Hispania, the official journal of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP), invites the submission of original, unpublished manuscripts on language, linguistics, literature, literary criticism, film, culture, cultural studies, applied linguistics, and pedagogy having to do with Spanish and Portuguese. Throughout Hispania's history since its founding in 1917, it has published scholarly articles and reviews that are judged to be of interest to specialists in the discipline(s) as well as to a diverse readership of teachers of Spanish and Portuguese.
All manuscripts submitted for publication should display thorough and comprehensive knowledge of the subject and field. Further considerations in the evaluation of manuscripts include:
- Contribution to the advancement of knowledge
- Originality of method or focus
- Organization of argument
- Clarity of expression
Articles may refer to but not repeat previously published content. Articles and reviews may be in Spanish, Portuguese, or English. Hispania is published quarterly (March, June, September, and December) and is a member of the Council of Editors of Learned Journals.
For complete guidelines and procedures for submissions and peer review for Hispania, please visit http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/hispan and/or consult the documents below:
Frequently Asked Questions about Submitting to and Reviewing for Hispania
Author Guidelines
Peer Reviewer Guidelines
File Formatting Guidelines
How to Create Figures and Tables for Hispania
Contract for Publication in Hispania
Request for Permissions of Secondary Materials
Call for Reviews / Registering to Review
- If you are interested in reviewing books and/or media, please contact Book/Media Review Editor Domnita Dumitrescu: ddumitrescu@aatsp.org
- Hispania will not accept unsolicited reviews and does not publish reviews of works more than two years old. If you have a specific title in mind, please consult with the editor.
- We especially encourage offers to review film and other media resources.Members of the AATSP who wish to be considered as reviewers of book/media reviews should upload their information at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/hispan and send their CV to the editor at ddumitrescu@aatsp.org
- Publishers and authors should submit their materials for possible selection to Domnita Dumitrescu, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, California State University, Los Angeles, 5151 State University Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90032.Because of the number of works that correspond to Hispania’s broad scope, not all requests to review specific items can be granted.
- An invitation to review does not guarantee publication.
- All reviews must pass through a double-anonymous review process and publication decisions are based upon reviewer comments and the discretion of the editors.
Upcoming Special Focus Issues for Hispania
Hispania invites literary, linguistic, and pedagogical manuscripts for peer review that relate to the topics found in the two Special Focus Issue descriptions below.
2015: "Hispania: The Scholarship of Film and Film Studies” (submission deadline, January 1, 2014). The Scholarship of Film and Film Studies encompass the teaching of film in the classroom, film as text for language learners of all levels, theory and film, literary works in film, linguistic aspects of film, and related concepts.
We appreciate your efforts to circulate this call for manuscripts to any interested colleagues and provide this Announcement of the Special Focus Issues (PDF) for your convenience.
Call for Copy Editors
David P. Wiseman (Managing Editor, Hispania) would like to invite interested members of the AATSP to serve as volunteer copy editors for Hispania. Please send your CV to Dr. Wiseman at dwiseman@aatsp.org with a cover letter describing your experience copy editing manuscripts in English, Spanish, and/or Portuguese. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis.
Hispania Can Be Accessed Online
AATSP members can select Hispania Online from the options at the left on the AATSP homepage (http://www.aatsp.org/) to access all issues of the journal from March 2010 to the present. For access to additional online articles, please visit JSTOR.
Many Hispania Articles Now Freely Available
As one of 200 journals participating in JSTOR’s Early Journal Content initiative, Hispania has made all of its contents published before 1923 available to the public. Please view a brief video tutorial for more information on freely accessing these materials.
Dissertation Call
Hispania publishes annually a list of "Dissertations in Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Languages and Literatures.” The forms for submitting reports on "completed” (defended) and "in-progress” dissertations are available at http://www.xavier.edu/modern-languages/hispania/. The deadline for inclusion in the 2011 complete dissertation list is December 1, 2011. More information is available via e-mail from Professor David Knutson at knutson@xavier.edu.
Online Submission and Tracking System for Hispania
Authors wishing to submit a manuscript or reviewers who wish to submit reviews of books or other media should go directly to the ScholarOne website and complete the entire process online, as submissions will only be accepted through our online system found at the following URL.
http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/hispan
Peer reviewers and journal staff will also be using the system for all peer reviewing and other correspondence. If you would like to submit an article or book/media review or become a peer reviewer, please visit the Hispania online submission and tracking system and click on "Register here”. From there, you will be guided to enter your personal information, create a user ID and password, and choose keywords that best relate to your areas of expertise. You will receive your login ID and password via e-mail once this process is complete. If you have previously registered, simply click on "Log In” when you enter the site and enter your user name and password.
This online system allows Hispania's editors to streamline the submission and review processes, speed up acceptance and revision times, and automatically track information, such as author and reviewer data, keywords, and other content related to the publication of Hispania.
Subscription Questions
Please direct inquiries related to individual Hispania subscriptions to Debra Nigohosian (Coordinator of Member Services) at dnigohosian@aatsp.org. Questions regarding institutional subscriptions should be sent directly to the Johns Hopkins University Press.
Hispania Editors
Editor-in-Chief
Sheri Spaine Long, United States Air Force Academy/University of Alabama at Birmingham
Contact with general inquires related to the editorial content of the journal at spainelong@aatsp.org.
Book/Media Review Editor
Domnita Dumitrescu, California State University, Los Angeles
Contact with interest in reviewing books and/or media at ddumitrescu@aatsp.org. In order to review, you must be registered in the online submission and review system.
Managing Editor
David P. Wiseman, Lewis-Clark State College
Contact with inquiries related to submission guidelines and procedures, technical concerns, and/or article status at dwiseman@aatsp.org.
Associate Editors
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