Since the founding of the Southern African Comparative and History of Education Society (SACHES) 33 years ago, in 1991, and the founding of its journal the Southern African Review of Education almost thirty years ago, momentous changes have taken place in the scholarly field of History of Education.  Even the year 2006, when the journal last had a Special Issue which focused on SACHES and on Comparative and International Education (Volume 12, number 2), already seems to be in the distant past.

It is within this scheme of things that a critical stocktaking of the state of the field of History of Education in the Southern African region, by scholars in the field, would be a valuable exercise.  Therefore, manuscripts for this Special Issue are invited.  The following would be very welcome:

·         Manuscripts dealing with developments in the scholarly field of History of Education internationally and the relevance thereof for History of Education as scholarly field in the Southern African region and

·         Manuscripts dealing with developments and present state of History of Education in initial teacher education programmes and in post-graduate Education programmes and as a field of research at universities in the Southern African region

·         Without excluding anyone contributions from scholars in the Global South, Africa in particular, and those who are underrepresented in the journal would be especially welcome. countries and contexts underrepresented in the journal, especially from North Africa.