The Departmentof Italian Studies at the Universityof Bologna (Italy) is now accepting submissionsfor its next issue (n°5/2011) of Scritture migranti, an internationaljournal dedicated to writing on migration.
Interestedscholars should send a complete essay or an abstract of approx. 20 lines byMay 15, 2011 to the editorial committee: redazione.scritturemigranti@unibo.itQuestoindirizzo e-mail è protetto dallo spam bot. Abilita Javascript per vederlo. .
Abstractsshould be in one of the major languages of international exchange and expresslyindicate how the paper or creative work relates to the main themes and goals ofthe journal (see the journal website: http://www.scritturemigranti.it).Abstracts should indicate the section of the journal to which they seek tocontribute. These sections include:
a) Scritture/Writings. Original, unpublished selectionsof prose or poetry to be accompanied by a critical commentary.
b) Letture/Readings.Research articles and essays ofsubstantial length with a socio-literary or comparative perspective.
c) Visioni/Visions.Research articles and essays onthemes of migration in theatre, film, dance, musi, and other art forms.
d) Strumenti/Instruments. Articles with a pertinent focus onmethodology (including articles that merit being translated into Italian).
e) Percorsi/Routes. Reviews or annotated lists of newmaterial in the field, including both primary and secondary texts (especiallytexts that are difficult to locate in Italy),and/or information regarding new seminars, conferences, and book presentationsin Italyand abroad.
Submissionshould also include a brief bio, including past publications.
Acceptedproposals must then be submitted in final form by September 30, 2011.The final submissions should contain no more than 70,000 characters (2,500 perpage) for sections "b" and "c"; and 10,000 characters forsection "e".
Articlesfor the journal are selected according to an anonymous peer review process.
If you haveany questions, please write to redazione.scritturemigranti@unibo.it