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Submissions Deadline: 1 October 2012

Limina is an online, refereed, academic journal of historical and cultural studies based in the School of Humanities at The University of Western Australia.

Volume 19, issue 1: Exclusivity – Boundaries of Difference

Exclusivity: Who is on the inside? Who is on the outside? The notion of “community” while commonly talked about in celebratory terms always necessitates an Other. For Volume 19, issue 1 we are looking for papers that discuss the ideas of exclusivity, for example, but not limited to change and continuity in:

-social classes/boundaries

-race/ethnic/national identity

-gender

-popular culture

-religion

-sexuality

-cyber culture

-genre and theoretical boundaries.

-diversity (or lack of) in academia

We are especially committed to publishing the work of postgraduate students and Early Career Researchers, realising the importance of developing an early publication record, as well as the difficulties in doing so. Limina seeks to provide the submitting postgraduate or Early Career Researcher with prompt evaluation and an efficient publication process. We aim to give structural feedback on articles approximately 4-6 weeks after their receipt.

Limina publishes scholarly articles of approximately 5000 to 8000 words from any field within the humanities. We encourage interdisciplinary material and are open to speculative, topical or non-traditional approaches in addition to more traditional papers. All articles should be substantive and original scholarly work.

Submissions should be in MS Word or RTF format. Please submit articles using this form http://tinyurl.com/9cp8586 and you will need to ensure that your submission conforms to the Limina style guide prior to publication. For more information please visit our website at: http://limina.arts.uwa.edu.au

The final submission date for articles to be considered for Volume 19, issue 1 is 1 October 2012 with intent to publish in June 2013.