1. Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage
Edited by Christopher C. Fennell
Left Coast Press, two issues yearly, Spring & Fall, ISSN: 2161-9441.
Call for Manuscripts
The Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and
Heritage provides a focal point for peer-reviewed
publications in interdisciplinary studies in
archaeology, history, material culture, and heritage
dynamics concerning African descendant populations
and cultures across the globe. The Journal invites
articles on broad topics, including the historical
processes of culture, economics, gender, power, and
racialization operating within and upon African
descendant communities. We seek to engage
scholarly, professional, and community perspectives
on the social dynamics and historical legacies of
African descendant cultures and communities
worldwide. The Journal publishes research articles and essays that review developments in
these interdisciplinary fields. Journal web site: http://lcoastpress.com/journal.php?id=15.
Submitting a manuscript to the Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage --
manuscripts should typically be no longer than 35 double-spaced pages, or approximately
8,750 words, in length. Submissions should include a cover letter, an original manuscript,
and any illustrations. All manuscripts should be submitted electronically in MS Word
format for the manuscript text and accompanying illustrations should be embedded in the
manuscript in low-resolution format. Illustrations should also be provided in separate .tiff
format digital files in higher resolution of at least 300 dpi. On the cover page of the
manuscript, please include the title, your name, your affiliation, postal address, telephone
number, and email address, and a one-paragraph abstract of no more than 200 words,
followed by 4 keyword terms for potential use by indexing services. At the end of the
manuscript, provide a biographical note of not more than 50 words about each author.
Submissions should be sent to Editor Christopher Fennell at cfennell@illinois.edu. An
author should contact the editor if unable to submit an electronic version of the
manuscript.
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2. Members of the Journal’s Editorial Board:
E. Kofi Agorsah, Professor and Chair, Black Studies Department, Portland State
University; Abdul Alkalimat, Professor of African American Studies, University of Illinois;
Scott Allen, Professor, Departamento de Arqueologia, Universidade Federal de
Pernambuco, Brazil; Ana Lucia Araujo, Associate Professor of History, Howard University,
Washington, DC; Douglas Armstrong, Professor of Anthropology, Syracuse University,
New York; Alice Bellagamba, Professor, University of Milano-Biccoca, Italy; Shihan de
Silva Jayasuriya, Senior Fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London;
Richard Benjamin, Director, International Slavery Museum, Liverpool, UK; Maria
Franklin, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Texas; Grey Gundaker,
Professor of Anthropology, College of William and Mary, Virginia; John Janzen, Professor
of History, Kentucky University; Kenneth Kelly, Professor of Anthropology, University of
South Carolina; Mark Leone, Professor of Anthropology, University of Maryland; Kevin
MacDonald, Professor, Institute of Archaeology, University College London; Philip
Morgan, Professor of History, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland; Paul
Mullins, Professor and Chair, Department of Anthropology, Indiana University-Purdue
University at Indianapolis; Akin Ogundiran, Professor and Chair, Department of Africana
Studies, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Charles Orser, Jr., Curator of Historical
Archaeology, New York State Museum; João José Reis, Professor of History, Universidade
Federal da Bahia, Brazil; Daniel Schavelzon, Professor and Director, Center for Urban
Archaeology, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina; Carmel Schrire, Professor of
Anthropology, Rutgers University, New Jersey; Paul Shackel, Professor and Chair,
Department of Anthropology, University of Maryland; Theresa Singleton, Associate
Professor of Anthropology, Syracuse University, New York; Luis Symanski, Assistant
Professor, Departamento de Arqueologia, Universidade Federal de Parana, Brazil;
Ibrahima Thiaw, Associate Professor of Archaeology at the Institut Fondamental d’Afrique
Noire, University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar, Senegal; John Thornton, Professor of
History, Boston University; and Laurie Wilkie, Professor of Anthropology, University of
California, Berkeley.
Contact:
Christopher C. Fennell
Editor, Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage
Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, and Associate Head
Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois
109 Davenport Hall, MC-148, 607 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL 61801
cfennell@illinois.edu; cell (312) 513-2683
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