Québec Studies is the bilingual, interdisciplinary journal published by the American Council for Québec Studies in collaboration with Liverpool University Press. The journal publishes articles, review essays, and book reviews on all aspects of Québec and North American Francophone history, society, culture, and language. Articles cover colonial and political history, party politics, healthcare policy, literature and film, language and language policy, minority Francophone societies, cultural pluralism, urban development, gender issues, indigenous writing and cinema, etc. Special dossiers have focused on Franco-Ontario, Franco-America, Translation, Anglo-Québec Writing, The October Crisis, Queer Québec, Literature in the New Millennium, Research by Young Scholars, etc.
Québec Studies is a refereed scholarly journal published twice yearly and distributed to members of ACQS and libraries in the United States, Canada, and Europe. Current and back issues are available on the Liverpool University Press website: http://online.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/loi/qs
Requirements for submission to Québec Studies:
Québec Studies publishes articles dealing with all aspects of Québec, Francophone Canadian, and North American history, society, and culture. The editors of Québec Studies welcome interpretive or theoretical essays, book reviews, and interviews in all fields of the humanities and social sciences. Interdisciplinary essays are particularly encouraged. Issues devoted in part to a single topic or major cultural figure will appear regularly and occasionally we will include pedagogical articles.
Articles may be in English or French. Submissions should be 7000-7500 words, including endnotes and references. In order to assure anonymity during the review process, the author’s name should not appear on the manuscript. Submissions must be made electronically as a Word document in an e-mail attachment; the e-mail message should include the manuscript title, author’s name and mailing address, 200-word abstracts in French and English, as well as a 100-word biographical note. Please include the term “Submission” or “Soumission” in the Subject line of your e-mail.
References should be made parenthetically (no footnotes) following the Chicago Manuel of Style author/date system; a list of Works Cited (Ouvrages cités) should follow the article. Endnotes should be limited in number and serve an explanatory function only. If the essay is written in English, Québec Studies requires the punctuation conventions of American English, and that commas and periods be inside quotation marks. If the essay is written in French, Québec Studies requires the use of « guillemets » followed by the appropriate punctuation. Articles returned to contributors for revision will be accompanied by a Style Sheet. It is the responsibility of the contributor to adhere scrupulously to the Style Sheet when preparing a final version of the manuscript.
Manuscripts in the humanities should be addressed to Juliette Rogers, Editor-in-Chief. E-mail: jmrogers@macalester.edu
Manuscripts in the social sciences should be sent to Leslie Choquette, Associate Editor for Social Sciences. E-mail: lchoquet@assumption.edu
Book Reviews will be published only by invitation. Québec Studies does not review creative or self-published works. Amy J. Ransom, Associate Editor for Book Reviews. E-mail: ranso1aj@cmich.edu
Editorial Board
Pierre Anctil, University of Ottawa
Mercédès Baillargeon, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Charles R. Batson, Union College
Kirsty Bell, Mount Allison University
Maxime Blanchard, City College of New York
Elizabeth Blood, Salem State University
Marie Carrière, University of Alberta
Kevin J. Christiano, University of Notre Dame
Patrick Coleman, University of California, Los Angeles
Gilles Dupuis, Université de Montréal
Dominique Fisher, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Susan Ireland, Grinnell College
Jane Koustas, Brock University
Guy Lachapelle, Concordia University
Cynthia Lees, University of Delaware
Élise Lepage, Waterloo University
Louis Patrick Leroux, Saint Paul University
Jocelyn Létourneau, Université Laval
André Loiselle, St. Thomas University
David Massell, University of Vermont
Jane Moss, Duke University
Joëlle Papillon, McMaster University
Scott Piroth, Bowling Green State University
Patrice Proulx, University of Nebraska Omaha
Mark P. Richard, SUNY Plattsburgh
Katherine A. Roberts, Wilfrid Laurier University
Frédéric Rondeau, University of Maine Orono
Miléna Santoro, Georgetown University
Jimmy Thibeault, Université Sainte-Anne
Christl Verduyn, Mount Allison University
Québec Studies Past Editors
Editor: Mary Jean Green, 1983-1988
Book Review Editor: James Herlan
Editor: Karen L. Gould, 1989-1993
Associate Editor: Marc V. Levine
Book Review Editor: Émile J. Talbot†
Editor: William Averyt, 1993-1995
Associate Editor: Émile J. Talbot†
Book Review Editor: Marjorie Fitzpatrick
Editor: Robert Schwartzwald, 1995-2000
Book Review Editor: Marjorie Fitzpatrick (1995-1997); Patrick Coleman (1997-2000)
Managing Editor: Jane Moss
Editor: Patrick Coleman, 2000-2004
Book Review Editor: Marvin Richards
Managing Editor: Jane Moss
Editor(-in-Chief): Émile J. Talbot†, 2004-2008
Associate Editor: Kevin J. Christiano
Book Review Editor: Vincent Desroches
Managing Editor: Jane Moss
Editor-in-Chief: Jane Moss, 2008-2018
Associate Editor: Kevin J. Christiano (2008-2013)
Associate Editor for Social Sciences: Kevin J. Christiano (2013-2018)
Associate Editor for Humanities: Patrice J. Proulx (2014-2015)
Book Review Editor: Patrice J. Proulx (2008-2014); Amy J. Ransom (2014-2018)
Managing Editor: Roseanna L. Dufault (2008-2013)
Editor-in-Chief: Amy J. Ransom, 2018-2024
Associate Editor for Social Sciences: Leslie Choquette
Associate Editor for Book Reviews: Amy B. Reid (2018-2021); Juliette M. Rogers (2021-2024)
Editor-in-Chief: Juliette M. Rogers, 2025-present
Associate Editor for Social Sciences: Leslie Choquette
Associate Editor for Book Reviews: Ioana V. Pribiag (2025-2026); Amy J. Ransom (2026-present)
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