Announcing SISC -- Studies in Slavic Cultures

[michael brewer]

Announcing SISC - Studies in Slavic Cultures.

The final, double issue of Graduate Essays on Slavic Languages and
Literatures, devoted to Pushkin (Vols. 11-12, 1999), marked the end of
Mark Altshuller's pioneering editorship of the journal at the University
of Pittsburgh.  The new century witnesses a sea-change in the publication:
retitled Studies in Slavic Cultures (SISC), hereafter the journal will
address culture in Russia and Eastern Europe (specialists in Bulgarian,
Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Polish, Serbian, Slovak, and Ukrainian, take
note!).  SISC will appear in English, with articles 15-25 pages in length.
Visual material will be a key feature of the publication.

With Michael Brewer as Managing Editor and Helena Goscilo as General
Editor, SISC will publish graduate articles on cultural topics subjected
to logically developed analysis that is underpinned by coherent
theoretical principles.  Issues with mixed contents will alternate with
issues focused on a specific theme or genre.

The inaugural issue of SISC targets Visual Art: film, TV, art, posters,
comics, graffiti, etc.  It strongly encourages the inclusion of visuals.

Submissions and format:

1. Submissions (in English, double-spaced, 15-25 pp., Library of Congress
transliteration) may be sent in one of two forms:

(a) two (hard) copies to Helena Goscilo at the Slavic Department, 1417 CL,
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA 15260,

OR

(b) one (hard) copy to the above address and one copy, sent as an e-mail
attachment, to Michael Brewer at <sisc+ at pitt.edu>.

2. If approved for publication, both a revised hard copy and an electronic
copy of the submission will be required, either on floppy disk or as an
e-mail attachment.

3. All citations should appear in the original language (no
transliteration), immediately followed by a translation in brackets.

4. Documentation should follow current SEEJ (Slavic and East European
Journal) format: list of Works Cited at the end, with author's surname and
page reference in parentheses within the text proper.  Endnotes only.

5. The preferred software is Microsoft Word.

6. Authors are responsible for clearing all images in their submissions
for any copyright violation.  Permission to publish from the copyright
holders should be submitted along with the revised manuscript.

7. The revised manuscript should be accompanied by an electronic copy of
all visuals in TIFF format, scanned at the size they appear in the text
(at 150 dpi or greater), either on floppy disk or as an e-mail attachment.
For the initial submission, images may simply be photocopied or inserted
into the Microsoft Word (or other software) document.

8. Deadline for submissions: 1 October 1999.


Michael Brewer
Helena Goscilo