[Bilimsel Haber] CFP: Liberalism, Conservatism, Radicalism, and Historical Materialism (4/15/07; journal issue)

[Gonul Pultar]

RETHINKING HISTORY: THE JOURNAL OF THEORY AND PRACTICE invites proposals 
for a themed issue entitled ³Liberalism, Conservatism, Radicalism, and
Historical Materialism.²  The issue is part of Volume 13, will be 
published in 2009, and is guest edited by Dennis Dworkin, Associate 
Professor of History, at the University of Nevada. Reno.

While historians have often prided themselves on their objectivity and
detachment, it is well known that some of the most influential 
historical texts have been politically impassioned.  Some of the most 
famous examples come from the various traditions of ³history from 
below,² but they are not limited to these, and they exist across the 
political spectrum.

The purpose of this issue is to reconsider the relationship between
political ideas and historical practice. We seek essays representing a
variety of approaches and disciplines.

How do historians of various political persuasions use political ideas 
and ideologies to understand the past? How do political ideologies 
conceived in the present shape history as an object and a practice?  The 
crisis of Marxist history is well known. Have other political 
appropriations of the past--conservative, liberal, feminist, black 
radical, and so forth--undergone analogous turmoil?  How have postmodern 
and postcolonial perspectives affected the deployment of political 
ideologies to understand and construct the past? What is the future of 
historical work on marginalized and subjugated peoples?

250 word proposals and CVs should be sent not later than April 15, 2007 
to Dennis Dworkin at dworkin at unr.edu. The final date for contributions 
to be received is January 15, 2009. The length of articles should be 
6000-7000 words, but will ultimately be determined by the number of 
contributors.

Details of the journal and Instructions for Authors can be found at:
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13642529.asp

Questions are welcome and should be addressed to:

Dennis Dworkin
Department of History/ 308
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno, NV 89557
775-784-6497
mailto:dworkin at unr.edu


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