A peer-reviewed publication advancing scholarship in the humanities
The Western Humanities Journal publishes original research that advances our understanding of humanities disciplines, including philosophy, literature, history, religious studies, and the arts. We welcome interdisciplinary approaches and innovative methodologies.
Published quarterly since 2015, the journal is committed to rigorous scholarship that engages with both traditional and emerging questions in humanistic inquiry.
Authors are invited to submit original manuscripts of 6,000-9,000 words through our online submission system. All submissions undergo double-blind peer review.
Submit a Manuscript Detailed Submission GuidelinesThis paper examines the relevance of Hegelian dialectic to contemporary philosophical problems, arguing that a renewed engagement with Hegel's Science of Logic offers valuable resources for addressing questions of contradiction and mediation in current theoretical debates.
Read Full ArticleThis study explores the relationship between narrative technique and ethical vision in Eliot's masterwork, demonstrating how formal innovations in the novel serve to extend and complicate moral imagination.
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Read Full ArticleThis article surveys recent applications of digital humanities methodologies to classical texts, assessing both the possibilities and limitations of computational approaches to ancient literature and history.
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