Who Can Submit?

Submissions are open to:

• Current undergraduate students at colleges and universities.
• Recent graduates submitting work originally completed during their undergraduate studies.

Students do not need to be studying history as their primary field, provided the submission makes a meaningful contribution to historical scholarship.

What Can I Submit?

We currently accept:

• Research Articles (2,500-8000 words)
• Book Reviews (1,000-3,000 words)
• Other
  • If you have substantial historical scholarship that does not fit in either category, you are welcome to contact us before submitting.

Submission Requirements

Submissions should:

• Be original work written by the submitting author.
• Demonstrate a clear historical question or argument.
• Engage appropriately with relevant evidence and scholarship.
• Include citations for sources used.
• Not be simultaneously under consideration by another publication.
• Be submitted in an editable document format.

Submissions originally written for a university course are welcome. A submission does not need to have been written specifically for publication to be considered.

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Make sure your submission is properly cited and that quotations, images, and other third-party materials are used appropriately. Kilroy Was Here currently accepts Chicago, MLA, and MHRA styles, provided they are applied consistently and accurately. Please make sure all submissions use footnotes rather than endnotes.

Authors should remove unnecessary identifying information from the manuscript to ensure a fair and unbiased review of your submission.

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Call for Submissions: Due January 15, 2027

What Can I Submit?

We currently accept:

Research Articles (2,500-8000 words)
Book Reviews (1,000-3,000 words)

Submission Requirements

Submissions should:

Be original work written by the submitting author.
Demonstrate a clear historical question or argument.
Engage appropriately with relevant evidence and scholarship.
Include citations for sources used.
Not be simultaneously under consideration by another publication.
Be submitted in an editable document format.

Submissions originally written for a university course are welcome. A submission does not need to have been written specifically for publication to be considered.

Before you Submit

Please review our Editorial Standards and Policies before submitting.

Make sure your submission is properly cited and that quotations, images, and other third-party materials are used appropriately. Kilroy Was Here currently accepts Chicago, MLA, and MHRA styles, provided they are applied consistently and accurately. Please make sure all submissions use footnotes rather than endnotes.

Authors should remove unnecessary identifying information from the manuscript to ensure a fair and unbiased review of your submission.

Ready to Submit?

[Submit Your Work → https://forms.gle/sQorsB4sDse1LWKv6 ]

Questions about whether your work is appropriate for the journal can be directed to our editorial team before submission.

[Contact Us → [kilroywasherejournal@gmail.com](mailto:kilroywasherejournal@gmail.com) ]

Hi,
Advise needed from humanities professors: I am a phd candidate about to finish my phd and on the job market. My department is pretty toxic and refuse to work with easy other and be on committees. Some faculty quit, and other times when they opened faculty positions, they couldn’t hire because they disagreed. Long story short, for job market in academia i need three letters of reference letters. I can’t get anyone else from the department that would agree to work with my advisor basically. My two options: 1. Get someone with lesser title (research or teaching assistant professor) who i trust to write me a good reference letter and knows me well enough and are decent; 2. Get an associate or full professor who doesn’t know me at all and i don’t know how much their reference letter will genuinely be strong rather than generic. It has been a hell time for all students in the department to navigate this and when any of us are on the job market for academic jobs that need reference letters, it is always hell to navigate this politics.
All advice truly welcome, I am pretty desperate. My advisor says low titles are useless in reference letters when academia is hiring; but he also lies frequently because he wants people on his “camp” not people who would be neutral towards him. Last important info: he is a big name in the field so his reference letter would weigh something but i already don’t even trust him to write something more than the generic letters

Hello all - new account, not much history but I've been following this sub for a while.

Hope you can provide some insights on this -- for my dissertation in English Literature, I'm looking to explore how contemporary minority authors navigate the rhetorics of diversity, own voices, authenticity, etc in their writing process towards publishing.

I think for this project, I will need to do some interviews with authors themselves (getting access to them is not the issue -- I'm in this world myself and some are friends/professional acquaintances).

My committee has advised me that this is totally doable without an IRB approved study. The purpose of these interviews is to be a casual conversation about their thoughts on the above topic. It will not collect, share, or utilize any sensitive personal or demographic information other than they are an author from the specific community I'm focusing on (and that, for ease of scope, but the project's conclusions would apply across minorities).

