Portuguese Studies
The literatures, cultures and histories of the Portuguese-speaking world
A journal publishing 2 issues per year
ISSN: | Portuguese Studies is a peer-reviewed biannual multi-disciplinary journal devoted to research on the cultures, literatures, history and societies of the Lusophone world. The Lead Editor of the Editorial Board is Jane-Marie Collins, and the Reviews Editors are Maria Tavares and Carlos Garrido. Social media. News about PS appears on the main MHRA Twitter feed (MHRABooks), and it also has its own feeds on Facebook (as "PortugueseStudiesMHRA") and on Twitter (as "PortugueseMHRA"). Current call for papers. We are currently planning our fortieth anniversary issues for 2025, and a call for contributions is here. Colleagues can propose either individual papers or whole issues. Submissions. Scholarly contributions are invited on all subjects within the fields of the literature, culture, and history of Portugal, Brazil and the Portuguese-speaking countries of Africa. Material on Galician studies will be considered where there is a substantial relevance to Lusophone literatures, cultures and histories. All articles and reviews should be written in clear English and conform to MHRA Style. Submissions in Portuguese may be considered, but full peer review and publication will be conditional on provision of a satisfactory translation by or on behalf of the author. For more, see the Notes for Contributors section below. Colleagues may wish to note that the Editorial Board meets twice each year, normally in May and November. While routine business goes on throughout the year, major proposals (for example, for themed issues) are most likely to be decided on at these meetings. Themed issues. The journal combines general issues, which include material on topics right across our remit, with themed issues. Themed numbers are often edited by guest editors, who work together with the Editorial Committee but take the main responsibility for the contents. To express an interest in editing a themed issue, please complete the special issue proposal form and submit this to the current Chair. Books for review. Each issue of Portuguese Studies carries a reviews section. Portuguese Studies aims to publish reviews of recent books within its field of interest in each issue. Publishers wishing to put a book forward for review should contact one or both of the Reviews Editors, Maria Tavares (m.tavares@qub.ac.uk) and Carlos Garrido (carlos.garridocastellano@ucc.ie). Sample. Originally published in Portuguese Studies 32.1 (2016), Anna Matheson's article The Subversion of Hate Literature in Anrique da Mota’s Farce of the Tailor (click on the title to read the PDF) examines a verse play written around 1500. Though the Farce ostensibly mocks Jews who convert to Christianity, it can also be read as a bold attack on the policy of forcing such conversions. Editorial. For queries on style or translation, contact the Editorial Assistant, Richard Correll. For queries on layout or image format, contact the Production Editor, Graham Nelson. Publication Ethics. If you have any concerns relating to publication ethics, please email the journal via richard.correll@portuguese.mhra.org.uk. Publisher's statement. Views expressed in the content of Portuguese Studies are those of the respective authors and contributors and not of the journal editors or of the Modern Humanities Research Association (MHRA). MHRA makes no representation, express or implied, in respect of the accuracy of the material in this journal and cannot accept any any legal responsibility or liability for views expressed or for any errors or omissions that may be made. History. Portuguese Studies was founded in 1985 by the novelist and poet Helder Macedo, once a political exile in London, who held the senior chair of Portuguese at King's College London from 1982 until his retirement in 2004. Then as now, King's was one of the UK's leading centres for Lusophone studies, and the journal was edited as an annual paperback by its academic staff. Portuguese Studies was reconfigured as a twice-annual journal, in a larger page format, from volume 22 (2006). Titles were issued by Maney Publishing on MHRA's behalf until volume 25 (2009), after which MHRA continued the journal under its own imprint. The editorial team was widened in 2013 as part of a fruitful collaboration between MHRA and the Association of British and Irish Lusitanists, and the journal's reviews section made its debut in volume 32.1 (2016). Institutional subscriptions. The Modern Humanities Research Association has now transferred subscription administration and distribution for its journals to Intermedia Brand Marketing Ltd. Please send enquiries by email to mhra@subscriptionhelpline.co.uk or telephone +44 (0)1293 312218. Individual subscriptions. Individual subscriptions are available only to members of the Association. See the Membership page for details, and note that students registered for a higher degree can obtain entirely free electronic access for up to three years by becoming Postgraduate Associates (free of charge). Notes for Contributors. Articles to be considered for publication may be on any subject within the field but must not exceed 7,500 words, and should be submitted in a form ready for publication in English, sent as an email attachment to the Editorial Assistant at portuguese@mhra.org.uk. Contributions whose standard of English is inadequate will be returned. Any quotations in Portuguese must be accompanied by an English translation. Submissions in Portuguese may be considered, but full peer review and publication will be conditional on provision of a satisfactory translation by or on behalf of the author. The Editorial Assistant may undertake translations on request for a reasonable charge. Text and references should conform precisely to the conventions of the MHRA Style Guide, 4th edn. All articles are subject to independent, anonymous peer review by experts in the field; authors receive written feedback on the editors’ decision and guidance on any revisions required. Portuguese Studies regrets it must charge contributors for the cost of corrections in proof deemed excessive. Authors whose articles contain images are requested to provide brief image descriptions for visually impaired readers. These should be supplied at proof stage. Guidelines on how to write such descriptions can be found here. It is a condition of publication in this journal that authors of articles and reviews assign copyright, including electronic copyright, to the MHRA. Inter alia, this allows the General Editor to deal effi-ciently and consistently with requests from third parties for permission to reproduce material. The journal has been published simultaneously in printed and electronic form since January 2001. Permission, without fee, for authors to use their own material in other publi¬cations, after a reason-able period of time has elapsed, is not normally withheld. The MHRA supports Open Access under the Green Route, with an embargo of 12 months following publication. This embargo period may be waived in certain circumstances. Please refer to our Self-Archiving Policy for full details. Editors
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Also available in book form:26.1. The Portuguese-Speaking Diaspora in Great Britain and Ireland (Edited by Jaine Beswick and Mark Dinneen)