Forum Post-Graduate Journal

28/03/2024

🚨Call for Papers: Emotion and Affect

If you're a postgrad researcher working on Emotion and Affect, submit to FORUM!

📷Deadline: 15 April 2024

You can find the full CFP & our journal guidelines here:
http://journals.ed.ac.uk/forum/announcement/view/216

16/10/2023

FORUM's 34th Issue, 'trans-', is now live! Many, many thanks to our extraordinary authors and editors for making this happen.

This kaleidoscopic issue features ten articles on methods and representations of 'trans-' across translation studies, gender and sexuality studies, literary criticism, art history, and more. This issue comprises contributions from a range of postgraduate and and early career researchers, working in periods from the eighteenth century to the present.

The issue opens with the innovative work of award-winning poet Prerana Kumar (https://preranakumar.com/) and an introduction by the 2022-23 Deputy Editor, and FORUM's incoming Editor-in-Chief, Claudia Sterbini. Make sure to take a look!

http://journals.ed.ac.uk/forum/issue/view/570

(DOI links are currently inactive -- we're working to resolve this ASAP. In the meantime, please share individual articles using the PDF links!)

Trans- is powerful: attaching itself to concepts, it challenges supposedly settled knowledge about the world we live in. In FORUM’s 34th issue, this destabilisation becomes central. We draw attention to the importance the prefix ‘trans-’ has acquired in recent decades as an index of movement, ...

04/10/2023

FORUM Journal 2023: Social and Launch Event

We're delighted to invite you to the FORUM Social & Launch, which will take place on 16 October 2023 (Monday, 16.00-17.30) at G.05, 50 George Square, The University of Edinburgh. This is a space for current Master's and PhD students of the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures to meet, catch up, grumble, and connect over food and drinks and all things FORUM.

This event celebrates a year's worth of hard work from our excellent editorial team and contributors. FORUM's 34th issue – on the capacious theme of 'trans-' – goes live on 13 October 2023. We'll also be discussing our peer review process and showcasing our new Call for Editors – so make sure to attend if you're interested in contributing to FORUM as an editor and/or want to chat with the editorial team about what to expect.

Please get in touch with us at [email protected] if you have any questions or concerns.

We look forward to seeing you there!

FORUM is the LLC's PG journal for culture and the arts. Join us for a social and the launch of our 34th issue on 16 October, Monday!

03/10/2023

FORUM is Recruiting!

FORUM – The University of Edinburgh’s Postgraduate Journal of Culture & the Arts is looking for a Deputy Editor and Assistant Editors to join our editorial board and work on the journal’s 35th issue. All candidates for these positions need to be enrolled in a PhD programme or a Master’s programme (either Taught or Research) at the University of Edinburgh for the entire length of the academic year 2023–24.

To find the full Call, and for details on how to apply, check out the announcement on our website:

Call for Editors: FORUM is Recruiting! 30-Sep-2023 FORUM is Recruiting! FORUM – The University of Edinburgh’s Postgraduate Journal of Culture & the Arts is looking for a Deputy Editor and Assistant Editors to join our editorial board and work on the journal’s 35th issue. All candidates for the...

13/02/2023

🚨Call for Papers: Trans-

If you work in any form of 'trans-' studies (translation, transnational, transmedial, transgender, etc...), submit to FORUM! We're looking for articles on any kind of 'trans-' topic from postgraduate researchers and recent graduates with a PG qualification.

⏰ Deadline: 3 April 2023

You can find the full CFP & our journal guidelines here: http://journals.ed.ac.uk/forum/announcement/view/194

Make sure to submit a contribution! Please get in touch with us if you have any questions. 📝

23/09/2022

To celebrate the launch of its 33rd issue, FORUM Journal invites you to a social event especially for the LLC's PhD community!

This event kicks off with a preview of FORUM's latest issue and Call for Editors, and will see new and current PhD students gathering over food, drinks, and excellent conversation.

