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J19: The Journal of Nineteenth Century Americanists

Editors :

Sarah Chinn, Hunter College and Brigitte Fielder, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Volume:
Volume
11 (2023)
Frequency:
Frequency
Semiannually
J19 is the official publication of C19: The Society of Nineteenth-Century Americanists. Published twice annually, the journal is dedicated to publishing innovative research on and analysis of the "long nineteenth century" (1783-1914).
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SUBMISSION INFORMATION

The editors invite essay submissions in all areas of American cultural studies from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth centuries. Manuscripts should not be under consideration elsewhere, and they should not identify the author except on an accompanying sheet that includes the title of the submission, the name of the author, and the author's regular-mail and email addresses.

Traditional essay manuscripts must include a 100-200 word abstract and be submitted as a Word document. Manuscripts of between 9,000 and 12,000 words including notes, will be peer-reviewed in a timely manner. We encourage submissions from all disciplines.

The Editors solicit Pleasure Reading submissions of brief (3,000-4,000 word) essays about a text—visual or artifact, literary or critical, old or new, material or virtual—that  brought you pleasure and that you believe will bring pleasure to others.  Submissions should focus on the content of the text as well as its significance for other readers, and should convey the terms of your enjoyment.  These are neither book reviews nor scholarly articles.  They are accounts of books, articles, images, objects that have influenced your writing, your thinking, or your living. The editors are seeking pieces that are thoughtful, inventive, enthusiastic and above all fun to read. They are not subject to the essay submission/review process but instead will be read by the editors.  The editors welcome queries about your ideas for possible submissions. (Here is a sample piece by Stacey Margolis, Univ. of Utah)

Submit manuscripts via email to: J19editors@gmail.com

Access a PDF of submission information here.

The Hopkins Press Journals Ethics and Malpractice Statement can be found at the ethics-and-malpractice page.

Editors

Sarah E. Chinn        
Professor        
Hunter College, CUNY         
j19schinn@gmail.com

Brigitte Fielder        
Associate Professor        
University of Wisconsin-Madison        
j19bfielder@gmail.com        
Managing Editor

Natalie Baggett        
Vanderbilt University

Editorial Advisory Board

Jesse Alemán        
Professor of English        
University of New Mexico

John Levi Barnard        
Associate Professor, English        
University of Illinois

Sarah Blackwood        
Associate Professor of English 
Pace University

 Sari Edelstein      
Professor of English 
University of Massachusetts, Boston

Bert Emerson        
Associate Professor of English        
Whitworth University

Benjamin Fagan        
Associate Professor of English        
Auburn University

Jennifer Greiman        
Associate Professor of English        
Wake Forest University

 Jeffrey Insko       
Associate Professor of English 
Oakland University 

Julia H. Lee        
Professor of Asian American Studies        
University of California at Irvine

Laura Mielke        
Dean’s Professor        
University of Kansas

 Kristin Moriah    
Assistant Professor of English 
Queen’s University

 Janet Neary   
Associate Professor English Department  
Hunter College, City University of New York

Nadia Nurhussein        
Professor of English and Africana Studies        
Johns Hopkins University

Eliza Richards        
Professor of English and Comparative Literature        
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Kathryn Walkiewicz        
Assistant Professor        
University of California at San Diego

 Nazera Wright  
Associate Professor of English  
University of Kentucky

Elizabeth Young        
Professor of English        
Mount Holyoke College

New Feature of J19. Books get reviews and conference papers get questions, but journal articles—so central to our intellectual lives as scholars and teachers—often get no immediate response. With our new “Letters” section, J19 seeks to provide a forum for readers’ comments, questions, critiques and suggestions. These responses, we hope, will not only be useful for writers, but will foster networks of scholars who are working on related topics or problems. More broadly, we see the “Letters” section as a site for debate, conversation, and community. The editors thus solicit letters of no more than 1000 words in dialogue with essays from previous issues. 

J19 does not review individual books. We do, however, publish state-of-the-field review essays. If you are interested in submitting a review essay on 3 or more current books in the same subfield, please contact the editors. G19, the  C19 graduate student caucus, also conducts interviews with scholars on their recent books. For past and current conversations: G19 Forum.

In 2015 we initiated the C19 Circuit, short regional events and workshops focused on bringing together area students, teachers, and scholars to discuss topics related to nineteenth-century America. The first Circuit event entailed a reading and discussion of a previously unknown nineteenth-century manuscript play written and performed by students at a military academy in Vermont in 1838—Philip, or the Indian Chief, held at the Newberry Library in Chicago. Other Circuit events have focused on the preservation of archives (NYU), the legacy of W. E. B. DuBois (Library Company of Philadelphia), and American women writers and quotation (TAMU-CC). We are hoping to revive this series for the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Published twice a year.

Readers include: Scholars/students of American culture and literature from the late 18th to the early 20th centuries 

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