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Call for Papers
tiresias: writings in gender and sexuality
Fall 2013 Issue
Purpose:
tiresias is an interdisciplinary journal that provides a forum for research in the study
of gender and sexuality. It is interested in formal essays that explore the way these
concepts and identities intersect with race, class, and history.tiresias welcomes
academically rigorous, undergraduate level research that speaks to issues regarding past,
present, and future directions of gender and sexuality.
Types of Submissions:
We accept original research articles and analytical essays. Papers are welcome from all
departments, including but not limited to: Anthropology, Comparative Literature, Classics,
English, History, Linguistics, the Natural Sciences, Philosophy, Political Science,
Psychology, and Women’s and Gender Studies.
Expectations:
Submissions must be contextually appropriate. They should contain thorough introductions
and ground the reader in the method, lens, or discipline from which they derive. Each
submission must contain a well-articulated thesis that is supported throughout the article
with scholarly research. Submissions should qualify all theses, premises, and claims using
substantial evidence and cogent arguments. Footnotes must properly cite respective
sources.
Format:
Submissions must follow the author-date system of documentation, with limited footnotes,
as outlined in The Chicago Manual of Style(16th edition). Articles should not exceed a
maximum length of 5,000 words, including references and footnotes. An abstract of no more
than 250 words must accompany your submission. Authors should include the following
information on a separate title page: name, email address, university, major, and year of
graduation.
Deadline: May 31, 2013
Email submissions to: RUTPjournal@gmail.com<mailto:RUTPjournal@gmail.com> with the
subject title as “Submission- Fall 2013-[your name].”
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