Shift: Graduate Journal of Visual and Material Culture

Press release for third issue of Shift: Graduate Journal of Visual and Material Culture

We are pleased to announce the launch of the third issue of Shift: Graduate Journal of Visual and Material Culture on 01 October 2010. Shift is an online journal created in 2008 by graduate students at Queen’s University. Shift is dedicated to providing a platform for current and original scholarly research by graduate students. This work must aspire to the highest quality, reflecting excellence of content and expression, as well as innovation. The papers in this third issue represent a broad range of topics and approaches to the field of visual and material culture, and reflect the journal’s commitment to fostering cross-disciplinary exchange between students and scholars from different institutions in Canada and the United States.

As well, the launch for this third issue marks the beginning of the transition of the journal into a mobile publication, with its editorial and administrative components moving between host institutions every three years. As of the start of work on the fourth issue, Shift will be hosted by both Queen’s University and the University of Western Ontario. This mobility facilitates the atmosphere of inclusivity and flexibility that Shift seeks to foster as a scholarly publication.

To find out more about Shift and to access these articles, please visit our website at
http://shiftjournal.org.