Folklore Studies in a Multicultural World
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A Mellon Scholarly Monograph Initiative
Folklore Studies in a Multicultural World is a new book series that will publish top-notch first books in folklore studies. Funded by a generous grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the series is a collaborative venture of the University of Illinois Press, the University Press of Mississippi, and the University of Wisconsin Press, in conjunction with the American Folklore Society. The series will emphasize both the interdisciplinary and the international nature of original scholarship in folklore, touching on a vibrant array of expressive phenomena, such as language, music, dance, foodways, play, gestures, and beliefs. It will help to identify and develop exceptional first books in an increasingly underserved field, as well as to help support the work of university presses publishing in this area.
The three Presses will collaborate in organizing and sponsoring a yearly workshop at the AFS annual conference that will give invited authors a chance to intensively workshop their first book projects with publishing and scholarly professionals. Projects selected for the workshop will be candidates for publication by one of the three Presses and will be matched to a Press according to the best list fit and author preference. All titles selected for publication will appear in the multi-press book series, Folklore Studies in a Multicultural World. The Presses will collaborate in widespread, interdisciplinary promotion of the series through print and electronic media.
The Presses' areas of interest and expertise in folklore studies are as follows.
University of Illinois Press: on world folk cultures and multiculturalism as manifested in forms of vernacular expression, such as music, dance, and foodways, and on gender and queer studies;
University Press of Mississippi: on folk art, American folk music, African American studies, popular culture, and Southern foodways and folklife;
University of Wisconsin Press: on folklore studies intersecting with Upper Midwest cultures, Irish/Irish-American studies, Jewish studies, Southeast Asian studies, gay/lesbian studies, foodways, and travel.
For information on submitting a proposal for consideration, please view our Guidelines for Submission page
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The three Presses will collaborate in organizing and sponsoring a yearly workshop at the AFS annual conference that will give invited authors a chance to intensively workshop their first book projects with publishing and scholarly professionals. Projects selected for the workshop will be candidates for publication by one of the three Presses and will be matched to a Press according to the best list fit and author preference. All titles selected for publication will appear in the multi-press book series, Folklore Studies in a Multicultural World. The Presses will collaborate in widespread, interdisciplinary promotion of the series through print and electronic media.
The Presses' areas of interest and expertise in folklore studies are as follows.
University of Illinois Press: on world folk cultures and multiculturalism as manifested in forms of vernacular expression, such as music, dance, and foodways, and on gender and queer studies;
University Press of Mississippi: on folk art, American folk music, African American studies, popular culture, and Southern foodways and folklife;
University of Wisconsin Press: on folklore studies intersecting with Upper Midwest cultures, Irish/Irish-American studies, Jewish studies, Southeast Asian studies, gay/lesbian studies, foodways, and travel.
For information on submitting a proposal for consideration, please view our Guidelines for Submission page
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Call for Book Proposals
Submit now for 2012!
Call for Book ProposalsThe University of Illinois Press, the University Press of Mississippi, and the University of Wisconsin Press, in cooperation with the American Folklore Society and with the support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, invite proposals to a workshop at the 2012 conference of the American Folklore Society for authors working on their first book. Up to six authors will be selected to participate in a full day of intensive activities devoted to critiquing and developing their individual projects. Projects selected for the workshop will be candidates for publication in the Presses' new collaborative series, Folklore Studies in a Multicultural World, which aims to publish exceptional first books that emphasize the interdisciplinary and/or international nature of the field of folklore.
Proposals may be submitted via e-mail anytime before April 1, 2012, to fsmw@uillinois.edu. For complete submission guidelines, please see http://folklorestudies.press.illinois.edu/guidelines.html.
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General Guidelines
Third deadline: January 1-April 1, 2012
General guidelines
Proposal must be for a first book. Proposed projects must be single-authored, nonfiction books based on folklore research. Edited volumes, photography collections with minimal text, and memoirs will not be considered. Applicants may indicate in their proposal whether they have a preference of publisher.
Proposals should include a 5- to 10-page description of the project that addresses the questions below. Please also include an annotated table of contents, one sample chapter (revised, if from a dissertation), and your curriculum vitae or resume. Be sure to include complete contact information (name, address, telephone number, e-mail, and fax if any).
Proposals should be submitted via e-mail by April 1, 2012, to fsmw@uillinois.edu. Please type "FSMW Workshop Proposal" in the subject field of your email.
Email submissions are strongly preferred. If unable to submit via email, please send complete materials by mail to:
FSMW Workshop Proposal
University of Illinois Press
1325 South Oak Street
Champaign, IL 61820
All applications will be considered together after the April 1 submission deadline. Applicants will be informed no later than June 1 whether or not their project has been selected for the workshop and for further consideration for publication in the book series.
Basic description
Explain the essence of your project. What is the main point you want to make? What questions do you seek to answer? How will your book add new knowledge, new breadth, a new perspective, or a new approach to the topic? How will the book contribute to existing work in the field, and how does it advance the goals of the series? Does your project intersect with public debates or issues in any way?
Audience and market
Indicate the primary and secondary audiences for the book. Who, principally, will buy and read it? What other readers might it attract? Does it include insights of interest to people outside your own specific field-scholars in intersecting areas or interested readers beyond academe? Would your book lend itself well to use in college-level courses? If so, in what specific courses and at what level(s) of instruction? What books already exist on the topic, and what will set your book apart from these competing or complementary titles?
Format
What is the expected length of the manuscript (in words), including notes, bibliography, appendixes, and any other textual matter? Do you anticipate including illustrations, maps, or tables? If so, please indicate how many, what kind, and why they would add significantly to the book.
