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1. CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS “BEST BI SHORT STORIES” (open) 2. Feminisms of the Global South (working title) (open) 3. Gendered Perspectives on International Development (open) 4. Historical Encyclopedia of Women’s Reproductive Lives: From Ancient to Modern (open) 5. Journal of American Culture
Theme Issue: The Greening -- or not -- of America – (open) 6. Journal of International Women's Studies (open) 7. Journal of Women\'s Intercultural Leadership (open) 8. Library Management Tips That Work (open) 9. NWSA Journal (open) 10. Qui Parle (open) 11. Women's Studies International Forum (open) 12. Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal (open) |
January (jump) |
February (jump) 1. Race/Ethnicity: Multidisciplinary Global Contexts (February 28th, 2010) |
March (jump) 1. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society (March 1st, 2010) 2. Women and the Media: Diverse Perspectives, Volume 2 (March 1st, 2010) 3. A Queer Gaze: Media and the Gloal GLBT Community (March 1st, 2010) |
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May (jump) 1. Mothering, Bereavement, Loss and Grief JARM Vol. 12.2 (May 1st, 2010) |
June (jump) 1. Mothering: Anthropological Perspectives (June 10th, 2010) 2. Unfinished Revolutions: Special Issue of Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society (June 30th, 2010) |
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| October (jump) 1. The Body in Breast Cancer (October 1st, 2010) |
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1. CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS “BEST BI SHORT STORIES” Editors: Sheela Lambert Theme: What is a bi short story?
Suggested Topics: All genres such as fantasy, science-fiction, romance, historical, mystery, western, vampires, etc. as well as contemporary fiction are encouraged.
Guidelines: Requirements & Publishing Info:
CFP Address: Submit as attachment along with bio pasted at end of story to: Contact: Sheela Lambert Telephone:
2. Feminisms of the Global South (working title) Editors: Sanjukta Ghosh and Patricia van der Spuy Theme: The book will provide accessible descriptions and explanations of key feminist movements and theories within the global South, setting them in their historical and geopolitical contexts, demonstrating historical and current connections. The book will focus on three regions: South Asia, Africa and Latin America. It is not an anthology, but rather it will translate difficult theoretical concepts into language that is more accessible to undergraduates. Suggested Topics: The current authors are academics teaching women’s and gender studies at a small undergraduate teaching college. We seek a co-author with expertise in Latin American feminisms, for a companion to general undergraduate textbooks in both Women’s Studies and World History. Guidelines: As currently conceptualized, the book will consist of three sections, each focusing on one core region. Each section will consist of a broad thematic overview of feminist movements within the particular region, followed by two chapters, each one providing an analysis of feminism within one particular country in ways accessible to undergraduate readers. Each chapter would be approximate 5000 words in length.
CFP Address: Email only Contact: Telephone:
3. Gendered Perspectives on International Development Editors: Anne Ferguson, editor
Anna Jefferson, managing editor Theme: Gendered Perspectives on International Development (GPID) publishes scholarly work on global social, political, and economic change and its gendered effects in the Global South. GPID cross-cuts disciplines, bringing together research, critical analyses, and proposals for change.
