REM Section: Call for Papers

Call for Papers

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CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS: Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race "Special Issue on Race and Health"

“The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line.” With those words, W.E. Du Bois discussed the racial progress in the United States and foreshadowed the critical part race would continue to play in understanding inequality, mobility, and quality of life in American society. This quote serves as a springboard for this special call of the Du Bois Review (DBR) soliciting abstracts for papers that describe novel and exciting research directions for studying how race and ethnicity affect health in the twenty-first century. That is, what are the next big ideas that can potentially unpack how and why race is so strongly associated with physical and mental health? What are the most promising new directions for the study of racial inequality and health? What are the key unanswered questions that researchers and policy makers should invest in? What is needed to make more progress in effectively addressing racial inequalities in health? The DBR is truly multidisciplinary, spanning economics, political science, psychology, sociology, history, public health, and more. If you are not already familiar with the journal, we encourage you to go to the Cambridge University Press website and examine previous issues: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=DBR

Guest editors for this special issue are David R. Williams (Harvard University) and David T. Takeuchi (University of Washington).

Submission Process
Two-page proposals for papers are due January 25, 2010. Two types of papers will be accepted for this special call: (a) state of the discipline presents lead essays that synthetically critique broad areas of research regarding race and health ; and (b) state of the art, is dedicated to observations and analyses of empirical research. Proposals should state a tentative title, the type of paper to be written, listing of authors, contact information, and a synopsis of the paper idea. We will select papers that hold the most promise for advancing the field and that best combine, as a collection of papers, into a synergistic whole appropriate for this special call. We expect to make our final selection of proposals by February 15, 2010. Final papers will be due July 31, 2010 with publication of the special issue expected for early 2011. DBR is a blind peer-reviewed journal and publishes only original, previously unpublished whether hard copy or electronic work. Submitted manuscripts may not be under review for publication elsewhere while under consideration at DBR .

Please send an electronic version of proposals for papers to both David Williams ( DWILLIAM@hsph.harvard.edu ) and David Takeuchi ( dt5@uw.edu ).

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS: Political Power and Social Theory: A Research Annual

Political Power and Social Theory: A Research Annual welcomes submissions for its 2010 volume. PPST is a peer-reviewed annual research journal committed to advancing the interdisciplinary understanding of the linkages between political power, social relations, and historical development. The journal, currently edited by Julian Go (Boston University) and published by Emerald Press, welcomes both empirical and theoretical work and is willing to consider papers of substantial length (up to 80 manuscript pages). PPST is pleased to have published award-winning authors and papers such as, most recently, Cedric de Leon’s "'No Bourgeois Mass Party, No Democracy': The Missing Link in Barrington Moore's American Civil War" ( PPST Volume 19, 2008), which received the Barrington Moore Jr. Prize for best article from the Comparative-Historical Section of the American Sociological Association. The current volume (in press) includes a Scholarly Controversies section featuring Saskia Sassen.

Submission date is rolling, but authors interested in ensuring their submission is considered for the 2010 volume should plan on submitting no later than January 15, 2010. Papers submitted after that date are not guaranteed consideration for the 2010 volume but may be for the 2011 volume.

For more information on submission and the journal, please see the PPST website: http://www.bu.edu/sociology/ppst and/or contact:

Julian Go, Editor
Political Power and Social Theory
Department of Sociology
Boston University
Boston, MA 02215

email: ppst@bu.edu

phone: 617.358.0638

fax: 617.353.4837

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS: The Journal of African American History "African Americans and the History of Sport"

The Journal of African American History is planning a special issue devoted to African Americans and the History of Sport. While there have been many important books and articles published on African American athletes historically, this special issue will seek to offer new insights based on the latest research in this significant area of 19th and 20th century African American history.

The Journal of African American History welcomes essays on any aspect of the history of African Americans and Sport, including but not limited to: 1) Sport and Gender Politics; 2) Jim Crow and the Desegregation of Professional Sports; 3) Sport and International Politics; 4) Sport and Social Protest; 5) African American Athletes and College Sports Historically; 6) African Americans and the Rise of the Sports Industry; 7) Athletics and the Urban Landscape.

Essays should be no more that 35 typed, double-spaced pages (12 point font), including endnotes. Guidelines for manuscript submission are available in The Journal of African American History; and on the JAAH website: www.jaah.org/

Submitted essays will be peer-reviewed. Your cover letter should include the title of your essay, name, postal address, e-mail address, phone number, and fax number. Your essay should begin with the title of the essay and NOT include your name.

Please send three (3) hard copies of your manuscript to:

Dr. V.P. Franklin, Editor
Department of History
University of California, Riverside
900 University Avenue
Riverside, CA 92521
E-mail address: vof1019@aol.com .

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS: Battleground: Immigration - Greenwood Publishing

Greenwood Publishing is producing a series on contemporary issues in the United States as part of a larger multi-volume reference collection on controversial issues and debates in contemporary society. We are seeking authors for the series on immigration. Each author is asked to write about a wide range of issues and debates concerning the chosen topic. Entries range from 1,000 to 5,000 words, depending on the theme. Authors will be awarded an honorarium for her/his contribution. Contact: Judith Ann Warner, Texas A&M International University, 5201 University Boulevard, Laredo, TX 78041-1900; email: judithwarner@tamiu.edu or jwarner@tamiu.edu

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS: Humanity and Society

The official journal of the Association for Humanist Sociology, Humanity & Society was first published in 1977 and has been published quarterly since 1978. Humanity & Society is a peer-reviewed journal with abstracts of published articles appearing in Sociological Abstracts.

Humanity & Society publishes articles on a wide variety of topics: studies of inequality (class, race, and/or gender); war, peace, and international relations; aging and gerontology, family, gender and sexuality; health and mental health; social theory; sociology of knowledge and science, and linguistics; social psychology, teaching and sociology practice; social change, humanism and human rights; crime and deviance; ethnic and intergroup relations, and others. Articles may be theoretical and/or speculative, critical essays, or analysis of data utilizing various qualitative and quantitative research strategies. Theoretical orientations may be eclectic, Marxist, feminist, critical theory, symbolic interactionism, humanistic sociology - i.e., contributing to a more humane and egalitarian society.

Submissions should be sent to:
Ann Goetting, Editor, Humanity & Society, Department of Sociology, Western Kentucky University, 1906 College Heights Blvd., Bowling Green, KY 42101-1057 or humanityandsociety@wku.edu

Additional information, including guidelines for contributors, is available by following the Humanity & Society link at www.humanistsociology.org

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS: The Communication Review

The Communication Review solicits papers in the interdisciplinary field of media studies. We are interested in papers discussing any aspect of media: media history, globalization of media, media institutions, media analysis, media criticism, media policy, media economics. We also invite essays about the nature of media studies as an emergent, interdisciplinary field.

Please direct papers to Professor Andrea L. Press and Professor Bruce A. Williams, Editors, Media Studies Program, University of Virginia

E-mail: alp5n@virginia.edu , baw5n@b.mail.virginia.edu

For more information about the journal and submission guidelines, please see the journal’s website at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/10714421.asp