October 09, 2008
CfP Journal: Beyond post-socialism? Durham Anthropology Journal
Submission deadline 30 November, 2008
Durham Anthropology Journal
Call for submissions
Beyond post-socialism?
Resistance, creativity and change in the corners of Eurasia
The second decade since the collapse of communist regimes in Central,
East and South-East Europe is slowly coming to a close and it is now
time to look back to the socio-cultural changes within the region in
both more depth and breadth.
Submissions and queries send to David Henig david.henig@durham.ac.uk
Durham Anthropology Journal facilitates the dissemination of research
ideas to the academic community at large for comment and criticism with a view towards improving them prior to submission to peer-reviewed publications. This may include experimental ways of disseminating ideas which capitalize on the multimedia potential of the internet. Thus the inclusion of video, audio, still image and meta data as well as data stored in databases or spreadsheets can be integrated with the text of the paper.
For further information please visit
http://www.dur.ac.uk/anthropology.journal/DAJ.html
Durham Anthropology Journal (DAJ) invites submissions dealing with the
concept of post-socialism in a broad sense. The aim of this
monothematic journal issue is to critically reassess disciplinary,
spatial, as well as thematic boundaries of the anthropology of
post-socialism. The guest editor of DAJ for the issue is David Henig.
Particularly, we welcome papers focused on:
1. New research perspectives and themes How to approach various practices and continuities (e.g. anthropology of consumption, rhetoric culture as a means of approaching post-socialism, closer dialogue between anthropologists and historians)
2. Spatiality of post-socialism:
Does the concept of post-socialism have any spatial boundaries? If so, what are the criteria for inclusion/exclusion?
3. Reflexivity of research:
How is anthropological knowledge on post-socialism produced? How
should fieldwork in post-socialist Eurasia be carried out?
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October 08, 2008
CfP Journal: HUMSEC Journal
Deadline for the submission of papers is 17 January 2009.
The HUMSEC Journal aims to widen the discussion on the issue of human
security in general and in particular on the impact of transnational
terrorist and criminal organizations on the peace-building process of
the Western Balkan region, the influence of transnational and
criminal organisations on the state and on the society, and the
connection between transnational terrorist and criminal organisations
in the Western Balkan region.
The Editorial Board welcomes original scientific papers addressing
the issues of human security, terrorism and organised crime. The main
topic of the third edition of the HUMSEC Journal is:
"THE INFLUENCE OF TRANSNATIONAL TERRORIST AND CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS
ON THE PEACEBUILDING PROCESS IN THE WESTERN BALKANS."
If you wish to publish an article please contact us under the
following email address: journal@humsec.eu
Detailed background information on the submission of papers and
reviews can be found at the HUMSEC website (www.humsec.eu).
Best Regards,
Alline Pedra Jorge Birol and Maddalena Vivona
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HUMSEC Project
Schubertstrasse 29/1
8010 Graz
Austria
Tel: +43 316 322888 23
Fax: +43 316 322888 4
Website: www.humsec.eu
The HUMSEC Project is supported by the European Commission under the
Sixth Framework Programme "Integrating and Strengthening the European
Research Area".
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CfP Journal: Slovo
Deadline: 27 October 2008
Slovo
An inter-disciplinary journal of Russian, Eurasian and East European affairs published by postgraduates of the School of Slavonic and East European Studies.
anthropology - economics - film - geography - history - international
studies - linguistics - literature - media - music - politics - sociology
CALL FOR PAPERS Volume 21.1 (Spring 2009)
Contributions, including research articles, book and film reviews, and review articles are welcome from all research students and academics. Submissions to the Board of Editors may be sent via e-mail attachment (slovo@ssees.ucl.ac.uk) or on a CD in Microsoft Word format. All research articles must include a 100-200 word abstract and adhere to the MHRA Style guide in advance of submission(available for download for free from the MHRA website).
All manuscripts are refereed and undergo a review process. Contributions submitted must not be under consideration by other publications at the time of submission. The editors reserve the right to make any changes thought to be necessary or appropriate to typescripts accepted for publication. A duplicate should be retained by the author. No disks or hard copies shall be returned. The maximum length for consideration of an article is 6,000 – 7,000 words (including footnotes), and 700 words for a review.
The deadline for article submissions for Volume 21.1 is the 27th of October.
