RETHINKING HISTORY CENTER, INSTITUTE OF HISTORY AND POLITICAL SCIENCES, FREE INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FROM MOLDOVA
and
SECTION HISTORY OF CULTURE, INSTITUTE OF HISTORY, STATE AND LAW, ACADEMY OF SCIENCES FROM MOLDOVA
in cooperation with
INSTITUTE OF HISTORY, FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE, UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA IN KATOWICE, POLAND

Interstitio. East European Review of Historical Anthropology is a scholarly periodical published by Rethinking History Center, Institute of History and Political Sciences, Free International University from Moldova and Section History of Culture, Institute of History, State and Law, Academy of Sciences from Moldova in cooperation with Institute of History, Faculty of Social Science, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland. The Editorial Board is assisted by scholars from Belarus, Germany, Romania, Russia and the United States of America. Subsequent issues of the Review will be edited alternately by Moldovan and Polish section of the Editorial Board. Each of them would be focused on a basic theme specified by the Editors.

Resuscitation of historical research in post-communist space is a process as slow and difficult as the rehabilitation of the whole societies affected by communism. Despite the immense progress made by historiography in the region since early 90s, it still suffers from the over-presence of ideology within the discipline and the willingness of many historians to distort history in the service of politics. The intentional neglect of many methodological trends and research strategies newly developed within the profession which is clearly visible in the case of numerous scholars could be contrasted with rapid and uncritical absorption of some of the latest ‘novelties’ by the others.

It is an essential aim of the Review to promote those new methods, directions and themes of research in historical scholarship which, critically (and at the same time creatively) applied, would enrich the profession of history within the post-totalitarian space of Central and Eastern Europe. This requires, among others, an ongoing, careful reconsideration of the current state of the art not only in historical studies but also in meta-historical ones. That is why the basic theme proposed for the 3rd issue is “History versus Metahistory”.

Therefore the Editorial Boards welcomes substantive articles on Central and Eastern Europe written from the perspective of the broadly conceived historical anthropology, especially those that would combine various forms of metahistorical reflection with concrete discourse on the past. Reviews and review articles discussing new publications within the humanities that deal with the region are welcomed as well.

Instructions to prospective Authors:
- The texts must be sent by April, 30th 2008 to the electronic address of the managing editor of this issue: interstitio@upcpoczta.pl
- Materials for publication can be written in one of the following languages: English, French.
- All articles must be followed by a summary in English. - Authors should include, on a separate sheet, a brief curriculum vitae (inclusively: name and second name, scholarly degree and institutional affiliation, field of study).
- References must contain sufficient information concerning the quoted sources. The recommended system of references is: http://www.library.uq.edu.au/training/citation/harvard.html
- Special care should be taken in quoting non-English sources: all requisite special characters in those languages must be provided. Languages which utilize non-Latin alphabets, such as Cyrillic, should be cited in the original format whenever possible.
- All articles will be peer-reviewed before they could be accepted.
- During the process of editing an accepted manuscript, the editors under no circumstances will make changes that violate the integrity of the work or the purpose of the author in any way. To avoid problems, authors are urged to submit amendments or corrections to the editors as soon as possible after notification of acceptance and return proofs promptly.

Deadline:April 30, 2008

Contact persons:

Poland:
Maciej Kucharski, e-mail: mkuchar@saba.wns.us.edu.pl
Tomasz Pawelec, e-mail: pawelec@saba.wns.us.edu.pl

Republica Moldova:
Virgiliu Birladeanu, e-mail: virgiliubirladeanu@gmail.com

Postal address in Poland:
Redakcja polrocznika “Interstitio”
Instytut Historii Uniwersytetu Slaskiego
ul. Bankowa 11
40-007 Katowice, Poland
E-mail: interstitio@upcpoczta.pl
Phone: (+4832) 359-17-69, 359-13-14, 359-20-77
Fax: (+4832) 359-21-28

Postal address in Moldova:
Rethinking History Center
Free International University from Moldova
str. Vlaicu Pircalab 52, of. 705a
Chisinau, MD-2012
Republica Moldova
E-mail: rethinkinghistorycenter@yahoo.com
Phone: (+373 22) 22 73 65
Fax: (+373 22) 59 40 61