Background
If the manuscript began as a dissertation, please describe revisions you have made or plan to make so that it will attract the much larger audience required to merit publication in the form of a book. If not a dissertation, please describe the genesis of the project.
Timeline
Please indicate when you expect to have a complete manuscript ready for review.
Further Information
Additional information about the series is available at www.folklorestudies.org. Please note that by participating in the workshop authors grant the Presses right of first refusal on the manuscript.
Proposal must be for a first book. Proposed projects must be single-authored, nonfiction books based on folklore research. Edited volumes, photography collections with minimal text, and memoirs will not be considered. Applicants may indicate in their proposal whether they have a preference of publisher.
Proposals should include a 5- to 10-page description of the project that addresses the questions below. Please also include an annotated table of contents, one sample chapter (revised, if from a dissertation), and your curriculum vitae or resume. Be sure to include complete contact information (name, address, telephone number, e-mail, and fax if any).
Proposals should be submitted via e-mail by April 1, 2012, to fsmw@uillinois.edu. Please type "FSMW Workshop Proposal" in the subject field of your email.
Email submissions are strongly preferred. If unable to submit via email, please send complete materials by mail to:
FSMW Workshop Proposal
University of Illinois Press
1325 South Oak Street
Champaign, IL 61820
All applications will be considered together after the April 1 submission deadline. Applicants will be informed no later than June 1 whether or not their project has been selected for the workshop and for further consideration for publication in the book series.
Basic description
Explain the essence of your project. What is the main point you want to make? What questions do you seek to answer? How will your book add new knowledge, new breadth, a new perspective, or a new approach to the topic? How will the book contribute to existing work in the field, and how does it advance the goals of the series? Does your project intersect with public debates or issues in any way?
Audience and market
Indicate the primary and secondary audiences for the book. Who, principally, will buy and read it? What other readers might it attract? Does it include insights of interest to people outside your own specific field-scholars in intersecting areas or interested readers beyond academe? Would your book lend itself well to use in college-level courses? If so, in what specific courses and at what level(s) of instruction? What books already exist on the topic, and what will set your book apart from these competing or complementary titles?
Format
What is the expected length of the manuscript (in words), including notes, bibliography, appendixes, and any other textual matter? Do you anticipate including illustrations, maps, or tables? If so, please indicate how many, what kind, and why they would add significantly to the book.
Background
If the manuscript began as a dissertation, please describe revisions you have made or plan to make so that it will attract the much larger audience required to merit publication in the form of a book. If not a dissertation, please describe the genesis of the project.
Timeline
Please indicate when you expect to have a complete manuscript ready for review.
Further Information
Additional information about the series is available at www.folklorestudies.org. Please note that by participating in the workshop authors grant the Presses right of first refusal on the manuscript.
Folklore Studies in a Multicultural World
Website for the series
Funded by a generous grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation,Folklore Studies in a Multicultural World is a collaborative venture of the University of Illinois Press, the University Press of Mississippi, and the University of Wisconsin Press, in conjunction with the American Folklore Society. Find the series website at www.folklorestudies.org
University of Illinois Press
Champaign, Illinois
Founded in 1918, the University of Illinois Press publishes more than 120 new books each year, 33 scholarly journals, and electronic projects including the History Cooperative. The Press has long been a leader in publishing in the areas of ethnic and multicultural studies. Recent prize-winning folklore publications include: Don't Get above Your Raisin': Country Music and the Southern Working Class by Bill C. Malone, winner of the Chicago Folklore Prize, and Ritual Medical Lore of Sephardic Women: Sweetening the Spirits, Healing the Sick by Isaac Jack Lévy and Rosemary Lévy Zumwalt, winner of the Ellii Kongas-Maranda Prize from the Women's Section of the American Folklore Society. Illinois is the publisher of the field's premier journal, the Journal of American Folklore, and of Dance Research Journal and the journal Ethnomusicology. Find the press website at www.press.illinois.edu University Press of Mississippi
Jackson, Mississippi
The University Press of Mississippi was founded in 1970 and is supported by Mississippi's eight state universities. UPM publishes scholarly books of the highest distinction and books that interpret the south and its culture to the nation and the world. From its offices in Jackson, the University Press of Mississippi acquires, edits, distributes, and promotes more than seventy-five new books every year. Three books from UPM have won the Chicago Folklore Prize, the oldest and among the most prestigious international awards of its kind for publishing in folklore. The award is presented jointly by the American Folklore Society and the University of Chicago. Find the press website at www.upress.state.ms.us University of Wisconsin Press
Madison, Wisconsin
The University of Wisconsin Press was founded in 1937 and extends the research, education, and outreach mission of the University of Wisconsin. It publishes scholarship valued by a worldwide academic and professional community, publications that document the heritage of the Upper Midwest, and works that sustain a literate culture and foster an informed and engaged citizenry. UWP has an award-winning list in folklore. In 2008, a first book by Israeli scholar Guy Beiner won both the UK's Michaelis-Jena Ratcliff Prize in Folklore and Folklife and the Wayland Hand Prize of the American Folklore Society; these were awarded for the book Remembering the Year of the French: Irish Folk History and Social Memory. Find the press website at www.wisc.edu/wisconsinpress American Folklore Society
A collective of humanities scholars, museum anthropologists, and private citizens-including author Mark Twain and US President Rutherford B. Hayes-founded the American Folklore Society in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1888. Today the American Folklore Society is an association of people who study and communicate knowledge about folklore throughout the world. The more than 2,200 members and subscribers are scholars, teachers, and libraries at colleges and universities; professionals in arts and cultural organizations; and community members involved in folklore work. Many members live and work in the US, but their interests in folklore stretch around the world, and today about one in every eight AFS members is from outside the US. Find the society website at http://www.afsnet.org/
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