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    Meaning

    Language

    Themes and places

    AAARGH

    Association des Anciens Amateurs de Récits de Guerres et d'Holocaustes

    In French

    AAH

    Association of Ancient Historians

    In English

    AAHC

    American Association for History and Computing (www.theaahc.org)

    In English

    AAHM

    American Association for the History of Medicine

    In English

    AAHN

    American Association for the History of Nursing

    In English

    AARHMS

    American Academy of Research Historians of Medieval Spain

    In English

    AASLH

    American Association for State and Local History (www.aaslh.org)

    In English

    ABH

    Association for the Bibliography of History

    In English

    ACHA

    American Catholic Historical Association

    In English

    AD

    Archives Départementales

    In French

    ADCV

    Association des Descendants de Chouans et de Vendéens

    In French

    ADHS

    Alcohol and Drugs History Society

    In English

    AEF

    Afrique Équatoriale Française

    In French

    AERI

    Association Expositions de Résistance Intérieure

    In French

    AERI

    Association pour des Études sur la Résistance Intérieure (www.aeri-resistance.com)

    In French

    AFHF
    Air Force Historical Foundation

    The abbreviation AFHF (Air Force Historical Foundation) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).

    In English

    AGPh

    Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie

    In German

    AH

    Art History

    In English

    AHA

    American Historical Association

    In English

    AHDE

    Anuario de Historia del Derecho Español

    In Spanish

    AHES

    Archive for History of Exact Sciences

    In English

    AHICF

    Association pour l'Histoire des Chemins de Fer en France

    In French

    AHR

    American Historical Review

    In English

    AHS

    Agricultural History Society

    In English

    AHTI

    Association pour l'Histoire des Technologies de l'Information

    In French

    AIHA

    American Italian Historical Association

    In English

    AJHA

    American Journalism Historians' Association

    In English

    AJHS

    American Jewish Historical Society (https://www.ajhs.org/)

    In English

    AJP

    Association des Journalistes du Patrimoine

    In French

    ALPAGE

    AnaLyse diachronique de l'espace urbain PArisien : approche GÉomatique

    In French

    AMGOT

    Allied Military Government for Occupied Territories

    In English

    AMVCC

    Association de Mise en Valeur du Château de Coucy

    In French

    AN

    Archives Nationales

    In French

    ANACR

    Association Nationale des Anciens Combattants de la Résistance (https://www.anacr.com/)

    In French

    AOF

    Afrique Occidentale Française

    In French

    APAHS

    Association for the Publication of African Historical Sources

    In English

    APHA

    American Printing History Association

    In English

    ARC

    Association des Résistants des Côtes du Nord

    In French

    ARDHJB

    Association Royale des Demeures Historiques et Jardins de Belgique

    In French

    ARLIMA

    Archives de Littérature du Moyen Âge

    In French

    ARTeHiS

    Archéologie, Terre, Histoire, Sociétés

    In French

    ASAE

    Annales du Service des Antiquités d’Égypte

    In French

    ASALH

    Association for the Study of African-American Life and History

    In English

    ASBDR

    Association pour la Sauvegarde de la Bastide de Domme et de ses Remparts

    In French

    ASCH

    American Society of Church History

    In English

    ASDAH

    Association of Seventh-Day Adventist Historians

    In English

    ASECS

    American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies

    In English

    ASEH

    American Society for Environmental History

    In English

    ASLH

    American Society for Legal History

    In English

    ASR

    Ancient Synagogues Revealed

    In English

    ATHIS

    Atelier International Histoire et Informatique

    In French

    AcHA

    Acta Historica Astronomiae

    In Latin

    AfZ

    Archiv für Zeitgeschichte

    In German

    AmHR

    American Historical Review

    In English

    BAEDE

    Boletín de la Asociación Española de Egiptología

    In Spanish

    BASOR

    Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research in Jerusalem and Bagdad

