Call for Papers

Southern California Quarterly seeks high quality papers for review and possible publication.

Areas of particular interest include:

California, local, and Western history
City and regional development
Resource management
Racial and ethnic issues
Religion and culture

Social and political history
Arts and media
Food and agriculture
Popular culture

Submitted articles are expected to be well-researched, thoughtfully argued pieces that reach well beyond a descriptive narrative of a historical event or biographical sketch.

Sample articles:

"Duke Ellington’s Jump for Joy and the Fight for Equality in Wartime Los Angeles"

Benjamin Cawthra

"A Path to Acceptance: Promoting Chinese Restaurants in San Francisco, 1849–1919"

Erica J. Peters

"Science and Military Influences on the Ascent of Aerospace Development in Southern California"

Hunter Hollins

"Reframing Race and Place: Locating Japanese Immigrants in Relation to Indigenous Peoples in the North American West, 1880–1940"

Andrea Geiger