Call for Scholarly Contributions: Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies (JSAS) 2021

The Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies (JSAS) invites scholarly contributions for two thematic volumes to be published in 2021 through Brill publishing house in Leiden, Netherlands. Please see below for outlined topics and deadlines. Submissions and questions should be directed to the Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Tamar M. Boyadjian at: jsas@brill.com. Please also follow in your submission the guidelines set forth in the JSAS Submission Guidelines at: brill.com/jsas.

The JSAS is the foremost periodical dedicated to Armenian Studies in the Western Hemisphere. The journal publishes bi-annually, peer-reviewed scholarship from all disciplinary and comparative perspectives relating to Armenians and the field of Armenian Studies. The JSAS is committed to fostering new directions in the field, encouraging global, cross-cultural, and interdisciplinary submissions that align with cutting-edge scholarly research across all periods and research areas. The journal also features shorter pieces in the Reviews and Reconsiderations section (R&R) that inform us of new discoveries and engage in conversations around art, literature, and theory.

JSAS SPRING 2021: PERFORMANCE

This volume seeks to explore transcultural and interdisciplinary conversations around the theme of performance and performativity (broadly defined), as it pertains to Armenians and Armenian Studies, from the classical to the contemporary period. The volume is especially interested in contributions from: film studies, music and ethnomusicology, theatre and playwriting, manuscript and visual culture, disability studies, and museum studies.

Studies that engage with the theme of performance and performativity in one or more of the following ways are also highly encouraged:

-performance of social identities: gender & sexuality, race, ethnicity, nationality, and class

-performances of bodies as linked to gender and identity (broadly defined)

-performances in & as adaptations in theatre, dance, and music

-performance in & as adaptation in film (feature and documentary), television, and pop culture

-ritual as performance, especially the role of women

-culture and heritage as performance

-language, multilingualism, and translation as performances in written & visual culture

-digital adaptations and the role of the digital, especially under socio-technological conditions

-performative interruptions

Submission Deadline: May 1, 2021

JSAS FALL 2021: INDIGENEITY

This volume seeks to explore transcultural and interdisciplinary conversations around the theme of indigeneity, the indigenous experience, and trans-indigeneity (broadly defined), with an emphasis on frameworks that create dialogues of healing. The volume encourages contributions that have a focus on Artsakh from any period, examined through the lens of: cultural preservation; folk, literary and cultural accounts; language, translation, and appropriation; identity and trauma studies; & plant-based and spiritual healing rituals and practices.

Studies that engage with the theme of indigeneity in one or more of the following frameworks are also highly encouraged:

-subaltern studies

-postcolonial studies

-oral and literary customs and practices

-art as healing (all forms)

-plants, the earth, and the land as healing

-specularity

-ethnohistory

-“Indigenous futurism”

-(de)legitimization

-origins, ancestry, and mythical consciousness of people and land

-space and place (theory & testimony)