Confluence
Confluence: The Journal of Graduate Liberal Studies is a national, interdisciplinary journal published by the AGLSP that reflects the best scholarly and creative work of students and faculty of member programs. Its broad scope includes scholarly essays and creative work such as short stories, poetry, creative nonfiction, and visual art.
Contributors may be those affiliated with AGLSP member programs — students, alumni, faculty, and others. From this exchange of ideas and art, the Association hopes to generate intellectual discussion, foster an understanding of the range of its multidisciplinary activities, and stimulate research and creative endeavors among its readers.
Submit Your Work
Confluence welcomes manuscripts from students, faculty, and graduates of AGLSP member programs, including essays, research papers, short stories, poetry, and other creative works. The journal also accepts book reviews of interdisciplinary works of interest to the Liberal Studies community.
Questions about submissions? Contact Ken Smith, Editor, at ksmith@iusb.edu or call (574) 520-4173. Fall 2012 office hours in the Eastern time zone are, at a minimum, 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Monday through Thursday, but extend well beyond that most days. If that time for a phone conference is not convenient, please email and a better time can certainly be arranged.
Writing Awards
The Association is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2012 Confluence writing awards:
- Wendy Ann Kamdin (Duke University), Death of an Elephant (creative writing)
- Peggy Ratcliffe Roe (Rice University), Augustine and Monica: Looking Through a Window to the Soul (interdisciplinary writing)
Their winning submissions are published in the Fall 2012 issue.
The AGLSP board and the editors of Confluence sponsor the annual Confluence Award for Excellence in Interdisciplinary Writing along with the Confluence Award for Excellence in Creative Writing. The first award celebrates interdisciplinary inquiry as the central intellectual practice of GLS and critical writing as a foundational tool of graduate study. The second award celebrates creative writing as a form of inquiry, art, and expression. The two winning pieces are published in the Fall issue of the journal. The authors each receive a prize of $500 and are introduced at the AGLSP Annual Conference.
Eligibility: For 2013, the board of the AGLSP has extended elibility to current or recent students of all AGLSP member programs. Pieces are nominated in January by program directors, and nominations may include anything written as part of the author’s graduate work during the previous calendar year. Download 2013 guidelines. Note that the deadline for 2013 submissions is January 31, 2013.
AGLSP Blog
Between issues, follow the journal on the AGLSP blog which features interviews with authors, conference news, information about the annual writing awards, and opportunities for GLS students to trade ideas with students from other programs.
Subscribe
To subscribe to Confluence, simply complete the Subscription Order Form and mail to:
Confluence: The Journal of Graduate Liberal Studies
c/o Ken Smith, Editor
3107 Wiekamp Hall
Indiana University South Bend
South Bend, IN 46634-7111
Sponsors
Confluence is published with the support of the following sponsors:
- Dartmouth College
- DePaul University
- Fort Hays State University
- Georgetown University
- Indiana University South Bend
- Marshall University Graduate College
- Ramapo College of New Jersey
- Rice University
- Rollins College
- St. Norbert College
- Simon Fraser University
- Southern Methodist University
- Stanford University
- University of Minnesota
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro
- University of Oklahoma
- University of Southern Indiana
- Vanderbilt University
- Winthrop University
Become a sponsor! Sponsorships are available at two levels:
Annual Sponsorships for $500 entitle each sponsor to 5 one-year subscriptions (Fall and Spring issues) and recognition as a sponsor in each issue. Sponsors may purchase additional copies at a discount.
Issue Sponsorships for $250 entitle each sponsor to 5 copies of a single (Spring or Fall) issue and recognition as a sponsor in that issue. Sponsors may purchase additional copies at a discount.
Editorial Staff
Editor
Ken Smith, Indiana University South Bend
Editorial Reviewers
- M. David Arant, University of Memphis
- Clinton Atchley, Henderson State University
- Jim Bunting, Duke University
- Brigitte Byrd, Clayton State University
- Robert E. Cannon, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
- Robert Christopher, Ramapo College
- Timothy Crusius, Southern Methodist University
- Toni Easterson, Wesleyan University
- Chester Gillis, Georgetown University
- Jeffrey Hayes, University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee
- Shirley Horbatt, Kean University
- Deborah Keenan, Hamline University
- Anne Keiter, University of Delaware
- Stephen Kitzis, Fort Hays State University
- Janet Pope, Hiram College
- Thomas M. Rivers, University of Southern Indiana
- Frederick J. Ruf, Georgetown University
- Carole Shaffer-Koros, Kean University
- Naomi Starosta, University of Denver
- June Sturrock, Simon Fraser University
- Larry Sutin, Hamline University
- Steven Vogel, Duke University
- Charles E. Yonkers, Georgetown University
Contact Us
Questions and comments about Confluence should be addressed to:
Ken Smith, Editor
ksmith@iusb.edu