Archivum Lithuanicum

Archivum Lithuanicum (abbreviated ALt) is an annual peer-reviewed scholarly journal devoted to historical sociolinguistics, traditional philology and closely related disciplines. It has been published since 1999 and carries the ISSN 1392-737X and e-ISSN 2669-2449. The journal was founded and is prepared by the Institute of the Lithuanian Language together with the universities of Klaipėda, Šiauliai, Vilnius and Vytautas Magnus, responding to growing international scholarly interest in old Lithuanian and Lithuania-written texts. Its editor-in-chief is Giedrius Subačius. The journal's core mission is the history of language and its social and cultural context. Its declared research directions include the history of attitudes toward language and writing, the history of the Lithuanian written language and its variants, the history of ideas about the formation of standard Lithuanian, the history of Lithuanian language research, philological-textological and linguistic analysis of older Lithuanian sources, translation history, editing history, and the printing history of Lithuanian works. It also gives attention to adjacent fields such as history, historiography and literary studies. Archivum Lithuanicum publishes original-language contributions by Lithuanian, German, Polish, American and other scholars. Each volume is organized into sections for articles, publications, reviews, and discussions and overviews. The first two volumes were issued in Lithuania; from the third volume onward the journal has also been published and distributed in Europe and America by the German academic book publisher Harrassowitz Verlag, based in Wiesbaden. The journal is currently hosted and presented by the Lithuanian Institute of History, which maintains its editorial pages, archive of past issues and ethical principles.

Archivum Lithuanicum was established in 1999 as an annual scholarly journal of philology. It was founded and is prepared by the Institute of the Lithuanian Language in cooperation with the universities of Klaipėda, Šiauliai, Vilnius and Vytautas Magnus. The journal was created in response to increased interest among the international scholarly community in old Lithuanian texts and texts written in Lithuania. The first two volumes were published in Lithuania. From the third volume onward, the journal has also been published and distributed in Europe and America by Harrassowitz Verlag, a German academic book publisher based in Wiesbaden. This arrangement gave the journal a broader international circulation. Over the years the journal has maintained a consistent focus on historical sociolinguistics, traditional philology and adjacent disciplines. Its declared research directions include the history of attitudes toward language and writing, the history of the Lithuanian written language and its variants, the history of ideas about the formation of standard Lithuanian, the history of Lithuanian language research, philological-textological and linguistic analysis of older Lithuanian sources, translation history, editing history, and the printing history of Lithuanian works. It also covers history, historiography and literary studies. The journal publishes contributions in their original languages by Lithuanian, German, Polish, American and other scholars. Each volume contains sections for articles, publications, reviews, and discussions and overviews. The editor-in-chief is Giedrius Subačius. The journal is currently presented and hosted by the Lithuanian Institute of History, which maintains its editorial pages, archive of past issues and ethical principles. It carries ISSN 1392-737X and e-ISSN 2669-2449.

• 1999

  Archivum Lithuanicum is founded and begins publication as an annual scholarly journal.

• The first two volumes are published in Lithuania.

• From the third volume onward, the journal is also published and distributed in Europe and America by Harrassowitz Verlag in Wiesbaden.

A specialized academic journal for historical sociolinguistics and philology of Lithuanian and Lithuania-related sources.

• Archivum Lithuanicum annual volume

  Each volume contains sections for articles, publications, reviews, and discussions and overviews.

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