Help us support the next chapter of the Melbourne Historical Journal
Since 1961, the Melbourne Historical Journal (MHJ) has provided a platform for postgraduate and early-career scholars to publish original historical research and participate in the practices of academic publishing. Run by a volunteer collective of graduate researchers, the journal has long formed part of the intellectual community around History at the University of Melbourne.
In 2026, a new Editorial Collective is working to revive MHJ and publish its 49th volume in 2027.
Our Call for Papers has already generated submissions, and we are now preparing to move into peer review, editing and production. To ensure that the journal can continue to provide a rigorous and accessible publishing platform, we are seeking donations from alumni, historians, colleagues, friends of History and supporters of postgraduate scholarship.
Contributions will directly support the costs of producing the new volume, including professional copyediting and proofreading, digital publishing and hosting, and a limited print run for contributors and archival collections. The work of the Editorial Collective itself remains voluntary.
MHJ is committed to making the research it publishes freely available through Open Access,ensuring that scholarship can be read beyond institutional and subscription barriers. Supporting the journal therefore contributes not only to the professional development of emerging historians, but also to the circulation and accessibility of new historical research.
Every contribution, regardless of size, will help us bring Volume 49 to publication and strengthen the foundations for future student collectives to carry MHJ forward.
Support the Melbourne Historical Journal:
Account name: History Postgraduate
BSB: 806-036
Account no: 143 009 500
In the transaction reference, please include “MHJ DONATION”
For enquiries or other ways to support the journal, please contact:
mhjcollective@gmail.com
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