The editors of French Historical Studies seek articles for a
Special issue on "Theorized History". Articles that demonstrate
exciting new approaches to the writing of history are welcome.
Rather than taking a polemical position on whether the "linguistic
turn" proved beneficial or detrimental to the field of history, we
are interested in examples of historical analysis that investigate
the past with the awareness that it comes to us through textual
artifacts in the broadest sense of that term. In particular, we
are hoping to assemble a collection of articles that move beyond
some of the binary oppositions that have so divided the field of
French history in the last twenty years: the "social" vs. the
"cultural," "biological reality" vs. "discursive representation,"
and "history" vs. "theory". We seek essays which demonstrate each
side of these binaries as informing and constituting, rather than
opposing, the other. We are further interested in scholarship that
treats history and theory as inseparable components of a unified
approach to historical practice. We are hoping for essays from a
wide variety of sub-fields within French History, including
science and medicine, race and the Empire, social, intellectual
and cultural history, gender, and transnational approaches.

Queries regarding submissions should be addressed to the guest
editors, Paul Friedland (paulfriedlandgmail.com) and Mary Louise
Roberts (maryrobertswisc.edu). Articles may be either in
English or in French but must conform to French Historical Studies
style (see http://fhs.ucdavis.edu/style/shtml for details) and must
be accompanied by abstracts in both languages. Quotations must be
translated from the French for articles in English. Papers should
be between 8,000 and 10,000 words (up to but not longer than 15,000
words including notes). For the inclusion of illustrations
written permission must be obtained from the relevant persons or
institutions for print and on-line publication.

Manuscripts can be sent by post or electronically to Richard
Parks, Managing Assistant, French Historical Studies, Department
of History, University of Minnesota-twin cities, 1110 Heller Hall,
271 19th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55455. We encourage, but do
not require, electronic submission of manuscripts. Manuscripts
submitted electronically should be sent in MS Word or Rich Text
Format (RTF).

The deadline for submissions is October 1, 2010.