Martial Arts Studies: Call for Submissions

This is an open call for academic articles, review articles and book reviews on any aspect of Martial Arts Studies.

Articles should be 5-10,000 words, and on any aspect of martial arts studies, especially those focusing on social, cultural, political, historical and economic issues relating to martial arts. All submissions will be anonymised and sent out for double blind peer review, but in the first instance, submissions must include:

• A title and abstract;
• A short biographical contributor note;
• An article prepared with full and complete references and bibliography (Chicago Author-Date 16^th Ed. Style)

 

Book Reviews should be 1,500 words, on books relevant to the academic study of martial arts.

Review Articles should be 5-10,000 words and should offer detailed engagement with themes, issues and problematics pertinent to martial arts studies via a high level engagement with one or more academic publication in the field of martial arts studies. All submissions will be anonymised and sent out for double blind peer review, but in the first instance, submissions must include: 

• A title and statement of the book(s) reviewed;
• A short biographical contributor note;
• A review article prepared with full and complete references and bibliography (Chicago Author-Date 16^th Ed. Style)

Submissions that pass peer review and are accepted for publication will appear in a peer reviewed academic journal.

To submit or to discuss submission, contact Paul Bowman at BowmanP@cardiff.ac.uk