If you have any queries about becoming a contributor for Slovo please do not hesitate to get in touch with us via slovo@ssees.ucl.ac.uk and we will be happy to assist.
* * * Not ready to submit an article? Then why not write a book or film review? Contact Slovo for more details.
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August 25, 2008
CfP: Escaping Transition. Narratives of Post-Communism in Bulgaria and Romania
Abstract Deadline: 15 September 2008
We seek essays of 6,000 to 8,000 words for a collection that explores the post-1989 cultural landscapes in Bulgaria and Romania as reflected in literature and film, music and popular culture, the fine and performing arts. We welcome submissions that focus on post-1989 reevaluations of Bulgaria and Romania's literary and cultural canons
and interrogate their importance for community building after communism and in the context of the European integration.
We are interested in the following themes: 1989, post-communism; post-colonialism; the Cold War; transition; translation; the EU; bi-lingual/ multi-lingual writing; history; memory; new media; new Europe; minor literatures; ethnic, national, and gendered selves; violence; fragmentation; the past; the future; the local; the global.
Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions.
Abstracts (500 words) and vita to Lilya Kaganovsky at lilya@illinois.edu and Maggie Ivanova at mivanova@coastal.edu by 15 September 2008; completed essays to be included in the volume by 1 December 2008.
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August 21, 2008
CfP Journal: Popular Culture and Socialism(s)
Deadline: OCTOBER 31, 2008
Over the past two decades, historians, sociologists, art critics, anthropologists and media scholars have contributed to a veritable outpouring of publications exploring the complex relationships between cultural practices, political agendas, and economic policies in the post-1945 period. This growing body of work is bringing to light important structural similarities between cultural developments in the East and the West, and highlighting the continuities between post-1945 cultural histories and long-term historical trends, including the rise of modernity, popular sovereignty and mass production. The proposed edited collection seeks to further the debate on these issues by focusing on the history of popular culture in socialist Eastern Europe. We welcome contributions addressing one or more of the following issues:
Ideally, we would like all contributions to be both empirically grounded and theoretically informed. Please send your proposals (800-1000 words) with a brief Curriculum Vitae (1 x A4) to Reana Senjkoviæ (Reana@ief.hr) and Sabina Mihelj (S.Mihelj@lboro.ac.uk) BY OCTOBER 31, 2008. We will inform you about our decision by December 15, and if your proposal is accepted, we will expect a first draft by the end of May 2009, and a final manuscript by the end of September 2009.
We are currently in the process of securing funding for a small workshop that will allow us to discuss the first drafts and the possible ways of weaving them together into a coherent book. The workshop will be organized in Budapest, Hungary, in June 2009. Further details will follow after the submission of abstracts.
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August 07, 2008
CfP Journal: Religion in International Relations
Perspectives, Review of International Affairs invites authors to submit their papers for a special issue on Religion in International Relations and the Political Theology of International Relations.
Background
The growing interest of the scholarly community in the resurgence of religion after the constructivist turn and the renewed attention to the relation between the discipline's evolution and religion has led the editors to dedicate the next special issue of the Journal to the exploration of the relevance of religion for international relations. Both purely theoretical articles and theoretically relevant empirical studies will be welcome. Every article submitted for publication undergoes the process of double blind peer review.
Contact
Perspectives: perspectives@iir.cz
Editor-in-Chief: Petr Kratochvíl, kratochvil@iir.cz
Associate Editor: Mats Braun, braun@iir.cz
The guidelines for authors and more can be retrieved from www.iir.cz/perspectives
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August 04, 2008
CfP Journal: Slovo
CALL FOR PAPERS Volume 21.1 (Spring 2009)
Deadline: 27 October 2008
Contributions, including research articles, book and film reviews, and review articles are welcome from all research students and academics. Submissions to the Board of Editors may be sent via e-mail attachment (slovo@ssees.ucl.ac.uk) or on a CD in Microsoft Word format. All research articles must include a 100-200 word abstract and adhere to the MHRA Style guide in advance of submission (available for download for free from the MHRA website). All manuscripts are refereed and undergo a review process. Contributions submitted must not be under consideration by other publications at the time of submission. The editors reserve the right to make any changes thought to be necessary or appropriate to typescripts accepted for publication. A duplicate should be retained by the author. No disks or hard copies shall be returned. The maximum length for consideration of an article is 6,000 - 7,000 words (including footnotes), and 700 words for a review.
