JSR: Journal for the Study of Radicalism—an academic journal published by Michigan State University Press in collaboration with the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs—announces an open call for articles and book reviews.
JSR seeks submissions on political and religious forms of radicalism across the political spectrum, both left-wing and right-wing. “Radicalism” here refers not to social reform, but to those who seek through violent or non-violent means to bring about sudden political transformation. Radicals may be members of organized groups and movements or individual figures and thinkers—and we welcome in-depth analyses of both historical and contemporary forms of radicalism.
On the Left, we invite submissions on a variety of topics, including anarchism, antifa, communism, ecological radicalism, and radical violence. On the Right, our call is similarly broad, encompassing extremist violence, fascism and neofascism, militias, religious radicalism, right-wing populism, and white nationalism.
Send queries or submit articles and book review proposals to Dr Josh Vandiver at jsr@uccs.edu. Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis, but to be considered for the Spring 2027 issue, the deadline is 1 January 2027.
Send queries or submit articles to Dr. Josh Vandiver at jsr@uccs.edu
Forthcoming special issue: Techno-Optimism and Techno-Pessimism
Journal for the Study of Radicalism
We are looking for articles and book reviews to celebrate the twentieth volume of the JSR. The primary theme of the issue to be published in early 2027 will be radical technologists and futurists—also, their numerous critics and opponents.
Possible subjects include nineteenth-century movements and thinkers from Saint-Simonians and Taylorists to Luddites, Romantics, and Young Englanders; twentieth-century figures like the Italian Futurists Filippo Marinetti and Umberto Boccioni, or later fascist futurists, and their critics; and twenty-first-century techno-optimists from Bitcoin partisans to AI prophets and their various interlocutors including Nick Land, Curtis Yarvin, and the Dark Enlightenment. Critiques of all sorts, including religious and ecological, and techno-pessimists of various stripes, are of interest. Finally, we invite research centered on specific technologists like Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen, Joe Lonsdale, Alex Karp, Palmer Luckey, and others. Historically focused explorations are welcome; indeed, we are interested in a wide range of approaches and methodologies. As ever, beyond this call, we invite work on other topics concerning radical groups or individuals across the political spectrum.
Contact editors Dr Josh Vandiver at jsr@uccs.edu. Send queries or completed articles to jsr@uccs.edu for this thematic issue by 1 November 2026.
Background
The Journal for the Study of Radicalism engages in serious, scholarly exploration of the forms, representations, meanings, and historical influences of radical social movements. With sensitivity and openness to historical and cultural contexts of the term, we loosely define “radical,” as distinguished from “reformers,” to mean groups who seek revolutionary alternatives to hegemonic social and political institutions, and who use violent or non-violent means to resist authority and to bring about change. The journal is eclectic, without dogma or strict political agenda, and ranges broadly across social and political groups worldwide, whether typically defined as “left” or “right.” We expect contributors to come from a wide range of fields and disciplines. We especially welcome articles that reconceptualize definitions and theories of radicalism, feature underrepresented radical groups, and introduce new topics and methods of study.
Submissions should be 20-30 pages in length, in .doc format, and conform to Chicago Manual of Style endnotes. Please include a one-paragraph abstract. Images for possible use in an article should be 300 dpi. Authors are responsible for requesting and receiving permission to reprint images for scholarly use.
See https://msupress.org/journals/journal-for-the-study-of-radicalism/ for more information.
