Anarchist Studies

Anarchist Studies has been publishing novel, refreshing, and provocative articles since 1993. Shaped by the scholarship of contributors rather than editorial inclinations, the journal publishes cutting-edge research that engages with the history, culture, theory, and practice of anarchism. Now established as the leading international peer-reviewed journal of anarchism research, Anarchist Studies champions inter and multi-disciplinary work, encourages the exploration of ideas, movements and perspectives that shed new light on the field. It welcomes submissions that engage critically with mainstream ideas in a constructive way, challenging conventions and opening new avenues for research. Anarchist Studies is published twice a year and continuously in electronic format in Online First. It publishes research papers that engage with anarchist literatures and occasionally unpublished writings by writers of historical interest. The journal aspires to increase the proportion of articles authored by scholars in groups underrepresented in academia and by those in the Global South. The journal also encourages the work of early career scholars. To realise this ambition: we are actively increasing the diversity of the journal’s editorial board and pool of peer reviewers we provide clear guidance on publishing ethics, developed collaboratively with our editorial board, to peer reviewers we encourage submissions that depart from academic norms and welcome proposals for special issues. Anarchist Studies promotes the study of anarchism in all disciplinary fields and has a track record in publishing peer-reviewed scholarship in the humanities and social sciences. The Journal publishes research that re-evaluates the anarchist record; examines the analytical purchase of anarchism as a current of critical political action; applies anarchist principles and ideas to inform research methods or to develop approaches to problems, issues or events that analyse, contextualise or explain anarchist actions, ideas or experiences. The journal has pioneered historical and historiographical research on anarchism; work in pedagogy and the philosophy of education; the exploration of anarchism in the visual arts, cinema, literature, music and performance; the study of global and transnational anarchist movements, both historical and contemporary and the critical analysis of geography, international relations, political theory, political economy and politics. It has always encouraged methodological diversity and interdisciplinary research that probes the interconnections between anarchism and critical race theory, decolonialism, degrowth and ecology, feminism, peace studies and utopianism. We aim to share knowledge, stimulate debate and raise the profile of research on anarchism to challenge and change perspectives in the mainstream. Anarchist Studies has become the leading journal for scholars of anarchism. Building on this legacy, our aspiration is to make it the first stop for researchers keen to discover what the study of anarchism contributes to dominant analysis and research. We encourage submissions that help us cement our reputation as a pioneer of original, creative research on anarchism and help us demonstrate the purchase of anarchist perspectives across the range of our interests.