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American, British and Canadian Studies Journal

American, British and Canadian Studies Journal

Publié le par Florian Pennanech (Source : Adriana Neagu)


ABC Studies, the Journal of the Academic Anglophone Society of Romania, is nowaccepting submissions for its December 2011 issue,an open-theme edition featuring our usual selection of critical-creative multidisciplinarywork. We invite contributions in the form of articles, essays, interviews, bookreviews, conference presentations and project outlines that seek to takeAnglophone studies to a new level of enquiry across disciplinary boundaries.

In our upcoming issue, we aim to feature a wider selection of newwriting in English and place stronger emphasis on unconventional insights intothe practice and theory of Creative Writing. ABC's new feature, theacademic diary, presenting reflections on the cultures of the academia asexperienced by the visiting lecturer and the global conference goer offers analternative genre for the distilling and recording of developments of thesubject.

American,British and Canadian Studies appears biannually in Juneand December. It is a peer-reviewed journal that setsout to explore the intersections of culture, technology and the human sciencesin the age of electronic information. It publishes work by scholars ofany nationality on Anglophone Studies, ComparativeLiterary and Cultural Studies, Postcolonial Theory, Social and PoliticalScience, Anthropology, Area Studies, Multimedia and Digital Arts and relatedsubjects. Articles addressing influential crosscurrents in current academicthinking are particularly welcomed. ABCalso publishes book reviews and review essays, interviews, work-in-progress,conference reports, research projects outlines, notes and comments, and,annually, a list of theses on topics related to Anglophone Studies completed atRomanian Universities. To maintain an ongoing dialogue with our readers,we alternate commissioned themed issues, where papers are actively commissionedby the special issue editor, with issues featuring unsolicited submissions thataddress themes of immediate interest to us.

Callsfor papers inviting submissions to the non-commissioned issues are announcedvia the journal's web pages and in the journal itself. Our primary goal is tobring together in trans-cultural dialogue scholars conducting advanced researchin the theoretical humanities. As well as offering innovative approaches toinfluential crosscurrents in current thinking, the journal seeks to contributefresh angles to the academic subject of English and promote groundbreakingresearch across conventional boundaries. Within the proposed range of diversity,our major scope is to provide close examinations and lucid analyses of the roleand future of the academic institutions at the cutting edge of high-tech. Torespond to the increasing demands of ‘acceleration' in the twenty-firstcentury, an electronic edition of the journal is now being made available,offering full access to subscribers, and free access to the tables of contents,abstracts and reviews to non-subscribers. Articles published in ABC are abstracted and indexed on thejournal's website. Detailed guidelines for submission are given on thejournal's website http://abcjournal.ulbsibiu.ro/. Contributions can include: articles, in-depth interviews withboth established and emerging thinkers and writers, notes on groundbreakingresearch, and reviews of recently published fiction and critical works. Tables ofcontents and sample full text articles can be viewed without a subscription andour search feature is publicly available.

Guidelinesfor Contributors

ABC seeks quality submissions of work in the entire spectrum of the humanities. The reviewprocess is blind: articles are sent out to subject specialists forreviewing anonymously and we leave it up to the reviewers to choose whether ornot to reveal themselves to you. Decisions on articles submitted are normallymade within two months. You are strongly encouragedto submit exciting and broad-ranging original articles that have not beenpublished elsewhere, nor are currently under review in any other refereedjournal. We regret we are unable toaccept multiple submissions. You may submit papers that have been presentedin conferences only if the papers have been thoroughly revised or extended toengage a theme that fits the ABCprofile. A chief objective of the journal is to minimise the time for paperprocessing and to expedite printing; therefore, electronic submission of papersin final form is strongly recommended. Please email your contribution to abc.journal@ulbsibiu.ro before the closing date. Alternatively, manuscripts can be submitted via the Scipioplatform (http://scipio.ro).The first page of the manuscript shouldcarry the title, names of authors, institutional affiliations, a brief butdetailed 200-word abstract, and ten key words/concepts. The normal word-limit forarticles is 7500 words including notes. Please include a brief 200-wordbiography for our Notes on Contributors along with contact information. For detailed instructions for preparing yourcontribution and a sense of format, topics of interest to us andtargeted audience, you may wish to consult thejournal's previous issues and style files at http://abcjournal.ulbsibiu.ro. Only articles styled in compliance with thelatest (7th) edition of the MLA Handbook and our SubmissionGuidelines posted on the journal websites will be considered. Please email usif you have any queries. Questions about content should be directed to adriananeagu@lett.ubbcluj.ro.

Deadlinesfor Submissions: ABC is publishedbiannually in December and June. The deadlines for submission of contributionsare September 15 for the winter edition(expected publication: December 15)and March 15 for the summer edition(expected publication: June 15).

Special Issues


Suggestions for special issues are welcome. To propose a special issue, atwo-page proposal should be submitted to Adriana Neagu, Advisory Editor,containing the following information: title; purpose; scope; a list ofprospective contributors; time-table (submission and review deadlines, intendedpublication date); and guest editor's address, phone, fax, and e-mail address.Once approved, the guest editor will be fully responsible for the special issueand should follow the normal review procedure of this journal. Simple proposalsof theme(s) without guest-editing commitment are also welcome and will be givendue consideration. Please attach these to your contributions and email to adriananeagu@lett.ubbcluj.ro.