Suggested Topics: Individual papers in the series address a range of topics including gender, violence, and human rights; gender and agriculture; reproductive health and healthcare; gender and social movements; masculinities and development; and the gendered division of labor. We particularly encourage manuscripts that bridge the gap between research, policy, and practice. Published WID papers can be accessed at: http://www.wid.msu.edu/resources/publications.htm. Guidelines: If you are interested in submitting a manuscript to the Working Papers series, please send a 150 word abstract summarizing the paper’s essential points and findings to Dr. Anne Ferguson, Editor, or Anna Jefferson, Managing Editor, at papers@msu.edu. If the abstract suggests your paper is suitable for the Working Papers, the full paper will be invited for peer review and publication consideration. CFP Address: 206 International Center
Contact: Anna Jefferson, Managing Editor Telephone: Anna Jefferson/517-353-5040
4. Historical Encyclopedia of Women’s Reproductive Lives: From Ancient to Modern Editors: Sharmain van Blommestein Theme: The encyclopedia will condense and document “all” information related to women’s reproductive lives (menstruation, birth, menopause etc) via literature, history, and culture/pop culture from ancient to contemporary times. Suggested Topics: Topics include art and performing art, literature (ancient to modern), juvenile literature, law, medicine/gynecology and obstetrics, birth control and abortion, anorexia, American and world history, film and media, race/class/poverty and ethnicity, family, social work, economics and business, social mores/taboos and rituals, prostituion, the military/WWI & II, and more. Guidelines: Please contact the Editor (Dr. Sharmain van Blommestein) for further information on specific entry topics and guidelines. Faculty, grad students, and independent scholars are welcome to contribute. CFP Address: Email inquiries only Contact: Sharmain van Blommestein Telephone: Sharmain van Blommestein
5. Journal of American Culture Theme Issue: The Greening -- or not -- of America – Editors: Jane Caputi and Suzanne Kelly Theme: At the focus of this special issue is the global environmental crisis now sometimes being faced – and undeniably also sometimes being denied. What are its implications for the culture of the United States ? America , because of its position as the world’s dominant military superpower and consumer of resources, occupies a critical role in the environmental crisis. In this special issue, we seek contributions from a range of interdisciplinary environmental thinkers, dreamers and practitioners. Essays can, for example, address an environmental practitioner or thinker, an idea, issue, philosophy or form of activism, historical or current. They can examine explicitly environmental texts, provide new readings of texts not generally understood as “green,” and/or also take the form of a “manifesto.” They can explore “green” understandings of such basics as birth, food, community, sex, health, sickness, spirituality, and death. We particularly welcome essays based in ecological feminist and transnational perspectives and in awareness of the intersections of environmental devastations with all forms of social injustice. Suggested Topics: Guidelines: Submissions, generally 15-25 pages in length, are to be original scholarly manuscripts formatted according to MLA style guidelines using in-text citations with author's name and page number. Endnotes and works cited should appear at the end of the paper. In light of space limitations, please avoid excessive use of endnotes. CFP Address: The Journal of American Culture, Virginia Wesleyan College , 1584 Wesleyan Drive , Norfolk , VA 23502.
Contact: Jane Caputi or Suzanne Kelly Telephone:
6. Journal of International Women's Studies Editors: Diana Fox, Executive Editor
Suzanne Baker, Book Review Editor Theme: The Journal of International Women's Studies (JIWS) is currently accepting book reviews for possible publication. JIWS is an on-line, open-access, peer reviewed journal that provides a forum for scholars, activists, and students to explore the relationship between feminist theory and various forms of organizing. The journal seeks both multidisciplinary and cross-cultural perspectives. Through its diverse collection, the journal aims to create an opportunity for building bridges across the conventional divides of scholarship and activism; "western" and "third world" feminisms; professionals and students; men and women. Suggested Topics: JIWS accepts book review submissions that have not been previously published or that are not currently under consideration by other journals or publications. Book review articles may vary and range from 1,000 to 2,500 words. For further information on the style and content required for the books reviews, please see website. Guidelines: CFP Address: Book reviews must be sent via E-mail as attachments in Microsoft Word only to:
Contact: Suzanne Baker Telephone: Suzanne Baker
7. Journal of Women\'s Intercultural Leadership Editors: Julie Storme and Catherine Pittman Theme: The Journal of Women’s Intercultural Leadership serves as a resource for scholars and practitioners who seek to bring intercultural perspectives and practices to their classes, research, programs, or institutions. This refereed journal focuses on women’s studies, leadership development, and intercultural education (including international and domestic multicultural) and the complex interdisciplinary intersections between these disciplines to yield a distinctive, interconnected synthesis of ideas and best practices. The Journal contains articles, discussion forums, and book reviews.
