Fwd: CFP: JIPCHS (Journal of Imperial and Post-Colonial Historical Studies)

[Ono Seiko and Aaron Gerow]

A cross-post that may interest some of you:

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Call For Papers: Journal of Imperial and Post-Colonial Historical Studies

History, the study of the human past, stands at the nexus of the 
humanities
and social sciences. Its scholars must address the quintessentially human
forms of expression found in the arts and how their practitioners have
approached them. At the same time, however, because historians study 
people
in groups, they cannot ignore developments in the social sciences.
Additionally, increasing interest in environmental history requires that
those scholars who seek to explore the changing relationships between 
human
societies and their surrounding physical environs must be familiar with 
the
methodological practices of the natural sciences as well.

The editors of the _Journal of Imperial and Post-Colonial Historical
Studies_ (JIPCHS) seek to combine traditional historical approaches with
more contemporary methods used by scholars from a wide array of
disciplines. We have chosen the themes of imperial and post-colonial
studies because they lend themselves readily to a broad range of
perspectives and  approaches, and, significantly, because they are
applicable to every region where a human society has developed at some
point in time. They encourage discussions of state formation and 
diplomacy,
yet do not preclude issues of race, gender, or class.

JIPCHS is a new semi-annual journal for recent Ph.D.'s and graduate
students to expand the limits of colonial and post-colonial studies by
incorporating interdisciplinary methods into their works. Comparative
approaches are especially encouraged. JIPCHS welcomes a wide range of
academic inquiry from scholars around the world. Contributors address
issues of statecraft, social change, cultural interaction, and economic
relations within the historical context of imperialism and colonialism in
any region of the world and in any time period, from antiquity to the
present. Topics for consideration include, but are not limited to:
colonization and decolonization, domination and resistence, film/cinema,
foreign policy, information media (print and/or electronic), intellectual
movements/history, literature, medicine/medical history, methodologies,
migration, missionaries and/or religious change, servitude, state 
formation
and expansion, women and states/law.

Manuscripts should be based on primary sources or a wide range of relevant
literature; approximately 6,000 words (25 pages) exclusive of endnotes;
typed, double-spaced, in Times New Roman 12-point font, with one inch
margins. Footnotes should conform to the 14th edition of _The Chicago
Manual of Style_ (especially Chapter 15), and should be references to 
cited
material only, not textual or bibliographic commentaries. Manuscripts that
have been published elsewhere or that are under consideration for
publication elsewhere will not be considered.

In an effort to include the works of scholars whose native language is not
English, or who are multilingual, JIPCHS will accept manuscripts submitted
in any language. The author, however, must provide a copy of an English
translation. JIPCHS will publish the English language text in the journal
and post the original language text on its web site. Foreign language
manuscripts must meet the same criteria stated for articles submitted to
JIPCHS.

JIPCHS is a fully-refereed publication that uses a double-blind (i.e.,
anonymous) process to evaluate manuscript submissions. Evaluations,
accordingly, will require three to five months, although in some
exceptional cases they may take longer. Copies of manuscripts will be
returned only to those authors who provide self-addressed, stamped
envelopes. If a manuscript is accepted for publication it will be edited
for organization, clarity, and consistency. Copy-edited versions will be
sent to the authors for approval before the finished article goes to 
press.
Additional information is available on the JIPCHS web site
(http://www.h-net.msu.edu/JIPCHS).

Send three (3) copies of the manuscript and all correspondence to:

_Journal of Imperial and Post-Colonial Historical Studies_
c/o Department of History
301 Morrill Hall
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1036
jipchs at pilot.msu.edu