    In English

    BCRA

    Bureau Central de Renseignements et d'Action

    In French

    BHM

    Bulletin for the History of Medicine

    In English

    BIE

    Bulletin de l’Institut d’Égypte

    In French

    BJECS

    British Journal of Eighteenth-Century Studies

    In English

    BJHS

    British Journal for the History of Science

    In English

    BOO

    Bureau des Opérations Aériennes

    In French

    BP

    Before Present

    In English

    BSHAP

    Bulletin de la Société Historique et Archéologique du Périgord

    In French

    BSHAPA

    Bulletin de la Société d’Histoire et d’Archéologie du Pays d’Auray

    In French

    BUCEMA

    Bulletin du Centre d’Études Médiévales d’Auxerre

    In French

    CAH

    Conference on Asian History

    In English

    CAH

    Cambridge Ancient History

    In English

    CAHMER

    Centre d’Archéologie et d’Histoire Médiévales des Établissements Religieux

    In French

    CAIS

    Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies

    In English

    CARE

    Corpus Architecturae Religiosae Europae

    In Latin

    CAS

    Comité d'Action Socialiste

    In French

    CBD

    Chinese Biographical Database

    In English

    CCWH

    Coordinating Council for Women in History

    In English

    CDAP

    Comités d'Action et de Défense Paysanne

    In French

    CDL

    Comité Départemental de la Libération

    In French

      CDLL

      Ceux de la Libération

      In French

      CDLR

      Ceux de la Résistance

      In French

      CE
      Chronique d’Égypte

      = CdÉ | Chronique d’Égypte | In French

      In French

      CEA
      Cahiers d’Études Africaines

      Les Cahiers d’Études africaines (CEA) publie des articles de recherche théorique et de terrain sur l’Afrique, les Antilles et l’Amérique noire, c’est-à-dire sur l’Afrique et les sociétés liées à l’Afrique à travers le monde. Quoiqu’interdisciplinaire, la revue privilégie les recherches anthropologiques et historiques.

      In French

      CEHM

      Companion Encyclopaedia of the History of Medicine

      In English

      CEHTA

      Centre d'Histoire et Théorie des Arts

      In French

      CERHIC

      Centre d'Études et de Recherche en Histoire Culturelle

      In French

      CESCM

      Centre d'Études Supérieures de Civilisation Médiévale (www.mshs.univ-poitiers.fr/cescm)

      In French

      CESCM

      Centre d’Études Supérieures de Civilisation Médiévale

      In French

      CFH

      Conference on Faith and History

      In English

      CFLN

      Comité Français de Libération Nationale

      In French

      CFMN

      Corps Franc de la Montagne Noire

      In French

        CGA

        Confédération Générale de l'Agriculture

        In French

        CGCEH

        Conference Group for Central European History

        In English

        CGSAH

        Conference Group for Social and Administrative History

        In English

        CH

        Church History

        In English

        CHA
        Canadian Historical Association

        = SHC | Société Historique du Canada | In French

        In English

        CHAF

        Chinese Heritage of Australian Federation

        In English

        CHAR

        Club d'Histoire de l'Anesthésie-Réanimation

        In French

        CHAR

        Centre d'Histoire de l'Art de la Renaissance

        In French

        CHC

        Committee on History in the Classroom

        In English

        CHC

        Czechoslovak History Conference

        In English

        CHHS

        Charles Homer Haskins Society

        In English

        CHJ

        Conference of Historical Journals

        In English

        CHNM

        Center for History and New Media

        In English

        CHPP

        Comité d'Histoire Parlementaire et Politique

        In French

        CHS

        Centre d'Histoire Sociale

        In French

        CHUS

        Chinese Historians in the United States

        In English

        CIFM

        Corpus des Inscriptions de la France Médiévale

        In French

        CIHAM

        Centre Interuniversitaire d'Histoire et d'Archéologie Médiévales

        In French

        CIRHAC

        Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Histoire de l'Art Contemporain

        In French

        CLAH

        Conference on Latin American History

        In English

        CLGH

        Committee on Lesbian and Gay History

        In English

        CLL

        Comité Local de Libération

        In French

        CMHS

        Chinese Military History Society

        In English

        CND

        Confrérie Notre-Dame

        In French

          CNMHS

          Caisse Nationale des Monuments Historiques et des Sites

          In French

          CNP

          Confédération Nationale Paysanne

          In English

          CNR

          Conseil National de la Résistance

          In English

          CNRD

          Concours National de la Résistance et de la Déportation

          In French

          COSOR

          Comité des Œuvres Sociales de la Résistance

          In French

          CRAHM

          Centre de Recherches Archéologiques et Historiques Médiévales (www.unicaen.fr/crahm/)

          In French

          CRCV

          Centre de Recherche du Château de Versailles

          In French

          CRIHAM

          Centre de Recherches Interdisciplinaires en Histoire, Histoire de l’Art et Musicologie (https://criham.labo.univ-poitiers.fr/)

          In French

          CRIPEL

          Cahiers de Recherches de l’Institut de Papyrologie et d’Égyptologie de Lille

          In French

          CRRL

          Centre Régional Résistance et Liberté

          In French

          CSSH

          Comparative Studies in Sociology and History

          In English

          CTHS

          Comité des Travaux Historiques et Scientifiques

          In French

          CWIHP

          Cold War International History Project

          In English

          CdÉ
          Chronique d’Égypte

          = CE, CdÉ (see above)

          In French

          CeCaB

          Centre de Castellologie de Bourgogne

          In French

          DFJ
          Demokratska Federativna Jugoslavija

          = ДФЈ | Демократска Федеративна Југославија | In Macedonian

          In Croatian

          DHS

          Dictionnaire Historique de la Suisse

          In French

          DÖW

          Dokumentationsarchiv des österreichischen Widerstandes (www.doew.at)

