About this journal

Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies is an international peer-reviewed journal in the humanities that interrogates cultural production and cultural practices in or related to the nations comprised by the Spanish state. It promotes innovative theoretical and critical work at a high intellectual level that fills existing gaps in scholarship or rethinks the cultural meanings of previously studied material. Work is encouraged that addresses Spain's cultural diversity or its relationship to broader geo-political scenarios (Iberian Peninsula, Mediterranean, Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia etc.).

Submissions are invited on any historical period and in or across any cultural discipline, including, but not limited to: literary studies, cultural history, visual culture, cinema, media, performing arts, sound studies, intellectual history, philosophy, history of science, psychoanalysis, history of the emotions, material culture, anthropology, and religion. All work should engage with appropriate cultural theory and should offer detailed critical analysis of the material studied, exploring its relationship to wider cultural issues or cultural contexts. We do not publish surveys or essays that are purely descriptive or whose methodology is primarily quantitative. We encourage authors to consult past issues of the journal for models of scholarship previously accepted for publication (abstracts of all articles are available online to non-subscribers).

In addition to research articles, we welcome position papers, interviews, and review articles. Proposals for these, as well as for monographic issues, should be sent to the editorial office: [email protected]; all such proposals should clarify the original contribution to scholarship.

Four issues are published each year, with contributions in English or Spanish.

Peer Review Statement

All submitted research articles undergo an initial editor screening, followed by double-anonymized peer review with at least two independent referees.

Editorial Collective:
Co-Editor: Jordana Mendelson - New York University, USA
Co-Editor: N. Michelle Murray - Vanderbilt University, USA
Co-Editor: Rosi Song - Durham University, UK
Deputy Editor and Founding Editor: Jo Labanyi - New York University, USA
Founding Editor: Alberto Moreiras - Texas A&M University, USA
Founding Editor: Teresa M. Vilarós - Texas A&M University, USA
Mari Paz Balibrea - Birkbeck College, University of London, UK
Luisa Elena Delgado -  University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA
Georgina Dopico-Black - New York University, USA
Julián Daniel Gutiérrez-Albilla - University of Southern California, USA
Kirsty Hooper - University of Warwick, UK
Steven Marsh - University of Illinois, Chicago, USA
José Luis Villacañas - Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

Reviews Editor:
Bryan Cameron - University of Cambridge, UK

Editorial Advisory Board:
Vincent Barletta – Stanford University, USA
Laura Bass – Brown University, USA
Helena Buffery – University College Cork, Ireland
Mary Kate Donovan - Skidmore College, USA
Michael Iarocci – University of California, Berkeley, USA
Edgar Illas – Indiana University, Bloomington, USA
Patricia Keller – Cornell University, USA
Germán Labrador – Princeton University, USA
Jorge Ledo – Universidade da Coruña, Spain
Luis Martín-Cabrera – University of California, San Diego, USA
Alfredo Martínez-Expósito – University of Melbourne, Australia
Rosa María Medina Doménech – University of Granada, Spain
Sara Nadal-Melsió – Independent scholar, USA
Cristina Moreiras-Menor – University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
María Rosón - Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain

Managing Editor:
Justin Berner - New York University, USA

Editorial Assistant:
Bárbara Pérez Curiel - New York University, USA


Updated 19-09-2023

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