CFP: Journal of Humanities, NCU (no deadline noted)

National Central University, Journal of Humanities
Call for Submissions


1. The Journal of Humanities is a purely academic journal sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts of National Central University. As of July 2007 it will become a quarterly journal, with issues appearing in January, April, July, and October.

2. The main goal of the journal is to promote--interdepartmental, interdisciplinary, and intercultural--humanities research, and we welcome contributions from domestic and foreign scholars on related topics in literature, history, philosophy, art, society, or culture.

3. Every issue will have a main theme incorporating several articles and reviews, but will also publish papers falling outside the theme; a schedule of special topics will be published on the journal's website. Book reviews should, in principle, cover academic books published in the previous three years. Full papers should be around 30 pages in length (no more than 20,000 characters for Chinese submissions), and book reviews around 5 pages (no more than 5,000 characters for Chinese submissions). Chinese, English, and French are the preferred languages for articles, but submissions in Japanese and German will also be considered.

4. Submissions are reviewed in a two-stage process. Initial review is done by the editor or other local scholars; after this, articles are given to two external reviewers. In the event that the external reviewers disagree, the piece will be sent to a third external reviewer. All reviewers will be recommended by the editorial board. Please ensure that no data identifying the author appear in the main text, abstract, or footnotes of the submitted manuscript.

5. The journal will accept submissions at any time, but submissions for any particular special issue must be received three months in advance of publication. Manuscripts will not be returned; authors may expect to hear about the status of their submissions within three months. The journal will not accept submissions which have been previously published in print or online, are currently under consideration elsewhere, or which have been submitted as a thesis for an academic degree.

6. Submissions should include the following:

i. Title page, including author’s name, title, affiliation, and contact address, email, and phone.

ii. Abstract (under 350 words) and keywords (three to six)

iii. Paper with notes (compare published examples for format)

iv. Works cited (compare published examples for format)

7. In the even that copyright permissions are required (e.g., for the use of illustrations or extended citations), please first secure permissions before submitting to the journal; the journal will not be responsible for any copyright issues.

8. Authors of accepted articles may be responsible for additional revision before publication.

9. Authors of accepted articles must agree to publication by this journal in paper and electronic formats. Published articles may not be reprinted, translated, or excerpted without express written consent of this journal.

10. After publication of an article, authors will receive three complementary copies of the issue in which the article appears, as well as thirty offprints of the article; no monetary compensation will be offered. Authors of book reviews will receive three complementary copies only.

11. To submit an article, please send three copies, plus a Word file on disk or CD, to: Editorial Committee, Journal of Humanities, College of Liberal Arts, National Central University, 300 Chungta Road, Wu-Chuan District, Chungli City, Taoyuan County, Taiwan, 32001; or submit by email attachment to JH@ncu.edu.tw.