Request from the AGS Markers Editor
Call for Papers for article submissions for the 2024 issue of Markers, the scholarly journal of the Association for Gravestone Studies
The subject matter of Markers is defined as the analytical study of grave markers, monuments, tombs, and cemeteries of all types and encompassing all historical periods and geographical regions. Markers is of interest to scholars in anthropology, historical archaeology, art and architectural history, ethnic studies, material culture studies, American studies, folklore and popular culture studies, linguistics, literature, rhetoric, local and regional history, cultural geography, sociology, and related fields. Articles submitted for publication in Markers should be scholarly, analytical, and interpretive, not merely descriptive or entertaining, and should be written in a style appropriate to both a wide academic audience and an audience of interested non-academics.
Questions about and submissions to Markers should be sent to the editor, Elisabeth Roark, Professor of Art History and Museum Studies at Chatham University, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., before August 1, 2023. The editor strongly encourages prospective authors to review the Notes for Contributors to Markers and Markers Style Guide; the link is below, near the bottom of the page.
Markers: The Annual Journal of the Association for Gravestone Studies features definitive illustrated articles on cemetery and gravemarker topics as well as an extensive annual international bibliography of recent scholarship. In partnership with the University of Massachusetts–Amherst Special Collections Library, the Association for Gravestone Studies now has almost all past copies of Markers available on their website for viewing and downloading for free.
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