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Strife Journal: First Round of Call for Papers for 2021

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Strife Journal is pleased to announce the opening of the first round of Call for Papers for 2021, with a deadline for all papers of 12 April 2021.

Strife is a biannual peer-reviewed dual-format publication which publishes articles on the theme of conflict, broadly defined. Submissions may include studies of conflict in history, art and media, of the relationship between war and state, of the interrelation of war and society, analyses of strategy, operations and military tactics, diplomacy and international relations, as well as more narrowly defined subjects. There is no restriction as to period or geographical focus.

Strife Journal - Call for Papers

Articles should be between 4000–5000 words and include an abstract of 100 words. Submitted articles must meet the outlined submission guidelines. Articles that do not meet referencing and formatting guidelines risk being rejected for publication.

Please email submissions to [email protected].

Call for Papers: Rethinking States of Exception Series

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Strife is pleased to announce the call for contributions to its ‘Rethinking States of Exception’ Series.

This series is looking to publish on examinations of contemporary productions of “states of exception” that go beyond Carl Schmitt and Giorgio Agamben’s traditional theorizations, and incorporate critical, transnational, post-colonial, as well as feminist perspectives to produce a more nuanced theoretical paradigm. The theory’s crux lays in its ability to explain the everyday use of mechanisms of power in today’s liberal democracies, as well as in contexts of despotic power and complete impunity. Nevertheless, the theory’s traditional framework falls short of fully accounting for these mechanisms as a result of its ungendered, unracialized, and ahistorical approach. Only in recognizing the ways in which gender, race, and colonial legacies affect distributions of power can we truly uncover the conditions under which states of exception and the entity of homines sacri are produced today.

Themes could include but are not limited to:

  • Refugee Politics and Statelessness
  • Arbitrary Detention, Mass Incarceration, and the Carceral State
  • Negotiations and Imaginaries of Borders, Sovereignty, and States of Exception
  • Covid-19 and Viruses as Metaphors of Exception
  • The War on Terror
  • Intersex, Transexual, and Queer Bodies as States of Exception
  • The Violence Produced by Exceptions

Questions could include but are not limited to:

  • How do we account for and respond to the contemporary production of states of exception?
  • Should responses to violent crises always be constitutional?
  • What does the “state of exception” mean in a neoliberal world order where executive power is inseparable from the interests of the private sector?
  • What is the relationship between human reproduction and governance?
  • What function does the securitisation of irregular migration fulfill? In what strategies is it integrated?

This interdisciplinary series is not limited to geopolitical perspectives and welcomes contributions from diverse fields, such as gender studies, law, economics, contemporary arts, and much more. Articles should be around 1000-1200 words in length and meet with all of the submission guidelines. Articles will be subject to a review by the Series Editor and the Blog Coordinating Editor prior to acceptance to the series. Articles that do not meet referencing and formatting guidelines risk being rejected for publication.

Articles should be submitted by 2nd March 2021. If you are interested in submitting an article for publication, or have an idea or query you wish to discuss, please contact our editorial team at: [email protected]

Call for Papers: Caribbean Maritime Security Series

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Strife is pleased to announce the call for contributions to its ‘Caribbean Maritime Security’ Series.

This series is looking to publish on a range of topics and perspectives related to Caribbean maritime security. There is no restriction as to period, nor is there a requirement to include a broader regional perspective. Articles can focus on a single theme related to Caribbean Maritime Security like a specific country within the region. The themes could include but are not limited to:

  • Regional Navies and Coast Guards
  • Emerging Maritime Threats in the Caribbean
  • ‘Great Power Competition’ in Caribbean Maritime Security
  • Port and Panama Canal Infrastructure Security
  • Caribbean History and Maritime Security
  • Illegal Narcotics Trafficking as a Maritime Issue

Articles should be around 1000-1200 words in length and meet with all of the submission guidelines. Articles will be subject to a review by the Series Editor and the Blog Coordinating Editor prior to acceptance to the series articles that do not meet referencing and formatting guidelines risk being rejected for publication.

Articles should be submitted by 19 February 2021. If you are interested in submitting an article for publication, or have an idea or query you wish to discuss, please contact our editorial team at: [email protected].

Call for Papers - Strife Series on Forgotten Wars

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Strife blog is pleased to announce the call for contributions to its ‘Forgotten Wars’ Series.

 

This series is looking to publish on a range of topics on the relationship between terrorism, conventional warfare, and conflict spaces, the themes could include but are not limited to:

  • Counterterrorism and defence industry/production
  • Area and conflict case studies
  • Conflict entrenchment
  • Counterterrorism/counter-extremism and humanitarian action
  • Strategy and asymmetric engagement
  • Issues surrounding law and use of force against terrorism in conflict zones

 

There is no restriction as to period or geographical focus. Articles should be around 1000-1200 words in length and meet with all of the submission guidelines. Articles will be subject to a review by the Series Editor and the Blog Managing Editor prior to acceptance to the series articles that do not meet referencing and formatting guidelines risk being rejected for publication.

 

If you are interested in submitting an article for publication, or have an idea or query you wish to discuss, please contact our editorial team at: [email protected] The deadline for expressions of interest is 20th July 2020.

 

Call for Papers - KSLR-Strife Joint Edition

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The King’s Student Law Review and Strife are pleased to announce the publication of the third joint, special edition of our journal under the overarching theme of ‘Law and War’.

Submissions must be relevant to the subjects that relate to the intersection between ‘Law and War’. This overarching theme encompasses a vast range of topics such as challenging the effectiveness of ‘Jus in bello‘ (international humanitarian law) in light of the ‘war on terror’, ‘rogue states’, the historical origins of the laws of conventional warfare, or on broader themes such as the legal practice in international human rights, translation of legal norms within war and martial and strategic law. In particular, the editors would be interested in contributions addressing the implications for law and war of the Covid-19 pandemic, Brexit, protest movements, space exploration, and big data and AI. For examples of accepted works please see our second joint edition here.

All articles must be between 4,000 and 6,000 words in length. Articles must comply with extension OSCOLA Guidelines (4th edition). Please click here for a conclusive guide. Guidance can be provided to authors unfamiliar with OSCOLA referencing requirements.

If you are interested in submitting an article for this exciting joint publication, please send the full text, as well as the required information (outlined below) to the following email address: [email protected]

 

Required Information

  • Title of the article, set in bold, ranged left and unjustified.
  • Name of the author or authors directly below the title, followed by institution affiliation, if applicable.
  • Five or six keywords.
  • Abstract of around 350 words
  • Article of between 4,000 and 6,000 words

We will be accepting submissions until Monday 3rd August 2020 at 6pm (BST). We look forward to receiving your submissions.

 

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For any general enquiries, please contact: [email protected]

If you have any enquiries that are law-related or relate to KSLR’s work in this project or more generally, please contact: [email protected].

If you have any enquiries related to the topic of conflict more broadly or that relate to Strife’s collaboration in this project, please contact: [email protected]