PRESS RELEASE

07 May 2008, Leeds, UK

Slavonica journal celebrates 25 years of publication

Slavonica, one of the leading journals in Slavonic and Russian studies, marks its 25th anniversary in 2008 with an Editorial looking back over some of the journal's highlights.

The first issue, then titled Scottish Slavonic Review, was published in March 1983 as a combined effort of Slavists living and working in Scotland who recognized the need for a journal reflecting the cultural ties between the Scots and the Slavs, and the long tradition of Slavonic/Russian studies in Scotland. The first issues of the journal were printed from camera-ready copy and were produced on typewriters in 14 different languages.

Slavonica has been published by Maney since Volume 9. The Editor, Jekaterina Young, University of Manchester, UK, has seen Slavonica become “a truly international journal, attracting contributions by leading and up-and-coming scholars the world over. As it enters its second quarter-century, Slavonica continues both to reflect and to shape the changing landscape of research in Russian, Slavonic and East European Studies.”

The Editorial for Volume 14, number 1 is available to download free at www.ingentaconnect.com/content/maney/sla 

Contents include:

• The Work of the Russian Liberation Committee in London, 1919-1924, Charlotte Alston
• Early Chekhov: The Making of a Totalitarian Consensus 1928-59, and some Current Questions, Patrick Miles
• 'The World Will Be Saved By Beauty': The Revival of Romantic Theories of the Symbol in Pavel Florenskii's Works, Clemena Antonova
• International Textbook Initiatives in Southeast Europe: A Sceptical Inquiry, Mark Glover

Slavonica is a leading international journal publishing work in the fields of Russian, Central and East European Studies: literature, language, linguistics, history, politics, social issues, religion, music, culture and the arts; Russian/East European cultural links; original, or previously unpublished documents, illustrations, poetry and short prose; translations of poetry and shorter prose fiction (with commentary); feature articles of appropriate interest; reports and announcements on conferences, exhibitions and events; and anniversary tributes and obituaries. Each issue contains around thirty specialist book reviews commissioned from experts the world over on a wide range of topics: economics, history, politics, drama, arts, and music. 

For more information please visit www.maney.co.uk/journals/slavonica 

For a free online trial of Slavonica, please visit www.maney.co.uk/freetrial 

NOTES FOR EDITORS

Maney Publishing was founded in 1900 and has offices in the UK in Leeds and London, and in Boston and Philadelphia in North America. With a collection of nearly 80 journals in materials science, humanities, and healthcare, Maney is committed to publishing high quality journals in print and electronic formats that are international in scope and peer-reviewed. Maney publishes extensively for learned societies, universities and professional bodies. Please visit www.maney.co.uk for more information.

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