Labnet: CFP: Left History Theme Issue on Active History

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[Cross-posted, with thanks, from H-Labor. AB]

From: "Ian Milligan" <ianmilli at yorku.ca>

Left History is currently seeking submissions from new and established  
scholars for a special theme issue on the emerging field of Active  
History.  Working in collaboration with the editors of  
ActiveHistory.ca and drawing on the discussions that were initiated at  
the Active History: History for the Future Conference held at Glendon  
College in September 2008, Left History is looking for original  
articles, theoretical pieces, document analyses, and reviews that  
question and challenge the public responsibility of the historian. The  
issue will include a peer-reviewed article section, as well as a  
roundtable focusing on less conventional displays, examples, and short  
thought pieces.

Examples of possible topics for submissions include, but are not  
limited to, the impact of community history projects, the role of  
historians in contemporary political debates, and the relationship  
between academic historians and the broader community. We are also  
fascinated by other examples of Active History: material objects,  
historical plaques, teaching, etc.

Submissions, as well as any questions, should be sent to  
lefthist at yorku.ca. We are hoping to begin the evaluation of  
submissions on 15 May 2010, although this can be a flexible deadline  
with prior consultation with the editors.

Left History publishes articles written from radical, Marxist,  
feminist, and postmodernist perspectives on issues surrounding race,  
gender, class, sexuality, culture, the state, the environment, theory,  
and method.  Founded in 1993, Left History is an interdisciplinary  
peer-reviewed journal published on a biannual basis out of the History  
Department at York University, Toronto.  It is indexed in America:  
History and Life, Historical Abstracts, Sociological Abstracts, and  
the Alternative Press Index.  For further information, please consult  
our website, www.yorku.ca/lefthist, or contact the editors at  
lefthist at yorku.ca.