[Linganth] New Journal: Language, Culture and History

[Alejandro Paz]

Hi Leila,

Congratulations on launching this journal. It looks great. If I were a little further along, I'd definitely be interested in being part of the editorial board. And I'll keep it in mind for sending papers.

Cheers, 
Alejandro 

Sent from my phone, pls excuse typos/brevity. 



On Apr 2, 2016, 7:06 PM, at 7:06 PM, Leila Monaghan <leila.monaghan at gmail.com> wrote:
>Elm Academic Press is proud to announce the establishment of a new
>journal—*Language,
>Culture and History.*  We will be focusing on the intersections between
>linguistic anthropology, sociolinguistics, history, and related
>disciplines
>that deal with the complex interactions between language, communities,
>and
>time.
>
>
>
>Possible approaches include:
>
>--Work that takes a language-oriented approach to historical events,
>particularly events that were the focus of important new
>socio-political
>forms.
>
>--Work that focuses on the contemporary construction of the historical
>past
>by a range of communities
>
>--Analyses of historical common texts by groups of authors
>
>--Work that looks at the role of language in the development of
>political
>power over time
>
>
>
>The format will be an innovative mix of open access and traditional
>print
>publishing.  The current year of work will be available on line at the
>Society for Linguistic Anthropology website,
>http://linguisticanthropology.org. (Many thanks to the SLA Executive
>Board,
>SLA President Bonnie Urcioli, and the SLA webpage editor Chad Nilep for
>making this possible.)  The print version will be published once a year
>and
>will collect all the issues of the year.  Individual issues will be
>published in hard copy only in special cases.  After the print volume
>appears, e-versions of the full yearly volume, individual issues, and
>individual articles will also be available for a modest price.
>
>
>
>All issues will be themed issues with guest editors playing an
>important
>part in the selection of articles and and editing process of each
>issue.
>Potential guest editors should submit a 500 word abstract for the issue
>along with 250 word abstracts for each of the suggested contributors. 
>The
>similarity between the AAA submission process and the process for
>submitting to *Language, Culture and History* is intentional and
>designed
>to lessen the gap between “great session” and “published.”  There will
>also
>be issues with pre-set themes and open calls. All issues and individual
>articles will be vetted by peer reviewers at both the abstract and
>finished
>manuscript stage. Articles should be written for an informed general
>audience including undergraduates studying anthropology and
>linguistics.
>All theoretical terms should be clearly defined and used in aid of
>understanding specific ethnographical and historical examples.  The
>standard format will be a series of articles (usually 4 to 10) with
>introductory material and commentary.  Other formats are possible with
>the
>permission of the journal.  At some point, we also might establish a
>book
>review section.  Initial queries and submissions of issue and
>individual
>abstracts should be sent to LanguageCultureHistory at gmail.com. Mark
>submissions with Query, Abstract Submission, or Manuscript Submission
>with
>a quick summary of topic in the subject line, e.g., *Abstract
>Submission:
>Sapir and His Legacy.*
>
>
>
>
>
>Upcoming volumes:
>
>
>
>Volume 1 (1)
>
>*Studying Language, Culture, and History*
>
>Editor Leila Monaghan
>
>Using linguistic anthropology to reexamine historical moments
>(Commentary
>by Bernard Bate)
>
>The importance of metahistory within communities (Commentary by Paja
>Faudree)
>
>(This issue is taken from two panels at the 2015 AAA meetings in
>Denver.)
>
>
>
>Volume 1 (2)
>
>*Deaf Empowerment*
>
>Editors Donald Grushkin and Leila Monaghan
>
>(Call will be available shortly)
>
>
>
>
>*Language, Culture and History Staff*
>
>Publisher and Editor, Leila Monaghan, PhD, Southern Illinois University
>
>Associate Editor, Sarah Meacham, PhD
>
>
>
>We welcome reviewers and volunteers for our Editorial Board.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>-- 
>Leila Monaghan, PhD
>Publisher, Elm Books
>Laramie, Wyoming
>
>
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