To the degree that it is a social construction, childhood, as an idea, carries
with it any number of assumptions and associations. Conversely, as a objective
developmental period, childhood is interpreted in wildly different way within
different contexts. Postscript: A Journal of Graduate Criticism and Theory
invites articles for consideration for our Spring 2012 issue, a special edition
on the theme "Children in Theory". This issue will examine childhood from a
multitude of perspectives. We welcome submissions from any humanities
 discipline on any aspect of children and childhood.

Possible topics include but are not limited to:

-literature or art for children
-representations of children
-care and discipline of children
-the education or instruction of children
-violence toward children
-the perspectives of children themselves
-the displacement of children
-childhood and class
-childhood and gender
-childhood and race

Postscript: A Journal of Graduate Criticism and Theory is an interdisciplinary
journal published biannually through the Department of English at Memorial
University of Newfoundland. Submissions will be subjected to a blind peer
review process and will be accepted in English. Contributors in any field of
the humanities who are currently enrolled in graduate or post-graduate programs
or are recent graduates are eligible to submit. Articles should be between 3000
and 5000 words. Please send a Word file, with no identifying details, to the
editor at [log in to unmask]. Please also include on a separate document a brief
(300 word) abstract, as well as your contact information.

The new deadline for consideration in this issue is December 1, 2011.