Aims and scope

Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal operating at the crossroads of contemporary work in the humanities and social sciences in the following areas of research, theory and politics:

• Theories of colonialism, settler colonialism, occupation, and postcolonialism
• The histories, impact, and long-term effects of imperialism and colonialism on all aspects of society
• The role of culture in the operation of imperialism and in the formations of national resistance
• Contemporary Marxist philosophy and related cultural theory
• The economics of neo-colonialism and neoliberalism and their effects on the global South
• Liberation struggles, past and ongoing
• The political and cultural struggles of Indigenous, “fourth-world”, and nomadic peoples
• The philosophy and theory of indigeneity
• Genocide, conflict intervention and resolution, human rights and humanitarian ethics
• Contemporary slavery, child soldiers, refugees, camps and detention centres
• Diaspora, migration, immigration
• Ecological imperialism, violence, and activist counter-strategies
• The role of religion and culture in contemporary political formations
• Philosophies of religion and secularism
• Cultural and global issues in law, colonial law, occupier law
• The contemporary politics of race, caste and ethnicity; indigeneity; gender and sexuality
• Languages, especially “minor” languages, and translation
• Philosophy of translation and translation theory
• Theoretical, philosophical, and analytical questions of postcolonial and world literatures, art, photography, cinema and music. ( Note: in general Interventions does not accept articles that offer analysis of a single novel, story, or film, unless the study uses the individual work as a way into discussing wider social, political, historical, literary, philosophical or theoretical questions.)

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Peer Review Policy
All peer review is double anonymized and submissions are typically reviewed by two referees. Submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.

Authors can choose to publish gold open access in this journal.

Read the Instructions for Authors for information on how to submit your article.