Journal introduction:

History of Political Thought (HPT) is a quarterly journal which was launched in 1980 to fill a genuine academic need for a forum for work in this multidisciplinary area. Although a subject central to the study of politics and history, researchers in this field had previously to compete for publication space in journals whose intellectual centres of gravity were located in other disciplines. The journal is devoted exclusively to the historical study of political ideas and associated methodological problems. The primary focus is on research papers, with extensive book reviews and bibliographic surveys also included. All articles are refereed.

Frequency： 4 Issues Per Year

Executive Editors
Professor Janet Coleman
Department of Government, London School of Economics and Political Science (Retired)

Professor Iain Hampsher-Monk
Department of Politics, University of Exeter

Assistant Editor
Daniela Cammack
Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley

Founding Editorial Board
Professor Isaiah Berlin (Oxford)
Professor James Burns (London)
Professor Luigi Firpo (Torino, Italy)
Dr Maurice Goldsmith (Victoria, New Zealand)
Professor Henri Laboucheix (Sorbonne, Paris)
Professor David McLellan (Kent)#
Professor Michael Oakeshott (L.S.E)
Professor Dr Heiko Oberman (Arizona, USA)
Professor Raymond Polin (Sorbonne, Paris)
Professor Christopher Rowe (Durham)
Professor Nicolai Rubinstein (London)
Miss Beryl Smalley (Oxford)
Professor Charles Taylor (McGill, Canada)
Professor Brian Tierney (Cornell, USA)
Professor Dr Peter Weber-Schäfer (Bochum, W. Germany)
Professor Michael Wilks (London)Professor T.P. Wiseman (Exeter)

Consulting Editors
Dr Paul Cartledge (Cambridge)
Professor Terrell Carver (Bristol)
Professor Gregory Claeys (London)
Professor Conal Condren (New South Wales)
Professor Eldon Eisenach (Tulsa, USA)
Professor Martin van Gelderen (Sussex)
Dr Mark Goldie (Cambridge)
Dr John Hope Mason (Middlesex)
Professor Jeremy Jennings (Birmingham)
Dr John Morrow (Victoria, New Zealand)
Professor Cary Nederman (Arizona, USA)
Dr Robert Wokler (Exeter)

Abstracting and indexing
Arts & Humanities Citation Index


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