What is the East Bay Historia?
East Bay Historia is an award-winning publication of the Cal State East Bay Department of History. It aims to provide Cal State East Bay students with an opportunity to publish historical works and to give students the experience of being on an editorial board and creating and designing an academic journal. Issues are published at the end of each academic year.
Volumes
Click to view each issue (pdf).
Submission Process
Any current CSUEB students and recent graduates, regardless of major, are welcome to submit an essay for consideration. We accept research essays, review essays, book reviews, film reviews, oral histories, and other works that are historically oriented. Research essays should contain an argument, credible sources, and ample citations to support the claims.
All essays go through a double-blind peer review process, where the editorial board will not know the author’s identity, and the author will not know the editorial board members’ identities. Using this evaluation form, the editorial board will make decisions about which essays to accept and provide all authors with extensive feedback by late February.
To submit, upload your essay below by September 1st. There is not a word-count requirement. We ask that you use Chicago Manual of Style footnotes in your essay. Please only submit one essay per year.
The submission process for 2024 is now OPEN
Frequently Asked Questions
This is good for your resume, it helps you improve your writing, it makes professors notice you, etc.
If your paper is accepted we can help you get it ready for publication.
On average we accept 10-15 essays per year. We have no quota or minimum, so it will depend on the quality of submissions.
Read over the reviews and see how you can improve the essay. We encourage students to resubmit the following year!