Call for Submissions: Short Blog Articles on Contemporary Social Movements and Conflicts for Zapruder World

Brian J Griffith Announcement
Subject Fields
World History / Studies, Labor History / Studies, Immigration & Migration History / Studies, Colonial and Post-Colonial History / Studies, Public History

Zapruder World’s Editorial Board invites short article submissions for the journal's new multi-topical weblog "ZapLab."

A few years ago, a group of scholars and activists affiliated with the Italian collective Storie in Movimento (Histories in Movement) met in a snowy New York City to strategize the organization of an international History and activism open source, peer-reviewed journal. Soon after, Zapruder World was born. The aim of Zapruder World is to create a wide arena in which to exchange critical knowledge based on both individual research and collective elaboration. The journal focuses on social conflict, paying particular attention to conflicts as movements rather than focusing on their resolutions, so as to better connect the history of social conflicts with current transnational cycles of protest. Our journal now has three published volumes with two more in development. At this stage, however, we wanted to expand our content as well as our readership. Thus, in addition to our annual journal volumes, Zapruder World will be publishing a variety of articles, opinion pieces, and announcements via our new ZapLab section.

ZapLab is organized around three sections: Contributions, that is articles and opinion pieces on protests and marches, discussions and debates within the international Left, and topics in contemporary social and political issues; AgitProp, which will serve as a collection of quotes from, as well as images and videos of, militant scholars and activists; and News & Announcements. ZapLab is not an alternative to our academic journal, but, rather, our digital method for further integrating rigorous scholarship with commentary on contemporary issues and current debates.

Zapruder World welcomes ZapLab short article proposals and submissions from academics, independent scholars, and progressive activists on topics pertaining to contemporary socio-political movements and/or conflicts. If you are interested in becoming a contributor to ZapLab, please visit our Submission Guidelines section.

Contact Email
zaplab-submission@zapruderworld.org