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Month: September 2013

CALL FOR SESSION PROPOSALS: TAG 2014 – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Deadline January 17, 2014)

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On September 27, 2013

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Announcing the annual meeting of the

North American Theoretical Archaeology Group
TAG USA, May 23-25, 2014
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
www.regonline.com/TAG2014
In 2008, the TAG-USA group was formed and an inaugural conference held at Columbia University. The conference has grown each year and now provides a vibrant link between American and European archaeologists. This year, TAG is being hosted by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Come together in Urbana for the 2014 meeting, May 23 – 25! It will be an inspiring and lively yet affordable meeting in the true tradition of TAG. The plenary, scheduled for the evening of May 23rd, will be transcendent. The Saturday night dance? Not-to-be missed. Two days of break-out sessions will be featured on Saturday and Sunday. In addition, attendees can take part in two new TAG events: the first is a Friday-evening “Theoretical Bar Crawl” featuring a series of prominent archaeologists in their natural state (with a prize to the winning crawler); the second will be a “TAG Post-Mortem” session! Finally, optional tours of the archaeological complexes of Cahokia and Emerald, 30 minutes from St. Louis, will be offered on Sunday the 25th or Monday the 26th, for anyone flying through St. Louis or wishing to make the 3-hour trip south of Urbana-Champaign.

2014 Theme: “Convergence”
The theme for TAG 2014 in Urbana-Champaign is “convergence.” Inspired by recent theoretical and technological developments, the theme is intended to open this year’s discussions, via the plenary. The TAG 2014 Plenary ‘Fundamental Convergences’ will take place Friday evening, May 23rd, 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., and will feature Benjamin Alberti, Mary Weismantel, Kim Tallbear, and Rosemary Joyce (as discussant).

Call for Papers
At this time, we invite session proposals from organizers on any topic that falls within the purview of TAG. Go to the TAG 2014 website to begin. Session proposals are due by January 17, 2014. By February 2014, a list of sessions will be announced on this website, along with the session organizers’ email addresses. At that time, potential participants should send individual paper abstracts (max 300 words) directly to the session organizers by email (deadline March 7, 2014). Session organizers are responsible for selecting papers, and for sending the complete session roster along with all paper abstracts and titles to the TAG-UIUC committee by March 21, 2014. Session organizers, please note that break-out rooms will be equipped with PCs and LCD projectors. Organizers may also bring their own laptops and adapters necessary to plug in to the in-room systems. Requests for any AV equipment other than in-room computers should be made by March 21, 2014.
Follow us on Twitter @tag2014uiuc

Call for Submissions: Chronika — Deadline October 15, 2013

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CHRONIKA
Volume 4, Spring 2014
Chronika is an interdisciplinary, open access journal for graduate students studying the art and archaeology of the Mediterranean world. Chronika, like its parent organization the Institute for European and Mediterranean Archaeology (www.iema.buffalo.edu), encourages interdisciplinary dialogues and innovative approaches to the study of the past.
Call for Submissions:
Chronika welcomes submissions from graduate students that address topics relevant to European and Mediterranean archaeology. Articles must be 3,000 to 4,000 words in length, should detail research at or above the Masters level, and may include up to ten images. To have your article considered for this year’s publication, please send a 100 word abstract to chronika@buffalo.edu by October 15, 2013. You will be notified if your article is selected by November 1. The publication schedule will proceed as follows:
December 1 First draft of full article is due.
February 1 Article is returned to author with comments.
March 1 Revised article is due.
April 4 Chronika launches in print and online.
A hard copy is mailed to each author shortly after this time.
Thank you for your interest in Chronika, and we look forward to receiving your submission. Please direct any inquiries to chronika@buffalo.edu.
Sincerely,
Darren Poltorak
Editor in Chief
Please visit Chronika on the web at www.chronikajournal.com

Fieldwork Opportunity: Bat Archaeological Project (mid-December-early April of 2014)

