[ecrea] First Issue of Diffractions just published

Diffractions - Graduate Journal for the Study of Culture

First Issue| Crisicism: The Cultural Discourse of Crisis


The first issue of Diffractions - Graduate Journal for the Study of 
Culture is now online. Published bi-annually, Diffractions is an online, 
open access and peer-reviewed journal, founded and edited by the 
doctoral students in Culture Studies at the Catholic University of 
Portugal  - The Lisbon Consortium programme.

Under the theme 'Crisicism: The Cultural Discourse of Crisis', this 
first issue gathers contributions that reflect upon the concept of 
crisis across several domains, from history to cinema, literature and 
the visual arts. This issue also includes an interview with Andreas 
Huyssen, Professor for Comparative Literature at Columbia University and 
founder of New German Critique.

DIFFRACTIONS wishes to constitute a platform where graduate students and 
other young researchers can showcase their current research as well as 
reviews of the latest books of interest in the field. The scope of the 
journal is interdisciplinary and transcultural. Its welcomes 
contributions from a wide range of disciplines that share a common 
interest in the multiple ways cultures produce meaning, including but 
not limited to critical theory, cultural studies, comparative 
literature, cultural history, translation studies, postcolonial studies, 
visual culture, film, media and gender studies, popular culture, museum 
studies, memory studies, amongst others.

The journal accepts contributions in English, Portuguese and Spanish and 
every issue is dedicated to a cultural problem. The call for articles 
for the second issue, dedicated to the theme '(Un-)Boundedness: On 
Mobility and Belonging', is open until November 15.

Find us online at www.diffractions.net.


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