AAUSC CALLS FOR ARTICLES FOR 2001 VOLUME

This volume will foster a dialogue in which researchers and practitioners in both literary studies and SLA can consider the points of overlap that unite us in order to increase our teaching effectiveness in both language and literature. At the heart of this volume is the notion that American students of FL literature at any level are, after all and always, language learners. For this reason, we must consider FL programs in terms of a continuum in which all levels of instruction are interconnected by issues of acquisition. Contributors will be especially encouraged to consider literature instruction at the intermediate level, where the inter-relationships between language and literature instruction are perhaps the most pronounced. The volume will address specifically how existing SLA research can inform the teaching of literature in multi-section and single-instructor courses, and, conversely, what contemporary literary theory might bring to research and methodology in SLA. Particularly welcome are papers that consider curricular issues, models for empirical research design (quantitative and qualitative), methodology, and preparation of TAs and other instructional staff. To reflect the collaborative spirit of this volume, researchers/practitioners in SLA and in literature are encouraged to co-author submissions. All papers must be reviewed by members of the AAUSC Editorial Board before they are accepted for inclusion in the volume. Submission deadline: September 1, 2000. Suggested length 15-35 manuscript pages. Please follow AAUSC style, published in annual volumes (Modified Chicago B). For more information, contact: Editors Virginia Scott and Holly Tucker, Box 6312-B, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37235. E-mail: scottvm@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu

1. China Scholarship is a journal to be published by the Commercial Press in Beijing at the beginning of the new millennium. Funded by the Harvard-Yenching Institute, and edited by a board of international scholars, it will be published four times a year, each issue containing approximately 250,000 words.

2. The goal of China Scholarship is to improve the quality of research in humanities and social sciences in China; promote the scholarly accomplishment of the Chinese speaking world; enhance the intellectual cohesiveness of Cultural China; and strengthen in-depth scholarly exchange between China and the rest of the world. It is our objective to make Chinese a working language for the international scholarly community, and to establish the contemporary reconstruction of Chinese culture in the global context.

3. Essays and articles, essay-length book reviews, book reviews, and scholarly news are the four categories under which submissions will be considered for publication. There is no limit on the length of submissions.

4. China Scholarship pursues a creative interaction between humanities and social sciences. It welcomes discussions in the humanities with a social relevance, and those in social sciences with a humanistic vision. Interdisciplinary work will be encouraged.

5. Two-way anonymous peer review will be rigorously applied to all submissions. Substantial research and intellectual creativity are the criteria according to which submissions are reviewed.

6. The editorial work will be carried out jointly by a board of editors, consisting of younger generation scholars, and an advisory committee, constituted by leading scholars in their respective fields. The editor-in-chief is responsible for the overall process of the editorial operation.

7. A contribution fee, in the range of 100 -200 RMB per 1,000 characters, will be paid to the contributor at the publication of the submitted text. The copyright belongs to the Commercial Press.

8. China Scholarship sincerely invites submissions and promises fair and timely review of each of the submission. The editorial office will acknowledge receipt of submission and inform the contributor within a month about the status of the submission after a preliminary review. Anonymous peer review follows, the result of which will be mailed to the contributor.

9. China Scholarship, though published in Chinese, welcomes submissions in all languages. Once accepted, a foreign-language submission will be translated either by the author him/herself or by the journal. However contributors must indicate that the text has never been submitted to any other journal.

10. Please send all submissions and editorial correspondences to:

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