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On September 26, 2013

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The Bat Archaeological Project will be conducting its eighth season at the UNESCO W.H. site of Bat in the Sultanate of Oman between mid-December and early April of 2014, and is looking for student volunteers interested in gaining field experience.  This year, the project is expanding in a number of exciting directions:
1. Excavation of domestic houses from Hafit (ca. 3100-2700 BC), Umm an-Nar  (ca. 2700-2000 BC), and early Wadi Suq (ca. 2000-1700 BC) periods (led by Christopher P. Thornton and Dr. Charlotte Cable).  This is the first focused study on 3rd mill. architecture in the Omani highlands, and the only site (to my knowledge) with a near-complete stratigraphic sequence of houses from the Hafit to the early Wadi Suq, so there is much to learn here!
2. Broader survey of the Bat region (with Dr. Yasuhisa Kondo), looking in  particular for Paleo/Neolithic sites and domestic/occupational sites  from later periods
3. Ethno-historical project (with Dr. Ruth Young) in the old mudbrick  village of Bat Oasis, collecting oral histories (incl. personal  narratives — the mudbrick was only abandoned in the 1980s!) and    mapping the standing structures to look at the use of space in    Late Islamic/pre-Modern villages.
4. Geomorphological survey of the greater Bat region (with Drs. Eric  Fouache and Stephane Desruelles), looking in particular at fluvial  dynamics, sedimentation rates, and location of cultural sites on the    landscape
5. Heritage management and community outreach (led by Dr. Charlotte    Cable), working with the Ministry of Heritage and Culture and the  people of Bat village to create informational/educational materials and    design a plan for transitioning Bat into a major tourism destination.
Former or current students (undergrad or grad) who are free during this period (Jan – March 2014) and will pay their own way to Oman, and the project will pay all costs on the ground and would be happy to include students in ongoing research.  The project is already working with students from NYU, Johns Hopkins, and the University of Durham (UK) to carry out their MA and PhD theses at Bat, and there is PLENTY of work to farm out to other bright, driven students moving forward.
If you are interested, please email (cpt2@sas.upenn.edu).
Also, if you are interested to learn more about the Bat Project, previous field reports are available online:
http://www.cpthornton.info/home/current-research-1
as are a number of recent publications related to the Bat project:
http://www.cpthornton.info/home/recent-publications-1
 

CFP: Current Research in Egyptology conference at UCL — Deadline 15 Nov 2013

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On September 20, 2013

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Current Research in Egyptology conference at University College London (UCL): April 2014

Call for Papers — deadline: 15 Nov 2013

All postgraduate, independent and early career researchers studying ancient Egypt and Sudan, including the prehistoric/predynastic, Pharaonic, Late, Graeco- Roman and Islamic periods are invited to submit an abstract for a 20-minute presentation or an A0 poster.
Themes may include, but are not limited to: architecture, art history, ceramics, cultural and foreign interaction, current fieldwork, geoarchaeology, material culture, museum studies and site management, osteoarchaeology, philology, religion, state development, trade and economy, and zooarchaeology.
Abstracts should consist of no more than 200 words and should be submitted by 15 November 2013 to crexvlondon+abstracts@gmail.com.
Please include the following information in your email submission:  Name + title, email address, abstract + title of paper,and  affiliation (if not currently affiliated please indicate ‘independent researcher’).Please submit abstracts as a word .doc or .docx attachment (not a PDF), using 12 pt Times New Roman Font with no indenting or tabbed spacing of paragraphs. Please use 1.5 spacing. Please do not exceed the 200 word limit–as that will automatically disqualify your submission. Please do not use any citations or footnotes in the abstract.
Further details are available on the IoA website here

Koc University Fellowships — Deadline 12/15/13

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On September 12, 2013

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RCAC Residential and Non-Residential Fellowships

