Editorial Office:
Public Culture
425 Hamilton Hall, MC 2880
1130 Amsterdam Ave.
New York, NY 10027
212-854-3248
212-854-0500 (fax)
info@publicculture.org

Editor:
Eric Klinenberg, New York University

Executive Editor:
Claudio Lomnitz, Columbia University

Senior Editors:
Candace Vogler
Elizabeth A. Povinelli

Editorial Committee:
Faisal Devji
Mamadou Diouf
Dilip Parameshwar Gaonkar
Marilyn Ivy
Claudio Lomnitz
Elizabeth A. Povinelli
Janet Roitman
Katie Trumpener
Candace Vogler

Contributing Editors:
Ackbar Abbas
Dipesh Chakrabarty
Fernando Escalante
Éric Fassin
Beatriz Jaguaribe
Achille Mbembe
Charles Taylor

Managing Editor:
Plaegian Alexander

Assistant Editor:
Stephen Twilley

Web Editor:
Craig Zheng

Editorial Assistants:
Richard Adams
Amna Ahmad

Founding Editors:
Arjun Appadurai
†Carol A. Breckenridge

Editorial Collective:
Nadia Abu El-Haj
Lauren Berlant
Homi Bhabha
Akeel Bilgrami
Svetlana Boym
Nestor Garcia Canclini
Kyeong-Hee Choi
Jean Comaroff
Souleymane Bachir Diagne
Manthia Diawara
Keller Easterling
Brian T. Edwards
Allen Feldman
Michael M. J. Fischer
Nilüfer Göle
Adrián Gorelik
Lawrence Grossberg
Tom Gunning
Thomas Blom Hansen
Benjamin Lee
Ping hui Liao
Saba Mahmood
Patchen Markell
Meaghan Morris
Jorge Myers
Ashis Nandy
John Pemberton
Vicente L. Rafael
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
Peter van der Veer
Lisa Wedeen

Abstractors and Indexers:

Indexed/abstracted in the following: Academic Search Premier, Anthropological Literature, CAB Abstracts, Contemporary Culture Index, Current Abstracts, Current Contents/Social and Behavioral Sciences, Humanities Abstracts, Humanities Full Text, Humanities Index, Humanities International Index, International Bibliography of Periodical Literature (IBZ), International Political Science Abstracts, Intute, Iowa Guide, Literature Online, Magazines for Libraries, MLA Bibliography, OmniFile Full Text V, OmniFile Full Text, Mega Edition, Research Library, Scopus, Social Sciences Citation Index, SocINDEX, SocINFO, Sociological Abstracts.

Submissions from 500 to 9,000 words will be considered for publication. In addition to original essays, Public Culture welcomes photo-essays and artwork, announcements of collective intellectual projects, submissions of materials for reprinting in the "Genealogy and Miscellany" sections, short essays for the "Etymology" section, and short review essays. Public Culture does not review individual books.

Essays

1. Style. Authors are asked to conform to Public Culture's style, especially in regard to citations. The Public Culture style guide is available for download by clicking here. In other aspects of style and spelling, please follow The Chicago Manual of Style, fifteenth edition, and Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, eleventh edition.

2. Format. Manuscripts should be submitted in triplicate and should be double-spaced throughout. A double-spaced list of "Literature Cited" should be attached, as well as double-spaced endnotes. The font for all text should be Times Roman 12 point. A short "bio" should be included on a separate sheet, stating the author's institutional affiliation, relevant recent publications, and current research. Please do not use running headers or footnotes.

3. Length. The entire manuscript—text, quotations, references, endnotes—should be a maximum of 9,000 words. In some cases, authors may be asked to shorten essays.

4. Camera-ready copy. Any photographs or illustrations must be of good quality. Photocopies of photographs are usually not acceptable. Please provide, on a separate page, a caption for each illustration. All photographs will be returned to authors after review or publication. Electronic images may also be submitted.

5. Permissions. The author is responsible for obtaining written permission to reprint any illustrations. Please consult the editorial staff with any questions.

6. Electronic submissions. Due to the volume of submissions received, we request that authors submit hard copies only. Overseas authors, however, may submit via e-mail, to submissions@publicculture.org. Authors of manuscripts accepted for publication will be asked to submit final versions via e-mail attachment, preferably in Microsoft Word.

Groups of Essays

Groups of essays on a single topic or theme may be considered for publication in a special issue or special feature of Public Culture. Please submit all papers together, following the guidelines above, plus

• a short (one-page) description of the common intellectual project of the group of papers;
• a list of the papers' titles and their authors' names and addresses; and
• a very short (250-word) abstract of each paper.

Visual Essays

Public Culture welcomes submissions of original photo-essays or other visual essays, with or without an accompanying text.

1. Camera-ready copy. Please submit camera-ready copy, preferably in black and white. For photographs, 8 x 10 black-and-white glossy prints are strongly preferred.

2. Layout. Artists submitting visual essays should bear in mind that all essays will begin on a recto (righthand) page. Final decisions regarding layout will rest with the editor.

3. Public Culture's specs. A page in Public Culture measures 7 x 8 1/2 inches. Typefaces used in the production of the journal include China Smallcaps, Gill Sans Bold Condensed, and Times Roman. For more information please consult the editorial office.

If you wish us to return your images, please send a self-addressed, stamped envelope.

The author is responsible for obtaining written permission to reprint any illustrations. Please consult the editorial staff with any questions.

Where to Send Your Submissions

The Editor
Public Culture
425 Hamilton Hall, MC 2880
1130 Amsterdam Ave.
New York, NY 10027
212-854-3248

Approximate Schedule

Essays accepted for publication will generally be published within nine to twelve months of receipt. This schedule is somewhat flexible, however, and subject to various contingencies. If you have a particular concern about timing, please consult the editorial office.

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Closing Dates

Spring 2010 (22:2) - Closes 03/25/10

Fall 2010 (22:3) - Closes 08/16/10

Fall 2010 (22:3) - Closes 08/16/10

Winter 2011 (23:1) - Closes 12/21/10

Spring 2011 (23:2) - Closes 03/25/11

Fall 2011 (23:3) - Closes 08/16/11

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