Process invites proposals and submissions for an upcoming series on sensory history. We are open to a variety of themes relating to sensory history as both a methodology and a field and its intersections with various subfields of U.S. history, including histories of law, age, gender, disability studies, sport, and the environment. Articles might be centered on just one sense or could take a multisensory approach.
We are interested in articles that employ sensory history as a methodology and framework for understanding historical behavior, as well as articles that take a more methodological or historiographical approach, considering the strengths and limitations of sensory history as a method and the evolving place of sensory history in the discipline. We encourage pieces that engage in global, transnational, or comparative perspectives and welcome pieces that explore the senses at any point in U.S. history.
We accept submissions from anyone engaged in the practice of U.S. history, including researchers, teachers, graduate students, archivists, curators, public historians, digital scholars, and others. Submissions should be written for a public readership and should not exceed 1500 words, not counting any footnotes. We will plan to publish pieces throughout spring 2025, but are open to submissions past that point. Proposals and drafts may be sent to blog@oah.org.