Sunday, January 29, 2017

CALL FOR PAPERS Arhivele Totalitarismului/Totalitarianism Archives


Arhivele TotalitarismuluI/Totalitarianism Archives is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the National Institute for the Study of Totalitarianism of the Romanian Academy, indexed in CEEOL and EBSCO databases.
We are currently calling for papers for volumes no. 1-2 and 3-4 to be published in 2017.
Senior scholars, researchers, PhD students and postdoctoral students are strongly encouraged to submit papers on one of the following topics: 

  • European right wing: Italian fascism, Nazism; Authoritarian regimes;
    Stalin’s Great Terror; 
  • The Comintern and Communist Parties in Europe; 
  • International relations: Western Communist Parties and the Communist Party of the Soviet Union; 
  • Political, economic, social, and cultural evolutions in the Soviet bloc after World War II; 
  • East-West relations during the Cold War; 
  • Opposition to totalitarianism: From resistance to dissent (types of opposition, ways of expressing alternative views: samizdat/tamizdat/magnitizdat, paralel cultures);
  • Human rights movements and the fall of communist regimes in East-Central Europe;
  • Ideology, propaganda, political parties and organizations: The totalitarian experience in the 20th century.

The papers may be submitted in ROMANIAN, ENGLISH, FRENCH. 
The contributors are asked to send the FINAL DRAFTS and a short narrative cv until April 15, 2017 at inst.academia@gmail.com 

We are kindly ask the authors to respect the following lenght and editing suggestions:
Studies: maximum 40 000 characters, no spaces/ approximate 20 standard pages. The title of the submitted article should be descriptive, concise and must indicate the chronological limits. The studies must contain subtitles, an introduction presenting the stage of knowledge of the subject, the novelty of the research, the analysis of the subject, and a chapter of conclusions.
Documents: maximum 40 000 characters, no spaces/ approximate 20 standard pages. The texts published under this chapter must consist of the following elements: 2-4 pages of introduction and the documents must be accompanied by titles, the archival source and illustrations.
Biographies: maximum 10 000 characters, no spaces/ approximates 5 standard pages. Biographies do not have footnotes, but at the end of the text the authors are asked to attach a selective bibliography of the sources. „Totalitarianism Archives” encourages the authors to submit along with the biography a photo of the person whose biography is being submitted.
Book Reviews: maximum 10 000 characters, no spaces/ approximate 5 standard pages.
Formatting: 12, Times New Roman, 1,5 spacing

For editing guidelines, please consult : 



The submitted papers are to be subjected to peer-review process. The authors will be notified regarding the decision of publication in due time.