Ibid. Student Journal

Celebrating history scholarship

Welcome to Ibid.: A Student History Journal, Texas Woman's University’s nine-time winner of a Gerald Nash History Journal Prize from the Phi Alpha Theta National History Honor Society, with more than 400,000 members nationwide. 

Published annually since 2008 by TWU’s Eta Nu Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society, Ibid. celebrates the best in graduate and undergraduate scholarship and promotes collaboration among faculty and students. Written by undergraduate and graduate students, these works reflect a variety of research approaches and interpretive perspectives. 

Phi Alpha Theta promotes the study of history by encouraging research, good teaching, publication and the exchange of learning and ideas among historians.

Thanks to a generous private endowment, Ibid. awards prizes for each year's best essays. The Valentine J. Belfiglio Best Paper Award, named for TWU Professor Emeritus Valentine J. Belfiglio, rewards excellent scholarship and writing, and the Editors’ Choice Award recognizes creativity and unique historical perspectives in student scholarship.

Click here to view Volume 18 of Ibid.