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Founded in 1890, the University of Chicago Press is one of the oldest continuously operating university presses in the United States. From its inception, a primary goal of the Press has been to publish academic findings and analyses from scholars the world over. The Journals Division publishes more than 90 scholarly journals that cover a wide range of disciplines, from the humanities and the social sciences to the life and physical sciences.  [more]

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Call for Papers: The Journal of African American History is seeking papers on “The Roots and Routes of Black Power” and “Black Women’s History in the Twenty-First Century

The Journal of African American History is calling all HBCU students to submit a cover design for an upcoming issue of the journal and win a prize!

Three articles from Speculum have been recognized with prizes (Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies)

The 2024 BJPS Popper Prize has been awarded to Alexander Franklin and Vanessa Seifert for "The Problem of Molecular Structure Just Is the Measurement Problem" (The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science)

Suzanne Marchand and Judith Surkis Awarded 2024 Chester Penn Higby Prize: "Herodotus and the Embarrassments of Universal History in Nineteenth-Century Germany" and "Custody Battles and the Politics of Franco-Algerian Divorce, 1962–1992" (The Journal of Modern History)

Call for papers: Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society seeks essays on “Feminism, Antifeminism, and the Mobilization of Regret”

Call for papers: Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology is soliciting manuscripts on the topic of Molecular Evolutionary Physiology for a Focused Collection

The Sixteenth Century Journal seeks a Book Review Editor or editorial team for 2026

The International Journal of Plant Sciences celebrates 150 years of publication

The Journal of Politics presents a special collection on Democratic Transitions

Barbara Newman has been appointed Editor of Speculum for a term beginning in July 2025 (Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies)

Read a collection of free research in policing, civil rights, and racial justice

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  • The Sixteenth Century Journal cover

  • The Sixteenth Century Journal publishes research and inquiry related to the sixteenth century broadly defined (1450-1650) in all fields and all world regions.

  • Transforming Anthropology cover

  • Transforming Anthropology, the flagship journal of the Association of Black Anthropologists, seeks to advance scholarship across the four fields of anthropology and beyond.