Call for Papers
Museums & Social Issues 


Museums & Social Issues is currently accepting submissions for a new journal 
section that will feature short overviews of museum projects or exhibits 
that address social issues for Vol. 2 (1). Contributions should be brief 
(100-130 words) and accompanying photographs are welcome.  We will select 
8-12 submissions to appear in each issue. 

Possibilities include (but are not limited to): Digital privacy rights, 
GLBT-related issues, human rights, immigration, politics, and personal 
expression. 

Example: “Understanding racial discrimination is difficult for everyone, 
especially youth.  The XYZ Museum, Anywhere, USA is meeting this issue head 
on with its new after school program for middle school students.  Thanks to 
a grant from the Generous Grantor X, students will work with local community 
leaders and museum staff to create an online exhibit about racial 
discrimination in their city.  The new website will also feature an online 
bulletin board, discussion area for local classrooms, and a ‘gallery’ 
for student artwork.  It is hoped that this project will encourage students 
from all backgrounds to start and continue a meaningful dialogue about 
racial discrimination that will spark activism and community outreach.” 

Submission deadline: October 20, 2006
Submit to: Denice Blair Leach at [log in to unmask] (Please use the subject 
line “MSI article”) 

Museums & Social Issues is a peer-reviewed journal published by Left Coast 
Press, Inc. The journal provides a forum for discourse about social issues 
and the engagement of museums in those issues. Each journal includes 
theoretical, philosophical and practical perspectives. Contributors should 
address questions to editor Kris Morrissey ([log in to unmask]). 

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