Koç University invites applications from junior and senior scholars specializing in the archaeology, art history, history, and allied disciplines of Turkey from the Neolithic through the Ottoman eras. Fellowships, which include accommodation, travel, and stipend, will be given to approximately 10 Ph.D candidates and 10 scholars with Ph.D to spend one academic year in Istanbul at Koç University’s Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations. Successful candidates will be required to be resident in Istanbul during the 9-month academic year (September 15-June 15). Some senior fellowships may be granted on a semester basis (September 15-January 31 or February 1-June 15). A small number of Non-Residential fellowships is also available for those already resident in Istanbul and/or with families.
Located in the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, the Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations offers housing, study, and computer facilities to its fellows. It is near the libraries of the French, German, Swedish, and Dutch Institutes and other scholarly facilities in Istanbul. RCAC fellows are expected to devote themselves full time to their research projects. Fellows will also be asked to give 2 lectures on their work during the course of the year. Fellows must be proficient in English, which is the language of instruction at Koç University. Applications from scholars of all nationalities are encouraged.
APPLICATION DEADLINE : DECEMBER 15

BIAA-RCAC Fellowship in Cultural Heritage Management

The RCAC and the BIAA are offering a new joint fellowship in cultural heritage, concerned with the understanding, promotion, and preservation of the historical and archaeological material culture of Turkey and the Black sea region with particular reference to specific sites, monuments, or regions. Successful applicants should have an MA or PhD qualification in museology, heritage management, or a related specialization, or have appropriate and comparable professional experience in these fields.
Depending on the strength of applications, either one junior fellowship, for advanced doctoral candidates, for 9 months (Sept 15, 2014 – June 15, 2015) or one senior fellowship, for holders of PhD or equivalent, for one term, either September 15 to February 1 or February 1 to June 15 will be granted. For terms of RCAC residential fellowships, please see the regular fellowship announcement on the RCAC website. Application deadline for the 2014-2015 academic year is December 15, 2013.
The successful candidate will be resident in Istanbul for most of the time of the fellowship, but might spend up to two months elsewhere in Turkey carrying out field work or on-site research relating to his or her cultural heritage projects. The BIAA/RCAC fellow must visit the BIAA and give a public lecture in Ankara during the tenure of the fellowship, and is strongly encouraged to establish close relations with the BIAA. Some preference may be given to applicants whose Cultural heritage proposals relate to past or current British research projects in Turkey or the Black Sea region. This fellowship is open to all nationalities.

RCAC Visiting Senior Fellowships
A limited number of short-term fellowships at RCAC for a period of either one or two months.
This fellowship will permit senior scholars with very busy schedules to spend up to two months at the RCAC, undertake projects involving the cultural resources of Istanbul while residing at the RCAC and participating in the intellectual community of RCAC fellows and Koç University. Successful candidates will be offered the following:
·          Round-trip economy airfare to and from Istanbul.
A net monthly stipend of up to USD 1600 for the period of their stay.
Free accommodation and free dinners 5 nights a week at the RCAC.
In return, the RCAC requests that all Visiting Senior Fellows give one presentation on their research on the main campus of Koç University. Application deadline for the 2014-2015 academic year is December 15, 2013.
Kaplan Fellowships in Archaeological Site Management
These fellowships will be awarded at the senior or junior level. Depending on the applications received, one or two 4,5 month (fall or spring semester) senior fellowships (for those with a PhD or equivalent work experience) or one 9 month junior fellowship (for a PhD candidate or candidate with less work experience) will be awarded.
Kaplan fellowships will be used for the development of an archaeological management plan or plans with a conservation component for a site in Turkey.
Kaplan fellowships are restricted to Turkish nationals. Applicants must have a demonstrated fluency in English, which is the language of instruction at Koç University, of which the RCAC is a part.
Like all RCAC fellows, Kaplan fellows will be given accommodation, travel costs, health insurance, research budget and evening meals five nights a week at the RCAC. Junior fellows will be granted a monthly stipend of the Turkish lira equivalent of USD 800. Senior fellows will be granted a monthly stipend of the Turkish lira equivalent of USD 1100-1600 depending on work experience.
Fellowship holders must be resident at the RCAC in Istanbul except for a period of up to two months spent on research, either on site, or elsewhere. At the RCAC they will be members of a wider community of scholars researching the past of Turkey. More information about the RCAC, as well as application forms can be obtained at the RCAC website under Fellowships. Application deadline for the 2014-2015 academic year is December 15, 2013.

