Question 1

Is this just for PhD students, or can undergraduates get involved?

Accepted Answer

The editorial board is made up of graduate students, and all listed board members and editors identified in the source material are PhD candidates or PhD students at UC Berkeley. The source material does not mention undergraduate membership.

Question 2

What fields does the journal cover?

Accepted Answer

Submissions are welcome from literary and cultural studies, critical theory, aesthetics, religion, political theory, gender and sexuality studies, critical race studies, anthropology, and philosophy, among others. The journal explicitly values work that challenges disciplinary boundaries.

Question 3

How does the editorial review process work?

Accepted Answer

Most submissions are unsolicited and reviewed anonymously. Two to three editorial board members first read and vote on whether a submission advances to the full board. Authors can request commentary on their submission regardless of the outcome.

Question 4

What is Ki, and how is it different from the main journal?

Accepted Answer

Ki is an online companion journal overseen by the Qui Parle editorial board. It publishes short, sharp, politically oriented work that falls outside conventional scholarship: poetry, autotheory, lyric essays, multimedia, and experimental forms. It is free to read online and publishes work that does not fit the format of the print journal.

Question 5

Can people outside Berkeley submit work?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The journal is open to submissions from scholars across fields regardless of institution. All unsolicited submissions are considered anonymously, with the author's name appearing only on the cover page.

qui parle: Critical Humanities and Social Sciences