Journals
Faculty-Run Journals | Classical Philology | Critical Inquiry | History of Religion | Journal of Near Eastern Studies | Modern Philology | Montaigne Studies | Opera Quarterly
Student-Run Journals | Aubade | Chicago Art Journal | Chicago Review | Euphony | Proceedings of the Chicago Linguistic Society
The Division of the Humanities supports the production and publication of seven faculty-run and five student-run journals ranging from scholarly publications with an international circulation to journals that showcase creative writers and criticism. Many of our journals are published through the Journals Division of the University of Chicago Press, which distributes nearly fifty journals and hardcover serials, presenting original research from international scholars in all disciplines. The University's first president, William Rainey Harper, having established the Journal of Near Eastern Studies in 1884, founded the University of Chicago Press in 1891 to be an "organic part" of the University, extending the influence of Chicago scholars to readers around the world.
Faculty-Run Journals
Since 1906 Classical Philology has been an internationally significant journal for the study of the life, languages, and thought of classical antiquity. Examining a broad range of issues from a variety of interpretive perspectives, the journal presents papers on Greek and Roman languages and literatures, history, philosophy, religion, art, and society.
Founded in 1974 by Wayne C. Booth and Sheldon Sacks, Critical Inquiry is an interdisciplinary journal devoted to publishing the best critical thought in the arts and humanities. Combining a commitment to rigorous scholarship with a vital concern for dialogue and debate, the journal presents articles by eminent and emerging critics, scholars, and artists on a wide variety of issues central to contemporary criticism and culture.
Established in 1961, History of Religions has since become one of the leading journals devoted to the study of religious phenomena from prehistory to modern times, both within particular traditions and across cultural boundaries.
Journal of Near Eastern Studies
William Rainey Harper, the first president of the University of Chicago, founded JNES in 1884, and it has since remained the only periodical in the United States devoted exclusively to an examination of the ancient and medieval civilizations of the Near East. Appearing in its pages are contributions from scholars of international reputation on archaeology, art, history, literature, linguistics, religion, law, and science. Old Testament and Islamic studies are also featured.
"The question that immediately confronts any editor of Modern Philology is what the title of the journal means. In 1903, when the journal was founded, the idea of a modern philology might have seemed quite daring, since 'philology' implied only or primarily the study of ancient and medieval languages and texts. Over a century later, the idea of a modern philology is foreign. The term has only the most limited circulation and has basically returned to its initial scholarly sense. My aim, in assuming the editorship of the journal, is to return the term to its etymological sense: love of words. Emily Dickinson saw the moment when a word is fully understood, fully realized in all its power and distinctiveness, as a kind of Incarnation, a moment when an idea truly becomes flesh and dwells among us. In a series of astonishingly rich puns, she called this miraculous 'consent of language' a 'loved Philology.' I would like to bring this sense of awe and appreciation in the face of powerful and exact language to the journal that bears the name of Modern Philology."
- From the 2005 editorial statement of Richard Strier, Professor of English and Frank L. Sulzberger Professor, English, the Divinity School, and the College
Founded in 1988, Montaigne Studies is an interdisciplinary journal published annually. It is dedicated to Montaigne's work, life, and intellectual milieu.
Since its inception in 1983, The Opera Quarterly has earned the enthusiastic praise of opera lovers and scholars alike for its engagement within the field of opera studies. David J. Levin, a dramaturg at various opera houses and a critical theorist at the University of Chicago, assumed the executive editorship of The Opera Quarterly in 2005, with the goal of extending the journal's reputation as a rigorous forum for all aspects of opera and operatic production. Under his stewardship, the journal is re-situated squarely at the intersection of performance, theory, and history, with a purview encompassing contemporary developments on the stage and in the academy.
Student-Run Journals
Aubade is an independent literary magazine at the University of Chicago dedicated to publishing quality prose, poetry, and artwork from students and community members.
The Chicago Art Journal is an annual publication, edited and produced solely by graduate students. Each year it aims to provide hands-on experience in the academic publishing process as part of graduate education, to acquaint students with the principles of editing and peer review, and ultimately to engender debate among students and across disciplines within the academic community by disseminating current graduate scholarship and promoting interest in the visual arts.
Chicago Review publishes a jaunty range of contemporary anglophone poetry, fiction, and criticism with a current predilection for poetry and fiction in translation, and for archival material that offers perspective and leverage on our cultural moment.
Euphony is a biannual literary journal produced by undergraduates representing the talented writers on campus and integrating the work of writers both professional and emerging. Authors published in Euphony range from major figures in twentieth-century American letters like Donald Justice and Mark Strand to undergraduates and students in MFA programs. Euphony hopes to inspire the new talent it seeks to foster by highlighting professional craft.
Proceedings of the Chicago Linguistic Society
America's oldest student-run linguistic society holds an annual conference in early spring where linguists and scholars working in related disciplines can present and discuss their work. The conference has produced a volume of proceedings for each year of its existence, and our volumes can be found in libraries and bibliographies around the world.