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Virtual Special Issues

Ethnic and Racial Studies Editors Martin Bulmer and John Solomos have compiled a series of Virtual Special Issues highlighting some of the best research from across the ERS archive, which is now digitised from Volume 1, published in 1978. Articles from the most recent Virtual Special Issues are free to download online, while content from archived Virtual Special Issues is available via library subscription. Click on the links below for tables of contents.

Theorising Ethnicity – Archived
Transnationalism – Archived
Theories and Changing Research Agendas - Archived

The 2011 ERS Annual Lecture

The 2011 ERS Annual Lecture took place on 12th May at City University London. This year’s lecture, presented by Professor Eduardo Bonilla Silva, was entitled: “The Invisible Weight of Whiteness: The Racial Grammar of Everyday Life in Contemporary America”.

A full recording of this lecture will be available soon.

Ethnic and Racial Studies at the American Sociological Association

ERS co-Editor John Solomos

At the 106th American Sociological Association conference in Las Vegas, Ethnic and Racial Studies (ERS) co-hosted their annual reception with the International Migration section of the ASA. ERS co-Editor John Solomos (pictured) was in attendance, along with Monica Boyd, chair of the IM section.

John made a short speech about the close links ERS shares with the ASA, and the IM section in particular, emphasising the commitment that ERS has shown to publishing authors in the field of International Migration. John also announced that, from 2012, the journal Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power will be published in association with ERS. Claire Alexander, the new Editor of Identities, is a long-standing member of the ERS Editorial Board.

ASA 2011 was a very successful conference for ERS, and the Editors hope to see everybody again in Denver in 2012.

(Photograph by Steven J. Gold, Michigan State University, USA)

ERS Reviewers

Article Referees

RERS cover Ethnic and Racial Studies would like to extend sincere appreciation to all our referees. We would like to thank you for sharing your time, effort and professional expertise in carrying out peer-review on ERS manuscripts.

As our journal goes from strength to strength with submissions increasing year on year, we acknowledge that its continuing success depends on our referees' ongoing enthusiasm to support us with their high standards.

Find out more about becoming an article referee for ERS.
Download a list of all 2009-2010 article referees.

Book Reviewers

If you would like to become a book reviewer for Ethnic and Racial Studies or for further information please contact the ERS Editors at ethnic@surrey.ac.uk.

ERS Annual Lecture Series

Every year in May, Ethnic and Racial Studies hosts a lecture based on a theme relevant to the study of ethnicity and race. Audio recordings and transcripts are available here as free downloads.

May 12th 2011 - “THE INVISIBLE WEIGHT OF WHITENESS: The Racial Grammar of Everyday Life in Contemporary America.”
Professor Eduardo Bonilla Silva

2010 - “Colonial Aphasia: Race and Disabled Histories in France.”
Professor Ann Laura Stoler, The New School for Social Research, New York

Ann Laura Stoler is Willy Brandt Distinguished University Professor of Anthropology and Historical Studies at The New School for Social Research in New York since 2004. She has worked for some thirty years on colonial governance, racial epistemologies, and the sexual politics of empire. She has lectured widely throughout Europe, South Africa, the UK, Australia, Canada and the US. Her latest books include: Along the Archival Grain (Princeton 2009) and Imperial Debris: On Ruins and Ruination (Duke, forthcoming).

2009 - “Race, Consumption and the Idea of Freedom: Revisiting South Africa's Racial History.”
Professor Deborah Posel, Director, Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Professor Deborah Posel

Professor Deborah Posel is Director of the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (WISER) at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa; a position she has held since 2000. She joined WISER after ten years at the University of Witwatersrand's Department of Sociology. During this time, she spent two years as a visiting scholar at Harvard University's Department of Sociology. Professor Posel completed a D. Phil at Nuffield College, University of Oxford in 1987, where she was also a Gwilyn Gibbon Prize Research Fellow.

Professor Posel has written extensively on the history of apartheid, including The Making of Apartheid 1948 to 1961: Conflict and Compromise (Clarendon Press, 1991 & 1997) and Apartheid's Genesis, co-edited with P. Bonner and P. Delius (WUP & Ohio, 1994). More recent work focuses on the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which has produced a co-edited book on Commissioning the Truth: the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and the politics of sexuality and death in the midst of HIV/AIDS.

Download your free audio recording of the lecture in full.
Download a written transcript.

2008 - “International Migration and National Development: A review of their inter-relationships.”
Professor Alejandro Portes, Director, Center for Migration and Development at Princeton University, USA.

Download your free audio recording of the lecture in full.
Download a written transcript.
Download a biography of Alejandro Portes.

Resources for Authors and Guest Editors

Guidelines for Special Issue contributors and Guest Editors can be found here:

Guidelines for preparing a special issue proposal
Special Issue Guidelines for Guest Editors
Special Issue Guidelines for Contributors
How to promote your Article – For Authors
How to promote your Special Issue – For Special Issue Editors

Author services logo Specific instructions on submitting an article to Ethnic and Racial Studies can be found on the RERS Instructions for Authors page. However, more general guidelines on becoming an author for Taylor & Francis Group journals can be found at our Author Area, including tips on selecting the right journal for your article, copyright issues, the post-publication process and our Authors' Newsletter.

Special Rates

Members of the American Sociological Association (ASA), Association for the Study of Ethnicity & Nationalism (ASEN), Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA) and CRONEM are entitled to a discount on a print subscription to ERS. Further details can be found at the links below.

American Sociological Association (ASA)
Association for the Study of Ethnicity & Nationalism (ASEN)
Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA)
CRONEM

General Resources

Peer reviewed and accepted articles are published online ahead of inclusion in an ERS issue. You can access these articles here.
Catalogue Request - Free Ethnicity, Identity and Migration Studies Catalogue.
Free Ethnic and Racial Studies leaflet
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To contact the Editors of Ethnic and Racial Studies, please email ethnic@surrey.ac.uk.

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