About the Journal

ISSN 1803-845X (print), ISSN 2336-4548 (online)

Registration no. by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic: E 18717

Aims and scope

Theatralia: Journal of Theatre Studies is a peer reviewed journal of theatre history and theory, issued by the Masaryk University (Department of Theatre Studies, Faculty of Arts) since 2009.

The aim of the journal is to explore the previously neglected areas and issues of theatre history and theory, especially with regard to the Czech cultural context. The thematic scope of issued papers covers all the aspects of theatre performance and its production (acting, stage design, etc.), historical and theoretical issues, as well as interdisciplinary topics (e.g. performativity/theatricality). Special importance is assigned to the progressive tendencies in both the practical theatre-making and its theoretical reflection. The individual contributions vary from large-scale analytical studies to minor genres such as book reviews and reports on interesting events to unpublished sources (e.g. archival materials).

The crucial areas covered by the journal are the following:

The journal is published biannually in print as well as in electronic version, regularly altering the Czech and English edition. Each issue features a thematic section called ‘Yorick’, in which a particular topic of interest is discussed in a series of articles.

Selected issues are wholly devoted to a particular topic, e.g. the Czech Puppet Theatre in Global Contexts, Czech Stage Art and Stage Design, Prague Semiotic Stage Revisited, etc.

List of sections:

‘Yorick’, the main thematic section, presents contributions pertaining to the main topic of the issue. Articles on different subjects are grouped in a section called ‘Spektrum/Spectrum’. Both of these sections are subject to an anonymous peer review process.

Besides the already mentioned ‘Yorick’ and ‘Spektrum’, other regular sections include ‘Depeše/Events’, ‘Orientace/Reviews’, ‘Archiv/Archive’, and ‘Host/Guest’. Not all the sections need to be included in each issue.

The ‘Orientace/Reviews’ section presents critical reviews of recently published books on theatre issues and other related topics.

The ‘Depeše/Events’ section includes accounts of various events of importance pertaining to theatre, drama, dance, and the performing arts, such as exhibitions, conferences, study visits, etc.

In the ‘Archiv/Archive’, unpublished archival materials are presented, often accompanied by a study summarizing the aims and achievements of the research.

Included from the issue 2015/1, the Guest section presents interviews with renowned theatre scholars, theoreticians, and university teachers both from the Czech Republic and abroad. The focus on live personalities is, besides other reasons, driven by the awareness of ephemerality and elusiveness of all human achievements, especially those connected with theatre; if nothing else, they can be captured and recorded by means of oral history.

Before 2016, two more sections were included, namely ‘Sondy/Probes’ (non peer reviewed articles) and ‘Yoriczek/Small Yorick’ (excellent student contributions). The current policy is to include student texts, after careful proofreading and revision (if needed), into one of the two peer reviewed sections.

Digital access and archiving policy

Full texts of articles are available in the Digital Library of the Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, which is the primary source and repository of academic publications at the Faculty of Arts. The journal websites (built in Open Journal Systems) contain links to the fulltext articles archived in the Digital Library. The journal website is used mainly as a presentation platform for accessing all the information about the journal.

This approach to long-term access and digital archiving of fulltexts "in one place" (i.e., in the Digital Library) is a strategic decision that was adopted by the Faculty of Arts many years ago. It allows us to ensure high-quality and consistent processing of metadata as well as long-term preservation (LTP) of digital documents, enabling users to search through all the texts.

Authors retain the copyright for all the materials published in the journal.

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Publication fees

The journal does not require authors to pay any publication fees (APC, ASC). The publication charges are covered by the institutional support by Masaryk University. Therefore the journal does not apply a waiver policy for authors.

History of the journal

The journal Theatralia superseded the former periodical Sborník prací filozofické fakulty brněnské univerzity, Řada teatrologická (Q) = Studia minora facultatis philosophicae universitatis Brunensis, Series theatrologica (Q), ISSN 1214-0406, which was published between 2002 and 2008 (already under the parallel title Theatralia).

The ‘Series theatrologica (Q)’ followed the previous periodical Sborník prací filozofické fakulty brněnské univerzity, Řada teatrologicko-filmologická (Q) = Studia minora facultatis philosophicae
universitatis Brunensis, Series theatrologica et cinematologica (Q), ISSN 1212-3358, which was published from 1998 till 2001 and included also articles from the area of film studies.

All articles published in both periodicals are available online in full text in the Digital Library of the Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University: https://digilib.phil.muni.cz/handle/11222.digilib/114161.

 

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Journal reviews:

Puchner, Walter. Theatralia/Yorick 2012/1 (review). Parabasis 12 (2014): 1: 123‒125.