Agora (ISSN 1496-9580) is a refereed electronic publication providing a public forum for graduate dialogue and debate about literary criticism and pedagogy. The name, Agora, invokes conceptions of the public sphere, on which pivot the dual purpose of the journal to facilitate a critical debate mediated in the open arena electronic media. Agora welcomes submissions in electronic and/or multimedia formats (i.e. images, audio files etc) that examine literature, literary culture, and the history of communication from the eighteenth century to present-day; as well as submissions on the teaching of English and scholarly research that use a multimedia format in its exposition.

Based in the Department of English at the University of Alberta in Canada, Agora invites the submission of work by graduate students and new scholars from around the world. Agora is comprised of an international board of Associate Editors interested in a wide variety of approaches and disciplines ranging from English literature and cultural history to communication theory and information technologies.

Manuscripts, with a 200-250 word abstract, will be accepted in either hard-copy or electronic format, although accepted papers must be submitted in electronic format in accordance with current MLA guidelines and the Agora on-line stylesheet. The author's name should not appear on the manuscript, but on a separate coverpage, or for e-mail submissions in the body of the e-mail stating name, mailing address, e-mail address and the title of the paper. Electronic submissions may be sent to Agora on a 3.5 diskette, or via e-mail (agora@mail.arts.ualberta.ca) with the subject heading "Submission." Documents should be formatted in ASCII, WordPerfect, HTML, Rich Text Format, or Microsoft Word. Print submissions may be sent in duplicate to:

Agora: Online Graduate Humanities Journal
Department of English
3-5 Humanities Centre
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
CANADA, T6G 2E5

Hard-copy submissions and diskettes will not be returned.

Please note that the journal enthusiastically supports the inclusion of relevant multimedia materials. Images and photographs are accepted in either .gif or .jpg format and audio files in RealAudio (.ram), MP3, or wavefile (.wav) format and must be included with the submission of the electronic copy. All contributors are requested to specify any applicable copyright restrictions if multimedia material is not strictly the copyright of the author or the public domain.

For more information, please contact the editors at: agora@mail.arts.ualberta.ca.