Publishing Opportunities

Call for Abstracts for essays for inclusion in the inaugural volume of the series Medieval and Early Modern Cultural Exchanges : The British Isles and the Low Countries. (Series under negotiation with Brepols.) Volume 1: Across the Channels : Visual and Textual Culture 1477-1580. Essays should address cultural exchanges between the British Isles, Burgundy, and the Low Countries from 1477 through 1580. Possible areas might include: Drama, Caxton and print culture, Manuscript culture, Paintings : their production and exportation, Particular individuals, Cultural materials, Devotional treatises, Tapestries, Miniatures. Final essays will be limited to approximately 8,000 words (excluding notes). Please send abstracts by May 1, 2006. Final essays will be due May 1, 2007. Send enquiries and/or 300-word abstracts by e-mail to either Erin Griffey (e.griffey@auckland.ac.nz) or Tracy Adams (t.adams@auckland.ac.nz).

Call for Papers: Journal of the Holy Roman Empire
http://www.jhre.org
The Journal of the Holy Roman Empire is a peer-reviewed e-journal that offers original research on the history and culture of the Empire. We welcome contributions from all avenues of historical inquiry, including but certainly not limited to political, art, military, religious, gender, social, and economic history. The goal of JHRE is to foster scholarship on historical issues that cross the boundaries of the modern nation-state and of historiographical periodization. We encourage submissions with either a local or Empire-wide focus, but we especially hope to provide a forum for research that concerns more than one modern state or that considers Empire-wide institutions, culture, or history. The Journal of the Holy Roman Empire is a biannual publication, issued under the auspices of the Society for the Study of the Holy Roman Empire. In preparation for our first issue, we invite the submission of academic articles on the Holy Roman Empire. Contributions should be original work that has not been published previously and has not been simultaneously submitted to other journals for publication. Articles should include an abstract of not more than 150 words, written in English, that clearly defines the thesis of the work. The full address of the author, including email address, and the title of the work should appear on a separate title page. Manuscripts should ordinarily be between 6000-8000 words, but may be no longer than 10,000 words (excluding notes). Please send all submissions in electronic form (WS Word or RTF format) via email attachment to jhreditors@gmail.com.

Material Religion: The Journal of Objects, Art and Belief

From Shinto temples to rosary beads, thangka paintings to missionary tracts, mass-produced posters to gravestones, religion is a material process. Charged with culturally-specific sacred meanings, religious objects have been used for purposes of worship, commemoration, art, and even subversion, and have been at the root of some of the world’s most hotly contested struggles.

Material Religion seeks to explore how religion happens in material culture – images, devotional and liturgical objects, architecture and sacred space, works of art and mass-produced artifacts. No less important than these material forms are the many different practices that put them to work. Ritual, communication, ceremony, instruction, meditation, propaganda, pilgrimage, display, magic, liturgy and interpretation constitute many of the practices whereby religious material culture constructs the worlds of belief. Material Religion is now seeking contributions for our first issues in Spring, Summer, and Autumn, 2005. The editors invite submissions that address the scholarly and museological study of the material practices of religion. The scope of investigation is unrestricted: original scholarly examinations of any religious tradition, spiritual practice or form of material culture are welcome.

Highly visual in terms of content and in color throughout, this refereed journal seeks also to bridge the worlds of scholarship and museum practice, and to support all those seeking, at whatever level, to understand and explain the relationships between objects, art and belief. Also invited are nominations and self-nominations for reviewers of books and exhibitions. Should you have an article you would like to submit, please write to Brent Plate at Material Religion, Department of Religion, Box 298100, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX 76129, USA, b.plate@tcu.edu

http://hortulus.net/ - Welcome to Hortulus, an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed, Web-based journal of medieval studies, founded and published biannually by an international board of graduate students.

http://www.waspress.co.uk/journals/artontheline/ - Art on the Line

Art de l’enluminure - Art de l’enluminure is a new quarterly periodical developed to publish work on the chefs-d’œuvre of illuminated manuscripts. Published by Art et Métiers du Livre, it invites scholarly work that appeals to a broad audience. Each issue will deal with one or more manuscripts in their totality, with many color illustrations. The editorial board includes Jonathan Alexander, François Avril, Albert Châtelet, Claudine Chavannes-Mazel, Monique Cohen, Jim Marrow, Patricia Stirneman, and Robert Sukale. Inquiries and submissions should be sent to Art de l’enluminure, 110, ave. de Villiers, 75017 Paris, France (redaction@art-metiers-du-livre.com; http://art-metiers-du-livre.com).

