Daoism:
Religion, History and Society
《道教研究：宗教、歷史與社會》
Announcement
and Call for Papers / 約稿啟事
While
studies on Daoism have grown very fast over
the past few decades, they do not have a distinct
identity of their own within the larger academic
world, and lack a forum where concerned scholars
can debate and further define the state and
the future of the field. In this connection,
the Centre for the Studies of Daoist Culture
(The Chinese University of Hong Kong) and the
Ecole Française d’Extrême-Orient
have decided to join their efforts in creating
a new academic journal Daoism: Religion,
History and Society (Daoism RHS).
In
spite of the pressures of the academic publishing
market, we are convinced that there is room
for a high-quality journal devoted to scholarly
studies of Daoism in all its form and contexts.
We hope to complement and cooperate with other
journals that have traditionally published
top-end research on Daoism and other subjects,
such as Journal of Chinese Religion and Cahiers
d’Extrême-Asie, as well as other
current publishing projects on Daoist studies.
Our
Editorial Committee has Professor Lai Chi-tim
as the Chief Editor, and Professor Vincent
Goossaert, the Co-editor. The editors plan
to publish one issue a year, both on paper
and electronically, and to carry book reviews
and bibliographic essays. Publication and distribution
will be carried out by The Chinese University
Press.
A
major distinguishing feature of the journal
is its resolutely bilingual English-Chinese
character. Each issue will have articles in
both languages, with an abstract in the other
language. The editorial team (the editorial
committee formed of nine scholars, and English
and Chinese copy-editors) will work in both
languages. We thereby aim to provide a forum
where scholars of both the Chinese-speaking
and Western worlds can share their views.
The
scope of the journal is broadly defined as
all social sciences and humanities approaches
to Daoism. The editors particularly seek articles
exploring Daoism in its social and historical
contexts, from the pre-modern to the contemporary
period, rather than exegetical or philosophical
spiritual pieces. Innovative research based
on new documents and/or fieldwork will be most
welcome. In any case, submissions will be evaluated
on the basis of scholarly quality; the editorial
committee will first screen them for inherent
quality and fit with the journal’s scope,
and then, if accepted at this first stage,
be sent to two external referees on a double-blind
basis. The editors are definitely favouring
quality over quantity. Both individual submissions
and projects of guest-edited special issues
are welcome.
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