For the year 2025, USAbroad invites contributors to submit proposals on “U.S. Capitalism
Beyond the New History of Capitalism”.
The ninth issue of USAbroad will explore strengths and shortcomings of the NHOC through articles that investigate the social, economic, political and intellectual history of U.S. capitalism. We encourage proposals exploring the social relationships underpinning American capitalism or studying how conflicts around class, race and sex contributed to forge it institutionally and ideologically. We welcome contributions that allow to broaden the chronological and methodological framework of the NHOC, for example including the twentieth and twenty-first century, as well as the
intellectual history of U.S. capitalism. We invite proposals that seek to review and criticize the historiographical debate, for example by problematizing the question of the periodization and definition of capitalism, which the NHOC has largely avoided.
Please submit your abstract (500 words max) and your CV (2 pages max) to usabroad@unibo.it by February 15, 2025. Successful applicants will be notified by March 1, 2025, at the latest.
The selection of abstracts will be based on a range of criteria including scientific originality, clarity of the proposal submitted, use of primary sources and adherence to the themes of the call for papers. Abstracts that do not clearly address these criteria will not be considered for publication. Please note that, if your application is successful, you will need to submit a full 7000-word article by July 31, 2025.
Read the full call for papers: https://usabroad.unibo.it/announcement/view/673
