Znovuzrození Českého časopisu historického

This current study highlights the re-stablishment and development of a leadingCzech historical magazine: The Czech Historical Review (Český časopis historický)after the Czechoslovak “Velvet Revolution” of 1989 until 2002. The Reviewwas published from 1895 until 1949 but in 1953 the Communist regime replacedit by the highly ideological Czechoslovak Historical Review. Professor František Šmahel, the eminent personality of Czech Medieval Studies from the 1960s onwards, though proscribed in the 1970s, took over the management of the Institute of History of the Czech Academy of Sciences in 1990 and thanks to his huge personal involvement and commitment this traditional periodical of the Czech historical community was restored. In addition, he promoted it and was editor- -in-chief until 2002. This study shows the re-establishment and development of the contributor base and the editorial background of the Review; it characterizes its contents profile, international outlook as well as its role as a mirror reflecting transformations of the Czech post-Revolution historiography.