The journal responds to key challenges in nineteenth‑century studies:

• Encouraging international perspectives that transcend the Anglosphere
• Fostering interdisciplinary work across disciplines and with practice‑based fields
  (e.g., museology, librarianship, education, media, the arts)
• Exploring the intertemporal conceptions of the nineteenth century (e.g., legacies,
  afterlives, etc.)

Purpose of Special / Themed Issues
Special issues of Advances in NineteenthCentury Research are intended to:

• Illuminate emerging or underrepresented terrains within nineteenthcentury
  scholarship
• Bring together scholars from different regions, disciplines, and methodological
  approaches
• Engage with how nineteenth-century phenomena continue to resonate in
  contemporary contexts

Invitation for Proposals
The journal’s General Editors invite proposals for full themed/special issues for Advances in
Nineteenth-Century Research. Guest Editors will curate the theme, solicit or attract
submissions, and oversee peer review in collaboration with the journal’s editorial board.

What Proposals Should Include
Proposals for themed/special issues should include the following information:

• A clear, compelling theme that fits with the journal’s aims
• A clearly articulated set of research questions
• A rationale of the scholarly context and how the themed/special issue contributes to
  it in a meaningful way
• A short biographical statement about the Guest Editor(s), including discussion of
  editorial experience
• Abstracts and short biographies for each contributor (maximum 8 contributors)
• A timeline for delivery.
  Evaluation Criteria

Proposals will be evaluated based on:

• Fit & Relevance: Alignment with Advances in Nineteenth-Century Research’s mission
  of international, interdisciplinary, and intertemporal scholarship.
• Originality and Impact: How the theme opens new intellectual territory or brings
  fresh insight.
• Diverse Perspectives: Geographic, disciplinary, methodological diversity among

Guest Editor(s) and contributors.

• Feasibility: Demonstrable capacity to generate highquality submissions and
  complete on a realistic schedule.
• Contribution to the Field: Potential to prompt further research, teaching, policy, or
  public engagement

Important Notes

• All contributions to the themed/special issue will undergo rigorous peer review, and
  their contributions must meet journal standards for originality, clarity, and scholarly
  merit.
• The Guest Editor(s) will work closely with the General Editors to ensure coherence,
  balance, and quality across the issue.
• Works must be unpublished and not under review elsewhere.

How to Submit a Proposal
Please send proposals to Efram Sera-Shriar (ess@hum.ku.dk) with subject line “Special Issue
Proposal – Advances in NineteenthCentury Research.” Include all required elements.
Proposals are accepted on a rolling basis; decisions will be communicated within
approximately 8 weeks of submission.