Beyond Expectations in the Academic World: 17 Years of Publishing with Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae (2006–2023)
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2024
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Church History Society of Southern Africa and Unisa Press
Abstract
This research article aims to bring out the author’s 17 years of research and
publications with the Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae: Journal of Church
History, abbreviated as SHE, from 2006 to 2023, and to establish its impact on
his socio-scholarly formation. Methodologically, this drives the researcher to
acknowledge the journal’s sharpening and preparatory role that has made it
possible for him to be invited as an editor of an East African journal, an external
examiner in various universities, and a conference speaker in diverse forums.
The methodology also includes surveying the Church History Society of
Southern Africa (CHSSA)’s annual conferences whose presentations since
2007—when the author attended for the first time—have enriched his
engagements with SHE. Such presentations were later published in the journal.
Key events that helped the author to come into contact with the first SHE copy
have also been surveyed. The Mombasa Biographical Conference of April 2024,
where the author was invited as the closing speaker, is viewed as one of the
journal’s impactful events. The author was invited to address the gathering after
his interest in biographical research was noted through his publications in SHE
since 2006. Given this, the author seeks to usher in an East African perspective
by drawing from the 17 years of his active participation in SHE publications and
the CHSSA conferences. The latter provides the raw material for SHE’s
publications.
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