SENIOR EDITORS
T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting, African American and Diaspora Studies and French, Vanderbilt University
Tiffany Ruby Patterson, AADS & History, Vanderbilt University
MANAGING EDITORS
Annette Joseph-Gabriel
Tara F. Williams
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY EDITORIAL BOARD
Houston A. Baker, Associate Editor, Department of English
Anastasia Curwood, Associate Editor, AADS
Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas, Associate Editor, Divinity School
Jane Landers, Associate Editor, Department of History
Ifeoma Nwankwo, Associate Editor, Department of English
Kelly Oliver, Associate Editor, Department of Philosophy
Alice Randall, Associate Editor & Fiction and Poetry Book Review Editor, AADS
Hortense J. Spillers, Associate Editor, Department of English
Gilman W. Whiting, Associate Editor, AADS
Juan Floyd-Thomas, Non-Fiction Book Review Editor, Divinity School
INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD
Eudine Barriteau, Institute for Gender and Development Studies, University of the West Indies
Judy Byfield, Department of History, Cornell University
Glenda Carpio, Department of English and African and African American Studies, Harvard University
Bettye Collier-Thomas, Department of History, Temple University
Afua Cooper, James R. Johnston Chair in Black Canadian Studies, Department of Sociology and Social
Anthropology, Dalhousie University
Musa Dube, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Botswana
Thadious Davis, Department of English, University of Pennsylvania
Frieda Ekotta, Comparative Literature, University of Michigan
Lisa Farrington, Department of Art and Music, John Jay College (CUNY)
Karen E. Fields, Independent Scholar
Thavolia Glymph, African and African American Studies, Duke University
Shelley Haley, Africana Studies & Classics, Hamilton College
Sirène Harb, American University
Robin Kelley, Department of History, University of Southern California
Erik McDuffie, Black American Studies Program and History, University of Delaware
Patricia Mohammed, Institute for Gender and Development Studies, University of the West Indies
Nell Painter, Department of History, Princeton University
Lara Putnam, Dept of History, University of Pittsburgh
Rhoda Reddock, Centre for Gender and Development Studies, University of West Indies, Trinidad and
Tobago
Verene Shepherd, Director of the Institute for Gender and Development Studies, University of the West
Indies
Werner Sollors, Department of English, Harvard University
Marina de Mello e Souza, Departamento de História, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
Ula Taylor, African American Studies, University of California
Gloria Wekker, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Michael West, Sociology Department, Binghamton University (SUNY)
GUIDELINES FOR CONTRIBUTORS
Palimpsest accepts submissions on a rolling basis. Submissions are reviewed anonymously by members
of the editorial board and by readers in the appropriate fields. The editors invite submissions of scholarly
essays, interviews, and archival documents.
All manuscripts should be submitted electronically to: palimpsestjournal@vanderbilt.edu
Manuscripts that are under review elsewhere or that have been previously published will not be
considered by Palimpsest. We also do not accept unsolicited book, film, or video reviews.
ESSAY PREPARATION
All submissions must be typed in Times New Roman 12 font, double-spaced, and accompanied by a title
page containing the author's name, postal address, phone number, and e-mail address. Scholarly articles
should follow the latest version of the Chicago Manual of Style
(http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html).
Manuscripts not following this style will not be accepted for publication. In order to facilitate the process of
anonymous peer review, the author's name should not appear on the manuscript. All references in the
essay and notes that might identify the author should be removed. Manuscripts should be no longer than
35 pages. An abstract of 150 words must accompany the submission. Submissions without abstracts will
not be considered for review.
BOOK REVIEWS
Publishers should submit poetry, fiction and non-fiction books for review in Palimpsest to the following
postal address:
Palimpsest Journal
African American and Diaspora Studies
Box 351516 Station B
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN 37235-1516
USA
All inquiries about Palimpsest and its editorial policies should be sent electronically
to: palimpsestjournal@vanderbilt.edu