Call for Articles for L'Histoire Volume 4, Issue 1

The history of "rights" as a concept is mired in complications. Regarded as the moral or legal recognition of interests or entitlements of individuals and communities, rights have been present in history in a variety of ways - both justiciable and not. This history of rights, and the securing of rights, is long and arduous, and has taken various forms along the way - with sudden victories and abrupt revocations all the same - resulting in the present that we find ourselves in now. This search for rights, for equitable entitlements and liberation, also leads to complicated ways and means of understanding the self that do not follow linear paths - resulting in fractalized and multifarious ways of identification and belonging that vitiate the process of becoming. The upcoming Summer 2025 issue of L'Histoire aims to tackle this contentious process of gaining and losing rights, and finding and breaking the self in the process - in the search for a more 'just' and 'equitable' world. Voyages into the Past invites students, scholars, and academics to delve into the theme and contribute freely as they may choose.

Please refer to the below slides for more information. Note that the deadline has been extended to June 15, 2025, and that the date in the panel below is no longer valid.

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