The deadline for article submissions for Volume 21.1 is the 27th of October. If you have any queries about becoming a contributor for Slovo please do not hesitate to get in touch with us via slovo@ssees.ucl.ac.uk and we
will be happy to assist.
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July 24, 2008
CfP Journal: Urban Studies, Studia Socilogie
Deadlines:
Expression of intention (title and short description): 1 October 2008
Submission: 25 November 2008
The Editorial Board of Studia Sociologia launches the invitation for submitting manuscripts for its June 2009 special issue: "Restructuring the Postsocialist City. Global Networks and Micro Actors".
The aim of this thematic issue is to gather empirical and theoretical works which investigate the intricate processes of rearticulation in the geography of marginalization or connection of postsocialist cities in the global networks of capitalism, "in and with the ruins" of their socialist past. We encourage contributions analyzing the last 18 years of spatial transformations of urban history in Central and Eastern Europe. We especially welcome manuscripts addressing problems related to the ways in which micro actor-networks restructure the urban space in the changing settings of global opportunities.
Studia Sociologie is the peer-reviewed journal of the Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, published bi-annually as part of the Studia Series of the "Babeº-Bolyai" University. The journal particularly welcomes academic papers grounded in empirical research or focused on the social realities of Central and Eastern Europe.
Important dates:
Expression of intention (title and short description): 1 October 2008
Deadline for submission: 25 November 2008
Notification of acceptance: 1 February 2009
Final papers due: 1 May 2009
Please submit your manuscript electronically at studiasociology@gmail.com.
For further questions, please use the following address: norbertpetrovici@socasis.ubbcluj.ro
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CfP: World History Encyclopedia
Deadline: 08/31/2008
ABC-CLIO is seeking scholars to contribute 1,000-1,500 word articles to its forthcoming 21-volume World History Encyclopedia. The project, which will consist of approximately 8,000 entries written by hundreds of scholars, is led by world historian, Alfred Andrea, President-Elect of the World History Association and Professor Emeritus at The University of Vermont. The work will be organized via eight themes [Environment/Population, Society/Culture, Migration/Travel, Politics/Statecraft, Economics/Trade, War/Diplomacy, Thought/Religion, Science/Technology] threaded through nine different eras.
Please visit the URL listed below to view the list of open topics. These should be of interest to scholars of history, global studies, cultural studies, social sciences, and those in other humanities fields. In order to meet review standards, we do require that contributors hold a Ph.D., ABD, or have recognized expertise in the field.
Open Topics list available at:
http://www.abc-clio.com/academic/aboutus/callToAuthors.aspx
If you are interested in writing any of the entries listed, please send a query letter and a c.v. to:
Fred Nadis, Project Editor, FNadis@abc-clio.com
Jeanie Azizian, Project Coordinator, JAzizian@abc-clio.com
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CfP: LIMINA: A Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies
Deadline: September 30th, 2008
Limina is an online, refereed, academic journal of historical and cultural studies based in the Discipline of History at The University of Western Australia. Limina provides opportunities for new work to be communicated in a lively and diverse forum, and encourages studies that engage with, discuss and enlarge theoretical debates. We are especially committed to publishing the work of postgraduate students and early career researchers. Research students include current postgraduates working on Graduate Certificates and Diplomas, Masters students, and Doctoral candidates. Early career researchers are students whose research degrees are in progress or were completed within the last five years.
Limina publishes scholarly articles of approximately 5000 words from any field within the humanities, favouring work of an interdisciplinary nature. They must demonstrate original research and must be substantially different from other published work. Please ensure that your submission conforms to the Limina style guide.
For more information please visit our website at:
http://limina.arts.uwa.edu.au/submissions
Submissions (in MS Word or RTF format) or enquiries by email:
limina@cyllene.uwa.edu.au
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CfP: Eurolimes: Intercultural Dialogue in the European Space
Deadline: the end of August 2008.
"Jean Monnet" European Center of Excellence, edited by professors Ioan HORGA (Oradea) and Istvan SULI-ZAKAR (Debrecen), invite you to contribute to the next issue of the review with article or book reviews.
Topic: “Intercultural Dialogue in the European Space”
Technical characteristics of articles:
-minimum 12 pages, with TNR 11 characters, at 1 line (bibliography is not considered in the
pages number), using the European model for the critical apparatus;
-every article must have an abstract (10-12 lines) and 4-6 key-words.