Suggested Topics: Guidelines: Go to www.saintmarys.edu/cwil/jwil CFP Address: Journal of Women\\\'s Intercultural Leadership
Contact: Julie Storme or Catherine Pittman Telephone: Julie Storme or Catherine Pittman 574.284.4051
8. Library Management Tips That Work Editors: Carol Smallwood Theme: Chapters sought for an anthology by practicing academic, public, school, special librarians sharing their experiences about librarians as managers. Concise, how-to case studies, using bullets, headings, sidebars by librarians based on successful management employing innovation. Suggested Topics: Possible topics: staff flex hours, financial planning, administration skills, public relations, time management, library boards, partnering, library manuals, professional ethics, innovative technology, handling employees, volunteers. Guidelines: No previously published, simultaneously submitted material. To receive a “go-ahead”, please e-mail 1-4 topics each described in 2-4 sentences by February 7, 2010 along with a 85-90 word bio with: your name, library of employment, city/state location, employment title, where you got your degree, awards, publications, and career highlights. If co-authored, each of the two librarian-writers will need a separate bio. You will be contacted as soon as possible telling you which of your topics are not duplications, inviting you to e-mail your submission; an invitation doesn’t guarantee acceptance. One chapter 2400-2500 words; or two chapters (preferred) divided to total 2400-2500 words. Chapters welcomed by one librarian, or if co-authored by the same two librarians. CFP Address: Contact: Carol Smallwood Telephone:
9. NWSA Journal Editors: Becky Ropers-Huilman Theme: The NWSA Journal, a peer-reviewed scholarly publication of the National Women’s Studies Association, is committed to providing a forum in which the research of feminist scholars, established and new, results in critical dialogue. We invite submission of articles in all areas related to Women’s Studies, with emphasis on diversity and internationalism. Articles from all disciplines are welcome; however, writers should keep in mind that the NWSA Journal has a multi-disciplinary audience. We will also consider reports, book reviews, archives, and personal scholarship that engage in a feminist perspective. Our current rate of acceptance is 20%. Suggested Topics: • Women in international perspectives; e.g. place and diaspora studies, immigration
Guidelines: Send one e-copy and two print copies of your manuscript (20-30 pages, doubled spaced), with parenthetical notes and complete references page formatted according to the Chicago Manual of Style CFP Address: Becky Ropers-Huilman, Editor
Contact: Managing editor, Brenda Macon Telephone: Brenda Macon, 225.578.6906
10. Qui Parle Editors: Diana Anders, Nima Bassiri, Michelle Branch, Kelvin Black, Peter Skafis Theme: Qui Parle, an interdisciplinary journal of the humanities, arts and social sciences, is currently accepting general submissions for upcoming issues. Since its inception in 1986, the print journal has explored questions of language and textuality, theories of subjectivity, aesthetics, gender studies, critical theory and postcolonial theory. In recent years, the journal has expanded upon its original affiliation with literary criticism and Continental philosophy in order to feature articles from the human sciences, including the philosophy of science, anthropology, and sociology. This dilation enables even greater possibilities for comparative examinations of critical questions of concern for the humanities and social sciences alike, including: cultural alterity, the politics of visual culture, secularity and religion, nationalisms, political violence, migration and diaspora, questions of psychological development and trauma, the politics of memory, the historical anthropology of science, and modes of non-European or Anglo-American intelligibility. Suggested Topics: The publication history of qui parle is replete with significant figures in recent multi-disciplinary scholarship, including Giorgio Agamben, Benedict Anderson, Judith Butler, Hans Blumenberg, Hélène Cixous, Jacques Derrida, Michael Hardt, Alphonso Lingis, Achille Mbembe, Jean-Luc Nancy, Denise Riley, Loïc Wacquant, and Slavoj Zizek,. Qui Parle is dedicated not only to fostering dialogue and critical thought, but to introducing hitherto under-examined analytic modes, as well as hitherto underrepresented thinkers. Guidelines: Please contact the editors if you are interested in submitting an article for Qui Parle or if you have any further questions about the journal. For more information please visit Qui Parle at the Indiana University Press at http://inscribe.iupress.org/loi/qui or at http://quiparle.berkeley.edu
CFP Address: Inquiries or submission can be sent in hard copy or electronically to:
Contact: Diana Anders, Nima Bassiri, Michelle Branch, Kelvin Black, Peter Skafish Telephone: Diana Anders
11. Women's Studies International Forum Editors: Christine Zmroczek, Editor in Chief
Denise Roman, European Editor Theme: Articles discussing gender/women/sexualities in Western Europe and in Eastern Europe, particularly within transnational/globalization frameworks, including the new identity of Europe as European Union and its extension toward Eastern Europe. Suggested Topics: Guidelines: Please consult the journal\'s style before making any submissions Guidelines CFP Address: On line only : Contact: Denise Roman, Ph.D., WSIF European Editor Telephone:
12. Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Editors: Sharon Becker, Yvonne Flack Theme: Women\'s Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal invites submissions for its 2009-2010 editorial year. Women\'s Studies provides a forum for the presentation of scholarship and criticism about women in the fields of literature, history, art, sociology, law, political science, economics, anthropology and the sciences. We encourage scholars from all disciplines to submit articles based in film, television, literature, art, or other media. Women\'s Studies also publishes creative fiction, creative non-fiction, and book reviews. Submissions for cover art or art essays are always welcome.
