its present title after 1990, attempting "a more imaginative design and style" and longer-form article than was becoming usual in academic articles in history.[12] The Handbook of Reference Works in Traditional Chinese Studies in 1996 deemed it "A consistently high quality journal, whose papers confirm the strength of Chinese history at A.N.U,"[13] while the Revue Bibliographique de Sinologie noted not only the scholarly value but also the original presentation and numerous illustrations of EAH under the editorship of Geremie Barmé.[14]

It was published in print until 2008, and continues as a peer-reviewed online journal. In 2007, the journal reprinted the early Morrison Lectures (1932–41), which "illuminate the nature of the relationship between Australia and China in the period before the Pacific War and the Communist victory," including those of W.P. Chen, William Ah Ket, and Wu Lien-teh, which were otherwise out of print.[15] Editors have included Barmé (1991-2007) [16] and the present editor Benjamin Penny. Contributors have included Rafe de Crespigny, Lo Hui-min,[17] Mark Elvin, Liu Ts'un-yan, Charles Coppel, Pierre Ryckmans (writer)[18] and Leo Suryadinata.[19]

  1. ^ "China Studies Centre". The University of Sydney.
  2. ^ "East Asian History". Australian National University Institute of Advanced. 15 August 1991 – via openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ "AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR 1970, THE PARLIAMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA 1971". Parliamentary Paper.
  4. ^ Hooper, Beverley (April 1998). "Chinese Studies". Knowing Ourselves and Others: The Humanities in Australia into the 21st Century. Vol. 2: Discipline Surveys. Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs. pp. 57–66. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.199.7251. ISBN 0-642-23744-1. Archived from the original on 14 March 2005. p. 62: East Asian History, the successor to Papers on Far Eastern History, published by the ANU's Department of Far Eastern History (now part of the Division of Pacific and Asian History) since 1970, is distinguished by its high quality format which combines written and pictorial text.
  5. ^ East Asian History
  6. ^ Wilkinson, Endymion Porter. Chinese history: a manual. Vol. 52. Harvard Univ Asia Center, 2000. pp. 314-316
  7. ^ Fitzgerald, John. "Research and Publications on Republican China in Australia." Republican China 13.2 (1988): 87-93.
  8. ^ Walravens, Hartmut. "In Memoriam: Igor de Rachewiltz (1929-2016)." Monumenta serica 65.2 (2017): 445–451. Web.
  9. ^ Street, John C. 2006. The secret history of the mongols: A mongolian epic chronicle of the thirteenth century. Journal of the American Oriental Society 126, (1) (Jan): 103-104, .
  10. ^ Aigle, Denise. "The Secret History of the Mongols. A Mongolian Epic Chronicle of the Thirteenth Century. 2 vol., Leiden, Brill, 2004, CXXVI-1347 p.(Brill's Inner Asian Library, 7)." Abstracta Iranica Volume 28 (2007).
  11. ^ "Remembering Igor — our secret history". 3 August 2017.
  12. ^ "Slow Reading and Fast Reference | China Heritage Quarterly". www.chinaheritagequarterly.org.
  13. ^ WESTERN SINOLOGY AND FIELD JOURNALS
  14. ^ Nivard, Jacqueline (1992). "Reviewed work: East Asian History, 1, 2". Revue Bibliographique de Sinologie. 10: 12. JSTOR 24628900.
  15. ^ "East Asian History. Number 34. December 2007. George Ernest Morrison Lectures 1932-1941 by BENJAMIN PENNY on Asia Bookroom". Asia Bookroom.
  16. ^ "白杰明". 13 May 2016.
  17. ^ Australian Academy of the Humanities
  18. ^ "A Tribute to Daniel Kane". 3 May 2021.
  19. ^ "Issue No.1, June 1991 | East Asian History". www.eastasianhistory.org.