https://journals.library.appstate.edu/index.php/historymatters/management/settings/%22https:/journals.library.appstate.edu/index.php/historymatters <div> <h3>The <a href="https://journals.library.appstate.edu/index.php/historymatters/issue/view/HM23/28">Spring 2023</a> issue of <em>History Matters</em> is now available online!</h3> </div> <div> <h2><br />We will accept <a href="https://journals.library.appstate.edu/index.php/historymatters/submissions2">submissions</a> for the Spring 2024 issue until December 15, 2023.</h2> </div> <div> <p><em><strong>History Matters</strong></em> is an undergraduate history journal published annually on this website by the <a title="Department of History at Appalachian State University" href="https://history.appstate.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Department of History at Appalachian State University</a>. The journal is edited by undergraduates with the help of a faculty board. Please see <a href="https://journals.library.appstate.edu/index.php/historymatters/FAQ">FAQs</a> for more information.</p> <p>At <em><strong>History Matters</strong></em>, our goal is to publish the best undergraduate historical research possible. In doing so, we would like to provide an opportunity for top undergraduates from a variety of schools to be recognized for their work, become familiar with the publishing process, and engage in student-faculty collaboration.</p> <p><strong>Our logo</strong> is a bristlecone pine tree, drawn by Sarah Hancock from the University of North Carolina—Asheville. Bristlecone pines, which can be found in California, Colorado, and Utah, are generally considered the world's oldest living organisms. Some are even as ancient as recorded human history.</p> <div> <p><strong><em>History Matters</em> is now a part of EBSCOhost Discovery Service! Check us out on <a href="https://www.ebsco.com/products/research-databases/america-history-and-life" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ESBCOhost's America: History and Life</a>.</strong></p> </div> <div> <p><em>Published by the Department of History at Appalachian State University ISSN: 1934-4651</em></p> </div> </div> Department of History, Appalachian State University en-US History Matters: An Undergraduate Journal of Historical Research 1934-4651