Boydell and Brewer - Boydell and Brewer have announced two new series of annual volumes. The first will alternate between the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries and will provide a forum for the most recent research into the political, social, ecclesiastical, and cultural history of those centuries in England. Its editors are actively seeking submissions. Inquiries and manuscripts regarding the fourteenth century should be sent to Mark Ormrod, Centre for Medieval Studies, Centre for Medieval Studies, York Y01 7EP, U.K. The second, edited by Linda Clark, will be devoted to the most recent research on the fifteenth century (and may carry the debate into the sixteenth century). Submissions should be sent to contact Linda Clark, c/o History of Parliament, 15 Woburn Sq., London WC1H 0NS, U.K. (lclark@histparl.ac.uk).

Commentaria: Sacred Texts and Their Interpretation in Medieval Judaism, Christianity and Islam - The editors of Commentaria: Sacred Texts and Their Interpretation in Medieval Judaism, Christianity and Islam invite manuscripts on topics touching the interpretation of sacred texts in the traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Published annually by E. J. Brill, the journal welcomes articles examining specific medieval writers, cross-tradition studies, theoretical issues, modern interpreters/methods, and other appropriate topics. Commentaria gives broad interpretation to the medieval period, encompassing Late Antiquity through the fifteenth century C.E. For further information, please contact the editors: Michael Signer (Michael.A.Signer.1@nd.edu); Lesley Smith (lesley.smith@history.oxford.ac.uk); or Grover Zinn (grover.zinn@oberlin.edu).

The Heroic Age: A Journal of Medieval Northwestern Europe - The Heroic Age: A Journal of Medieval Northwestern Europe is a free, on-line journal aimed at both scholars and amateurs interested in Britain, Ireland, and their North Sea neighbors from the Late Roman Empire to the advent of the Norman Empire. The editors are encouraging submissions of articles, essays, book and film reviews, conference papers, biographies, and selected reprints. Submissions must generally focus on early Medieval Northwestern Europe and its relations with the rest of Europe, although occasional special-topic issues will be published. Submissions for regular issues are accepted on a continual basis. Contact: Michelle Ziegler ZieglerM@slu.edu; http://www.members.aol.com/heroicage1/homepage.html; http://www.mun.ca/mst/heroicage/.

Iconographica: Rivista di iconografia medievale e moderna / Journal of Medieval and Modern Iconography, is a new journal co-edited by Michele Bacci and Fabio Bisogni. Its goal is to become a forum for diverse disciplinary approaches to the study of images, with contributions from iconographers, art historians, and both medieval and modern historians of hagiography and literature. For further information or to subscribe to the Iconographica mailing list, send an email to the editorial board at iconographica@unisi.it..

JEGP, known to some of us for decades as the Journal of English and Germanic Philology, has now become an inter-disciplinary journal for Medieval English, Germanic, and Celtic studies. The editors intend the word “medieval” to be understood as potentially including “the earliest documentary and archeological evidence for Germanic and Celtic languages and cultures; the literatures and cultures of the early and high Middle Ages in Britain, Ireland, Germany, and Scandinavia; and any continuities and transitions linking the medieval and post-medieval eras, including modern ‘medievalisms’ and the history of Medieval Studies.” The journal also welcomes explorations of theoretical questions and scholarly debates on periodization, disciplinary identity, and methodology.

Journal of the Early Book Society - The Journal of the Early Book Society for the Study of Manuscripts and Printing History (JEBS) publishes several substantial articles (35–40 pages) in each volume with emphasis on the period of transition from manuscript to print. This annual's main focus is on English and Continental works produced from 1350 to 1550. JEBS 9 is scheduled to appear in the summer of 2006. Notes on recent discoveries (4–10 pages), highlighting little-known or recently uncovered texts or images may be sent to Linne Mooney (mooney@maine.edu). Brief descriptions (150–450 words) of little or lesser-known collections and libraries of interest to the Society are always welcome and may be sent to the editor, Martha Driver, Early Book Society, English Dept., Pace Univ., 41 Park Row, New York, NY, 10038 (mdriver@pace.edu). Essays must include endnotes and a full Works Cited list. A limited number of illustrations may be included (with complete captions and permissions citations); xeroxes of these should be sent with the essay.

Medievalia et Humanistica: Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Culture - Medievalia et Humanistica, volume 32 (2005), is now in preparation and open to contributions from all sources. The editorial board welcomes scholarly, critical, or interdisciplinary articles of significant interest on relevant material and urges contributors to communicate in a clear and concise style the larger implications, in addition to the material of their research, with documentation held to a minimum. Articles in English may be submitted to the Managing Editor, Medievalia et Humanistica, P.O. Box 28428, Austin, TX 78755-8428. Inquiries concerning subscriptions to the new series, should be addressed to the publisher, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 4501 Forbes Blvd., Suite 200, Lanham, MD 20706.

