SOKENDAI Review of Cultural and Social Studies
Call for Papers – September 2024
SOKENDAI Review of Cultural and Social Studies (hereafter referred to as the journal) is an annual peer-reviewed
academic journal published by the Graduate Institute for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI, Japan, to disseminate
its research results, strengthen cooperation within the Institute and contribute to the development of cultural andsocial studies globally. The journal now invites submissions for Volume 21, scheduled for publication in March2025.

Statements of Policy
・The journal is Japan’s first e-journal in the general humanities and social science field, and is also publishedin print.
・The journal aims to be a transnational journal devoted to research on cultural and social studies. It provides anopportunity to publish articles not only for graduate students, graduates, and research students of the Institutebut also for other scholars from both Japan and overseas.
・The journal welcomes articles that report interdisciplinary or innovative researches.
・Reviewers are selected from among scholars with relevant knowledge. A manuscript may be rejected on initial
screening by the Editorial Committee before external review.
・The journal has an Advisory Board comprising researchers at the forefront of their fields inside and outside
Japan. The Board’s role is to improve the quality and readability of the journal.
・Any color figures included in an electronic manuscript submission will appear in the e-journal in color.

Author Guidelines
1. No qualifications are required for the submission of articles, but a letter of recommendation (a briefstatement of the reason for a recommendation) from at least one faculty member of the Programs1 ,Graduate Institute for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI is required on submission. After initial screening, andassessing reviewers’ reports, the Editorial Committee determines whether to accept or reject the manuscript.
2. There are no limits to the length of a manuscript. Also, articles published in the journal can be in any language,
although they might not be accepted if suitable reviewers cannot be found.
3. Authors are requested to submit a separate Submission Form (see template below) with the manuscript.
Manuscripts should be submitted without author names shown.
The formats for submitted manuscripts are as set forth below. When a manuscript is submitted
in article format, a length requirement may apply.
(1) Article
A summary of the results of original research relating to cultural and social studies and related fields or acomprehensive survey and general summary of the history of research, research results, the current status,and outlook in a particular field(2) Research Notes
A part of research such as an interim report of major research or a statement of conjectures, apreliminary study, or concepts(3) Research Materials
A presentation of materials or primarily bibliographic notes or reproductions relating tocultural and social studies and related fields.
4. Endnotes may be used (not footnotes). Manuscripts in a European language should not be justified. Articles
and Research Notes should append the following information.
・ An abstract of about 1,000 words and a list of 5-10 keywords in the language of the text or Japanese・ An abstract of about 400 words and a list of 5-10 keywords in English
Anthropological Studies, Japanese Studies, Japanese History, Japanese Literature, Japanese
Language Sciences, Global Environmental Studies
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5. Manuscripts written in Japanese should use 40 full-width characters x 30 lines per A4 page. Those written inEnglish should be 10-15 words per line x 28 lines double-spaced. For other languages, please contact theEditorial Committee.
6. For the Romanization of Japanese, use the Hepburn system employed in Kenkyusha’s New Japanese-EnglishDictionary.
7. Tables and figures should be provided with numbers in numeric order in the text, captions, references, and, if
necessary, notes. Black and white illustrations should be inserted in the appropriate location in the text. Color
illustrations should be on separate pages. Please explain why color illustrations should be used in theSubmission Form. The Editorial Committee will determine whether to publish them in color.
8. Copyright and publication rights and license are the authors responsible for obtaining permission from theholders of copyrights or publication rights to reproduce illustrations, tables, figures and/or lengthy quotations,in both e-journal and print. The cost incurred shall be borne by the authors.
9. References are placed in alphabetical order at the end of the article (in the case of horizontal text). Examples
are:
梅棹忠夫
1969 『知的生産の技術』岩波書店。
井上光貞
1951 「古代仏教思想史研究の動向―古代国家の成立動揺と仏教―」『史学雑誌』60(1):55-63。
キーン、ドナルド
1976「アメリカにおける日本研究」『英学史研究』9:93-113。
Dickinson, Frederick
1999 War and National Reinvention: Japan in the Great War, 1914 - 1919. Cambridge: Harvard
University Asia Center.
Smith, Christopher
2014 “Empire as Mirror: Imperialism and Identity in the Crest/Banner of the Stars Series.” ScienceFiction Film and Television, 7(3):409-432.
10. Article submission is accepted at anytime, but the deadline for Volume 21 of SOKENDAI Review of Culturaland Social Studies is August 31, 2024.
11. Graduate students, graduates, and research students of the Institute to the Editorial Committee member oftheir Program. Those outside the Programs should send manuscripts by post or E-mail to:
Academic Affairs Section
Academic and Student Affairs Division
The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
Shonan Village, Hayama, Kanagawa 240-0193 Japan
E-mail: gshien@ml.soken.ac.jp
12. If an article is accepted for publication, the author will receive an Acceptance Letter in late December 2024.
13. The publication schedule is March 2025.
14. For each article, the copyright remains with the author. However, The Graduate University for Advanced
Studies, SOKENDAI reserves the right to place the published work in the SOKENDAI Repository, which isopen to the public (free open access).
Further Information
Any correspondence, queries or additional requests for information on the manuscript submission process
should be sent to Academic Affairs Section, Academic and Student Affairs Division, The Graduate University
for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI at the following E-mail address: gshien@ml.soken.ac.jp.