-at the same time, please send a short biography (10-15 lines).
Technical characteristics of book reviews:
-reviewed books must by published after 2006 and focused on topics as European borders, multiculturalism, intercultural dialogue;
-11/2 - 2 pages with TNR 10 / 1 line.
All articles will be sent at the e-mail address of Mrs Cristina DOGOT: cmgheorghe@yahoo.co.uk.
Please visit our webpage: http://www.iser.rdsor.ro/eurolimes.htm
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July 21, 2008
CFP Journal: Ulbandus 12, the annual journal of the Columbia Slavic Department. Theme: Pushkin
Deadline: 10/31/2008
The 12th edition of Ulbandus, the annual journal of the Columbia Slavic Department, will be dedicated to the life and work of Alexander Pushkin. In particular, this issue will be framed as a collective investigation into the many sides of Pushkin's personality, taken in the aesthetic and historical contexts of his time.
In addition to scholarly articles, Ulbandus encourages submission of original poetry, fiction, essays, translations and artwork. Submissions may be in either English or Russian. Contributions from outside of the Slavic field are warmly invited. The deadline for receipt of submissions is October 31st.
Manuscripts should be in MLA format, double-spaced and not exceed 25 pages in length. Artwork should be submitted in TIFF format at a resolution of at least 600 dpi. Electronic submissions (preferably in Word format) are strongly encouraged and may be sent to: ulbandus@columbia.edu. Interested applicants may also submit hard
copies of papers to: ULBANDUS (attn: Submissions), Columbia University, 1130 Amsterdam Avenue, Mail code 2839, New York, NY, 10027, USA.
For mailed submissions, please include (2) two print copies as well as a copy in rich text file on CDR. For further details, see our website at:
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/slavic/etc/pubs/ulbandus/index.html
Ulbandus is a peer-reviewed journal.
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CFP Journal: The Historical Review / La Revue Historique
The Historical Review / La Revue Historique is an annual peer-reviewed journal dedicated to historical research in the human sciences. Now in the fourth year of publication, the journal has been established by the Institute of Historical Research (IHR) of the National Hellenic Research Foundation (NHRF) with the objective of fostering research and dialogue among scholars working in Greece and abroad. In the interest of pluralism, The Historical Review / La Revue Historique accepts contributions in both English and French. Contributions must be original and should not be under consideration by any other publication at the time of their submission.
There is no standard length for articles but 8000 words (including notes and references) is a useful target. The article should begin with an abstract of 100-150 words. Details of the author's contact information should be included on a separate sheet. Submissions should be in electronic form and should be sent to the editor, Prof. Paschalis Kitromilides in the following address: historical_review@eie.gr.
Authors are responsible for ensuring that their manuscripts conform to the style of journal. A guide of style, presentation and transliteration can be found inside the back cover of past issues of The Historical Review / La Revue Historique but can also be viewed on the journal website
http://www.eie.gr/nhrf/institutes/inr/news/historicalreview/instructions.pdf
Contents and abstracts of volumes I – IV may be found at the IHR/ NHRF website
http://www.eie.gr/nhrf/institutes/inr/news/historicalreview/historicalrev-en.html
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July 17, 2008
CFP Journal: Armenian Association for Academic Partnership and Support Academic-Autobiographical Journa
DEADLINE: November 30th, 2008.
Armenian Association for Academic Partnership and Support
A R M A C A D
Academic-Autobiographical Journal
Themes of the Journal
The Journal will provide an open forum for all interested parties to write about memories from their academic experiences in a free genre. You are welcome to write about any interesting recollection you have from Armenia and/or abroad. Any story related to your short, several days visit, or a long term stay will fit into the scope of the Journal. The Journal will be published regularly and the authors may write about their experiences in a series of articles. Representatives of all academic disciplines are invited to contribute to the Journal. The language of the Journal is English.
Submission Procedure
Alongside your autobiographical article, please send your CV, a photo and a short biography. The biography and the photo will appear with your article in the journal. The short biography should include your current affiliations, your academic interests and any other information, which you would like the reader to be aware of. Please, limit the biography to 200 words.
Please submit the mentioned materials to: armacad@armacad.org
Once we receive an e-mail from you with the attached documents, a confirmation letter will be sent back to you. If you do not receive a confirmation e-mail, then we have not received your materials. In that case please resend them to: khachik.gevorgyan@yahoo.co.uk
More information on Journal will appear:
http://www.armacad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=53&Itemid=62
DEADLINE: November 30th, 2008.
