JHoK: Call for Proposals – Special Issue 2027

The Journal for the History of Knowledge (JHoK) features an annual special issue, compiled by guest editors, which explores a theme central to the journal’s scope. We are currently accepting proposals for the 2027 Special Issue.

The special issues of previous years have been Histories of Bureaucratic Knowledge (2020), Histories of Ignorance (2021), Situated Nature (2022), Entangled Temporalities (2023), and Mapping Uncertain Knowledge (2024). See the website of the Journal for the History of Knowledge

We are currently accepting proposals for the 2027 Special Issue. Proposals should contain the following:

– A description of the proposed theme (1500-2000 words) highlighting its significance for the history of knowledge
– A table of contents (typically 8-12 articles of 8000 words)
– Abstracts of the articles
– Two-page CVs of the editors; short biographies of the contributors
– An outline of the production process up to manuscript submission. All manuscripts must be submitted to the journal by 1 May 2026.

Please send your proposal to: jhokjournal@gmail.com

Proposal deadline: 1 May 2025
Notification of acceptance: by 30 June 2025

After submission, all manuscripts will go through a process of peer review, author’s revisions, and copy editing. JHoK is a diamond open access journal, at no charge to the authors. The journal will be available in print (on demand) at Brepols Publishers.

Details of the journal’s scope and a full list of the editorial team and advisory editorial board are available on the journal’s website.