Special Edition of JTAS – CfP
Dear Friends,
The Journal of Transnational American Studies would like to publish a series of brief Reflections on the U.S. 2024 Elections in a Global Context. I would love you to consider contributing something. These pieces are short — up to 1500 words. Your insights into the election in comparative perspective are welcome (and on any of the areas listed below) Your thoughts would be of great interest to JTAS readers. Do consider it. (And please feel free to share this with colleagues). Thank you!
Special Edition of Journal of Transnational American Studies (JTAS): Global Reflections on the U.S. 2024 Elections
Deadline for submissions: 15 Feb 2025
Word count: up to 1500 words
Format: mixed media submissions welcome if author/contributor holds copyright or can secure permissions
Send to: JTAS editorial board member Kevin Gaines, University of Virginia — kkg2u@virginia.edu
What we are looking for:
JTAS invites considered reflections on the profound rightward shift in global geopolitics through the perspectives of transnational American Studies. From the points of view of academics in different national contexts, what can we learn about the impacts of the 2024 U.S. elections and return of Donald Trump to the American presidency on academic freedom, the state of democracy globally, the international rule of law, and other issues? What can Americans learn from writers whose countries have experienced autocratic rule? Recognizing the emergence of new world orders, JTAS solicits impressions, discussions, opinions, analyses, and informed observations by thought leaders in their fields in an effort to share local, national, and global perspectives on the 2024 election and its likely impact on the world. Contributors are invited to reflect on contemporary and historical issues of relevance in their countries and/or the United States, including, but not limited to, gender, sexuality, and reproductive rights, the rise of racialized and religious nationalisms, the potential for political violence and civil unrest, the impact of the global pandemic in the fraying of civic culture and social bonds, state censorship of the teaching of historical crimes against humanity, and the normalization of hate speech and invective in political discourse.
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Shelley Fisher Fishkin
Joseph S. Atha Professor of Humanities; Professor of English, and Professor (by courtesy) of African and African American Studies
Stanford University
2023 Winner of Bode-Pearson Award for Lifetime Achievement and Outstanding Contributions to American Studies from the American Studies Association