Suggested Topics: Guidelines: Each manuscript must be accompanied by a statement that it has not been published elsewhere and that it has not been submitted simultaneously for publication elsewhere. All manuscripts must be formatted according to MLA guidelines. Essays should be approximately 25 pages in length. Authors should also supply a shortened version of the title for a running head, not exceeding 50 character spaces, an abstract of approximately 100 words, the author\'s affiliation and location. Each submitted article must contain author\'s mailing address, telephone number, e-mail, and a short biographical paragraph. CFP Address: Send a cover letter, three copies of the manuscript, and a copy on disk to:
Contact: Sharon Becker Telephone:
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1. Race/Ethnicity: Multidisciplinary Global Contexts Editors: Georgina Dodge, Andrew Grant-Thomas, Leslie Shortlidge Theme: This issue explores the multiple points where race and gender intersect across the globe, the range of consequences that meets those intersections, and the dynamics that occur at those intersections.
Suggested Topics: Topics of inquiry may include, but are not limited to, the following:
Guidelines:
CFP Address: Race/Ethnicity Editor
Contact: Leslie Shortlidge
Andrew Grant-Thomas Telephone: Leslie Shortlidge: 614-292-4817
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1. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society Editors: Mary Hawkesworth Theme: The University of Chicago Press is pleased to announce the competition for the 2011 Catharine Stimpson Prize for Outstanding Feminist Scholarship. Named in honor of the founding editor of Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, the Catharine Stimpson Prize is designed to recognize excellence and innovation in the work of emerging feminist scholars.
Suggested Topics: Guidelines: Eligibility: Feminist scholars in the early years of their careers (less than seven years since receipt of the terminal degree) are invited to submit papers for the Stimpson Prize. Papers may be on any topic that falls within the broad rubric of interdisciplinary feminist scholarship. Papers submitted for the prize must be no longer than 10,000 words and must conform to the guidelines for Signs contributors. Guidelines for submission are available at http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/Signs/instruct.html.
CFP Address: http://signs.edmgr.com Contact: Telephone: Bahia Munem 732-932-2842 Deanna Utroske 732-932-2841
2. Women and the Media: Diverse Perspectives, Volume 2 Editors: Theresa Carilli and Jane Campbell Theme: deadline extended:
Suggested Topics: Guidelines: Please send abstract. Article must be written in APA style. 15-25 pages double-spaced (sources included) CFP Address: Professor Theresa Carilli, Purdue University Calumet, Communication Department, Hammond, IN 46323 Contact: Theresa Carilli Telephone: Theresa Carilli/ 219-989-2628
3. A Queer Gaze: Media and the Gloal GLBT Community Editors: Theresa Carilli and Jane Campbell Theme: We are seeking research and essays that address how the glbt communities are represented in the media, both in the US and around the world. Suggested Topics: We would like to hear from scholars and activists how these communities are silenced or given voice through the media. Guidelines: Send abstract. Final paper should be 15-25 pages in length, APA style. CFP Address: Theresa Carilli, Purdue University Calumet, Communication Department, Hammond, IN 46323
Contact: Theresa Carilli Telephone:
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1. Mothering, Bereavement, Loss and Grief JARM Vol. 12.2 Editors: The Journal of the Association for Research on Mothering (JARM) Theme: The journal will explore the topic of Mothering, Bereavement, Loss and Grief from a variety of perspectives and disciplines. We welcome submissions from scholars, students, social workers, health care workers, and other professionals and community workers. Cross-cultural, historical and comparative work is encouraged. We also welcome creative reflections such as poetry, short stories, and artwork on the subject. Suggested Topics: the grief process; social and cultural support, bereavement self-help and peer-support; bereavement counseling and therapy; ‘good grief’; the role of health care workers; spiritual care; loss through reproductive and prenatal technology; loss through miscarriage, stillbirth, infant loss, SIDS; postnatal depression; death of a child through illness, accident, suicide, or homicide; missing or abducted children; death of an adult child through AIDS, in the military, or through violence; infanticide; child loss and teen moms; lesbians and child loss; bereavement, grief and depression; mothering after losing one’s own parent; representations of grief and bereavement in culture and the media; identity of grieving mothers; foster mothers, stepmothers, othermothers; grief following a child’s disability diagnosis; loss of potential motherhood through infertility or abortion; mothers without custody, loss of child to child protection agencies, or incarceration; motherless daughters and sons; divorce; loss of stepchildren through divorce; adoption; measuring loss; matricide.. and more. Guidelines: Articles should be 15-18 pages (3750 words) including references.
