About

New Formations

ISSN 0950-2378

New Formations has been a pioneer of interdisciplinary research in the humanities and social sciences since the 1980s. The core intellectual remit of the journal is to publish original work which explores the uses of cultural theory for the analysis of political and social issues – be they historical or contemporary – and it publishes work from any discipline which meets this criterion, or which bears directly upon current debates within cultural theory, cultural studies, or the wider critical humanities or social sciences, and which meets our quality criteria (set out below).

It has a particularly strong reputation as a forum for the development and application of cultural theory, and its readership crosses literary studies, media studies, philosophy, visual culture, film studies, musicology, postcolonial studies, gender studies, history, cultural geography, politics, sociology and cultural studies.

New Formations routinely hosts articles by world-leading figures in these fields, as well as work by early-career researchers, as it has done since its inception. We are proud to combine an international profile and a reputation for experimentation and interdisciplinarity with a commitment to support the work of less established scholars wherever possible.

Editor
Jeremy Gilbert | University of East London

Deputy Editor
Rebecca Bramall | London College of Communication, University of the Arts London

Reviews Editor
Georgina Colby | University of Westminster

Editorial Board
Shahidha Bari | London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London
David Bennett | University of Melbourne
Timothy Bewes | Brown University
Peter Buse | University of Liverpool
Georgina Colby | University of Westminster
Ben Highmore | University of Sussex
Cora Kaplan | University of Southampton
Scott McCracken | Queen Mary, University of London
Gabriella Méndez Cota | Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de México
Mandy Merck | Royal Holloway, University of London
Brett St Louis | Goldsmiths, University of London
Nicholas Thoburn | University of Manchester

'For increasingly rare and very welcome undisciplinary theorising about the contemporary predicament, reach for New Formations.' Ien Ang