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The Journal of the Civil War Era William Blair, Editor Judith Giesberg, Associate Editor Anthony E. Kaye, Associate Editor Aaron-Sheehan Dean, Associate Editor Matthew Isham, Managing Editor William Bryan, Editorial Assistant Published by The University of North Carolina Press in association with the George and Ann Richards Civil War Era Center, The Pennsylvania State University |
Call for Papers for New Journal on Civil War Era
Manuscripts are being solicited for a new, peer-review journal that incorporates a broad view of the Civil War era. Published in collaboration with The University of North Carolina Press and the George and Ann Richards Civil War Era Center at The Pennsylvania State University, The Journal of the Civil War Era will launch its inaugural issue in March 2011. William Blair, of The Pennsylvania State University, serves as founding editor, and Judith Giesberg, Villanova University, Anthony Kaye, The Pennsylvania State University, and Aaron-Sheehan Dean, West Virginia University, as Associate Editors. The new journal will take advantage of the flowering of research on the many issues raised by the sectional crisis, war, Reconstruction, and memory of the conflict, while bringing fresh understanding to the struggles that defined the period, and by extension, the course of American history in the nineteenth century.
Besides offering fresh perspectives on military, political, and legal history of the era, articles, essays, and reviews will attend to such topics as slavery and antislavery, labor and capitalism, popular culture and intellectual history, expansionism and empire, as well as native American, African American, and women’s history. The editors also intend The Journal of the Civil War Era to be a venue for scholars engaged in race, gender, transnational, and the full range of theoretical perspectives that animate historical practice.
The editors are recruiting an editorial board that reflects the wide range of specialties and theoretical engagements that form the scope of this publication. They include Stephen V. Ash, University of Tennessee; Nancy Bercaw, Smithsonian Institution; Stephen Berry, University of Georgia; David Blight, Yale University; Peter Carmichael, Gettysburg College; Gary Gallagher, University of Virginia; Thavolia Glymph, Duke University; Stephanie McCurry, University of Pennsylvania; Tiya Miles, University of Michigan; Christopher Morris, University of Texas at Arlington; Carol Reardon, The Pennsylvania State University; Seth Rockman, Brown University; Leslie Schwalm, University of Iowa; and Nina Silber, Boston University.
The Journal of the Civil War Era has been adopted by the Society of Civil War Historians, providing a substantial readership base that will provide authors with visibility. With registrations for the Society’s conference this June, members will automatically receive a subscription to the journal beginning with the first volume year.
Manuscript submissions and inquiries about guidelines should be sent to William Blair, Editor, The Journal of the Civil War Era, at wab120@psu.edu. All material should be double spaced and not exceed roughly 40 pages, including notes. Electronic submissions are welcome, but please include an attachment that serves as a cover letter with contact information. Queries concerning book reviews should go to Judith Giesberg at judith.giesberg@villanova.edu. The editorial home for the journal is at the Richards Civil War Era Center, The Pennsylvania State University, 108 Weaver Building, University Park, Pa. 16802. For subscriptions and advertising, please contact Suzi Waters at The University of North Carolina Press at suzi_waters@unc.edu.
