"Cultural History" is an interdisciplinary scholarly journal publishing materials in Russian and English on history, philology, and art history without national, regional, or chronological restrictions.

Historians began pondering the prospects of interdisciplinary research a century and a half ago. This led to the emergence of new fields: Jacob Burckhardt's cultural-historical method, Aby Warburg's studies of visual culture, the history of everyday life and mentalities, the new historicism, the history of memory, the history of emotions, and so on. This diversity was complicated by various “turns” (anthropological, cultural, linguistic, visual), which, as the author of a book on cultural history Peter Burke joked, would make our heads spin.

The logic of interdisciplinary historical research, according to Warburg, is based on the desire to bypass "border police" – that is, the boundaries of different disciplines. Moreover, sometimes fruitful interdisciplinary discussions arise between adherents of quite traditional methods in different disciplines when they are discussing the same phenomenon or problem.

The journal "Cultural History" is conceived as a platform for various forms of interdisciplinary historical research and discussion. It will accommodate analytical articles, documentary publications, reviews, and critiques. Materials in the journal may be grouped into thematic sections and entire issues devoted to problems and phenomena focused on by various historical disciplines. However, such a cyclical approach is not mandatory. The editors welcome all interesting contributions, especially those that outline new themes and approaches in historical and historical-cultural research.

Despite our love for innovation, we remain traditionalists in all matters concerning professional values. Originality, thoroughness, and source-based responsibility complement each other beautifully, and extensive footnotes, including references to predecessors and sources, only enhance the article.