Call for Papers
2019 Partition Center Journal
(ISSN 2377-7567)
The
Indian Subcontinent Partition Documentation Project (ISPaD) invites you
to send articles, essays, poems, short stories, photographs or documents
for
the 2019 issue of the Journal. We plan to
publish well before the October 2018 Partition Center Annual
Event/Conference in New York. Our past journals contained articles
from/on the U.S., India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Palestine-Israel, Poland
and Korea of diverse topics from wide geographical areas.
Papers
could cover such areas as India and Pakistan partitions; Its
consequences; Effects of partition on current socio-politics; Partitions
of Bengal, Punjab, Kashmir and Assam; Partition studies; India,
Pakistan and Bangladesh independence; partition and/or
division of population from Ireland to Cyprus, from the Balkans to
Europe, to Palestine, Mideast, the former Soviet Union, Korea and Africa; Reconciliation and forgiveness;
Unity; Identity; History; Colonial borders; Narratives of refugees,
survivors and protectors;
First person account; Division’s long-term effects; Minority issues in
divided lands; Effects of displaced peoples on host population;
Indigenous peoples, their language, culture and religion; Refugee
politics; Longing for home; Nationalism; Extremism; Role
of Religion; Tolerance and intolerance; Music, literature and art influencing politics.
(We
prefer unpublished materials, however, if you have something already
published and want us to consider republication of that, please send us a
copy
indicating where and when it was published.)
All papers and essays must be written double spaced with endnotes and a bibliography following a standard format. It should not exceed 1,800 words; and sent to us by June 1, 2019.
Papers and documents should be sent to ispad1947@gmail.com as attachment to Chair, Partition Center Journal Committee;
and or to Dr. Sachi G. Dastidar DastidarS@oldwestbury.edu,
Distinguished Service Professor, Politics, Economics & Law
Department, State University of New York, Old Westbury,
NY;. Editorial Committee: Dr. AliReza Ebrahimi, Dr. Edislav Manetovic,
Dr. Saradindu Mukherji, Dr. Caroline Sawyer, Dr. Mohsin Siddique and Dr.
Sachi G. Dastidar.
