CFP: Eldridge Bulletin of Advanced Inquiry. Arts and Humanities Series

Call for Papers: Eldridge Bulletin of Advanced Inquiry | Arts and Humanities Series | London, UK

Inaugural Issue (General Topic)
Submission Deadline: 31 May 2026

#OpenAccess
Reduced publication fees available for this issue.

Web: https://london-ap.uk/eldridge-bulletin/humanities/
Email: [email protected]

Manifesto
The Eldridge Bulletin of Advanced Inquiry invites submissions for its inaugural issue in Arts and Humanities. The new series opens a space for thought in which form, contradiction, and plurality are recognised as conditions of meaning, not obstacles to it. From this frame, inquiry moves across disciplinary boundaries with purpose and intellectual precision.

Scope and Orientation
Submissions across core domains of the Arts and Humanities are welcome, including but not limited to:
• Philosophy and critical theory
• Literary studies and comparative literature
• Cultural studies
• Media theory
• History and intellectual history
• Aesthetics and art theory
• Psychology, cognition, and behavioural sciences
• Digital humanities, AI, and computational approaches to social life

The Bulletin seeks work that maintains conceptual precision, stylistic awareness, and interpretive depth. Submissions may be theoretical, analytical, or essayistic, provided they sustain coherence and intellectual force.

Papers should demonstrate a clear argument and awareness of their methodological grounding. Interdisciplinary approaches are welcome where they remain structurally coherent.

Core Thematic Directions
• Interpretation under conditions of digital and technological change
• The transformation of authorship, meaning, and readership
• Tensions between tradition and innovation in the humanities
• Reconfigurations of critique and theory
• Intersections between culture, language, and power

Inaugural Issue Focus Areas
• Knowledge under conditions of technological acceleration
• AI, digital epistemologies, and the reshaping of inquiry
• Boundaries and crossings between disciplines
• Methodological innovation and hybrid approaches
• Culture and the future of interpretation
• Conditions of knowledge production in contemporary environments

Why Contribute to the Inaugural Issue
Publishing in a first issue offers a position that later contributions cannot replicate: early contributions participate in the journal’s formative record, with greater visibility per article, faster publication timelines, and early integration into its citation history.

Higher visibility per article
With no backlog, each contribution stands out more clearly within the issue and is more likely to be noticed, circulated, and cited early.

Long-term citation advantage
Early articles often continue to be cited as “initial” or “defining” contributions once the journal grows.

Closer interaction with the editorial team
Early contributors benefit from direct editorial attention and engagement.

Strategic CV value
Being published in a journal’s first issue signals selectivity and involvement at a formative stage. This can read strongly in academic profiles.

To support early contributors, the Bulletin offers:
• Reduced publication fees
• A transparent and rigorous editorial process
• Rapid handling times, without compromising scholarly standards

Submission Guidelines
Submissions must be original and unpublished.
All manuscripts undergo double blind peer review.
Authors should ensure consistency, precision, and academic integrity.

Further details regarding formatting and submission procedures are available here:
https://london-ap.uk/eldridge-bulletin/submissions/