AIA Grants and Fellowships

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On September 11, 2013

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SITE PRESERVATION GRANT
Application Process: Applying for an AIA Site Preservation Grant is a two-step process:

  • Step 1. Submit brief inquiry via the form on the AIA Site Preservation website at any time during the year.  If inquiry is accepted, applicants will be provided with a full application.
  • Step 2. Complete and return the full application by the next deadline date.

Full Application Deadlines: October 15 & February 15
Amount: An award of up to $25,000 will be paid over a period of one to three years. Winners will also benefit from publicity for their projects through the AIA.
Purpose: The Archaeological Institute of America’s Site Preservation Grants are awarded to innovative projects that use outreach and community development alongside direct conservation to sustainably preserve archaeological sites.
Contact: Kelly Lindberg (klindberg@aia.bu.edu, 617-358-6098)
 
BEST PRACTICES IN SITE PRESERVATION AWARD
Deadline: May 1, early submission is encouraged.
Amount: $5,000 to the winner(s) to further their best practices in site preservation. Winner(s) will also benefit from publicity for their projects through the AIA.
Purpose: The AIA’s Best Practices in Site Preservation Awards are presented to groups or projects recognized by their peers for doing exemplary work in the field of site preservation and conservation.
Nomination: Nominate deserving projects on the AIA’s website at archaeological.org/sitepreservation/awardnomination. Supplementary materials may be e-mailed to the AIA’s Site Preservation Program Adminstrator, Kelly Lindberg.
Contact: Kelly Lindberg (klindberg@aia.bu.edu, 617-358-6098)

COTSEN EXCAVATION GRANTS
Deadline:          November 1
Amount:            Two grants per year of up to $25,000 each. One grant will be awarded to a first time project director launching a new project while the second
will be open to all professionals working in the field.
Purpose:            To provide excavation support for professional AIA members working around the world.
Requirements:  Applicants must be AIA members in good standing and must have a Ph.D. in archaeology or a related field. Applicants normally should be the primary permit holder for the excavation. Permit must be obtained before funds are dispersed.
Restrictions: As a policy, the AIA does not provide for grant funds to be allocated to overhead costs. Funds may not be used for survey expenses and equipment, publication, or for salaries for principal investigators.
Contact: Ben Thomas (bthomas@aia.bu.edu, 617-353-8708)
 
OLIVIA JAMES TRAVELING FELLOWSHIP
Deadline:          November 1; announced February 1
Amount:            $25,000
Purpose:            For travel and study in Greece, the Aegean Islands, Sicily, Southern Italy, Asia Minor, Mesopotamia. Open to all students, but preference is given to those doing research toward a Ph.D. or who are recent recipients (within 5 years of the application deadline) of a Ph.D.  Not intended to support excavations.
Requirements:  Applicant must be a U.S. Citizen.
 
HELEN M. WOODRUFF FELLOWSHIP
Deadline:          November 1 (applications must be sent to the American Academy in Rome, see AIA website for details)
Amount:            $10,000
Purpose:   A pre- or post-doctoral fellowship for study of archaeology and classical studies has been established by the Institute at the American Academy in Rome.  This Fellowship, with other funds from the AAR, will support a Rome Prize Fellowship.
Requirements:   The AAR receives all applications.  Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the U.S.
 
HARRIET and LEON POMERANCE FELLOWSHIP
Deadline:          November 1; announced February 1
Amount:            $5,000
Purpose:            Individual project of a scholarly nature related to Aegean Bronze Age Archaeology
Requirements:  Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the U.S or Canada, or be actively pursuing an advanced degree at a North American college or university.  Previous Pomerance Fellows are not eligible.


