WHAT
Ongoing calls for book reviews in literary studies
TOPICS
Book reviews are great training for young scholars, as well as a smart way to kick off your publication list, show to potential supervisors your critical thinking and your ability to read and write in different languages. Most of the time you may suggest a journal editor to review a book of your choice or, if they don’t accept unsollicited book reviews, just send a manifestation of interest for a book to review. Some of the listed links come with a list of books the journal wants people to review.
Remember: you can keep the book!
Most reviews are carried out by masters and PhDs students, so don’t shy away! Check the lists of books, if there’s one, or contact the editors of these journals directly.
Consider giving priority to open access journals (OA), thus contributing to making your time and effort available to everyone.
History, sociology, education, political science, migration & diaspora
- Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice
- Atlantic Studies
- Communication papers [OA]
- Cosmos and History [OA]
- Crìtica – revista Hispanoamericana de Filosofìa [OA]
- Disputatio [OA]
- Gèneros – multidisciplinary journal of gender studies [OA]
- International Feminist Journal of Politics
- International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies [OA]
- International journal for multicultural communication [OA]
- International sociology review [OA]
- Journal of Contemporary European Studies (JCES)
- Journal of current Southeast Asian Affairs [OA]
- Journal of Politics in Latin America [OA]
- Political studies review [OA]
- Rivista di storia dell’educazione [OA]
- Sehepunkte [OA, speedy tournaround]
- The Journal of Politics [OA]
- The journal of popular culture
- Work, Employment and Society
- Zeithistorische Forschungen – Studies in Contemporary History [OA]
- Two homelands
Classics, Literature, languages
- African American review
- Amèrica Crìtica [OA]
- American Literary realism
- Canadian Literature [OA]
- Closure – Kieler E-Journal fuer Comicforschung [AO]
- Çédille, revista de estudios franceses [OA]
- Comparative literature and culture
- Focus on German Studies [OA, with list of books]
- Methaphorik [OA, with list of books]
- Monatshefte
- Neo-Victorian Studies
- International Journal of comparative literature and translation studies [OA]
- Research in African Literatures [with list of books]
- Romanische Studien [OA, with list of books]
- Studies in Twentieth and Twentyfirst century literature [OA, with list of books]
- The British Society for literature and science [with list of books]
- Transnational literature [with list of books, availeable by joining their mailinglist]
Archeology, art, architecture and media studies
- Abside [OA]
- Archeologia e calcolatori [OA]
- Between-rivista dell’Associazione di teoria e storia comparata della letteratura [OA]
- American Journal of Archeology [OA, with extensive list of books]
- Journal of the society of architecture historians [OA]
- Ipotesi di preistoria [OA]
- Miradas [OA]
- Modernism/modernity
- Necsus [OA]
- News in Conservation [OA]
- Open Archeology [OA]
- Oxford Art Journal
- Restoration
Cultural history, Philosophy, geography and digital humanities
- Anuac – rivista della società italiana di antropologia culturale [OA]
- China Review International
- Diciottesimo Secolo [OA]
- Ecozona [OA, with list of books]
- European Journal of American Studies [OA]
- Notre Dame Philosophical review [OA]
- Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies
- Lo sguardo [OA]
- Mobile culture studies [OA]
- The Journal of Roman Studies [OA]
- The Russian Review
- Umanistica digitale [OA]
- Urbanities – Journal of Urban Ethnography [OA]
- Victorian Network [OA]
- Visual culture in Britain
Political history, political science, political philosophy
- Annals Einaudi
- New Historical Perspective, Royal Historical Society [OA, early career]
- Left History [OA]
This list is constantly updated; leave a comment here to suggest other call for reviewers and we’ll put them in this list.
