[ecrea] CFP - Contention: The Multidisciplinary Journal of Social Protest

We are delighted to announce a new journal, Contention: The 
Multidisciplinary Journal of Social Protest 
(http://contentionjournal.org/).

Contention is a new fully open access, peer-reviewed journal that 
promotes disciplinary cooperation and interdisciplinary integration 
while broadening the scope of academic work in the fields of social 
movements and protest. Contention is published by Punctum Books and is 
administered by an international and interdisciplinary editorial board.

This new journal pursues two objectives:
1) Becoming an on-going forum for debate and discussion across the 
social sciences and humanities on the topic of Social Protest, in its 
many shapes and forms.
2) Expanding multidisciplinary cross-fertilization and increasing 
dialogue across disciplines and fields.

For more information visit www.contentionjournal.org/aims 
<http://www.contentionjournal.org/aims>

Submissions


Contention welcomes submissions of high quality theoretical essays, 
research articles with novel findings, critical reviews as well as 
commentaries aiming at increasing interdisciplinary debate between 
authors, and book reviews. The Journal aims to present original 
perspectives and points of view across disciplines and areas of 
investigation.

Articles should be between 5,000-7,000 words. To submit a paper, please 
read the detailed guidelines found here: 
http://contentionjournal.org/authors/.  Then use the online submission 
form at the address here http://contentionjournal.org/submit/. (For 
information, and to propose a Special Issue, please contact the editors: 
(info /at/ contentionjournal.org) <mailto:(info /at/ contentionjournal.org)>.



Editors:
Giovanni A. Travaglino and Eugene Nulman

Editorial Advisory Board:
Professor Dominic Abrams
Professor Christopher Rootes
Dr. Gianni Piazza
Professor Chris Pickvance

In addition to the open call, we would like to draw your attention to 
the Call for Papers for the Special Issue:
Research and Methods in the Study of Social Protest: Towards a 
Crossdisciplinary Dialogue

Editors: Giovanni A. Travaglino, Brian Callan & Eugene Nulman


For more information see: http://contentionjournal.org/sp1rm/

Deadline: 15th of July 2013.

Thank you and all the best

Eugene Nulman

Giovanni Travaglino