The Northern World: North Europe and the Baltic c. 400–1700 A.D. Peoples Economies and Cultures. - Peoples Economies and Cultures is a new series established by Brill as a northern counterpart its Medieval Mediterranean series. It is intended to encompass all historical disciplines, and to provide an opportunity for the publication of scholarly studies concerning the culture, economy, and society of northern lands from the early medieval to the early modern period. Scholarly contributions on a wide range of disciplines are invited: all historical subjects, every branch of archaeology, saga studies, language topics including place-names, art history and architecture, sculpture and numismatics. A primary aim is to bring forward high-caliber studies from Germany and Scandinavia and make them accessible to readers of English. Brill expects to publish two new volumes per year. The books will be between 250 and 400 pages, some with illustrations. Contact: Barbara Crawford, Dept. of Medieval History, St. Salvator’s College, Univ. of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife KY16 9AL, Scotland (bec@st-andrews.ac.uk).

Ohio State University Press - Ohio State University Press welcomes proposals for book-length manuscripts in medieval and Renaissance studies, focusing on one or more of the following areas: gender and sexuality, literature, literary theory, and the classical tradition. Prospective authors are invited to submit proposals which include a detailed summary, a table of contents, a projected word count and date of completion, and a c.v. Contact: Eugene O'Connor, Managing Editor, Ohio State University Press, 180 Pressey Hall, 1070 Carmack Road, Columbus, OH 43210 USA (o'connor.136@osu.edu; http://www.ohiostatepress.org).

Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching - The editors of Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching (SMART) invite submissions to this journal of essays reflecting changes in the kinds of assistance teachers need to enhance understanding of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Since we believe that excellent research and inspired teaching must be twin aspects of a revived Medieval/Renaissance curriculum, SMART essays are both scholarly and pedagogical, informative and practical. To ensure interdisciplinary consistency for SMART, contributors should format manuscripts according to the most recent edition of The Chicago Manual of Style. Papers vary greatly in length but typically are at least seven double-spaced pages. Discursive notes should be held to a minimum to facilitate an easily readable text. The concept of intellectual rigor requires that information of the type often relegated to notes be integrated with the main discussion, while the practical needs of teachers require that information about texts and sources appropriate to students at all levels be included in the text or works cited. In balancing the need for documentation with that for practicality, we urge your cooperation. Essays submitted for publication should be sent double-spaced in triplicate, along with an IBM-compatible file on disk to Kristie Bixby, General Editor, SMART, Academic Affairs and Research, Wichita State Univ. 1845 Fairmount, Wichita, KS 67260-0013 USA (316-978-3735; fax 316-978-3739; kristie.bixby@wichita.edu).

Women's Arts News - Women's Arts News seeks 400-700 word biographies of women artists in any time period. Contact: Women's Arts News, Women's Studio Center Inc., PO Box 56155, Woolsey Station, Long Island City, NY 11105 (718-274-9585; wsc586@aol.com).

Studies in Iconography - A Cross-disciplinary Approach to visual culture before 1600. This annual publication transferred to its new home at the Index of Christian Art, Princeton University, in October 1999. It is one of the premier journals to deal with iconography and covers every aspect of visual culture up to 1600. Published on an annual basis, past volumes have included articles which have dealt with subjects as diverse as the parish church to recent approaches to early Christian and Byzantine art. These topics are of current interest and are, like the other studies in the journal, approached from an interdisciplinary or theoretical perspective by eminent scholars in the field. The journal also includes a number of shorter scholarly articles, on a variety of themes, written by some of the most learned students and scholars in the field. Published studies in iconography and art history are reviewed in every volume. Submissions for publication in the journal are welcome and should be addressed to:

Studies in Iconography
A7 McCormick Hall
Index of Christian Art
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544
Please forward each article in triplicate and include your email address if available.
http://ica.princeton.edu/editorialguidelines.html

Gesta - The scholarly journal Gesta was initiated in 1963, soon after the inception of ICMA. The major English-language journal devoted to the art of the Middle Ages, Gesta embraces all facets of artistic production from ca. 300 to ca. 1500 C.E., including the arts of Christian, Jewish, and Islamic cultures in the European, Mediterranean, and Slavic worlds. In addition to presenting work by leading scholars around the world with several color illustrations in each issue, Gesta is periodically devoted to focused topics; volumes have also honored individual scholars. Manuscripts should be addressed to:

