Submissions
The editors seek manuscripts addressing the following topics:
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The effect of historical events on films or their genres or on cultural or aesthetic standards
- The effect of films or film genres on historical or cultural events
- The aesthetic or rhetorical construction of history itself, as rendered in film
- Use of motion pictures, television, and related audio-visual media in the classroom
- The history, holdings, and political and financial status of film and television archives
- New or controversial ways (aesthetic or rhetorical) of presenting history in film productions
- Reviews of books and video/films and broadcasts addressing important themes or events
Note about simultaneous submissions: Authors need decisions quickly, but journals must allocate their editing resources efficiently. When we send out a submission for peer review, we are asking colleagues to commit time and energy to it. If that paper should be withdrawn because of acceptance elsewhere, then our critical resources will have been misspent.
Moreover, academic journals survive on the originality of their research. Film & History cannot accept simultaneous submissions not only because they deplete the journal's (and other journals') resources but also because, in the event of duplicate publication, duplicate submissions threaten the journal's distinctiveness. Also, from a legal and logistical standpoint, all submissions must become the exclusive property of the journal because a publishing schedule requires sure and singular control over the material.
Note about fair use: The author of any contribution to Film & History is entitled to reproduce his or her own work for use in the classroom, for inclusion in his or her own book, or for distribution within the author's institution of employment. Otherwise, Film & History retains the right of publication. If the journal receives a request for duplication of any of its material for academic use, we usually grant the request without charge.
Style and transmission requirements: MLA style is preferred, but the editors will accept manuscripts in APA or Chicago style if this format is used in your scholarly discipline.
Initial submissions should be sent both by e-mail, as an attached file, and by postal mail. All subsequent versions will be transmitted only as attached e-files. Manuscripts chosen for publication will be returned with suggestions toward a final version, after which any further necessary revisions will be made by the editor.
Collegial support of the journal: Please note that, in the tradition of peer-reviewed academic publishing, all contributors of article-length manuscripts must subscribe to the journal.
Send article-length manuscripts (4000 - 7000 words) and reviews (500 - 1500 words) to the following address and e-mail:
Loren PQ Baybrook, Editor
Film & History: An Interdisciplinary Journal
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Polk 305
Oshkosh, WI 54901
For further inquires, contact the editor:
PHONE: (920) 424-0976 (Center for the Study of Film and History)
FAX: (920) 424-1043 (English Department)
FilmandHistory@uwosh.edu
Peer Reviewers
Please use the Reviewer's Form (save the form to your computer first)
E-mail the completed form to FilmandHistory@uwosh.edu (or to the designated Feature Editor)
