CFP: PALGRAVE HANDBOOK ON WOMEN AND GENDER IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY RUSSIA AND THE SOVIET UNION
Please aim to send expressions of interest to milic@glos.ac.uk by the end of September 2014.
Professor Melanie Ilic (Professor of Soviet History, University of Gloucestershire, UK) has been approached by a commissioning editor at Palgrave Macmillan to edit a volume of essays provisionally titled: The Palgrave Handbook on Women and Gender in Twentieth-Century Russia and the Soviet Union.
It is envisaged that the Handbook will consist of between 20 and 25 chapters of between 6000 and 8000 words each. All
contributions must be in English language. Contributions should be original research papers aimed at an audience of postgraduate students and established scholars in the field. The Handbook will be published initially in hardback, with a paperback version following after 18 months or two years.
At this stage, she is seeking expressions of interest from anyone who would like to contribute to the collection. These should consist of:
– a provisional chapter title
– a short abstract of 150-200 words outlining the chapter content
– a short biographical note providing your full title, current affiliation, email contact details, and a list of your most recent publications and / or current research topic
Please aim to send expressions of interest to milic@glos.ac.uk by the end of September 2014.
The aim is that the book should be published in 2017 to mark the centenary of the Russian Revolutions. For UK contributors, the aim is that the book will be ready well in advance of the REF2020 deadline.
Ideally the volume will include papers not only by established scholars in the field, but also by researchers with recently
awarded doctorates and postgraduate students currently working on PhDs in this area.
