2nd Series, Volume 4, 2015
Call for Papers
Op.cit: A Journal of Anglo-American Studies (the Journal of APEAA – Associação Portuguesa de Estudos Anglo-Americanos / Portuguese Association for Anglo-American Studies) is now calling for papers for its next issue, 2nd Series, Volume 4, which will be published in 2015.
The Journal is blindly peer-reviewed. Since 2012 Op. Cit. is an electronic publication currently accessible at https://sites.google.com/site/apeaadirecao/journal.
Proposal Submission:
Being a peer-reviewed journal all contributions are sent out anonymously to experts for evaluation; it is therefore required that the author’s name, affiliation, bio, and address should appear only on the cover sheet of the manuscript.
The author should also send a short bio (500 characters).
The email “subject” should contain “Op.Cit.-2015-Proposal-author’s name”. The space for “Author’s name” should be filled with the surname of the author.
Manuscripts should conform to the latest edition of the MLA Handbook as adopted by Op. Cit. style sheet (also accessible at https://sites.google.com/site/apeaadirecao/journal).
We welcome:
1. POSITION PAPERS (10,000 to 20,000 characters, without spaces, including notes and bibliographic references);
2. FULL PAPERS (30,000 to 40,000 characters, without spaces, including abstract, notes and bibliographic references).
– All articles should include an abstract (900 characters, without spaces) in English (and in Portuguese if the text is in Portuguese), and a number of keywords (up to 5) — article and abstract(s) in a single document.
3. REVIEWS of recent books or essays, as well as NOTES and NOTICES about Journals are also welcome.
4. We also welcome brief ABSTRACTS of MA and PhD dissertations that have been submitted to public discussion in Portugal from 2014 to the present. Abstracts in English and Portuguese should be c. 1,500 to 2,000 characters, without spaces, in each language. Please don’t forget to include complete name, complete title (if the dissertation is in Portuguese, you can add a translation of the title), degree, university and date (you can add the name/s of the supervisor/s).
The following address – Isabel Caldeira mic@fl.uc.pt – should be used for mail exchange between the authors and the Journal.
DEADLINE for the delivery of completed essays: 28 February 2015.