CFP: Historical Genres in the 21st Century (Special issue of Rethinking History: The Journal of Theory and Practice) Essays are sought for a special issue of Rethinking History: The Journal of Theory and Practice entitled “Historical Genres in the 21th century”. This themed issue aims to create a discussion about genre within current historical and historiographical practice today. Our evolving understanding of the importance of form in the inscription of history makes a discussion of the role of genre imperative. Traditionally, historians have tended to think of genres and modes of writing as rigid compartments within which they structure their texts, and as categories from which readers comprehend these texts. More recently, several forms of historiography have viewed genres as living forms in flux and as flexible structures that invite more creative and experimental representations of the past. The proliferation of new historical genres—film, media, comics, novel, graphic narratives, poetry, biopics, dramas—challenges the conventional historical prose models. I invite the submission of essays that explore the ways history is being inscribed, articulated, represented, and performed in the 21st century, and the function and functioning of the historical genres. The essays may also be theoretical or focus on a particular genre or text. 500-word abstracts must be submitted to the editor of the special issue, Jaume Aurell (saurell@unav.es) before January 31, 2013. Final papers (6000 words) will be due on November 30, 2013.