Calls For Papers

Are you searching for an academic journal, edited collection, book series, or press to publish your research? Take a look below!

Email your CFP to contact@blackwomensstudies.com. Please note that the CFP List is only for publications, not for conferences or symposia.

Cambridge History of Black Women in the United States, Cambridge University Press — June 30, 2024 (priority deadline for abstracts); accepts submissions on rolling basis

Fragility, Journal of Arts Writing by Students Special Issue — November 18, 2024

Feminist Futures, The Feminist Word — November 21, 2024

The Significance of Black History: A Century of Observance, 1926 to 2026, Journal of African American History — January 15, 2025

Visual Art Biennials on the African Continent, OBOE Journal Special Issue — January 15, 2025

Country Music’s Mythology, Southern Cultures Special Issue — February 3, 2025

Haitian Feminism(s): Theoretical and Practical Contours - May 30, 2025

AI and the Future of Work in Digital Platforms, Electronic Markets Special Issue — May 31, 2025

Africana Philosophy Series, Oxford University Press — Ongoing

Afro-Latin@ Diaspora Series, Palgrave Macmillan — Ongoing

Afro-Latinx Futures Series, SUNY Press — Ongoing

Black Internationalism Series, University of Illinois Press — Ongoing

Black Women’s History Series, University of North Carolina Press — Ongoing

Borderless Series, West Virginia University Press — Ongoing

Carter G. Woodson Institute Series: Black Studies at Work in the World, University of Virginia Press — Ongoing

Critical Africana Studies Series, Lexington Books/Rowman & Littlefield — Ongoing

Critical Race, Indigeneity, and Relationality Series, Temple University Press — Ongoing

Cultures of Resistance Series, University of South Carolina Press — Ongoing

Ghana Studies — Ongoing

Government and Politics in the South Series, University of Florida Press — Ongoing

Journal of Africana Religions — Ongoing

Journal of Civil Rights and Human Rights, Social Justice Movements — Ongoing

Journal of Gender, Social Policy, and the Law — Ongoing

Little Black Book Series: Research Methodologies for the African Diaspora, Universal Write Publications — Ongoing

National Review of Black Politics — Ongoing

The New Black Studies Series, University of Illinois Press — Ongoing

Women, Gender, and Families of Colors — Ongoing

Writing the Early Americas, University of Virginia Press — Ongoing