The journal will be published in April-May 2009.
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CfP Journal: Russian Cyberspace
Deadline is August 15, 2008
Russian Cyberspace no 1
Virtual Power: Russian Politics and the Internet
Is the Internet in Russia a political factor of 'real' significance? Or do the countless websites, journals and blogs simulate rather than stimulate political activity and decision making?
The objective of this special issue is to examine the relationship between Russian politics and new media, especially the Internet. Russian Cyberspace seeks contributions that explore this complex relationship in a historical perspective, reflect on the representation of major political events of 2007-08 on the web, examine the discourse of power from an aesthetic point of view, or investigate the role of grassroots media in voicing independent views and the reaction of the state to the developments in Russian cyberspace. Academic entries in English, German or Russian and/or submissions in other genres, styles and form, reflecting the nature of the medium, by scholars, politicians, artists and cultural practitioners are welcome and will be considered for publication.
For more information: http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/russ-cyb/library/texts/en/journal/journal_1.htm
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July 14, 2008
JOURNAL/CFP- Journal of Genocide Research, Soviet Mass Violence
Deadline: December 10, 2008
Thematic Issue of the Journal of Genocide Research (JGR)
New Perspectives on Soviet Mass Violence
The study of Soviet mass violence has for a long time been overshadowed by ideological disputes and battles of the Cold War. Even Raphael Lemkin, the self-proclaimed founder of the UN Genocide Convention and pioneer of the study of mass violence, was an ardent anticommunist and recommended the United States to sponsor an international special committee to investigate Soviet genocide.
To foster the discussion on Soviet mass violence, the editors of the Journal of Genocide Research are therefore inviting papers for a thematic issue devoted to this topic. The editors welcome original and innovative articles dealing with all possible aspects of Soviet mass violence from the beginning of the civil war to the end of the
Cold War.
Proposals (max. 2 pages) for papers should be submitted with a short biographical sketch by July 15 to both editors:
Dominik J. Schaller (dominik.schaller@uni-heidelberg.de)
Jürgen Zimmerer (j.zimmerer@sheffield.ac.uk)
The articles, which should be a maximum of 8500 words including documentation, will be due at December 10, 2008.
After initial editor screening, all submissions will undergo peer review.
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July 10, 2008
Popular Culture and Socialism(s)
Deadline: October 31, 2008
Call for proposals for contributions to an edited collection
We would like all contributions to be both empirically grounded and theoretically informed. Please send your proposals (800-1000 words) with a brief Curriculum Vitae (1 x A4) to Reana Senjković (Reana@ief.hr) and Sabina Mihelj (S.Mihelj@lboro.ac.uk) by October 31, 2008. We will inform you about our decision by December 15, and if your proposal is accepted, we will expect a first draft by the end of May 2009, and a final manuscript by the end of September 2009.
We are currently in the process of securing funding for a small workshop that will allow us to discuss the first drafts and the possible ways of weaving them together into a coherent book. The workshop will be organized in Budapest, Hungary, in June 2009. Further details will follow after the submission of abstracts.
Reana Senjković
Institut of Ethnology and Folklore Research
Šubićeva 42
10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Reana@ief.hr
http://www.ief.hr/page.php?id=285〈=en
Sabina Mihelj
Department of Social Sciences
Loughborough University
Loughborough LE11 3TU, UK
S.Mihelj@lboro.ac.uk
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/ss/staff/mihelj.html
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June 30, 2008
CFP Journal: Ex Historia
Deadline: August 15, 2008
Ex Historia is a new online journal published by postgraduate history students at the University of Exeter. Ex Historia will publish original, refereed articles and book reviews by postgraduate students on any historical topic, but especially topics reflecting the interests of the University of Exeter's history community.
Ex Historia is now accepting articles and book reviews for our 2008 volume. Original articles should be between 4000 and 8000 words, including footnotes and bibliography. Book reviews should be between 500 and 1000 words. Review articles (addressing three or four books which share a common theme) can be between 2000 and 4000 words. Please refer to MRHA Style Guide (www.mrha.org.uk)for style requirements and use British spellings in all cases except for direct quotations which use alternative spellings.
