While the imperative of reconciliation can already be found in ancient sacred texts, reconciliation as a political concept that overcomes individual and private settings has been rigorously studied only since the 1990s. This was primarily in the context of dismantling apartheid in South Africa and post-war reconstruction in former Yugoslavia. Ever since, the quickly growing field of the study of the politics of reconciliation has broadened its scope, both geographically and topically, to cover the legacies of colonization, authoritarian rule as well as armed conflicts fraught with ethnic, religious and political grievances. The proposed special issue seeks to highlight the varying forms of reconciliation policies taking place in the countries of North America, Europe and post-Soviet Eurasia. The editors welcome proposals for original theoretical, comparative, and case studies providing both disciplinary and multidisciplinary perspectives (history, IR, sociology, law, mass communication, among others).

The articles are to be written in English and should be 6,000 to 9,000 words long. The contributions should be sent to the editorial team at stuter@fsv.cuni.cz or uploaded via AUC Studia Territorialia journal management system. The authors should consult the submission guidelines for further instructions and style at http://stuter.fsv.cuni.cz/index.php/stuter/about/submissions. All contributions are subject to double-blind peer-review.

Abstract submission deadline: January 20, 2018.
Notification on further status: February 10, 2018.
Article submission deadline: March 31, 2018.

AUC Studia Territorialia is a leading Czech peer-reviewed academic journal focusing on area studies. It covers history, social, political, and economic affairs of the nations of North America, Europe, and post-Soviet Eurasia in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The journal is published by the Institute of International Studies of Charles University, Prague. It is indexed, i.a., in the EBSCO, ERIH PLUS and CEEOL databases.