About the Journal
Since 2019, the half-yearly journal Frontière·s offers a dedicated space to epistemological reflection in Open Access, in French and in English. It features works on Protohistory, Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and their reception. Twice a year, researchers are invited to discuss the theme of the border through a call for papers. The journal also publishes varia, reviews and chronicles, as well as proceedings of scientific events.
Open Access statement
Frontière·s is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available upon publication without charge to the user or his or her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative definition of open access and the french Plan national pour la science ouverte.
‘Frontière·s’
Since the beginning of the 20th century, the concept of frontière has been considerably enriched. The confrontation between the different fields of ancient societies on the one hand, and with various social sciences on the other, has given rise to new conceptual tools and methods of analysis. However, no single approach nor definition has reached a consensus among specialists, which preserves the theme from the threat of standardization, and allows diverging perspectives. Find out more about the aims and scope of the journal...