Professor Anne D. Hedeman, Editor of Gesta
Art History Program
University of Illinios
408 East Peabody Drive
Champaign, IL 61821
http://www.medievalart.org/pubs/gesta/gestastylesheet.html

Material Religion: the Journal of Objects, Art and Belief - Managing Editor: S. Brent Plate, Texas Christian University, USA, b.plate@tcu.edu http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/berg/mar/2005/00000001/00000001
From Shinto temples to rosary beads, thangka paintings to missionary tracts, mass-produced posters to gravestones, religion is a material process. Charged with culturally-specific sacred meanings, religious objects have been used for purposes of worship, commemoration, art, and even subversion, and have been at the root of some of the world’s most hotly contested struggles. Material Religion seeks to explore how religion happens in material culture – images, devotional and liturgical objects, architecture and sacred space, works of art and mass-produced artifacts. No less important than these material forms are the many different practices that put them to work. Ritual, communication, ceremony, instruction, meditation, propaganda, pilgrimage, display, magic, liturgy and interpretation constitute many of the practices whereby religious material culture constructs the worlds of belief. The editors invite submissions that address the scholarly and museological study of the material practices of religion. The scope of investigation is unrestricted: original scholarly examinations of any religious tradition, spiritual practice or form of material culture are welcome. Highly visual in terms of content and in color throughout, this refereed journal seeks also to bridge the worlds of scholarship and museum practice, and to support all those seeking, at whatever level, to understand and explain the relationships between objects, art and belief. Also invited are nominations and self-nominations for reviewers of books and exhibitions.

Images Re-vues - Images Re-vues is a new online journal published by the EHESS (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales). Published in French with English abstracts, it will be available for free on the internet. The journal is dedicated to the study of images/works of art from all periods and geographical areas, all methodological approaches are welcome.
http://www.imagesre-vues.org
CEHTA, Institut national d'histoire de l'art
2, rue Vivienne, 75002 Paris
Tél. 01 47 03 84 40

PECIA 17/2007
L'Histoire en mémoire. L'écrit à l'usage du temps au Moyen Age. De l'acte diplomatique aux cartulaires monastiques, des documents nécrologiques aux légendes hagiographiques, de la chronique aux Annales, l'homme du Moyen Age s'est efforcé - pour diverses raisons - d'écrire pour la mémoire. Ce volume de PECIA offre aux médiévistes la possibilité d'exploiter l'ensemble de ces ressources manuscrites (élaboration, conservation, diffusion, etc.) dans toute leur diversité. Court résumé de quelques phrases avant le 15 mars 2006. Texte à remettre avant le 31 décembre 2006.

PECIA 18/2008
Monachisme et érémitisme dans l'Occident médiéval : règles de vie à travers les sources manuscrites. Des communautés de chanoines régies par la règle de Chrodegang (puis par celle d'Aix-la-Chapelle) aux grandes confraternités monastiques comme celle de Cluny, l'histoire a gardé traces de ces "usages" bien spécifiques de l'organisation des monastères. Ce volume de PECIA souhaite prendre en compte l'évolution de ces règles, de saint Augustin aux ermites de Camaldudes, des préceptes de saint Benoît à ceux de saint Bruno pour les Chartreux, étudiée à travers les diffèrentes sources manuscrites médiévales. Court résumé avant le 15 mars 2006. Texte à remettre avant le 31 janvier 2007.

PECIA 19/2008
Memento mori. Ecrire et représenter la mort au Moyen Age. Le thème de la mort au Moyen Age reste un domaine où le médiéviste peut encore prétendre découvrir des sentiers à explorer. Ce volume de PECIA souhaite aborder la mort dans l'écrit. Documents nécrologiques, rouleaux des morts, calendriers liturgiques, testaments, relations d'obsèques, témoignages sur la peste, représentations de la mort dans les manuscrits et les premiers incunables, etc, les sources sont nombreuses pour appréhender ce rituel, porte ouverte vers l'au-delà. Résumé avant le 31 mai 2006. Texte à remettre avant le 31 mars 2008.

Langues souhaitées: français, anglais; langues acceptées: italien, allemand, espagnol.
Contact: Jean-Luc Deuffic pecia@wanadoo.fr
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pecia/
http://pecia.tooblog.fr

Médiévales: the journal is online. Médiévales publishes articles on all aspects of the middle Ages: history, literature and linguistics but also law, archaeology and history of art. Each issue contains a thematic subject, often resulting from a seminar or teamwork, coordinated by a specialist. Articles on the most diverse subjects are also published under the rubric « Essais et recherches ». The rubric « Point de vue » proposes crossed readings of a work or critical bulletins on current themes of research. Reader’s notes on recent works are included in each number.

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