ANNA C. AND OLIVER C. COLBURN FELLOWSHIP
Deadline:     Jan. 15, 2014, announced April 15
(offered every 2 years)
Amount:       $11,000
Purpose:       Support of studies at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Greece, for no more than a year.  Geographic area and cultural period not otherwise specified.  Fellowship is awarded bi-annually.
Requirements:             Applicant must be a citizen or permanent resident of the U.S. or Canada, must be at the pre-doctoral stage or have recently received a Ph.D. (within 5 years of the date of the application), and must apply concurrently to the ASCSA for Associate Membership or Student Associate Membership.   See AIA website for other requirements.
 
AIA/DAI STUDY IN THE U.S. FELLOWSHIP
Deadline:          November 1, 2013 (for Fellowship tenure in Fall 2014 or Spring 2015)
Purpose:                        Support of a DAI Research Fellow at either the Cotsen Institute (UCLA), Joukowsky Institute (Brown University), or University of Cincinnati.
Requirements: Applicants must be archaeologists employed by the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut.
 
AIA/DAI STUDY IN BERLIN FELLOWSHIP
Deadline:     January 31 (applications must be sent to the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, see AIA website for details)
Purpose:                   Support of an AIA Research Fellow at the DAI’s library facilities in Berlin, Germany
Requirements: Applicants must be archaeologists based in North America and members of the AIA.  See the AIA and DAI websites for further details and guidelines.
 
ARCHAEOLOGY OF PORTUGAL FELLOWSHIP
Deadline:     November 1; announced February 1
Amount:      Typical award is $4,000, but may vary
Purpose:                  To support archaeological study in or pertaining to Portugal.
Requirements: Portuguese, American, and other international scholars are invited to apply.
 
JANE C. WALDBAUM ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP
Deadline:          March 1; announced April 20
Amount:            $1,000
Purpose:                        To support participation in an archaeological excavation or survey project.
Requirements: Open to junior & senior undergraduates, and 1st year graduate students who are currently enrolled in a U.S. or Canadian college or university.  Applicants cannot have previously participated in archaeological excavations.
 
GRADUATE STUDENT TRAVEL AWARD
Deadline:          October 31; announced December
Amount:            Varies
Purpose:  To assist with travel expenses for graduate students presenting papers at the AIA Annual Meeting.  See AIA website for more details, or contact Jennifer Klahn at jklahn@aia.bu.edu, 617-353-8709.
 
PUBLICATION SUBVENTION GRANT
Deadline:          March 1 and November 1
Amount:            Typical award is $5,000, but may vary
Purpose:  To support new book-length publications in the field of Classical Archaeology (defined as Greek, Roman, and Etruscan archaeology & art history).  Particularly welcome are first-time authors and/or final reports of excavated or surveyed sites as yet unpublished.
Requirements:  Nominations should be submitted by eligible non-profit publishers such as university or museum presses.  See the AIA website for more requirements.
 
SAMUEL H. KRESS GRANTS FOR RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION IN CLASSICAL ART AND ARCHITECTURE
Deadline:          March 1and November 1
Amount:  $3,000
Purpose: To support publication preparation, or research leading to publication, by professional members of the AIA in Classical Art and Architecture.  Awards may be used for research leading to the publication of an art historical monograph or for costs associated with publication, such as image licensing.
Requirements:    Applicant must have publication contract in place with non-profit or commercial publisher.  See AIA website for more information.
 

PLEASE CHECK THE AIA WEBSITE

WWW.ARCHAEOLOGICAL.ORG/GRANTS

FOR UPDATES AND INFORMATION ON OTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.



