Open Call for Current Topics in Visual & Cultural Studies

Submissions requested by May 15. Rolling submissions accepted until June 15.

InVisible Culture is accepting essays (4,000-10,000 words) and artworks addressing issues in visual and culture studies for an upcoming general issue. The journal welcomes authors from the disciplines of film and media studies, art history, anthropology, and visual studies to submit work on any topic. Academics and artists at all stages in their careers, as well as independent scholars, are encouraged to apply. We particularly encourage submissions by graduate students.

Articles

Please send completed papers (with references following the guidelines from the Chicago Manual of Style) of between 4,000 and 10,000 words to invisible.culture@ur.rochester.edu by May 15, 2025. Rolling submissions will be accepted until June 15. Inquiries should be sent to the same address.

Creative/Artistic Works

In addition to written materials, InVisible Culture accepts works in other media (video, photography, drawing, code). Please submit creative or artistic works along with an artist statement of no more than two pages to invisible.culture@ur.rochester.edu. For questions or more details concerning acceptable formats, go to or contact the same address.

Reviews

InVisible Culture is also currently seeking submissions for book, exhibition, and film reviews (600-1,000 words). To submit a review proposal, go to https://www.invisibleculturejournal.com/contribute or contact invisible.culture@ur.rochester.edu.

About the Journal

InVisible Culture: A Journal for Visual Culture (IVC) is a student-run interdisciplinary journal published online twice a year in an open access format. Through double-blind peer-reviewed articles, creative works, and reviews of books, films, and exhibitions, our issues explore changing themes in visual culture. Fostering a global and current dialogue across fields, IVC investigates the power and limits of vision.Each issue includes peer-reviewed articles, as well as artworks, reviews, and special contributions. The Dialogues section offers timely commentary from an academic visual culture perspective and announcements from the editorial board.