Nov 28, 2024

Coming soon: The Journal of Disappearance Studies

Bristol University Press is pleased to bring you this journal for the newly established field of Disappearance Studies. Our first issue will publish in 2025.

The Journal of Disappearance Studies focuses on the collective dimensions of human disappearance, especially enforced disappearance, but also on its consequences at the more than human levels (e.g. cultural and environmental levels).

The journal highlights studies on the disappeared across diverse disciplines and fields of study and encourages transdisciplinary approaches to the study of disappearance. The journal brings together academics, policymakers, practitioners, families of the disappeared, victim-centred organisations, as well as artists and cultural producers for the co-production of interventions aimed at bringing about societal, instrumental and academic impact. The journal also publishes ground breaking transdisciplinary research that addresses the specificities and commonalities to disappearances across space and time. The publication of ethical frameworks for the researching and teaching of disappearance as a pedagogical and public concern are also welcomed.

The Journal of Disappearance Studies welcomes the submission of original and review articles, interviews with artists, policymakers, practitioners, survivors and families along with book reviews. The Journal of Disappearance Studies will publish one special issue a year, highlighting themes showcased in the annual conference of the Disappearance Studies Network. The journal seeks to publish contributions from all regions of the world. The journal is open to submissions from Sociology, Humanities, International Studies, Peace and Conflict Studies, Legal Studies, Anthropology, History and the Arts.

The editorial team is led by Bahar Baser (Durham University, UK), Roddy Brett (University of Bristol, UK), and Élise Féron (Tampere University, Finland). The full editorial board will be announced soon.

Call for papers  

Be among the first to publish in the Journal of Disappearance Studies. The journal will launch in the summer (Northern Hemisphere) of 2025.

If you would like to make a submission please contact the Editors for information on how to submit: jds-editorial@bristol.ac.uk.

Stay in touch

If you want to stay up to date with the journal’s development, follow @bup-journals on X or @bupjournals.bsky.social on Bluesky and sign up for the Journal of Disappearance Studies newsletter.

Online ISSN: 3049-8414