 

CAORC Mediterranean Regional Research Fellowship – Deadline 1/13/14

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Fellowship Applications Now Available!

http://caorc.org/fellowships

 

 

* * New Fellowship * *

CAORC Mediterranean Regional Research Fellowship Program

 

The Council of American Overseas Research Centers is pleased to announce a new focused regional fellowship program enabling pre- and early postdoctoral scholars to carry out research in the humanities and related social sciences in countries bordering the Mediterranean. Applicants must: be a U.S. citizen or Permanent Resident; be a doctoral candidate or a scholar who obtained his/her Ph.D. within the last ten years; propose a three to nine month humanities or related social science research project; and propose travel to one or more Mediterranean region country, at least one of which hosts a participating American overseas research center. Fellowship awards will not exceed $33,600. Funding for this program is generously provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

 

 

* * Celebrating 20 years! * *

CAORC Multi-Country Research Fellowship Program

 

The Council of American Overseas Research Centers Multi-Country Research Fellowship Program supports advanced regional or trans-regional research in the humanities, social sciences, or allied natural sciences for U.S. doctoral candidates and scholars who have already earned their Ph.D. Preference will be given to candidates examining comparative and/or cross-regional research. Approximately eight awards of up to $10,500 each will be given to scholars who wish to carry out research on broad questions of multi-country significance in the fields of humanities, social sciences, and related natural sciences. Scholars must carry out research in two or more countries outside the United States, at least one of which hosts a participating American overseas research center. Funding for this program is generously provided by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

 

 

Application Deadline: Monday, January 13, 2014

More Information: http://caorc.org/fellowships

 


 

CFP for World Archaeology issue on Mobility and Migration

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On September 10, 2013

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Call for papers for the World Archaeology issue (46.4) on Mobility and Migration
The aim of this issue is to look beyond the mere observation of large-scale movements or migrant networks and to examine not only the reasons that motivated people to migrate but also the consequences for both migrants and their host societies. This issue is therefore not so much about finding ‘hard evidence’ of actual migrants and migrations, although that is certainly part of the equation, but it rather represents an endeavour to explore the diversity and complexity of mobility and migration in the past, both recent and distant, and to investigate the many dimensions of these broad processes. The emphasis of the issue thus falls on local actors, practices, contexts and networks that sustained migrations and enabled mobility of, within and between communities in order to highlight the social and economic dimensions of migration and mobility.
The issue is due for publication in October 2014 and the deadline for submission is 1 February 2014
Please contact the issue editor Peter van Dommelen with proposals and abstracts at peter_van_dommelen@brown.edu
For more details see below and at http://explore.tandfonline.com/mobility-and-migration
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Mobility & Migration  – World Archaeology 46.4 (2014)
Migration has long been a major topic in archaeology and as long as culture history framed archaeological understanding of material culture, migrations have been seen as the stuff that (pre)history was made of. As New, processual and post-processual perspectives have steered attention elsewhere in more recent decades, migration has rapidly dropped off the archaeological agendas.
A lack of interest does not mean, however, that people in the past did not migrate and scientific advances in physical anthropology have forced the issue back on the agenda. The case of the so-called ‘Lady of York’ who probably hailed from North Africa, is an evident case in point. In other fields, like the ancient Mediterranean or the post-medieval northern and central Atlantic, the combined archaeological and literary evidence leaves little doubt about large-scale and sustained migrations, voluntary and forcibly alike.
The question is therefore not so much whether people migrated – they clearly did.
The aim of this issue is accordingly to look beyond the mere observation of large-scale movements or migrant networks and to examine not only the reasons that motivated people to migrate but also the consequences for both migrants and their host societies. This issue is therefore not so much about finding ‘hard evidence’ of actual migrants and migrations, although that is certainly part of the equation, but it rather represents an endeavour to explore the diversity and complexity of mobility and migration in the past, both recent and distant, and to investigate the many dimensions of these broad processes. The emphasis of the issue thus falls on local actors, practices, contexts and networks that sustained migrations and enabled mobility of, within and between communities in order to highlight the social and economic dimensions of migration and mobility.
 

  • Deadline for submission: 1 February 2014
  • Article length: 5,000 words
  • Instructions for Authors can be downloaded here


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