This is a newly established and peer-reviewed book series that examines the history of expansion, which may be defined very broadly as the process of enlargement or extension of power, wealth, meaning, and knowledge by individuals, groups, networks, polities, societies and civilizations across space and over time. The idea for this series’ originates from the historical observation and proposition that all or nearly all polities, societies, and civilizations across the world and over the longue durée have either participated in or experienced that process. It also redresses the potential misconception that expansion was the exclusive preserve of one and only one part of the globe.
Authors are cordially invited to submit proposals and/or full manuscripts to the Publisher at Brill,
Alessandra Giliberto.
Brill is in full support of Open Access publishing and offers the option to publish your monograph, edited volume, or chapter in Open Access. Our Open Access services are fully compliant with funder requirements. We support Creative Commons licenses. For more information, please visit
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George Bryan Souza,
University of Texas, San Antonio
Editorial Board
Giancarlo Casale,
European University Institute
Pamela Kyle Crossley,
Dartmouth College, USA
Michael Feener,
Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies
Jorge Flores,
Centro Interuniversitário de História das Ciências e da Tecnologia
Hassan S. Khalilieh,
University of Haifa
Valerie A. Kivelson,
University of Michigan
Jeffrey Turley,
Brigham Young University
Hans Ulrich Vogel,
Universität Tübingen
Expansion in History will be accessible and relevant to a broad readership of professional academics, as well as university students in the humanities and social sciences.