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Affect aims to bridge the divide between academic and journalistic writing. As such, we welcome articles that are well written, engaging and that appeal to a broad audience including academics, undergraduates, and others with an interest in contemporary social analysis. Affect places emphasis on strength and originality of argument, and whilst encouraging academic rigour and extensive referencing, also welcomes polemical articles. We are also excited to incite debate within our assembled community, and encourage alternative readings of political or geographical events, and responses to particular articles published.

We welcome a variety of submissions, including those not limited to conventional essay form. For those submitting essays, there is a word limit of 5000, to encourage brevity and cogency of argument. We would like to stress that shorter articles of 500-2000 words are welcomed by Affect, particularly those written in response to geopolitical events, or particular academic debates. In the case of those interested in submitting extended pieces of research such as dissertations or theses, Affect is primarily concerned with strength and originality of argument, so would welcome shorter articles based on broader studies. The journal is primarily an online project and as such our first issues will be published on our website in pdf format. If demand and funding permit, we shall consider producing print copies of the journal in the future.


Please see our Future Themes page for information about forthcoming publications. Please do not interpret these as limiting, or discouraging submission of work; the editors wish to encourage high quality work from a range of topic areas, themes and styles.

If you are considering submitting an article but are not quite ready, feel free to sign up to our mailing list.

For more detailed information about contributing to Affect, please take a look at our Information for Authors page,
or email questions to editors@affectjournal.co.uk


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