Key Words: A Journal of Cultural Materialism, the journal of the Raymond Williams Society, seeks contributions for its 2024 issue.
Key Words is committed to developing the tradition of cultural materialism derived from the founding analysis of culture and society in the work of Raymond Williams. The journal provides a forum for radical thought on history and politics, and explores the role of literary, media, and cultural forms in the contemporary global era.
Following recent themed issues on topics such as ‘Working-Class Writing’ (2020), ‘Countercultural Legacies’ (2021), ‘Raymond Williams and World Literature’ (2022) and ‘Raymond Williams: The Centenary Issue’ (2023), the editorial board now issue an open call for submissions for 2024. We invite contributions that engage with any aspects of Williams’s work and intellectual legacy, and with the cultural materialist tradition more broadly.
In the first instance, we invite potential contributors to submit an abstract (500 words max) by 31st January 2024. Potential contributors will be notified of the editors’ decisions by mid-February. Article manuscripts (6000-8000 words) will be due 31st May 2024 and will be subject to peer review.
Previous issues of the journal can be viewed here. Abstracts and enquiries should be sent to Elinor Taylor, e.taylor@westminster.ac.uk, for consideration by the editorial board.
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