Call forPapers

Special Issue - InterDISCIPLINARY Journal of

Portuguese Diaspora Studies
(Fall 2016)

Lusitania’s Worlds: Cultural Achievements of the Portuguese Diaspora

Guest Editor: Albert Braz, University of Alberta

Fernando Pessoa’s heteronym Álvaro de Campos wrote that he belonged to that

“class of Portuguese/ Who, once India was discovered, were out/ Of work”
(“Pertenço a um género de portugueses/ Que depois de estar a Índia descoberta/
Ficaram sem trabalho”).
He obviously was not alone. Millions of Portuguese have left their homeland in
search of either work or adventure and spanned the globe. Many of them, and their
progeny, have made major cultural contributions to their new lands.
This special issue explores the extent and significance of the cultural contributions
made by Portuguese around the world.
While we will consider assessments of the work of any artist of Portuguese origin
living outside Portugal, we are especially interested in those artists that engage
with the Portuguese diasporic experience.
Unpublished essays or interviews, in either Portuguese or English, are welcome in
any domain of the arts, such as architecture, cinema, dance, literature, music,
painting, photography, printmaking, theatre, sculpture, and so on.
Submissions
All articles will be double-blind peer refereed. An invitation to submit a paper to the special
issue in no way guarantees that the paper will be published; this is dependent on the review
process. Prospective contributors should email all inquiries and submissions to the issue
Guest Editor, Albert Braz: albert.braz@ualberta.ca
Abstract: (400-500 words) with a bio-paragraph: May 15, 2015
Article: December 15, 2015
Decision: March 15, 2016
Publication: October 20, 2016

Details
Manuscripts must be submitted electronically as Word documents. When submitting your paper,
please use the following checklist to match your submission with the editorial guidelines:
1. On a separate page, please include the following author’s information: name, address, and
email address, professional affiliation, biographical note (maximum 150 words)
2. Title of the paper
3. Abstract (400-500 words), and Keywords (5-7 maximum, separated by commas)
4. Research Paper:
a) Length: 20-25 pages maximum. This length includes only the text of the article and not the
abstract, references, notes and appendices
b) Essay should conform to the MLA preparation guidelines for punctuation, spelling,
capitalization, italics, abbreviations, headings, subheadings, quotations, numbers, tables, figures,
citations, and references (http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/)
c) Papers should use: double-spaced text - 12-point standard font -(Times, Times Roman)- 1 inch
(2,54cm) margins (i.e., top, bottom, left, right) - italics, as needed, but no underlining - page
numbers, in the upper right corner of the page header; - section headers, as needed- endnotes -
any acknowledgements of persons, institutions, or granting agencies should be brief. - tables,
figures and other artwork: Number tables, figures or illustrations consecutively throughout the
text. Each should include a title. All labels on figures and illustrations must be typeset. Images
must be accompanied with proof of copyright permission.
Book reviews are not to exceed 1,500 words in length.

Special Issue - InterDISCIPLINARY Journal of Portuguese Diaspora Studies

Guest Editor Albert Braz
albert.braz@ualberta.ca