Fifty years is nothing... easier said

Authors

  • Elizabeth Fonseca Corrales Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR), campus Rodrigo Facio, San José, Costa Rica , Costa Rica

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15359/rh.93.5

Keywords:

Costa Rica, diffusion, editorial management, historiography, History

Abstract

Drawing from Elizabeth Fonseca Corrales’s lecture, this article offers a journey through the past fifty years of the Revista de Historia. The article also highlights the journal’s role in the history discipline in Costa Rica and Central America. The analysis is organized into two main stages. The first focuses on the period 1975–1985, examining the journal’s challenging beginnings at the National University (UNA), overcoming the crises that threatened its continuity. The second stage examines the period beginning in 1985, marked by the consolidation of the project, driven by a 1986 co-publishing agreement between the National University and the University of Costa Rica. The author shares her 17-year experience as an editor-in-chief, detailing the evolution of editorial processes and the technological and thematic challenges encountered. Finally, she reflects on the termination of the inter-university agreement in 2012 and on the journal’s legacy in shaping a community of historians in the region.

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Author Biography

  • Elizabeth Fonseca Corrales, Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR), campus Rodrigo Facio, San José, Costa Rica

    Costa Rican. Ph.D. in History from the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, France. Retired professor at the University of Costa Rica (UCR), Rodrigo Facio Campus, San José, Costa Rica. elifonsecacorrales@gmail.com

Published

2026-01-01

Issue

Section

50th anniversary of the Revista de Historia (non-refereed section)

How to Cite

Fonseca Corrales, Elizabeth. 2026. “Fifty Years Is nothing. Easier Said”. Revista De Historia., no. 93 (January): 1-14. https://doi.org/10.15359/rh.93.5.