About TCLA
TCLA (digital version ISSN 2297-1874, printed version ISSN 2504-2238) is a Swiss-British academic journal, published in London initially in both electronic and paper form (by the RECEPTIO Academic Press Ltd), and as of 2019 only in Open Access. TCLA is devoted to theoretical and empirical scientific research works in the field of humanities. It is open to all researchers who are interested in publishing their scientific achievements.
Our Journal’s title has been chosen to recall, a little nostalgically, Teoria e Critica / Theory and Criticism, an academic journal co-founded by Luciano Rossi in 1972.
TCLA is present in the following repertoires: JDB, WorldCat, ROAD1, ROAD2
The journal uses double-blind review, which means that both the reviewer and author identities are concealed from the reviewers, and vice versa, throughout the review process.
The reviewers are independent of the authors, i.e. not affiliated with the same institution.
Each issue is organized into four main sections (Focus, Debates, Insights, and Reviews) around specific subject areas, in order to invite and encourage discussions among academics. Each year we publish two special monographic issues. The next special issues from August/September 2022 will be linked to the RECEPTIO research centre's Biblioclasm & Digital Reconstruction and Reversed Ekphrasis projects.
The Focus section publishes scholarly articles on the interrelation among Literature and Arts (especially painting and music), on Romance Philology and medieval Philosophy. The published articles have passed a rigorous double blind peer review performed by two external referees. The second section, Debates, is meant to provide the reader with an in-depth and multi-faceted analysis of themes that constitutes crucial and significant scholarly questions. The Insights announce scientific discoveries and new research. The Reviews section hosts various book-reviews, always ensuring the right of reply to the reviewed authors.
The publication of each issue, in February/March and in October/November, is preceded by the 'Call for papers'.
Each year there are also two special editions devoted to specific topics. Contributions on interdisciplinary topics or articles that tackle large interpretative questions, undertake the synthetic analysis of major methodologies, or consider newer theoretical approaches are encouraged.
Videos of the official presentation of our journal at the Accademia Urbana della Arti in Rome
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Editorial Standards
TCLA aims to foster a vast academic interest in Literature and Arts, and publishes a wide range of researches on Literature studies, Art theory, Culture and History of Arts and latest findings and achievements from experts and scholars all over the world. Each issue contains special subsections around specific subject areas. The aim of the thematic sections is to provide a viewpoint on a given issue and suggest new approaches or avenues of research. The preparation of a thematic section is entrusted to two members of the editorial staff, who jointly formulate the angle of approach to the theme. Except for the inaugural issue, there are 2 to 10 articles per section. Calls for contributions will be also published on the Journal's website and in newsletters sent through internet. Send a title, 300-word abstract, and a short bio to info@tcla-journal.eu.
NOTA BENE: TCLA uses double-blind review, which means that both the reviewer and author identities are concealed from the reviewers, and vice versa, throughout the review process. To facilitate this, authors need to ensure that their manuscripts are prepared in a way that does not give away their identity.
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