ANNOUNCING A NEW SERIES: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History

Series Editors:
Anthony La Vopa, North Carolina State University
Suzanne Marchand, Louisiana State University
Javed Majeed, Queen Mary, University of London

Editorial Board:
David Armitage, Harvard University
Christopher Bayly, University of Cambridge
Alexander Etkind, University of Cambridge
Paula Findlen, Stanford University
Tim Harper, University of Cambridge
Douglas Howland, University of Wisconsin/Milwaukee
Barbara Taylor, University of East London
Phyllis Mack, Rutgers University
Susan Manning, University of Edinburgh
John Monroe, Iowa State University
Emma Rothschild, University of Cambridge and Harvard University
Samuel Moyn, Columbia University
Susan Manning, University of Edinburgh
Daniel Rodgers, Princeton University Alexander Etkind, University of Cambridge
Emma Rothschild, University of Cambridge and Harvard University
Barbara Taylor, University of East London
Frank Trentmann, Birkbeck College, University of London
Caroline Winterer, Stanford University

The Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History series has been designed in response to key developments in both cultural and intellectual history. It has three primary aims:

 To close divides between intellectual and cultural approaches, thus bringing them into mutually enriching interactions.
 To encourage interdisciplinarity in intellectual and cultural history
 To globalize the field, both in its geographical scope and in its subjects and methods of inquiry 

In recent years, intellectual and cultural histories of both the west and the non-west have become deeper and richer, and scholars have begun exploring the interconnections between these histories in innovative ways. Students of the arts are embracing deeper studies of context, while historians are becoming far more sensitive to literary and aesthetic concerns. Historians of science are reaching out to study social, cultural, and political contexts. Accordingly, this series is open to work on a range of modes of intellectual inquiry, discursive practice, and representation, including

 social theory and the social sciences
 the natural sciences
 economic thought
 literature
 religion
 gender and sexuality
 philosophy
 political thought and ideology
 law
 psychology
 the visual arts
 music

The series is truly global in scope; it encompasses not just North America but Africa, Asia, Eurasia, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. It welcomes both nationally focused studies and studies of intellectual and cultural exchanges between different nations and regions of the world. Research monographs, synthetic studies, edited collections, and broad works of reinterpretation will all be considered.

Regardless of methodology or geography, all books in the series will be historical in the fundamental sense of undertaking rigorous contextual analysis. They will relate texts and other artifacts to the social, cultural, political and legal conditions of their specific times and places.

Submissions Guidelines

We prefer to see proposals with one or two chapters, delivered electronically in Microsoft Word, before considering a full manuscript. Proposals should be e-mailed to one of the series editors:

Anthony La Vopa –anthony_ lavopa@ncsu.edu 

Suzanne Marchand – smarch1@lsu.edu 

Javed Majeed – j.majeed@qmul.ac.uk 

Please organize your proposal as follows:

1) Proposed title and subtitle of your work.

2) Brief Description: In one short paragraph explain the scope of your project: What are the core themes, arguments, issues, and/or topics of the work? What are the distinctive and original elements of your project that set it apart from other work in the field?

3) Full Description: In one to two pages, please elaborate on the core argument(s) and goal(s) of the proposed book. What questions do you seek to answer? What do you believe will be the book’s contribution to the literature in its field?

4) Proposed Chapter Outline: Please provide a chapter-by-chapter synopsis of the project’s planned content and main argument(s). In order for us to make an accurate assessment of the project’s potential, please provide as much detail as possible, including a title and a descriptive paragraph for each chapter (approx. 100 words each).

5) Market and Competition: Please indicate the primary market for your project, i.e. who will read and buy the book. If it is aimed toward students, what specific courses is it written for and at what level? What are typical enrollment numbers for such courses? Would your project be suitable as the main reading for the class or as supplementary reading?

Please list any secondary markets that may exist for the book (i.e., library market, academic associations, etc.)

Please list (including author, title, and publisher) competing or complementing titles. These do not need to be direct competitors but simply what your primary readership is buying/using at the moment. What sets your book apart from these titles and would persuade potential readers to buy it?

6) Additional Information: What is the expected length of the manuscript (in either total words, including notes, or double-spaced pages)? Will there be pictures, tables, or other non-text material, and, if so, approximately how many? Are there any other particular features planned for the book (e.g., boxed text, glossary, activities, study questions, instructor’s guide, etc.)?

7) Delivery date: What is your current schedule for completing the manuscript?

8) Peer Review: If there are people well-qualified to offer an objective assessment of your proposal, we encourage your suggestions.

9) Author Information: Please provide complete contact information for yourself and any co-authors/co-editors, as well as a short bio or complete CV. For edited collections, please provide short bios for all contributors as well.