The Sixties

The Sixties: A journal of History, Politics and Culture is the only academic, peer reviewed journal to focus solely on this transformative decade of history. Launched in 2008, this cutting-edge journal features cross-disciplinary, accessible scholarship from academics and public intellectuals.

Focusing on “the long Sixties” (roughly 1954 to 1975) and rooted in historical study, the journal addresses how this period continues to be studied and redefined in politics, education, literature, film, music, the visual arts, and new media. The Sixties includes research on global events and developments, and encourages transnational and comparative analyses.

The journal's topics range broadly and include:

• social movements of all kinds;
• foreign and domestic policy; political economy; institutions, "high" politics and international relations;
• decolonization and North-South conflicts; the experiences of subaltern and sub-national groups;
• intellectual and disciplinary history;
• print culture and electronic media;
• music, literature, film, theatre, architecture, and the visual arts;
• industry, business, and advertising;
• science and technology;
• ecology;
• crime and punishment;
• institutional and vernacular religion.

In addition to research essays and book reviews, The Sixties includes conversations, interviews, graphics and analyses of the ways the 1960s continues to be construed in contemporary popular culture. All research articles published in The Sixties have undergone rigorous peer-review, involving initial editor screening and review by at least two anonymous referees.