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> May 15, 2011
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> Call for papers: _Journal of Empire Studies_ (New open access e-journal)
> [with a press release]
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> From: Tom Durwood <tbird3080@aol.com>
>
> CALL FOR PAPERS
>
> The Journal of Empire Studies
>
> Deadline for Fall 2011 submissions: July 10, 2011
>
> Deadline for Winter 2012 submissions: October 15, 2011
>
>
> A new open-access scholarly journal on global studies, The Journal of
> Empire Studies, is looking for articles on topics within the broad range
> of empire studies:
>
> Science and Technology / Literature / Military Studies / Art and
> Architecture / Commerce / Gender / Language / Religion
>
>
> Of particular interest are examinations of topics comparing eastern and
> western empires.
>
> For specifics, we welcome you to visit the journal web site:
>
> www.empirestudies.org
>
> Please direct inquiries to Tom Durwood
> Valley Forge Military College
> empirestudies@gmail.com
>
>
> Tom Durwood
> Valley Forge Military College
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> Press Release for Journal of Empire Studies:
>
> May, 2011
> Press Release Dracula Foretold World War I
> New Online Journal Offers Free Content to Global Teachers
>
>
> Valley Forge, PA.
>
> Bram Stoker's 1897 horror novel, Dracula, was so powerful because it
> was a premonition of the real-life horrors of World War I.
>
> What?
> That is the provocative thesis of a new article by doctoral candidate
> Genesea Carter in the inaugural issue of a new online journal, The Journal
> of Empire Studies (JES).
>
> Carter sees the novel's depiction of a siege of vampirism descending on
> England as a foreshadowing of the destruction that would soon befall
> England when her young men encountered the terrible death dealt by modern
> warfare. The very scenario which frightened readers of Bram Stoker's 1897
> novel – that a monstrous foreign entity (from the Austro-Hungarian Empire)
> invades innocent England using unforeseen, forbidden tactics to slaughter
> her citizens – came horrifyingly true less than two decades later.
> "Questions of invasion, identity, and war were entangled in a dramatic
> story about vampires feeding on women and children in London," writes
> Carter in her provocative article's first paragraph. It turns out that
> Carter is joining a body of "monster theory" literature which regards
> scary stories of all kinds as a goldmine of social trends and anxieties.
>
> She proves her thesis with a close examination of Stoker's research.
> Magazines of the times were using pretty monstrous rhetoric to express
> fears about Germany's aggression. Stoker, she suggests, simply capitalized
> on these anxieties. When Dracula asks aloud, "What devil or what witch was
> ever so great as Attila, whose blood is in these veins?" Carter aligns him
> with 19th century Germany's thirst for global domination.
>
> "Genesea has found a clever new application for monster theory," says JES
> editor Tom Durwood of Valley Forge Military College. "I have already
> assigned her article to my students, and they love it. It makes them think
> about what scares them, and why, and how different societies create their
> own monsters." Such material can prove to be classroom gold for Humanities
> teachers, according to Durwood, and both the article and an accompanying
> seven-page lesson plan are offered free on the Journal's website,
> http://empirestudies.org.
>
> "We want to open this wonderful scholarly content to teachers and college
> students all over the world." Durwood adds. "We hope teachers in Africa
> and Asia and Latin America will use Genesea's article to introduce
> students to the whole idea of monster theory, as well as to the topic of
> World War I."
>
> The new journal is part of a wave of open-access online journals. Dr.
> Julian Fisher of Scholarly Exchange applauds the new journal. "Creating
> valuable academic content and then hiding it behind financial firewalls -
> the traditional scholarly publishing model - runs counter to the essence
> of scholarship, learning and sharing," according to Fisher. "To see a
> journal such as the Journal of Empire Studies breaking that mold is
> exciting." Scholarly Exchange, a not-for-profit organization which
> promotes innovative, cost-efficient electronic-first approaches to
> scholarly publishing, believes strongly in global sharing and distribution
> and is pleased to assist in the effort. The traditional model of scholarly
> publishing – where authors turn over publishing rights to a print journal,
> which in turn charges universities and libraries to subscribe to the
> journals – is being challenged. A recent Chronicle of Higher Education
> article cites the development of "open access" journals as a transforming
> agent within academic publishing. "In a world where subscriptions to some
> medical journals can cost more than $10,000 a year … publishing enabled
> by this kind of tool is plugging many academics into research and
> discourse as never before." Stanford Professor John Willinsky of Public
> Knowledge Project, an advocate of online journal content, calls it "a
> strong vehicle for academic freedom."
>
> "Open access to peer-reviewed research is as urgent in the humanities and
> social sciences as it is in the natural sciences," says Peter Suber,
> Berkman Fellow at Harvard University, an advocate of the open access
> movement. "Scholars in all fields need wider access as readers and larger
> audiences and impact as authors. I commend Tom for making The Journal of
> Empire Studies open-access from birth, and hope that scholars in all the
> fields overlapping empire studies will see the new journal as a new
> opportunity for overcoming access barriers to knowledge and research."
>
> Other topics in the Journal of Empire Studies include Indian
> architecture, Julia Keller on the Gatling gun, and the "Second Death of
> Latin" by language scholar Nicholas Ostler.
>
> http://www.empirestudies.org.
>
> contact: Tom Durwood
> Valley Forge Military College
> empirestudies@gmail.com
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