Routledge Companion to Gender and Empire; Co-edited by Vrushali Patil (Web) and Tanya Saunders (Web) (Univ. of Maryland)
Proposals by: 15.03.2025
The goal of this Companion is to advance an expansive and interdisciplinary approach to both ‚gender‘ and ‚empire,‘ which includes troubling many of the ways in which gender, empire and their interrelationship are often theorized.
Most work in these fields focuses on gendered experiences, identities and politics within European and US-based empires from the eighteenth century and on. In this volume, the editors aim to expand our focus both historically and geographically, from ancient empires in Africa and the Americas to contemporary imperial projects in China, Russia, and so on. The editors are also interested in inter-imperial connections and relationships across time and over space. By expanding the approach to empires historically and geographically, they are also inviting epistemic challenges to received approaches to gender as a conceptual category for understanding power in connection to empire.
This query includes the important questions of 1) how gendered processes may vary across empires and 2) whether the concept of gender is always meaningful or helpful for exploring imperial processes across time and space. The editors believe the Companion will be an invaluable and innovative tool for researchers and students.
The editors are asking for abstracts of proposed chapters by March 15th, 2025. All chapters will be peer reviewed to ensure the quality of the volume. Abstracts length: 250-500 words. Article Submission details: Between 6,000 and 7,000 words and contain preferably new and original research. The deadline for submitting the first draft is August 1st, 2025. Chicago Manual of Style, seventeenth edition, please use endnotes instead of footnotes.
Please submit abstracts to: routledgecompanion2025@gmail.com
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