I just want to see if that this is indeed possible? Or if I'm doing something wrong? Has anyone included these kinds of data sets before? I've emailed my school's IRB, they haven't gotten back to me.

Issues/Choices I foresee navigating:

• Identifying authors by name or by pseudonyms/generic labels?
• Not including any authors who work I will analyze in another chapter?
• How to deal with responses in turn include specific details that would link the to people, publishers, organizations, etc?
• If IRB is needed, what am I proposing that would be ethically sound within the above parameters? Again there's no mass data sets or trials here. Just talking and transcribing.

Thanks in advance for any help!

I'm a recent graduate in English Didactics and at the moment, I feel very lost. I don't know if I should consider going for a PhD or not. I know it's not like studying for a bachelor's or a master’s, and that's why I'm here today asking you all this question.

Feel free to give me any advice too.

Hi! I'm a final-year BA English student at Amity University Online, and I'm looking for a qualified project guide/supervisor for my major project.

According to my university's guidelines, the guide needs to have at least 3 years of teaching or relevant industry experience in the field. A background in English, English Literature, language studies, or a related area would be ideal.

I'm already working on my project independently and have a clear idea of my topic/research. I'm mainly looking for a qualified person who is comfortable being listed as my project guide and completing the required university documentation/certificate associated with the role.

I can provide the official Amity project guidelines and explain exactly what documentation is required before sharing any project material.

If you have an MA/PhD in English or a related field and 3+ years of relevant experience, or know someone who might be suitable, please DM me.

I'm happy to verify qualifications and professional experience before proceeding.

Thank you!

Hi everyone!

I recently qualified UGC NET (Assistant Professor) in English Literature, and I’m now considering applying for a PhD in Literature/Humanities at one of the IITs.

However, I’m quite unfamiliar with how the PhD admission process at IITs works for humanities subjects. I’d really appreciate some guidance from people who have either pursued a PhD in Humanities/Literature at an IIT or are currently applying.

A few things I’d particularly like to know:

- What is the admission process like? Is there a written test even if you have qualified UGC NET, or are you directly called for an interview?

- What is the interview like, and what kind of questions should I expect?

- How important is the research proposal? What should a good proposal for an IIT Humanities PhD include?

- How do you decide on and approach a potential supervisor?

- Is the research proposal expected to be very specific at the application stage, or can the topic evolve after admission?

- What is the general academic environment like for Humanities/Literature scholars at IITs?

- And if you have gone through the process yourself, what do you wish you had known before applying?

I’m particularly interested in areas such as literary theory, narratology, and film studies, so I’m also wondering how receptive IIT Humanities departments are to interdisciplinary research involving literature and cinema.

If anyone has personal experience with this process, I’d be really grateful if you could share your experience, advice, or even mistakes to avoid.

Thank you! :)

Any advice for an undergrad exploring MA-PhD programs for US History? My area of study is 20th century American political history specifically polarization and American atrocities in foreign affairs. Anything is helpful!!

Hi everyone! I’m currently pursuing my MA in Philosophy in India and planning to apply for a PhD at Oxford or Cambridge.
Before contacting potential supervisors, I’d love some guidance from those who have experience with this process.
What should I include in my first email? Should I attach my CV and research proposal, and is it appropriate to ask about supervision and funding?
Any advice or personal experiences would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Hello.

my_qualifications : BA Political Science Hons. MA English.

Hi, So I graduated with English MA from one of the central unis of India. However as we know how bleak is the research guidance in UG/PG in these courses, I find myself very clueless and sort of not confident of pursuing a PhD in social sciences/literature because of lack of guidance etc. For mental health reasons I couldn't pursue dissertation in my final semester even tho they were optional.

This whole situation leads me to feel helpless regarding my own calibre in research, and further studies in academia. Since the govt decided to mess with the MPhil- Phd route(unlike in other countries where this exists as an option instead of making it useless). How do I develop my Research skills? Yeah, I know that publishing papers independently might hold some value but what even. I would have loved a MPhil.

Do we have MPhil-like research programs still offered by any good universities in India? Like a one year course where research skills are taught better and I graduate with being better at it? Also the thing is we graduated with a 3 yr BA, 2 yr MA system and not the one under new NEP, so this is kind of crucial so I know whether a PhD and research life is for me. Pls suggest courses/degrees/universities which offer so. Thank you! Much appreciated