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Calls for Submissions

One-time Calls for Submissions and Proposals

Beyond Borders with James Baldwin: A Practical Guide for Everyone:

James Baldwin received international acclaim as a writer, novelist, essayist, poet, playwright, social critic, and civil rights activist. In the twenty-fifth year of James Baldwin's passing, we propose a book entitled Beyond Borders with James Baldwin: A Practical Guide for Everyone. Baldwin's writings foster diverse perspectives, dialogues, and debates in educational settings, community settings, and public venues. His works capture complex social, psychological, humanistic, philosophical, and political issues, and his writings demonstrate his multidimensionality and versatility. Always true to his convictions rather than the tastes of others, Baldwin wrote what he wanted to write.

If you have ever studied the works of James Baldwin, then you should consider contributing to a peer-reviewed book publication. The book chapters will be organized into discussions that address the what, the how, and/or the why of Baldwin's works from an interdisciplinary perspective. The book is co-edited by Dr. Rosa Bobia, Professor Emeritus of Foreign Languages and Former Director of the Center for African and African Diaspora Studies, Kennesaw State University; Dr. Valerie Whittlesey, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Professor of Psychology, Kennesaw State University; Dr. Mary Zeigler, Associate Professor of English Language and Linguistics, English Department, Georgia State University. Inquiries regarding submissions can be directed to one of the co-editors: Dr. Rosa Bobia at rbobia@kennesaw.edu; Dr. Valerie Whittlesey at ; or Dr. Mary Zeigler at . 

This call for proposals is for a broadly based, edited book on how James Baldwin's works can be used in a broad range of settings- both academic and non-academic. The audience for the book is diverse- classrooms, educational settings, and community settings.

This is a request for book chapter abstracts, due by July 15, 2012, and book chapters are due September 30, 2012. Chapters can address the significance of the words, the messages, the analyses, and/or applications of James Baldwin's works.
Possible themes/topics might include, but not be limited to:

  • Baldwin and issues of religion, spirituality, ethics, and morality
  • Baldwin and issues of racism and race relations
  • Baldwin and the Civil Rights movement and issues of nationalism
  • Baldwin and issues of gender, sexuality, and sexual orientation
  • Baldwin and political and social systems
  • Baldwin and transnationalism and exiled citizenship
  • Baldwin and issues of music and artistic expressions
  • Baldwin and issues of family relationships
  • Baldwin and issues of love and identity

Chapter abstracts should include the following materials: 300-500 word abstract with chapter title. In a separate attachment, 300 word professional bio containing your chapter title and your contact information (affiliation, address, telephone number, and email address). Please send these materials to Dr. Rosa Bobia at by July 15, 2012.

The Comments on Abstracts are returned by July 31, 2012.

The Book Chapter Submissions (20-30 pages) are due by September 30, 2012.

Ongoing Calls for Submission

African Journal of History and Culture  is an open access journal that provides rapid publication (monthly) of articles in all areas of the subject.The Journal welcomes the submission of manuscripts that meet the general criteria of significance and scientific excellence. Papers will be published approximately one month after acceptance. All articles published in AJHC will be peer-reviewed. 

The mission of Catalyst: A Social Justice Forum is to bring together research and multimedia from multiple disciplines that is oriented toward the understanding and practice of social justice, broadly defined. By offering an innovative, peer-reviewed space that is open to rigorous research from all disciplines, as well as offerings from outside of academia, we hope to push the ideals of social justice to new levels. Catalyst: A Social Justice Forum runs on a rolling submission deadline for its general issues. Please see the Call for Submissions page for details and click the Submit Article link on the left to submit manuscripts or media files.

The Journal of Applied Social Science publishes original research articles, project reports, teaching notes, and book reviews on a wide range of topics of interest to social scientists in applied, public, clinical, and practice contexts.  All submissions are processed electronically. Send your submission to our editor at  . 

Taiwan International Studies Quarterly,  Published by the Taiwan International Studies Association. The journal accepts manuscripts in Chinese or English.   Manuscripts or any submission inquiry for Taiwan International Studies Quarterly should email to Executive Editor Dr. Jolan Hsieh at  . 

War Crimes, Genocide, and Crimes Against Humanity is a multidisciplinary, peer reviewed, open access journal dedicated to understanding the conceptualization, etiology, and prevention of violations of international criminal and humanitarian law.

Conferences/Annual Meetings

 The 11th Annual Hawaii International Conference on the Social Sciences will be held from May 30th-June 2nd, 2012 at the Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort & Spa in Honolulu, Hawaii. Submission Proposal Deadline is January 27th, 2012. Click here for the call for papers.

The Justice Studies Association's 14th Annual Conference will take place May 30th-June 1st, 2012. The theme of the conference is Justice and Work and will be held at Loyola University Chicago's Lake Shore Campus, Roger Park. Those interested in participating in the conference should send a title and abstract (fewer than 200 words) to 2012 Program Chair, before March 1, 2012. 

The John Jay College of Criminal Justice-CUNY is hosting the International Conference on Global Perspectives on Justice, Security and Human Rights on June 6-9 in New York City. To submit proposals, click here. The deadline for abstracts is December 15, 2011. For more information, contact

Several professional workshops that will be offered in advance of the John Jay College Biennial International Conference, June 6-9, 2012. Registration for these workshops is open to conference attendees and all other interested students and professionals who are able to attend.  Both 1-day and 2-day workshops will be offered; 2-day workshops will take place June 5 and 6, while 1-day workshops will be offered during the day on June 6, just prior to the opening of the conference itself that evening.

Four pre-conference workshops will be offered: "Motivational Interviewing,"  facilitated by Dr. Michael P. Giantini, "Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training," facilitated by Drs. Haleh Ghanizadeh and Shari Manning, "Introduction to Qualitative Data Analysis Using Atlas ti Software," facilitated by Dr. Valli Rajah, and "Issues Related to Missing Data," facilitated by Dr. Robert Brame.  Workshop descriptions and facilitator biographies are available below, and on the conference website at http://johnjay.jjay.cuny.edu/ic_ny/workshops.asp; the two clinical psychology workshops will carry CE Credits for interested professionals in the field.