CFP Address: Association for Research on Mothering (ARM)
Contact: Renée Knapp Telephone: Renée Knapp, Journal of the Association for Research on Mothering (JARM), 416-736-2100 ext 60366. Email correspondence preferred.
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1. Mothering: Anthropological Perspectives Editors: Michelle Walks
Naomi McPherson Theme: This anthology will explore the topic and experiences of mothering from a cross-cultural perspective. Although it will primarily focus on cultural anthropological work, we welcome submissions from all four fields in anthropology (linguistic, physical/biological, archeology, and cultural). We encourage writings of recent fieldwork, welcoming the representations of local and global perspectives, and writings that represent all points of the insider-outsider spectrum, including auto-ethnography. Writing styles may vary from field notes to ethnographic fiction to traditional academic writing to poetry to photographic representations. While ethnographic (research-based) submissions will make up the majority of the volume, theoretical submissions are also welcome. The intent is to compile works of geographical and experiential diversity that demonstrate various family forms, as well as styles, contexts and problems of mothering, from an anthropological perspective. We would like to focus on the strengths, empowerment, and agency of mothering. Please note that the editors embrace a broad, inclusive understanding of “mothering”.
Suggested Topics: Mothering in immigrant and/or refugee communities; mothering in locales of war and/or terror and/or perpetual protest; rural and urban mothering; mothering after the loss of a child and/or miscarriage and/or abortion; the relationship of mothering to infertility and/or miscarriage; the relationship of mothering to NRTs; Indigenous mothering; queer mothering; mothering in communes and/or communal mothering; feminist mothering in the West and/or globally; mothering done by nannies, siblings, aunts, grandparents, co-parents, fathers, non-biological parents, step-mothering; surrogate mothering; primate mothering; allomothering; archeological research on/related to mothering; mothering “in the field”; mothering and the internet; mothering and dis/ability; political and/or activist mothering; mothering in multicultural/multi-racial/multi-ethnic families; mothering & post-partum depression and/or dealing with other mental health issues. Guidelines: Submissions should be 4000-5000 words (15-20 pages) (inc. notes + sources).
CFP Address: Demeter Press c/o
Contact: Michelle Walks
Naomi McPherson Telephone: Renée Knapp 416-736-2100 ext 60366...email directly to the editors preferred.
2. Unfinished Revolutions: Special Issue of Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society Editors: Phillip Rothwell Theme: Revolutions have been a hallmark of modernity, celebrating the transformation of hierarchies and established social relations; the death of traditions; and the emergence of new classes, identities, subjectivities, sexualities, nations, technologies, sciences, methodologies, and ideologies. Yet despite the creative energies unleashed with the initiation of revolutionary change, the completion of revolutionary projects seems remarkably rare. As its etymology suggests, revolution may refer to apparent movement, the action of turning, a return or repetition, or a discursive shift as often as it does to an instance of great change or a complete overthrow of established relations.
Suggested Topics: For this special issue, we invite feminist explorations of the intricacies of unfinished revolutions, whether situated in the context of cultural, demographic, epistemic, historical, methodological, national, political, scientific, sociological, or technological frames. We welcome submissions that creatively deploy feminist analytical categories to enrich under-standings of the dynamics, effects, implications, and consequences of unfinished revolutions. Guidelines: The deadline for submissions is June 30, 2010. The issue will appear in winter 2012. Guidelines for submission are available at http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/Signs/instruct.html. CFP Address: http://signs.edmgr.com Contact: Bahia Munem
Deanna Utroske Telephone: Bahia Munem 732-932-2842 Deanna Utroske 732-932-2841
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1. The Body in Breast Cancer Editors: Nadine Ehlers and Shiloh Krupar
Georgetown University Theme: Social Semiotics invites submissions to a special issue “The Body in Breast Cancer” in order to mobilize new critical interventions into the materiality of breast cancer.
Suggested Topics: We are especially interested in accounts of queer, non-white, crip, male, classed bodies, and other particularities of subjecthood, that explore the practices of the technologized body in breast cancer at the level of machine and science, and imagined through biotech, the cyborg, cybernetics, prostheses, biometrics, and so forth.
Guidelines: We invite traditional essays as well as a variety of alternative forms: short performative pieces, short critical etymologies, visual essays, case studies. We are hoping to put together a range of different submissions for this issue in order to encourage unorthodox approaches to breast cancer.
CFP Address: specialissuebreast@gmail.com Contact: Social Semiotics Telephone:
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