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Introducing a New Chapter of Current History: A Q&A with Lindsay Shingler
Jun 03 2026
"We want to continue to engage with scholars, and push them outside their comfort zones to write for more general audiences with writing that delights and informs."
From the UC Press Journals Archives: Remembrances of the Vietnam War
Apr 30 2025
The pages of UC Press’s journals have examined the War from a myriad of angles, from all sides of the conflict–its global economic and political impact, the role of student activism, memory in small-town America, and more.
How Ukraine Fights Back (And What It Means for Russia)
Oct 14 2022
While characterizing this annexation as the start of the partition of Ukraine, Moscow in fact has contributed to the consolidation of Ukrainian society around the goal of returning these and other areas lost since 2014.
Disability Rights: A Current History Virtual Issue
Jul 26 2022
In commemoration today's anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, we are sharing Current History's recent virtual issue on disability rights.People with disabilities comprise the world’s largest minority, at roughly 15 percent of the global population. Most people will experie
The Environmental and Health Dimensions of the Ukraine War
Mar 16 2022
by Erika Weinthal and Jeannie Sowers, authors of "Health and Environmental Tolls of Protracted Conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa" Current History (2021) 120 (830): 339–345.The Russian invasion of Ukraine has exposed the brutal strategy of seeking to bombard cities into submission
Ukraine and Russia: A Current History Virtual Issue
Mar 09 2022
The beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in late February 2022 shocked the world, setting off the largest-scale land war in Europe since at least the Balkan wars of the 1990s, and driving more than 1.5 million civilians to flee to countries to the west. Russian President Vladimir Putin had deli
#LASA2021: Explore Free Content from UC Press’s Latin American Studies Journals
May 26 2021
We're marking the 2021 virtual conference of the Latin American Studies Association by offering a selection of free content from UC Press journals. Current History, the oldest publication devoted exclusively to international affairs published in the United States, devotes its February is
Is Decentralizing Authority Key to Afghanistan’s Path to Peace?
Mar 26 2021
Afghanistan has a rich history of customary or traditional governance structures which have remained central to the lives of most citizens, who rely on these community-based bodies to resolve disputes, provide small-scale public goods and services, and to broker relations with local government. The
Post-pandemic Will the Poor Get Poorer?
Oct 29 2020
Anirudh KrishnaAnirudh Krishna’s essay “The Poorest After the Pandemic” is featured in Current History’s November special issue on the pandemic’s global ramifications. Krishna is the Edgar T. Thompson Professor of Public Policy and Political Science at Duke University. His research investigates
Current History Now Published by UC Press
Sep 03 2020
We are delighted to welcome Current History to UC Press's portfolio of journals. Current History's September 2020 issue—the first issue to be published by UC Press—has just released, and, in celebration, we are making this issue freely available to read online for a limited time.Current History