Submit a Manuscript to the Journal
Peace Review
For a Special Issue on
Srebrenica Genocide – 30 Years of Neglect
Abstract deadline
Manuscript deadline
Special Issue Editor(s)
Alma Jeftic,
Swiss Centre for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva, Switzerland; Peace Research Institute, International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan
[email protected]
Serdar M. Değirmencioğlu,
IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca
[email protected]
Srebrenica Genocide – 30 Years of Neglect
Under the guest editorship of Dr. Alma Jeftic, University of Geneva, and Dr. Serdar M. Değirmencioğlu, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice invites essays for a special issue Srebrenica Genocide – 30 Years of Neglect.
We welcome submissions for a special issue that examines the Srebrenica Genocide and its legacies. In particular, this special issue will highlight interdisciplinary intersections, and will contribute to peacebuilding scholarship and practice. While we expect most submissions to come from academics in the social sciences and humanities, we also invite submissions from practitioners, survivors, writers, artists, community groups and peace activists.
Three decades after 1995, a special issue dedicated to the Srebrenica Genocide and its legacies is very much needed. This special issue will highlight, in particular, the processes and politics of remembrance. By bringing together critical reviews of empirical studies, theoretical contributions, and reflective essays, this special issue will illuminate how individuals and groups process collective violence, how narratives of the genocide shape intergroup attitudes, and how memorial practices can either hinder or foster peace. In addition to contributing to academic knowledge, this special issue will inform educators, policymakers, activists and practitioners working on memory, justice, and reconciliation in Bosnia and Herzegovina and beyond. In a time of resurgent denial and politicization of memory, and increasing militarism, social sciences are essential to reaffirm the human dimension of Srebrenica’s legacy and to foster pathways toward lasting peace.
General themes that contributors can address in their essays include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Remembering and forgetting: 30 years after the genocide
- Collective memory, silencing, and the politics of remembrance
- Trauma, resilience, and intergenerational transmission of suffering and hope
- Confronting denial in politics, education, and everyday life
- Gendered memory and survival
- Reconciliation, resistance, and everyday encounters
- Interethnic solidarity, moral exemplars, and peace initiatives in postwar Bosnia-Herzegovina
- Diaspora perspectives, inherited memory, and comparative genocide remembrance
- Education, ethics, and responsibility
- Artistic testimony and poetic witnessing
- Poetry, photography, music, theatre, and visual art as forms of memory and healing.
- Growing up in the shadow of a genocide
- Sites, memory and resisting erasure: Political geography of genocide
Submission Instructions
We welcome submissions that engage thoughtfully with the themes of this special issue. Please review the guidelines below before preparing your manuscript.
Please note that you need to submit a short abstract (300 words maximum), followed by 150-word biography to Alma Jeftic ([email protected]), no later than February 15, 2026 (use “Special Issue: Srebrenica” as a subject of your email). Selected authors will be invited to submit the full paper by beginning of March, 2026. Abstracts should clearly indicate:
- the article type,
- the proposed topic, and
- the contribution to the special issue themes.
Article Types Accepted
Peace Review publishes a variety of formats. For this special issue, we invite submissions in the following categories:
- Essays: 2,500–3,500 words (excluding references)
- Reviews: 3,000–3,500 words (excluding references)
- Interviews: 1,200–1,500 words (including contextual introduction)
- Collections: 1,800–2,000 words + 3–5 photographs/images (excluding references)
- Oration: 3–5-minute audio file + transcript, accompanied by an 800–1,000-word introduction/analysis
Formatting Guidelines
- Manuscripts should follow Taylor & Francis citation style and guidelines.
- When submitting your work through the journal portal, please select the special issue title from the dropdown menu to ensure correct processing.
Publication Timeline
This special issue is anticipated to publish in early 2027, following peer review and production.
Questions & Expressions of Interest
Expressions of interest and inquiries about thematic fit are welcome. Please contact the guest editor:
Dr. Alma Jeftic - [email protected]
Submitting Your Manuscript
All manuscripts intended for this special issue should be submitted through the journal’s online portal. Please remember to select the special issue title during submission.