Call for Articles
Simon Dubnow Institute Yearbook/Jahrbuch des Simon-Dubnow-Instituts 8 (2009).

The editor and editorial staff invite submissions for the Simon Dubnow Institute Yearbook/ Jahrbuch des Simon-Dubnow-Instituts Volume 8 (2009) and 9 (2010).

The Yearbook is assisted by an advisory board of respected scholars in the field. Its scientific format and careful preparation are distinguishing features of the Yearbook, putting it in the best tradition of established series in the humanities. Its chief editor is Professor Dan Diner, director of the Simon Dubnow Institute. All manuscripts submitted will be peer-reviewed.

Proposed articles should match the thematic focal points of the Yearbook. Please consider the details below. For further information see the website of the Simon Dubnow Institute, Yearbook (http://www.yearbook.dubnow.de/index.php?id=88&L=1;L=1).

The deadlines are:
Submission of abstract for paper + short C.V.: until December 31, 2008. Submission of completed manuscript: by April 1, 2009.

Abstract + short academic C.V.
Interested authors are invited to submit a one-page abstract on their planned topic. The abstract should contain name, working title, 7–12 sentences on the content, and, if applicable, on method or sources. On a second page, please note brief biodata, i.e. academic position and recent publications.
These should be forwarded to:

Address:
redaktion@dubnow.de
Receipt will be acknowledged immediately, and a detailed response will be sent a few weeks thereafter. All proposals will be treated confidentially.

Preview vols. 2009 and 2010:
The Yearbook/Jahrbuch of the Simon Dubnow Institute, with articles in English and German, addresses an international scholarly readership. The volumes center on topics in the history and culture of the Jews in East and West, as part of universal history. Of special interest are the Jewries within the old continental empires of Russia, the Habsburgs and the Ottomans, whose history is instructive for revealing transitions from the pre-modern era to modernity. The Yearbook/Jahrbuch brings together a variety of methods and sub-fields in historiography, ranging from diplomatic and political history to social and legal history, the history of science and history of memory.

Essays should be in the range of 20 pages, some 6–8,000 words. Proposals should be in abstract form (see above). Essays are acceptable to be included in the following parts and regular sections:

1. General Part
Articles not forming part of a specific thematic focus.

2. Thematic focal points for 2009 und 2010
Articles on related topics are presented as parts of thematic foci.

3. Regular Sections
a) Portraits of Historians and Scholars
Contributions on the life and work of a Jewish scholar or group of scholars, the importance of a specific scholarly/scientific school, or questions regarding the method and theory of Jewish historiography.

b) Research Projects
Essays (by one or multiple authors) which present new research projects and approaches to the history of the Jews.

c) Discussion
Essays that reflect on historical topics in a controversial form, or take a position in ongoing debates on the history of the Jews.

d) Dubnowiana
Essays on the life, work and thought of Simon Dubnow (1860–1941).

e) Literature Reports
Detailed reports on publications relevant to the thematic focuses of the given volume.

email: redaktion@dubnow.de
Contact: Dr. Ottfried Fraisse