Czech Historical Review – Call for Proposals for Thematic Sections/Issues for 2026 and 2027

The Czech Historical Review announces a call for proposals for thematic sections/issues for 2026 and 2027.

Scholars interested in guest editing a thematic section/issue are invited to submit proposals. Proposals must include:

1. The working title of the thematic section/issue
2. An extended abstract of the section/issue including relevance, originality and contribution (maximum length 3,600 characters)
3. Preliminary content of the section/issue (estimated number of articles; if additional content such as reviews or literature reports will be included)
4. A list of potential contributors with their affiliations and tentative titles of papers (preference given to diverse institutions)
5. A timetable for the preparation of the issue/section (the length of the peer review process should be taken into account)
6. Method of approaching contributors (call for papers or other means); information on whether the thematic issue/block is linked to a specific conference, workshop, etc.
7. A short CV and a list of publications of the guest editors and evidence of previous editorial experience or a link to such evidence

Deadline for submission of proposals: 30 September 2025

Proposals in a single MS Word file are accepted in Czech or English and should be sent to: cch@hiu.cas.cz

If you have any questions, please contact: cch@hiu.cas.cz

The decision to accept a proposal is made by the Editorial and Scientific Board of the journal.

Notification of acceptance: by the end of October 2025