Call for papers (2019/2): Dossier Black Intellectualities and the Writing of History
Call for papers (2019/2): Dossier Black Intellectualities and the Writing of History
The last years were marked by intense disputes over the past and the writing of history. The accentuated polarization of the debates about the implementation of affirmative actions and the Law 10.639 - which made the teaching of Afro-Brazilian and African history and culture in the country compulsory - demonstrates the centrality that ethnic-racial relations take in the disputes over the past and the historical writing in the brazilian context. Integrated into a larger set of anti-racist struggles, such disputes have shown that deepening the debate about ethnic-racial relations is a demand not only of social movements, but also of civil society. In this context, it is fundamental for the humanities to engage in dialogue with the black intellectualities, which for a long time were ignored or underestimated by a significant part of the university. We well know, as the title of the seminal book of Angela Davis warns: "Freedom is a constant struggle." Black historiography has always been linked to resistance and activism, claiming other ways of recognizing the presence of the past in the present. Questioning the western narratives of progress, criticizing traditional ways of identifying "historical subjects," reflecting on how oppression relates through the concept of intersectionality, exploring new ways of relating anti-racist militancy and academic intellectual production, presenting the dilemmas of the "unique thinking" to democracy, there is a whole black tradition that, starting from different geographies and cultures, sought to redefine the humanities and rethink the historiography and disciplinary patterns of history. In times of post-truths and historical revisionisms of the most spurious, discussing theory of history from authors linked to black traditions is an act of rebellion and resistance that only has to contribute to the academic and activist scene. Thus, the Journal of Theory of History, together with the coordinators of this dossier, invites researchers whose work is dedicated to the study of black intellectualities, whether in the brazilian or international context. Our aim is for the dossier Black Intellectualities and Writing of History to be a space for reflection among researchers and activists, in order to offer a critical dialogue about our fields of action and the possibilities of writing an antiracist and democratic historiography.
Contributions must be sent by e-mail (revistateoriadahistoria@gmail.com) or submitted by our portal (https://www.revistas.ufg.br/teoria/index).
Submission Guidelines for Authors:
https://www.revistas.ufg.br/teoria/about/submissions
Schedule:
Beginning of submissions: 20/04/2019
Deadline for submissions: 30/08/2019
Beginning of the appraisal process: 01/09/2019
Sending acceptance letters: 30/10/2019
Deadline for revised texts: 15/11/2019
Publication:30/12/2019
Coordinators:
Doutorando Allan Kardec Pereira (UFRGS)
Doutoranda Lídia Generoso (UFOP)
Doutorando Felipe Alves (UFOP)
Dr. Fernando dos Santos Baldraia Sousa (MECILA – MARIA SIBYLLA MERIAN CENTRE CONVIVIALITY INEQUALITY IN LATIN AMERICA)