Please email all submissions as Word attachments to Matthew Smith (Editor) at ms302@exeter.ac.uk Please ensure that your name is not written anywhere on your document in order to ensure that the refereeing process is blind. If you have any questions about the process or Ex Historia, please do not hesitate to email Matthew.
The deadline for submissions is 15 August 2008, but we would certainly appreciate any early applications.
Matthew Smith, Editor
Email: ms302@exeter.ac.uk
Visit the website at http://www.huss.ex.ac.uk/history/exhistoria/
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CFP: New Perspectives on Soviet Mass Violence
Deadline: 2008-07-15
Description: CALL FOR PAPERS Thematic Issue of the Journal of Genocide Research (JGR) New Perspectives on Soviet Mass Violence The study of Soviet mass violence has for a long time been overshadowed by ideological disputes and battles of the Cold War.
Contact: dominik.schaller@uni-heidelberg.de
Announcement ID: 162806
For more information and full listing, see: http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=162806
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June 16, 2008
CfP: Journal Perspectives on Soviet Mass Violence (Journal of Genocide Research)
Deadline July 15, 2008
CALL FOR PAPERS
Thematic Issue of the Journal of Genocide Research (JGR)
New Perspectives on Soviet Mass Violence
The study of Soviet mass violence has for a long time been overshadowed by ideological disputes and battles of the Cold War. Even Raphael Lemkin, the self-proclaimed founder of the UN Genocide Convention and pioneer of the study of mass violence, was an ardent anticommunist and recommended the United States to sponsor an international special committee to investigate Soviet genocide (See Anton Weiss-Wendt’s article “Hostage of Politics: Raphael Lemkin on ‘Soviet Genocide’” in the Journal of Genocide Research 7 (2005), Nr. 4, 551-559).
Proposals (max. 2 pages) for papers should be submitted with a short biographical sketch by July 15 to both editors:
Dominik J. Schaller (dominik.schaller@uni-heidelberg.de), Jürgen Zimmerer (j.zimmerer@sheffield.ac.uk). The articles, which should be a maximum of 8500 words including documentation, will be due at December 10, 2008. After initial editor screening, all submissions will undergo peer review.
Journal of Genocide Research - the official journal of the International Network of Genocide Scholars (INoGS) http://www.informaworld.com/jgr
International Network of Genocide Scholars (INoGS) http://www.inogs.com
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June 06, 2008
JOURNAL/CFP- Central Eurasian Studies Review, Vol. 7, No. 2
Deadline for submissions is OCTOBER 1st
Be an active participant in the scholarly exchange of ideas about Central Eurasia and contribute to the next issue of the Central Eurasian Studies Review. CESR Volume 7, Number 2 will be published in Fall 2008.
Consider contributing to one of CESR's four sections: Perspectives, Research Reports, Educational Resources and Developments, Conferences and Lecture Series and Educational Resources and Developments. For details about these sections, and submission information, see: http://www.cesr-cess.org/CESR_contribution.html#Perspectives, we would
Please consult the CESR website for guidelines for submissions at
http://www.cesr-cess.org/CESR_contribution.html.
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June 02, 2008
CfP Journal: Culture and Language Change
The 2008 Fall publication of ~BOCA~ The South Florida Journal of Linguistics will have a thematic focus of Culture and Language Change. While papers addressing any facet of this field will be considered, the editors are especially interested in papers addressing the following:
• Language change as a function of global and/or local contact
• Dialectical differences related to, or resulting from, socio-cultural factors
• Theories, especially socio-cultural ones, which aim to explain how and why languages change
• Developments or modifications of cultural identities as a function of linguistic change or contact
• Arenas of human interaction that are fertile grounds for language change
• Socio-cultural factors that drive similarities and differences within languages, and within patterns of linguistic change
Submissions should be no more than 20 pages, or approximately 6,000 words, and should follow the guidelines of the Linguistic Society of America’s Language and the Unified Linguist Style Sheet—available through the Linguist List.
Reviews of books which address these issues are also welcome. These submissions should be between 1,000-2,000 words.
A separate title page should include the author’s name, e-mail address and mailing address. The author’s name should not appear on the manuscript pages to allow for blind review. Please also include a short (100-200 word) abstract, to be used upon publication.
