CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS for AFRICAN TEXTILES for The Textile Museum Journal

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS AFRICAN TEXTILES The Textile Museum Journal, a peer-reviewed annual journal published by the George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum, is seeking article proposals for The Textile Museum Journal, volume 48, 2021 to be devoted to new research on African Textiles. The volume, guest edited by Sarah Fee, senior curator, Eastern Hemisphere Textiles and Fashion, Royal Ontario Museum, will be interdisciplinary. We encourage submissions examining any aspect of African textiles from all pre-historic and historic periods and geographic regions (North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa, and the African diaspora).The Textile Museum Journal now appears in digital version and in color. The digital format allows the incorporation of other media, such as video and sound. We encourage authors to consider incorporating those formats to their articles. Articles for the journal typically range in length from 5,000 to 10,000 words, with no limit on the number of illustrations. The print copy is available on demand to subscribers.Article proposals (250-300 words), a few samples of the visual material, and a brief author biography (100-words) for the African Textiles volume are due April 6, 2020, with full articles (5,000 to 10,000 words) due on August 31, 2020, with final acceptance subject to double-blind peer review.For submissions guidelines, more information, or questions, please check https://museum.gwu.edu/tmjournal or contact The Textile Museum Journal editorial team attmjournal@gwu.edu.