Contributions are now invited for the 2011 issue of the MHRA Working Papers in the Humanities, an international, refereed online journal aimed at postgraduate and early-career researchers.

The theme for this issue is "melancholy" and the full Call for Papers can be found here: http://www.mhra.org.uk/Membership/WPH_11_CFP.pdf

Papers, of up to 3,000 words in length, may come from any field in the 'modern humanities', which include the modern and medieval languages, literatures, and cultures of Europe (including English and the Slavonic languages, and the cultures of the European diaspora). History, library studies, education and pedagogy, and the medical application of linguistics are excluded.

In order to submit a paper, you are kindly requested to register as an author at http://mhra.org.uk/ojs/index.php/wph/user/register. Any informal queries can be directed to the editors at postgrads@mhra.org.uk.