About the Journal

Human Affairs: Postdisciplinary Humanities & Social Sciences Quarterly (founded in 1990 as Human Affairs) is an international journal for humanities and social sciences published by De Gruyter (Germany). It aims to bring together contributions from all traditional and non-traditional fields of humanities and social sciences which relate to crucial contemporary human affairs. The underlying editorial strategy is to advance human self-understanding and communication via publishing innovative theoretical, interpretative, critical and historical contributions transcending traditional disciplinary and cultural frontiers. By publishing primarily, though not exclusively, original and theoretical articles, empirical studies and their interpretations, reviews and notes, Human Affairs: Postdisciplinary Humanities & Social Sciences Quarterly serves the mission of fostering multicultural and international conversation concerning the whole range of human and social issues.

Published by: De Gruyter

Journal editing partners:

Institute for Research in Social Communication, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava Slovakia (owner)
Department of Philosophy, Keele University, Keele, United Kingdom
French Research Centre in Humanities and Social Sciences (CEFRES), Prague, Czech Republic

ISSN

  • e-ISSN 1337-401X
  • ISSN 1210-3055
Editor’s Choice
Each issue of Human Affairs will honor one accepted manuscript per issue by selecting it as an “Editor’s Choice” open access paper. Selection is based on the discretion of the editor if the paper offers an unusually large potential impact to the field and/or elevates an important future direction for science.
Editorial and Peer Review Process
Upon submission, an editor’s first decision typically takes five days. The first round of peer reviews are due within six weeks. The time frame between the submission and publication of the manuscript is typically six months.
The journal rejection rate is 65%.


EDITORIAL OFFICE

Editor in Chief: GABRIEL BIANCHI, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia

Associate Editors

  • KAMILA URBAN, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia
  • JAMES TARTAGLIA, University of Keele, United Kingdom
  • CLAIRE MADL, French Research Centre in Humanities and Social Sciences (CEFRES), Czech Republic

Deputy Associate Editors

  • BARBARA LÁŠTICOVÁ, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia
  • KIERAN BRAYFORD, University of Keele, United Kingdom
  • MATEUSZ CHMURSKI, Sorbonne Université / French Research Centre in Humanities and Social Sciences (CEFRES), Czech Republic

Managing Editor: NIKOLA KALLOVÁ, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

Book Review Editor: MAGDA PETRJÁNOŠOVÁ, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

Editor in Chief Emeritus: EMIL VIŠŇOVSKÝ, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

Editorial Board:

  • ALEXANDRA BITUŠÍKOVÁ, Matej Bel University, Slovakia
  • STEPHEN BOULTER, Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom
  • ALLAN GONZÁLEZ-HERRERA, National University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica
  • MAGDALENA HADJIISKY, Strasbourg University, France
  • LUCIE JARKOVSKÁ, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
  • STEPHEN LEACH, Keele University, United Kingdom
  • PAUL LENORMAND, Paris Nanterre University, France
  • NADÈGE RAGARU, Sciences Po Paris, France
  • JOHN RYDER, American University of Malta, Malta
  • AGNIESZKA SOBOLEWSKA, University of Warsaw, Poland
  • PAUL STENNER, University of Brighton, United Kingdom
  • JON STEWART, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia
  • NATASZA SZUTTA, University of Gdańsk, Poland

Advisory Board:

  • JÁN BAKOŠ, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia
  • VÁCLAV BĚLOHRADSKÝ, University of Terst, Italy
  • VALENTIN BEHR, French National Research Center (CNRS), France
  • MICHAEL BILLIG, Loughborough University, United Kingdom
  • MORITZ CSÁKY, University of Graz, Austria
  • KENNETH J. GERGEN, Swarthmore College, USA
  • HECTOR GRAD, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain
  • PAUL GRADVOHL, Université Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne, France
  • PETER HASLINGER, Herder-Institut, Germany
  • LARRY A. HICKMAN, Southern Illinois University, USA
  • JURAJ HVORECKÝ, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
  • DUŠAN KOVÁČ, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia
  • JOSEF KROB, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
  • MIROSLAV MARCELLI, Comenius University, Slovakia
  • HÉLÈNE MARTINELLI, Lyon School for Advanced Studies (ENS), France
  • JURAJ MARUŠIAK, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia
  • SAMI PHILSTRÖM, University of Helsinki, Finnland
  • JANA PLICHTOVÁ, Comenius University, Slovakia
  • JOËLLE PROUST, Institut Jean-Nicod, CNRS, France
  • CARL RATNER, Institute for Cultural Research & Education, USA
  • STEVEN REICHER, University of St. Andrews, United Kingdom
  • PETER SALNER, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia
  • THEODORE R. SCHATZKI, University of Kentucky, USA
  • SHALOM H. SCHWARTZ, Hebrew University, Israel
  • RICHARD SHUSTERMAN, Florida Atlantic University, USA
  • TEREZA STÖCKELOVÁ, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
  • MARIANA SZAPUOVÁ, Comenius University, Slovakia
  • DAVIDE TORSELLO, University of Bergamo, Italy
  • CHRISTOPHER J. VOPARIL, Union Institute & University Cincinnati, USA
  • KRYSTYNA WILKOSZEWSKA, University of Krakow, Poland
  • RUTH WODAK, Lancaster University, United Kingdom
  • ANNE-LAURE ZWILLING, French National Research Center (CNRS), France

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Webmaster: XENIA DANIELA POSLON, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

Funded by: SLOVAK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, Bratislava, Slovakia

Address of the Editorial Office:

INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN SOCIAL COMMUNICATION,
Slovak Academy of Sciences
Dúbravská cesta 9, 841 04 Bratislava 4, SLOVAKIA
Tel.: 00421-2-54 77 56 83
email: humanaffairs@savba.sk; kamila.urban@savba.sk