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Public Humanities is an international open access, peer-reviewed journal at the intersection of humanities scholarship and public life. Our Of the Moment section is our channel for open submissions. It addresses emerging and on-going topics in short-form articles informed by research and written in an accessible style for wide audiences.
We are especially interested in the following forms (with examples).
1. Scholarship on what is happening now: current events, everyday life, sports, politics, public holidays, and anniversaries celebrated around the world. |
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2. Expert analysis of new texts, ideas, objects, and events informed by scholarly research. |
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3. New readings of old texts, ideas, objects, and events put in conversation with life today. |
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4. Explainers that introduce big ideas and arguments to readers new to a field. |
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5. Policy statements—briefs, proposals, analysis—for people who hold the levers of power. |
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6. Empirical reports that provide data related to the humanities and public life. |
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7. Research-backed memoirs giving behind-the-scenes stories of public humanities in action. |
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8. Profiles of public humanities practitioners or public figures who show the societal value of the humanities. |
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9. Scholarly opinion pieces and feature stories on the humanities in public life. |
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10. Histories, theories, and critiques of the field of public humanities. |
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11. Activism, manifestos, and polemics informed by humanities research. |
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12. Scholarly analysis of institutions and infrastructure related to public humanities. |
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13. Pedagogy and educational programs in public humanities. |
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14. How-to guides for doing public humanities work. |
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15. New media forms such as infographics, listicles, photo essays, and comics. |
Please note: although Of the Moment articles are shorter than typical academic research papers, they are more difficult to write because they must be both rigorously researched enough to satisfy subject-matter experts and accessibly written enough to be understood by non-specialist readers.
Submission Guidelines
Length
Article submissions should be no more than 2,000 words, not including abstract, footnotes, and bibliography.
Style
Submissions must be written in accessible language for a wide readership across and beyond the humanities. Articles must balance deep research recorded in footnotes with creative storytelling done with literary flair. See How to Write for Public Humanities.
Author Instructions
Our author instructions include important guidance for preparing your materials and submitting your materials.
Peer Review
All articles are peer-reviewed for both content and style.
Open Access
Of the Moment articles appear digitally and open access in the journal and are collected annually in a year-in-review issue.
Contact
Questions can be sent to the Editors-in-Chief of Public Humanities, Zoe Hope Bulaitis and Jeffrey R. Wilson, at publichumanities@cambridge.org.
Submit an Article
All submissions should be made through the Public Humanities online peer review system.