ANNOUNCEMENT: CFP: DIBRUGARH UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF ENGLISH STUDIES (DUJES) VOLUME 30 (to be published between March-June, 2022)
NOW CLOSED
Subject Fields:
Humanities, Literature, Women’s &
Gender Studies, Cultural Studies
Dibrugarh University Journal of English
Studies (DUJES, ISSN [Print] 0975-5659, ISSN [Online] 2581-7833) will
complete its thirtieth year of existence that coincides with the glorious
hundred years of some seminal works of the Modernist intervention in English
literature, namely, T.S. Eliot’s The
Waste Land (1922), James Joyce’s Ulysses
(1922) and Virginia Woolf’s Jacob’s
Room (1922). The editorial board considers it as a significant moment to
revisit the Modernist expressions in literature and its trajectory till the
present time through a spectrum of literary works, cultural texts and artifacts.
Besides revisiting the historical juncture in the domain of English literature,
the journal commemorates the recent demise of Professor Dilip Kumar Barua, a key
persona in the inception of the journal. Professor Barua significantly
contributed to the growth of the journal, then called Gleanings (1976-77) and as a connoisseur of the Modernist texts,
translated Eliot’s The Waste Land into
Assamese as Chan Pora Mati (1998). Taking
these significant paradigms as a point of reference, the next issue of
Dibrugarh University Journal of English Studies will be published as a special
commemorative volume on the theme “Revisiting Modernism: Hundred Years and
Beyond”. The journal calls for research papers on the themes pertaining, but
not limited, to the following sub themes:
Ø Modernism and memory
Ø The dialectics of Modernism
Ø Time and Space in the context of Modernism
and beyond
Ø The personal versus the collective- the
Modernist expressions
Ø Narrative and Resistance- corollaries of
the Modernist experience
Ø Modernities of the Moderns and beyond
Ø How to “make it new”- pluralities of form
and expression after Modernism
Ø Modernism and the post-truth
Ø Critiquing Modernism- late twentieth
century critical perspectives
The journal invites relevant and critical
contributions on the theme that explores literature(s) in English as well as
English translations, literary criticism and theory, issues related to critical
humanities, and related fields of literary studies. The papers and topics
pertaining to Visual Arts, however, will be considered for review if only they
are related to a literary framework covered within the theme of the journal. All
contributions will be sent anonymously to the Board of Reviewers for blind
peer-review, evaluation and approval/rejection. The editors and reviewers shall
have discretion in the matter of recommending the submissions for publication.
The name of the contributor(s) and the full official address should be
submitted with a short biographical note (not exceeding 100 words) and email id
in a SEPARATE DOCUMENT to the document with the research paper.
The Bio-note should also include a declaration that the submission has not been
published previously and that the work has not been submitted elsewhere for
publication. No part of the document
with the submission should contain the author’s name(s) or credentials, in
order to facilitate confidential peer reading. The contributors are
expected to conform strictly to the following guidelines:
- Manuscripts of the full-length articles
should be between 4000-6000 words (inclusive of works cited and endnotes –
please do not use footnotes). Contributors are to note that the preliminary
overview of the work includes a plagiarism check. If the work has been
previously submitted in the form of an M.Phil or Ph.D dissertation, the
contributor should declare the same. The contributors are also requested to
submit a plagiarism report (OURIGINAL/ TURNITIN) and the ID of the report so that
the same may be cross-verified.
- Only one submission per contributor
shall be considered for review. Multiple submissions through the same or
different email accounts shall lead to rejection.
- Consecutive submission by contributors
who have published in the latest volume of the journal is not accepted.
- Contributors are requested to submit a
declaration that they have read the submission guidelines, agree to the policy
of the journal and that the submission is original and does not contain any
plagiarized material or content.
- In-text citations must not be left
incomplete, if found, may lead to rejection. Similarly, submissions without
Works Cited will not be accepted.
- An abstract of around 200-400 words
along with Keywords must accompany the submission.
- Submissions with typographical and
grammatical errors will be evaluated in an overview of the paper/article before
the blind peer-review process, and if found in excess, shall be returned to the
author(s) or rejected – the discretion of the Editorial Board is final in this
regard. The guidelines stated here are to be strictly adhered to, else the
submission will be rejected.
- Times New Roman, 12 pt Font and
font-size must be strictly adhered to, and lines must be double-spaced.
Submissions must be submitted in the .docx format. No other format will be
accepted.
- The editors urge contributors to
have their articles/papers proofread for typographical, grammatical, factual
and technical errors BEFORE submission. Articles/papers which overlook the same
shall be summarily rejected without intimation.
- The manuscripts should be prepared
strictly according to the MLA Handbook (8th Edition) style. Works cited
must conform to the recommended format of the MLA. Failure to do so may
result in rejection of the submission.
- Endnotes, and not footnotes, must be
used in the article.
- Works cited should be included in the
manuscript and not in a separate document.
- Formatting issues due to incompatibility
of software and/or other related problems will be treated as the responsibility
of the contributor. The same will have to be rectified if the concern is raised
by the editors.
- Simultaneous submission of the same
manuscript for publication in other journals is not allowed and the work should
not have been published previously. A declaration to this effect must be included
in the Bio-note.
- Kindly refer to the other links for more
details on Submission Guidelines, Ethics
Policy and Declarations.
The special issue of DUJES (Vol. 30) is
scheduled for publication between March and June, 2022. Contributions for
possible inclusion must reach the Editors: Dr. Lakhipriya Gogoi, Assistant
Professor, Department of English, Dibrugarh University, and Dr. Lakshminath
Kagyung, Assistant Professor, Department of English, Dibrugarh University, by
31st October, 2021, at dujes.vol30@gmail.com. Submissions after the
deadline will not be considered for the incumbent issue.
Contact Info: The research papers for
publication and any other queries may be sent in the following email id:
dujes.vol30@gmail.com
For further information and queries, write
to:
The Editors, DUJES (Vol. 30)
Department of English,
Dibrugarh University,
Dibrugarh-786004
Assam, India.