Submissions must be received by September 1, 2008 and should be sent as attachments using Microsoft Word to: bocajournal@gmail.com
Visit the website at http://www.fau.edu/linguistics/Boca.php
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May 22, 2008
CfP Journal: Gender Relations in the Private Sphere: Post-Communist Transformations
The journal wishes to foster interdisciplinary and international debate on the findings of fieldwork-based research. (See http://www.cisr.ru/laboratorium.en.html for more detail on the journal, and below for submission guidelines.) One of the first issues of Laboratorium will be devoted to gender relations in the private sphere in post-communist countries. Unlike such topics as the women's movement, political participation and representation, or discrimination on the labor market, the private dimensions of gender remain understudied.
The editors are especially interested in studying the transformation of gender hierarchies in private life under the influence of state demographic and family policies, the changing ideological context and the challenges of globalization; in identifying traditional and novel agents of gender control and practices of resistance to such control; and in tracking changes in forms of family organization. We welcome papers on topics such as caregiving, domestic labor, sexuality and reproductive behavior in a gendered perspective, contraception and abortion, gender aspects of intergenerational relations in the family, new practices of motherhood and fatherhood, the impact of the dialectics of power in the private sphere on gender identities, new types of family relations, and subcultural differences in sexual practices.
Papers should be based on empirical work; purely theoretical texts and essays, even on the topics outlined above, are strongly discouraged.
The deadline for submissions is 17 October 2008. All submitted papers are subject to editorial screening and, if eligible, double-blind peer review. Authors should expect to be asked to revise their first drafts, and plan accordingly. All submissions should be e-mailed, in MS Word or RTF format, to Anastasia Tsygankova, managing editor, at n.tsygankova@mail.ru. Questions about this issue may be addressed to Irina Tartakovskaya I_Tartakovskaya@mail.ru; questions about the journal as a whole may be sent to Anastasia Tsygankova or the editor-in-chief, Mischa Gabowitsch mgabowit@princeton.edu.
For formatting guidelines see: http://www.cisr.ru/rules.en.html
If you are a publisher and wish to send us relevant books for review, please mail them to Anastasia Tsygankova, Center for Independent Social Research, 87 Ligovsky prospekt, office 301, Saint Petersburg 191040, Russia, or contact the editors for mailing addresses in other countries.
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May 16, 2008
CfP: Caucasian Review of International Affairs
The CRIA is a Germany-based quarterly peer-reviewed free, non-profit and online academic journal. The Review is committed to promote a better understanding of the regional affairs by providing relevant background information and analysis, as far as the Caucasus in general, and the South Caucasus in particular are concerned. The CRIA also welcomes lucid, well-documented papers on all aspects of international affairs, from all political viewpoints. The paper version of the Review is planned for the next future.
The next issue (Summer 2008) of the CRIA will be published in July 2008. Deadline for submission of papers for the upcoming issue is June 30, 2008. Manuscript guidelines can be found at http://cria-online.org/submit.php
Papers should be mailed to contact@cria-online.org
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CfP Journal: Corruption, Polis
Polis an academic journal published by the European University of Tirana (UET), Albania, would like to invite post – graduate students, researchers and academics in general to submit papers for its sixth issue. The journal is published in Albanian and comes out three times a year. It focuses on issues directly or indirectly related to democratization in general and Albanian democratization in particular. The five previous issues of Polis have focused on political representation, Albanian Euro-skepticism, informality in Albania, the role of the international community in the Albanian democratization, and the crises of representation, respectively. The papers published in the last issues of Polis can be accessed on line at www.revistapolis.com or through the UET website: www.universitetieuropian.com
The sixth issue of Polis will have as its central theme corruption. Corruption has been identified both locally and internationally as one of the major challenges that Albanian democratization and development faces. Every major party and politician has been accused of and has denounced corruption. Furthermore, far from being a peculiarity of the Albanian political scene corruption seems to be a growing problem not only in the former communist countries but even in the most consolidated democracies. Hence, anti-corruption campaigns have been undertaken on constant bases, albeit with disappointing results. The more it is fought the more corruption seems to grow.
It is this phenomenon that the sixth issue of Polis seeks to explore by looking at it from different angles; including but not limited to institutional, structural, discursive, cultural or sociological perspectives. Therefore, we would like to invite submissions that explore different aspects of corruption, in Albania and beyond, from a critical perspective. The aim is to explore corruption not only as an economic but also as a political phenomenon and relate it to the crises of representation. We are open to submissions that focus on corruption in other countries that might be relevant to the Albanian case as well. The papers can be submitted in Albanian or English. If submitted in English and selected for publication they will be translated into Albanian by the Polis staff.
