[Commlist] Call for Short Essays: Lazarsfeld at 120

# Call for Short Essays: Lazarsfeld at 120

The *International Journal of Communication* will publish a Forum timed 
to appear with the 120-year anniversary of Paul Lazarsfeld’s birth, in 
August 2021. We are inviting contributions of 1500- to 3000-word essays 
that reflect on the late sociologist’s legacy for communication research 
and for empirical social research more broadly.

Topics may include, but are not limited to:

* Lazarsfeld and the institutionalization of social science research
* Lazarsfeld’s media research program, beyond the best-known studies of 
opinion leaders and personal influence
* Under-explored aspects of Lazarsfeld’s intellectual history
* Lazarsfeld as historian of empirical research methods
* The reception of Lazarsfeld’s research programs and methodological 
contributions around the world, including his native Europe
* Questions of credit and division of labor in Lazarsfeld-directed 
research projects
* Histories of lesser-known and uncompleted projects and proposals
* Lazarsfeld’s place in the remembered history of media and 
communication research

We aim to publish 4 to 5 open access essays in late summer 2021. 
Potential contributors should write to the Forum editors (Hynek Jeřábek 
and Jeff Pooley) with a 150- to 200-word abstract, by February 15, 2021. 
The deadline for completed drafts (1500 to 3000 words) is April 15, 2021.

IJOC is a platinum OA journal, with no author charges (APCs).

### Timeline

* **February 15:** Abstract (150 to 200 words) of proposed contribution
* **April 15:** Completed drafts (1500 to 3000 words)
* **August:** Forum publication in International Journal of Communication

### Forum Editors

* Hynek Jeřábek (Charles University) - mailto:(hynek.jerabek /at/ fsv.cuni.cz) 
<mailto:(hynek.jerabek /at/ fsv.cuni.cz)>
* Jeff Pooley (Muhlenberg College) - mailto:(pooley /at/ muhlenberg.edu) 
<mailto:(pooley /at/ muhlenberg.edu)>

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