*Wednesday, 28th September 2022 (4–6pm)
*Project Room (1.06), 50 George Square

Make sure to sign up here:

To celebrate the launch of its 33rd issue, FORUM Journal invites you to a social event especially for the LLC's PhD community.

22/09/2022

FORUM is Recruiting!

FORUM – University of Edinburgh’s Postgraduate Journal of Culture & the Arts is looking for a Deputy Editor and Assistant Editors to join our editorial board and work on the journal’s 34th issue. All candidates for these positions need to be enrolled in a PG programme (either Taught or Research) for the entire length of the academic year 2022–2023.

The Deputy Editor will work closely with the Editor-in-Chief and the Assistant Editors for the academic year 2022–2023, before taking over as Editor-in-Chief in 2023–2024. Therefore, all the applicants for this position are required to remain either PGT or PGR students for two academic years. Although most of the editorial duties can be carried out remotely, the next Deputy Editor will need to be available in person to co-organise and host a number of events related to the journal (issue launch, team-building events, etc.).

The Assistant Editor will be an integral part of the review team, working with the Editor-in-Chief, the Deputy Editor, and other Assistant Editors to decide which manuscripts go forward, and work with the article authors to prepare their piece for publication. This is a 1-year position but can be extended for another year (2023–2024).

Ideal candidates will have the following:

· Prior experience of working with FORUM (preferred, but not essential)
· Proofreading and editing skills
· Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
· Leadership and teamwork skills
· Able to organise and run training workshops
· Able to attend editorial meetings in both semesters
· Proficient in, or able to learn, simple web technologies (MailChimp, Gmail, FORUM’s journal website)

To apply, please send a short CV and cover letter (max. 400 words) to [email protected] by 26th October, 2022. In your CV, please mention 3 keywords defining your area of study/research and the end date of your PG programme.

04/03/2022

On this we are sharing Hsin-Yun Cheng's article about the Taiwanese artist Chen Chieh-Jen 🇹🇼

Bodies, Temporality, and Spatiality in Chen Chieh-Jen’s Lingchi: Echoes of a Historical Photograph (2002) and Factory (2003) Hsin-Yun Cheng University of Rochester Abstract This article discusses Taiwanese artist Chen Chieh-Jen’s (1960-) two early videos Lingchi: Echoes of a Historical Photograp...

25/02/2022

The article of the week is 'The Contemporary Art of the Nature Morte in the Age of Artificial Life Forms' by Audrey Chan 👾

The Contemporary Art of the Nature Morte in the Age of Artificial Life Forms: The Metafictional Illusion of Life in Installation Art and Jeanette Winterson’s Frankissstein Audrey Chan The University of Edinburgh Abstract Observing the artistic response to the illusional nature of artificial life f...

18/02/2022

This week we turn to Debayudh Chatterjee's article on the TV show Comrade Detective 📺

“I always place my bet on Red”: Comrade Detective and the Spectre of Communism Debayudh Chatterjee University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Abstract The paper analyses the buddy cop TV show Comrade Detective in the light of Jacques Derrida’s Spectres of Marx (1994) to demonstrate how it laun...

11/02/2022

This we turn to Marine Berthiot's article about the rewriting of New Zealand's history in literary works 🇳🇿

Growing Up during the Great Depression in Aotearoa New Zealand. A Comparative Study of Shonagh Koea’s The Kindness of Strangers (2007) and Renée’s These Two Hands (2017) Marine Berthiot The University of Edinburgh Abstract New Zealand writers Shonagh Koea (1939 - ) and Renée (1929 - ) grew up ...

04/02/2022

On this we explore the concept of 'slow violence' with Alice F. Orr 📖

Exploring the Representation of History and 'Slow Violence' in "Philadelphia Fire" and "The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven" Alice F. Orr Abstract After connecting history to urban spatiality in Teju Cole's Open City, this paper develops Rob Nixon's articulation of "slow violence" to demon...