After Culture is an experiment in academic writing. It combines theoretically motivated, internet based seminars that focus on emerging concerns in the empirical study of culture and society with intensive peer review and collaboration. In the contemporary academic economy, in which the need for steady academic production has intensified, and the possibilities for sustained involvement in emergent debates has become limited, After Culture hopes to offset these impediments to thought by bringing individuals together for rigorous and lasting intellectual involvement. Moreover, with the ever-increasing number of highly specialized journals, Afer Culture provides a framework for truly interdisciplinary thought and writing, asking provocative questions that span the breadth of the social sciences and necessarily enroll diverse perspectives.

Each year, After Culture hosts four seminars, which enroll twelve participants. The seminars last three months, during which each of the participants offers a manuscript for peer review. Upon the completion of the seminar, the manusceipts enter blind peer review with external reviewers, and appear the following year in an issue of After Culture, curated by the director and managing editor who oversaw the seminar. Further details can be found on the About page.

Students enrolled in graduate degree programs in the social sciences, as well as recipients of graduate degrees may apply to participate in the seminars. Applications require a letter of interest, a curriculum vita, and a 300 word abstract of a proposed paper for inclusion in the seminar. If you are interested in joining the editorial collective or in curating a seminar, please contact the editor at after.culture@gmail.com.

The seminars planned for 2011-12 include: XXX, YYY, ZZZ, and AAA. For further details, see the Announcements page, which list deadlines and calls for papers.