WiF Studies Journal

WIF Studies is a refereed journal published yearly in late fall by our association. WIF Studies is a member of the Council of Editors of Learned Journals. Articles published in our journal appear in the Modern Language Association Bibliography.

WIF Studies is now available online on the Project Muse website.

You can now access new digital WIF Studies volumes here!

ARTICLES

• All of our members can submit articles pertaining to the study of women in French and Francophone literature and cultures. Articles are reviewed by our editorial board and decisions are usually sent back to authors in 3 month delay.
  In addition to refereed articles, we also publish the graduate essay written by the winner of the WIF Prize essay contest.

Submission:
* Articles may be written in English or in French. However, we highly recommend that you write your essay in the language in which you feel you can best convey your ideas
* Articles should not exceed twenty pages and should follow the MLA Style
* Articles submitted to WIF Studies should be original work and not be under consideration for publication elsewhere.
* Similarly, articles submitted to WIF Studies should not be previously published elsewhere. In special cases, there may be exceptions to this rule, but authors must contact the editor/s for information about these exceptions.
* Articles should be submitted with all form of identification removed, including in the document properties
* On a separate sheet, please also provide a brief summary of your contribution, your contact information and a short bio-bibliography
* Both documents should be submitted electronically to the Executive Editor Professor Marijn S. Kaplan at marijn.kaplan@unt.edu.

NB : Manuscripts in English or in French should be between 15 and 20 pages in length (double spaced, including notes and list of works cited). Please place the notes and the list of works cited at the end of the essay. We prefer that you keep notes to a minimum. Most references can be included in the body of the text. We follow the MLA Style Manual; if the essay is in French, please take into account the French typographical norms. For both languages, put titles of works in italics; do not underline. Keep extra formatting to a strict minimum. As a space-saver, only use one space after each sentence.

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BOOK REVIEWS

‘Comptes rendus,’ the newest section of WIF Studies, is an important addition to our publication and we seek the collaboration of all interested parties.  These book reviews serve a multitude of functions: to promote recently-published work on women authors or on subjects of interest within the field of women’s studies and feminist studies; to improve women’s studies research by sharing our recommendations on publications with which members may not yet be familiar; to develop the CVs of the authors of these book reviews; and to occasionally permit junior researchers to gain a bit of experience before publishing their first professional articles in scholarly journals.

Because WIF Studies is a relatively new publication, at present, we only receive a few titles from major publishers.  Nonetheless, our list of available books should slowly, but surely grow.  (Don’t forget that many of you have submitted reviews of books that you had read, despite the fact that we did not carry the publications.) In order to give you the perfect morsel of potential authors and to facilitate your book selections, please consult the list of available books that we have to offer.

If you wish to acquire and review a specific book or if you wish to submit a review of a work that you particularly enjoyed (or not!), please note the following details:

Click here to access the Book Review guidelines for WIF Studies

Please submit your book reviews to Prof. Cheryl Toman at catoman@ua.edu.

The deadline for all submissions is May 1, of each year.

N.B.: Authors are responsible for sending copies of their reviews to the book publisher, if applicable.

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SUBSCRIPTION

1. Library Subscriptions: please address all questions concerning library subscriptions to Gina Stamm, e-mail at gmstamm@ua.edu

2. Members: All WIF members with active status as of August 1 in a given year will automatically receive a copy of that year's issue of Women in French Studies.

3. Back Issues: If you wish to order an earlier volume, the price for each issue of Women in French Studies is $14 US for the US and Canada, and $24 US for other countries. To obtain a copy of a back issue, please send the following form and a check or international money order, made out to WOMEN IN FRENCH, to:

Gina Stamm

Department of Modern Languages and Classics

Box 870246

The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0246

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                          Editorial Board                                                           Advisory Board

Grace Armstrong	Bryn Mawr College
Michèle Bacholle	Eastern Connecticut State University
Faith Beasley	Dartmouth College
Dawn Cornelio	University of Guelph
Anny-Dominique Curtius	University of Iowa
Anne Donadey	San Diego State University
Hanan Elsayed	Pennsylvania State University
Dawn Fulton	Smith College
Paula Ruth Gilbert	George Mason University
Susan Ireland	Grinnell College
Katharine Ann Jensen	Louisiana State University
Marijn S. Kaplan	University of North Texas
Bénédicte Monicat	Pennsylvania State University
Elisabeth-Christine Muelsch	Angelo State University
Adrianna Paliyenko	Colby College
Patrice Proulx	University of Nebraska, Omaha
Mary Rice-DeFosse	Bates College
Samia Spencer	Auburn University
Cheryl Toman	Case Western Reserve University
Janie Vanpée	Smith College
Hanétha Vété-Congolo	Bowdoin College

																Evelyne Accad	University of Illinois; Lebanese American University
																Frédérique Chevillot	University of Denver
																Christine Delphy	I.R.E.S.C.O
																Toril Moi	Duke University
																Catherine R. Montfort	Santa Clara University
																Mildred Mortimer	University of Colorado, Boulder
																Lydie Moudileno	University of Pennsylvania
																Michelle Perrot	Université de Paris Vll
																Christine Planté	Université Lumière Lyon II
																Annabelle Rea	Occidental College
																Juliette M. Rogers	Macalester College
																Michèle Sarde	Georgetown University
																Domna Stanton	CUNY Graduate Center
																Colette Trout	Ursinus College
																Colette Winn	Washington University, St. Louis