[Discussion] Skandalon: a refereed graduate e-journal

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Skandalon is a refereed graduate e-journal edited and published by the 
students of the Centre for the Study of Theory & Criticism, University 
of Western Ontario.

Within the confines of its biblical and ecclesiastical heritage, the 
word skandalon signifies a seductive enticement or occasion that incites 
behaviour that leads one to turn away from God and enter a movement 
towards ruin. In this very movement of reversal, however, there resides 
a going astray that points towards the thinking or theorizing of, or on, 
the scandalized.

'To scandalize' is to engage in the production of shock and outrage. The 
scandal of theory is that it produces 'theory junkies' that conceive 
ruin as something other than a destructive end. Skandalon is inspired by 
the temptation to (re)read theory and its texts with the aim of enticing 
them to ruin. We are particularly interested in reviewing manuscripts 
that interrogate, complicate, contort, distort and scandalize theory. 
This may be accomplished from a multiplicity of perspectives, with any 
or no end in mind.

We are currently seeking submissions for the inaugural issue, and will 
consider essays (4000-6000 words) that theorize scandal or scandalize 
theory. All theoretical approaches are welcomed. In matters of citation, 
it is assumed that the proper MLA format will be followed.

Please send your submissions in a Word document as email attachments to 
the email address provided, and carbon-copy them to jmvande2@uwo.ca or 
on a diskette and hard copy to the address below.

Deadline: *July 1, 2004*. Successful contributors will be notified of 
their acceptance by email.

	The Centre for the Study of Theory & Criticism
University of Western Ontario
Visual Arts Centre 200F
London, Ontario, Canada
N6A 5B7

Email: afuenzal@uwo.ca <mailto:afuenzal@uwo.ca>
Visit the website at http://www.uwo.ca/theory 
<http://www.uwo.ca/theory/skandalon>