Read the latest Issue of Circa: The Journal of Professional Historians

The latest issue of its journal, Circa: The Journal of Professional Historians, is out now. Click here to read the issue.

Co-editors Francesca Beddie and Elizabeth Offer, as well as the Editorial Board, are pleased to present issue 9 of Circa, based on the PHA Hot Histories Conference held in 2025.

With an updated look, Circa continues to explore the practices, work and challenges of professional historians.

This issue of Circa begins with a review of PHA’s most recent Hot Histories Conference held in Darwin. The review is followed by nine peer-reviewed articles that explore a diverse range of topics from the nineteenth century larrikin to the modern use of AI by historians. For an interlude, Jacqui Newling provides a fascinating look at the history of spices and seasonings in colonial Australia, which is based on her keynote speech from the Hot Histories Conference. Following the interlude are four reviews that examine the practice of history.

Read the latest issue of Circa here and feel free to circulate the work of your fellow members far and wide.

We also welcome submissions for the next issue (no. 10) of Circa, set to be published in 2028. To find out more, please visit the webpage.