About the Journal

The online journal “Corpus mundi” is a periodic academic e-journal without printed forms (since 2020). The journal publishes scholar articles, reviews, information resources, conferences and other scientific materials.

We publish two issues in a year.

The working languages of the Journal are English and Russian.

The Journal is devoted to topical issues in the field of Body Studies, corporality,  history of corporality, Body in Mass culture and others.

Aim and Scope

Our goal is to create a virtual platform for exchange of views and discussions in the field of Body studies. With this goal in mind, we aim to ensure that our online publication performs important scientific functions – communication and information – that will not only accumulate new developments in this field, but will also serve as a basis for new discoveries and insights.

The Journal advocates the principles of dialogue of cultures and elimination of conditions for possible conflicts of civilizations. It adheres to the principles of the philosophy of non-violence, cultural and religious tolerance. The editorial staff aims to remove language barriers and respect the boundaries of the national culture of each nation living on our small planet – Earth.

The main branches of science within which materials can be published in this publication are:

History;
Theory and history of culture;
Philosophy.

But this does not mean at all that articles and other materials of the authors written in other field of knowledge will be categorically rejected. We welcome articles on Body Studies problems written from the perspective of a wide variety of Sciences or at the intersection of several branches, since this approach, in our opinion, may be the most effective and allows us to look at known problems from a new point of view. All materials submitted to the editors will be carefully selected and sent for double-blind reviews.

Any unscientific or not based on facts article will be rejected by the editors. We do not accept works that express disrespect for other peoples or contain politically incorrect language.

All articles are published for FREE, but the fee is not paid to the authors.

The Journal charges a fee of 5$ to assign a DOI name.

The Author Self-Archiving Policy

This journal permits and encourages authors to post items submitted to the journal on personal websites or institutional repositories both prior to and after publication, while providing bibliographic details that credit, if applicable, its publication in this journal.

The list of currently relevant sections:

General Theory

Description: This section publishes articles on the general theoretical aspects of corporality.

Review: Yes - double blind (editorial board members and external experts)

Submitting material: via the Submitting System.

Subaltern Studies 

Description: this section accepts research results in the field of small group theory (gender, social, post-colonial theory, etc.).

Review: Yes - double blind (editorial board members and external experts)

Submitting material: via the Submitting System.

Animal body

Description: This section accepts the results of research on such topics as animal and human (ways of communication etc.), animal body (natural and social), animal as a metaphor of the world, animal and mass culture.

Review: Yes - double blind (members of editorial board and external experts).

Submitting material: via the Submitting System.

Trauma Studies

Description: trauma research and traumatic experiences; problematic linking issues of memory, identity, cultural topos and the process of trauma; problems of collective memory and representation; narratives of trauma, etc. 

Review: Yes - double blind (editorial board members and external experts)

Submitting material: via the Submitting System.

Body modifications and Posthuman body

Description: section, to explore the boundaries of human body, body and machine.

Review: Yes - double blind (editorial board members and external experts).

Submitting material: via the Submitting System.

The Other'/Alien body

Description: section for research on the corporality of the Other. 

Review: Yes - double blind (members of editorial board and external experts).

Submitting material: via the Submitting System.

Сlothing and fashion

Description: corporality through the prism of clothing and fashion. 

Review: Yes - double blind (editorial board members and external experts).

Submitting material: via the Submitting System.

Body and social media

Description: This section contains materials about the relationship and impact of social media on the perception of body, etc.

Review: Yes - double blind (editorial board members and external experts)

Submitting material: via the Submitting System.

Literature

Description: corporality in literature in its various manifestations. 

Review: Yes - double blind (members of editorial board and external experts).

Submitting material: via the Submitting System.

Mass Culture

Description: corporality in mass culture in its various manifestations. If your research concerns questions of study of advertising, television, comics and other forms of mass culture which are not suitable for other sections, please submit here.

Review: Yes - double blind (editorial board members and external experts).

Submitting material: via the Submitting System.

Body and  art

Description: corporality in art in its various manifestations

Review: Yes - double blind (editorial board members and external experts).

Submitting material: via the Submitting System.

Body of the world

Description: corporality in the context of Topos and Locus – the body of the world, the body of a country, the body of a city, archaic models of corporality of the world, anthropomorphic metaphors in archaic pictures of the world.

Review: Yes - double blind (editorial board members and external experts)

Submitting material: via the Submitting System.

Critics & Reviews

Description: if you have a book review, a report or essay that offers a critical perspective on a text (scientific), then this section is for you.

Submitting material: via the Submitting System.

Miscellanea (Miscellaneous)

Description: section for congratulations, announcements, information resources, reports on expeditions, conferences and other scientific materials.

Submitting material: via the Submitting System.