Special issue editors: Robert Kulpa and Mia Liinason
Special issue advisory board: Judith Halberstam, Tuula Juvonen and Tiina Rosenberg
Deadline: September 30th 2007

For some time on, queer scholars from different parts of the world, brought to a fore the need for the re-contextualization of the word “queer”; the need to problematize its reception in non-English contexts, where the word “queer” is an empty signifier without history and negative connections. This special issue of the GJSS seeks to assess ways in which transnational/national contexts affect queer studies. Therefore, we would like to ask: What impact does spatial and temporal contexts have on queer formations and practises of storytelling? Moreover, this special issue also acknowledges the emphasis on the mutual interdependencies of social movements and academic theories. We question: What are the consequences of the political struggle for academic activity? How can we deal with the privileged position of Western canons? How we can think, act and write about „the political/ideological“ and „the academy“?

Welcome-themes to be taken up in this special issue of GJSS include:

• Multiple genealogies of Queer Studies
• Queer Studies and the future? Utopian/Anti-Utopian perspectives
• Different archives for theorising queer (feminism, LGBT, post-colonial -, postcommunist-, economic -, geography – studies, and others)
• Queer intersectionality: gender, race, sexuality, class, generations, history, poverty, …
• Queer method/ologies
• Transnational/national contexts and various geo-political possibilities of queering Queer Studies
• Other related issues suggested by authors

Those interested in submitting a paper for this special issue should send a 200 word abstract by September 30th 2007 followed by a preliminary draft within two months (i.e. November 30th 2007).

Authors are asked to familiarize themselves with the general profile of the journal, and to focus their papers accordingly.

Texts are peer reviewed and acceptance decisions will be made on the basis of the preliminary draft.

Final deadline is January 31st 2008 (7000 words maximum).

Inquiries, abstracts and submissions should be sent to Robert Kulpa (University College London, r.kulpa[at]ucl.ac.uk) or Mia Liinason (Lund Univeristy, mia.liinason[at]genus.lu.se).

The Graduate Journal of Social Science (GJSS) is an international, interdisciplinary journal, aiming at providing examples of and discussions over pluralism in methodology. The journal is peer reviewed and published by the Amsterdam University Press twice a year. For more details please look at: http://www.gjss.org