          In German

          EAH

          (International Journal of) East Asian History

          In English

          EBMP

          Early Buddhist Manuscripts Project

          In English

          EHA

          Economic History Association

          In English

          EHR

          English Historical Review

          In English

          EHSEA

          Economic History of Southeast Asia E-Group

          In English

          EMJNet

          (The) Early Modern Japan Network

          In English

          ESSHC

          European Social Science History Conference

          In English

          EcHR

          Economic History Review

          In English

          FAFL

          Forces Aériennes Françaises Libres

          In French

          FCHS

          French Colonial Historical Society

          In English

          FFC

          Forces Françaises Combattantes

          In French

          FFI

          Forces Françaises de l'Intérieur

          In French

          FHS

          Forest History Society

          In English

          FNFL

          Forces Navales Françaises Libres

          In French

          FNRJ
          Federativna Narodna Republika Jugoslavija

          = ФНРЈ | Федеративна Народна Република Југославија | In Macedonian
          = RPFJ | República Popular Federal da Iugoslávia | In Portuguese
          = ФНРЮ | Федеративной Народной Республики Югославия | In Russian

          In Croatian

          FPPR
          Fondation pour la Préservation du Patrimoine Russe dans l'Union Européenne

          = SBRE | Stichting voor de Bewaring van het Russische Erfgoed in de Europese Unie | In Dutch
          = ФСРН | Фонд Сохранения Русского Наследия в Европейском Союзе | In Russian

          In French

          FTP

          Francs-Tireurs Partisans

          In French

          FTPF

          Francs-Tireurs et Partisans Français

          In French

          FUJP

          Front Uni des Jeunesses Patriotiques

          In French

          GF

          Groupe Franc

          In French

          GHA

          General History of Astronomy

          In English

          GHI

          German Historical Institute

          In English

          GMR

          Groupes Mobiles de Réserve

          In French

          GPRF

          Gouvernement Provisoire de la République Française

          In French

          GRBS

          Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies

          In English

          GUPH

          Group for the Use of Psychology in History

          In English

          GWU

          Geschichte in Wissenschaft und Unterricht

          In German

            H-NEASIA

            H-Net Network on Northeast Asian History and Culture

            In English

            HAD

            Historical Astronomy Division

            In English

            HAG

            Historical Archives of Goa

            In English

            HAHR

            Hispanic American Historical Review

            In English

            HAPhG

            Heidelberger Abhandlungen zur Philosophie und ihrer Geschichte

            In German

            HFC

            Historians Film Committee

            In English

            HGA

            Histoire Générale de l’Afrique

            In French

            HGM

            Heeresgeschichtliches Museum (https://www.hgm.at/)

            In German

            HGeo

            History of Geophysics

            In English

            HIMAT

            History of Mining Activities in the Tyrol

            In English

            HOAC

            Historians of American Communism

            In English

            HPLS

            History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences

            In English

            HS

            History of Science

            In English

            HSPBS

            Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences

            In English

            HSS

            History of Science Society

            In English

            HSTCC

            Historical Society for Twentieth-Century China (http://hstcconline.org/)

            In English

            HT

            History Today

            In English

            HWJ

            History Workshop Journal

            In English

            HZ

            Historische Zeitschrift

            In German

            IAHA

            International Association of Historians of Asia

            In English

            ICHR

            Indian Council of Historical Research (www.ichrindia.org)

            In English

            ICHRPI

            International Commission for the History of Representative and Parliamentary Institutions

            In English

            ICHSEA

            International Conference on the History of Science in East Asia

            In English

            IEHS

            Immigration and Ethnic History Society

            In English

            IGEER

            Instituut voor de Geschiedenis van de Europese Expansie

            In Dutch

            IHP

            Institute of History and Philology

            In English

            IHQ

            Indian Historical Quarterly

            In English

            IHS

            Institute for Historical Study

            In English

              IHTP

              Institut d'Histoire du Temps Présent (www.ihtp.cnrs.fr)

              In French

              IISG

              Internationaal Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis

              In Dutch

              IJAHS

              International Journal of African Historical Studies

              In English

              IJHS

              Indian Journal of History of Science

              In English

              IMAG

              Institute of Modern Asian History

              In English

                IMAREAL

                Institut für Realienkunde des Mittelalters und der frühen Neuzeit

                In German

                IMB

                Institut de la Maison de Bourbon

                In French

                INHA

                Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art

                In French

                IPN

                Instytut Pamięci Narodowej - Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu (www.ipn.gov.pl)

                In Polish

                IRCICA

                Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture

                In English

                ISH

                Institut des Sciences Historiques

                In French

                ISHEASTM

                International Society for the History of East Asian Science Technology and Medicine

                In English

                ISHMN

                Institut Supérieur d'Histoire du Mouvement National

                In French

                  ITH

                  Institute of Taiwan History

                  In English

                  IZMF

                  Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Mittelalter und Frühneuzeit

                  In German

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