''Cultural Critique'' is a

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published across the fields of

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literary theory Literary theory is the systematic study of the nature of literature and of the methods for literary analysis. Culler 1997, p.1 Since the 19th century, literary scholarship includes literary theory and considerations of intellectual history, m ...

political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ...

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, and

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. It was founded in 1985 and is published by the

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. The journal is currently edited by John Mowitt, Cesare Casarino, Simona Sawhney, Maggie Hennefeld and Frieda Ekotto.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in the following

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Israeli scholar discrimination controversy

Amidst the

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in 2024 ''Cultural Critique'' was forced to issue a public apology for rejecting a contribution by an Israeli scholar solely on the basis of his assumed institutional affiliation in Israel. The journal had rejected the scholar's submission in a letter which stated, "We regret to inform you that we cannot consider your submission for publication due to the journal's commitment to BDS guidelines, which includes 'withdrawing support from Israel's ... cultural and academic institutions.'" The scholar replied that, as the biography attached to his submission had made clear, he had no affiliation to Israeli institutions, and argued that ''Cultural Critique'' had turned his paper down solely on the basis of his nationality; this despite even the BDS guidelines themselves explicitly opposing the boycott of individuals. ''Cultural Critique'' reportedly replied that they could not verify his non-Israeli affiliation and would only reconsider his rejection should he provide evidence of this being the case. Following publicity as well as a threat of legal action against its publisher, the

University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota Twin Cities (historically known as University of Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint ...

, for violating anti-discrimination legislation and Minnesota's

anti-BDS law With regard to the Arab–Israeli conflict, many supporters of the Israel, State of Israel have often advocated or implemented anti-Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions, BDS laws (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions), which effectively seek to retali ...

, as well as a porported investigation by the United States Department of Education

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, both the University of Minnesota and ''Cultural Critique'' apologized for the incident. The journal claimed to have "mistakenly excluded from consideration an article submitted by a scholar on the basis of their university affiliation." ''Cultural Critique'' announced that should the author choose to resubmit his piece, it would now be reviewed "using our normal processes."

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*{{Official website, https://www.upress.umn.edu/journal-division/journals/cultural-critique English-language journals Political science journals Sociology journals Cultural journals Academic journals established in 1985 Quarterly journals