For inquiries, comments, or submissions please send your e-mails to: bkajsi@essex.ac.uk or kajsiu@yahoo.com
Submission deadline: June 20th, 2008
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May 05, 2008
CfP: Romanian Journal of Political Science, Elections in Russia and US
Romanian Journal of Political Science, a journal widely spread in the academic environment from Romania and south-eastern Europe, published by
the Romanian Academic Society, issues a call for articles with submissions expected by October 31st, 2008:
Elections in Russia and US: Russians elected this year a new leadership for the country. Although some analysts claim it is the same leadership as the old, some things are bound to change. More important changes are expected from American elections, whose unfolding has captured the imagination of the whole world. Results of both elections are likely to play an important role for shaping the world of 21st century.
What lessons can we learn by studying the process of these two elections? How does Eastern Europe position itself towards Russia and US after Iraq and Afghanistan? How does Iran play into this equation? Can Central Europe find an alternative to the position of implementing agent of US foreign policies? Is there a role to play for the EU between these two former and still great powers?
Submissions are expected by October 31st,2008.
The publishing language is English. Please use footnotes or endnotes, limit their number to a minimum and use consistently one citation system throughout your article. Electronic submissions are acceptable in Word for Windows at office@sar.org.ro If you prefer snail mail send a floppy disk/CD with the article in Word for Windows and a hard copy at Societatea Academica din Romania, str. Mihai Eminescu 61, Bucuresti, Romania. The ideal length of an article is anywhere between 4000 and 8000 words, but longer articles can be considered on the basis of exceptional merit. Foreign policy scientists writing on Romanian or broader Central European issues are also encouraged to contribute.
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April 28, 2008
CfP Journal: "Language Culture in Contemporary Russia"
Call for Papers
Russian Language Journal will dedicate its 2008 issue (Vol. 58) to the subject of "Language Culture in Contemporary Russia," and would like to invite all scholars with related research interests to submit articles for consideration.
The period from 1985 to the present day has brought about dramatic changes in the shape, sound, and structure of Russian, in the role that language plays in both reflecting and helping to shape public discourse, and in the attitudes that speakers and writers have toward the Russian national tongue and language change in general.
In an effort to explore the contours and ramifications of these changes, RLJ welcomes submissions from colleagues across disciplines on any aspect of the following issues, so long as they are addressed in the context of Russian culture and society from 1985-2007:
* Descriptive analyses of language change in cultural, social,
and/or political context;
* Infusion of foreign loans into contemporary Russian;
* Roles of high (e.g., Church) and low (e.g., colloquial, regional, dialectal, non-standard, vulgar) registers;
* The language of politics and/or politics of language;
* Attitudes (popular, intellectual, or official) toward language
change;
* Creative representations of language change;
* The state and fate of the literary language;
* Language and/of the mass media, as well as the new media.
Authors interested in submitting articles for double-blind peer review should send copies of their completed manuscripts, in English or Russian, by July 1, 2008. Submission guidelines can be found on this website (http://www.russnet.org/rlj/) in the Policies and Submissions section. Please address any questions to rlj@actr.org.
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April 21, 2008
CfP: Journal: SEEU Review, South East European University, Macedonia
SEEU Review, South East European University, Tetovo, Macedonia - Call for Papers, Issue with emphasis on human rights
Application deadline: August 31, 2008
We encourage all those who are researching in the human rights in any field e.g. right to life, right to education, right to freedom of expression, media, right to property, freedom from torture, right to a fair trial etc. Also very welcome will be the papers regarding to the practical issues such as education in human rights, embedding human rights in the curriculum in all subjects. SEEU Review will accept the following types of articles for consideration: research, position papers, white papers, and reviews.
SEEU Review seeks to publish original work that demonstrates currency and relevance to the field of study. Submitted manuscripts must not be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere, and authors must assign copyright to South East European University if the manuscript is selected
for publication.
Please read the guidelines before submitting an article. Authors who have submitted papers that have not been accepted for publication in previous issues are encouraged to submit their papers again using the new guidelines. The submitted article has to be written in English language, and all authors must provide translation of the abstract in both Albanian and Macedonian languages.
More information
E-mail: review@seeu.edu.mk
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