Call for papers 2024-25
If you are a student in our BA program Art History (Kunstgeschiedenis or Arts, Media and Society) or MA program Arts and Culture (Art History or Museum Studies), are in one of our courses as exchange or pre-Master student, or have recently graduated from one of these programs, you are invited to submit your research papers, from previous courses or courses you are currently taking, to be considered for publication in our journal. Below you will find the details of the call for papers. We look forward to reading your work!
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
For the two editions of the journal, we are primarily looking for two types of essays: essays on cases up to the Modern period, in Dutch or English, and essays on the subjects from Modernism to the present, in English. If you have an interesting essay in Dutch about a modern subject, please feel free to submit nonetheless to Elizabeth den Hartog, since we might broaden our scope based on the submissions we receive. And if you aren't sure who to send your essay to, just pick the lecturer you think fits the subject best - if we think it's a better fit for the other lecturer, we will forward the submission. In short, please submit essays on topics up to the Modern period, in Dutch or English, with Elizabeth den Hartog and essays on topics from Modernism to the present, in English, with Laura Bertens.
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We publish essays of 1500-3500 words, including footnotes. If you have an essay or thesis (chapter) that can be polished/finished/rewritten as an article of 1500-3500 words, you are very welcome to submit with us! We will make our selection based on the quality of the research and writing, but also on the spread of topics, periods and geographical regions, in order to create broad overviews of art historical research on all periods and continents.
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HOW TO SUBMIT
If your essay is already finished (for instance an essay from a previous course): please submit the complete text.
For unfinished essays (which you are currently writing): submit the current text + a 200-word abstract of the complete plan. The abstract should be a brief overview of your entire argument, including the research claim, outline of the essay and conclusion. It is not merely an introduction, but should give us a quick idea of the whole essay.
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WHERE TO SUBMIT
Email your text as Word document or pdf (no Pages please - we don't have macbooks..). Texts on topics up to the Modern perios should be sent to e.den.hartog@hum.leidenuniv.nl and texts on topics from Modernism to the present to l.m.f.bertens@hum.leidenuniv.nl. At the top of the text you're submitting please mention your student number, the grade you received for the text (if the text has already been graded) and the lecturer for the original assignment.
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WHEN TO SUBMIT
Submission deadline: January 7
WHAT NEXT?
Selection decisions will be announced by January 10. If your essay is accepted, a first complete draft should be submitted by January 30. The editorial board will work with you on revisions in semester 2.