The IAC Global Journal of History and Theories (GJHT) is a peer-reviewed, open-access academic journal published by IAC Academy Limited, dedicated to advancing scholarly understanding of historical processes, theoretical frameworks, and the intellectual traditions that shape how human societies interpret their past and present. IGJHT occupies a distinctive space in the humanities and social sciences publishing landscape by combining rigorous historical scholarship with explicit attention to the theoretical and methodological frameworks that underpin historical inquiry. The journal encourages historical research that is not merely descriptive but theoretically reflective, recognising that every historical account is produced within an epistemological framework whose assumptions require critical examination.

IGJHT is committed to the globalisation of historical scholarship, actively working against the Eurocentrism that has historically dominated international history publishing by foregrounding research on African, Asian, Latin American, Middle Eastern, and Pacific historical experiences and intellectual traditions. The journal provides a platform for historians working with diverse source types, archival documents, oral traditions, material culture, digital data, and visual sources, and across multiple historical periods from ancient and medieval history through to the contemporary era.

The journal publishes original research articles, theoretical essays, historiographical reviews, primary source analyses, and interdisciplinary historical studies that bring together history with anthropology, political science, sociology, literary studies, and philosophy. All submissions undergo rigorous double-blind peer review by internationally recognised historians and theorists. IGJHT is committed to full compliance with COPE publication ethics guidelines and to advancing open science principles that make historical scholarship accessible beyond the boundaries of well-resourced academic institutions.

OBJECTIVES

The IAC Global Journal of History and Theories pursues the following core objectives:

1. Advancing Theoretically Informed Historical Scholarship. To provide a dedicated peer-reviewed platform for historical research that is explicitly attentive to the theoretical frameworks, epistemological assumptions, and methodological approaches that shape historical knowledge production, moving beyond purely descriptive historical accounts toward analytically rigorous historical inquiry.

2. Globalising Historical Knowledge. To actively challenge the Eurocentric orientation of mainstream international history publishing by prioritising research on African, Asian, Latin American, Middle Eastern, and other historically marginalised world regions, contributing to a more geographically and culturally representative global historical knowledge base.

3. Promoting Methodological Pluralism in Historical Research. To embrace the full range of historical methodologies including archival research, oral history, material culture analysis, digital history, quantitative historical methods, comparative history, and interdisciplinary approaches that draw on anthropology, sociology, political science, and literary studies.

4. Advancing Postcolonial and Decolonial Historical Scholarship. To provide a leading platform for postcolonial and decolonial historical research that critically examines the legacies of colonialism, imperialism, and racialised knowledge production on contemporary societies, institutions, and epistemological frameworks.

5. Fostering Interdisciplinary Historical Inquiry. To encourage research at the boundaries between history and cognate disciplines including political theory, sociology, cultural studies, philosophy, and area studies, recognising that many of the most significant historical questions require integrative analytical frameworks.

6. Supporting Emerging Historians and Global South Scholarship. To actively nurture the careers of early-career historians and scholars based in institutions outside the traditional centres of historical scholarship, providing mentorship through the editorial process and ensuring fair representation of diverse scholarly perspectives.

7. Preserving and Theorising Historical Memory. To advance scholarly understanding of how societies construct, contest, and deploy historical memory in contemporary cultural, political, and institutional contexts, including the politics of commemoration, heritage, and the uses of the past in public life.