Paper Submission

Call for Papers: Colour Turn – 2024 Issue

Deadline for papers: Monday, July 1.

Colour Turn is an open-access journal based at the University of Tübingen. We are dedicated to the promotion and advancement of colour studies and committed to an interdisciplinary and international approach to colour research. With the help of our editorial team and our advisory board, articles submitted to Colour Turn undergo a double-blind peer-review process.

Colour Turn invites papers on all areas of colour research and colour science. This includes research in the humanities and natural sciences. Interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary papers are also welcome.

Please send your submission to submission[at]colourturn.net by Monday, July 1.

Call for Papers: Special Issue – Rituals

Deadline for Abstracts: Monday, July 1.

Colour represents a complex and fundamental component in the ritual life of individuals and communities all over the world and across time. We see it in the different hues and tones used to mark spiritual and devotional practices, in the colour-coding patterns that social groups constantly redefine to re-claim, challenge, and modify their identities. From the ritual performance of carnival to the aesthetics of everyday worship, colour acts as a conduit of embodiment and meaning.

Starting from the material and symbolic value of colour, this special issue wants to look at the intersection of ritual and colour as strategies for mobilising religious, cultural and epistemic capital.

We welcome original research articles dealing with different ritual knowledge systems and the way in which colour have been understood, represented, and experienced, as well as contributions on the agency of colour within individual religious practices, ceremonies, and festivals both in contemporary and historical contexts. Articles can utilize a wide range of theoretical frameworks and examine all kinds of religious phenomena, including, but not limited to, texts, practices, cosmologies, iconography, and much more.

Please send a 250-word abstract to submission[at]colourturn.net by Monday, July 1. Please be sure to include your name, contact details and the title of the paper in your abstract.

Topics of Interest

The journal publishes research papers, essays and academic reviews in eight key investigative domains: Colour in Interdisciplinary Context, Colour and the Mind, Colour and Nature, Colour and Technology, Colour and Communication, Colour in Art and Media, Colour in Culture and Society and Reviews.

We currently accept articles on all topics relating to colour research.

Note to Authors

Before submitting your abtratct or paper, please read our submission guidelines below.

Send in your submissions and questions at:

submission[at]colourturn.net

Submission Guidelines

The language of the Colour Turn journal is standard British English. Please see our stylesheet for detailed submission guidelines. Below you can see a summary of our recommended format for manuscript submission:

- - - Title of the paper (Max. 20 words)
    - Author/s Name, Affiliations and Contact informations (i.e. e-mail)
    - Abstract (Approx. 200-250 words)
    - Keywords
    - Main text (Min. 3500 words)
    - Acknowledgments
    - Referencing in footnote and bibliography following Chicago Manual – Notes and Bibliography Style (Only sources cited in the footnotes or text should be included in the bibliography)
    - The journal prefers British english. (Please check spelling and punctuation according to Oxford dictionary)
    - Images, figures, tables, and graphs should all be labeled as Figures and numbered consecutively without any gaps. Captions should have- Title, author or creator, date of publication. (*It is the authors responsibility to acquire copyright permission for any item used in the articles. Please provide a table of figures at the end of the article with references to the sources)