italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies
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Subject: Italian Issue of the Journal of Jewish Studies
Date: 2013/04/17 18:59
From: Monique Balbuena <[log in to unmask]>
Dear colleagues,
You are invited to submit a paper to the special issue of the Journal
of
Jewish Identities, focusing broadly on the Italian Jewish experience.
Call for Papers is attached and below. Please help me circulate it.
Thank you.
Best,
monique
Monique Rodrigues Balbuena
Associate Professor of Literature
Clark Honors College
1293 University of Oregon
Eugene OR 97403
Phone: 541 346-2311
Fax: 541 346-0125
> CALL FOR PAPERS: Italian Jewish
> Identities
> Monique R. Balbuena & Federica Francesconi (eds.)
> Journal of Jewish Identities, vol. x, issue x
> Submission deadline: July 30, 2013
> CALL FOR PAPERS:
>
> The area comprising what is now modern
> Italy is the only Western European region where Jews have lived
> permanently since
> antiquity. Dating back to the medieval period, Italian, Sephardic, and
> Ashkenazi Jews have lived in close proximity to each other and
> integrated
> with minimal friction.
> They have mastered a variety of languages, practiced several minhagim,
> and privileged multiple cultural
> goals, social practices, and ethical ambitions. Italian Jewry
> epitomizes
> the
> cosmopolitanism, multi-ethnicity, and variety within Judaism and
> Jewish
> communities
> throughout the ages. The Italian Jewish diaspora has been profoundly
> connected to the identity, history and culture of the
> surrounding non-Jewish majority in spite of local expulsions,
> ghettoization,
> and--turning to the modern era--Fascist-Nazi persecutions. The Italian
> Jewish experience probes issues of religious
> identity, acculturation and legal integration, social proximity,
> language
> change, ethnicity, and gender, and offers a unique opportunity to
> explore
> the
> complexities of past and contemporary Jewish identities.
> This special issue of the Journal of Jewish Identities will focus
> on representations of Jewishness and Jewish identity in Italy taking
> into
> account dynamics of acculturation and seclusion,
> marginalization and rapprochement. We especially welcome comparative
> and
> interdisciplinary contributions that explore multiple areas of
> Italian-Jewish
> studies, including: social and cultural life in the medieval,
> pre-modern
> and
> modern periods; Hebrew and Italian poetry throughout the ages;
> literature
> by or
> relating to Italian Jews; cinema; translation; ceremonial art and
> artists;
> architecture; and relations with the Church. Also much encouraged are
> essays
> that address intra-Jewish difference, multilingualism and use of
> Jewish
> languages, Jewish and national identities, use of adopted genres,
> transnational
> experiences, and representations of the Holocaust. We invite
> submissions
> from
> any discipline within the Humanities and Social Sciences.
>
>
> SUBMISSIONS
> Papers should be sent electronically to guest editor
> Monique R. Balbuena at [log in to unmask]
> <../Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/AppData/Local/Temp/balbuena@jewishidenti
> ties.org> or [log in to unmask]
> as Word e-mail attachments, indicating ³Journal of Jewish Identities:
> Call for
> Papers² in the subject line. Manuscripts should be prepared using the
> Chicago
> Manual of Style. The preferred length for article manuscripts is 7,000
>
> 10,000
> words. Manuscripts will be reviewed following the Journal¹s standard
> process.
> Please include an abstract of no more than 150 words and a
> biographical
> note.
> All articles are anonymously reviewed. Submissions must be in American
> English
> and are considered for publication on the understanding that the
> author(s)
> offer the Journal of Jewish Identities
> the exclusive option to publish, and that the paper is not currently
> under
> consideration for publication elsewhere. It is the responsibility of
> the
> author
> to obtain permission for using any previously published material.
> Accepted
> manuscripts become the permanent property of the journal. Authors may,
> of
> course, use the article elsewhere after publication without prior
> permission
> from the Journal of Jewish Identities,
> provided that acknowledgement is given to the Journal as original
> source
> of
> publication, and that the Journal is notified so that our records show
> that its
> use is properly authorized.
> BOOK REVIEWS AND REVIEW ESSAYS
> Individuals interested in writing book reviews (750-1,000 words) of
> individual
> works of recent scholarship on the subject or longer review essays
> (3,000
> words) on multiple works should contact the book review editor,
> Avinoam
> Patt ([log in to unmask]), to propose
> specific titles. The editorial board of the Journal
> of Jewish Identities in turn evaluates these proposals for
> appropriateness.
> For this issue we especially welcome reviews on books treating
> Italian-Jewish
> themes.
> ABOUT THE JOURNAL
> The Journal of Jewish Identities is
> an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed forum for contesting ideas and
> debates
> concerning the formations of, and transformations in, Jewish
> identities
> in its
> various aspects, layers, and manifestations. The aim of this journal
> is to
> encourage the development of theory and practice in a wider spread of
> disciplinary approaches; to promote conceptual innovation and to
> provide a
> venue for the entry of new perspectives. Submissions are invited from
> all
> fields in the Humanities and Social Sciences and from the full range
> of
> methodologies. Diverse theoretical and philosophical approaches and
> methodologies, interdisciplinary research studies, as well as
> instructive
> case
> studies are particularly welcome. The Journal publishes empirical and
> theoretical articles, documents, an occasional debate section, as well
> as
> review essays and book reviews. The
> Journal of Jewish Identities is published twice a year.
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