YEREVAN, Armenia — The American University of Armenia (AUA) Press invites scholarly book proposals for Armenian Women’s Studies, a pioneering, refereed academic series that will examine the complex, intersectional, and underexamined experiences of Armenian women in Armenia and across the diaspora.
This landmark initiative has been made possible through a transformational gift from Dr. Hriar Cabayan, a distinguished benefactor of AUA and steadfast advocate for women’s empowerment and advancement. Dr. Cabayan holds the conviction that the success and empowerment of Armenian women are indispensable to the nation’s progress, and he has consistently championed initiatives that amplify their voices, scholarship, and leadership.
The series aims to consolidate and advance scholarship in women’s and gender studies, Armenian studies, post-colonial feminism, and related fields in the humanities and social sciences. Over a projected 5-6 year period, AUA Press intends to publish approximately 10-12 scholarly monographs and edited volumes that are theoretically ambitious and globally engaged.
The series responds to a striking gap in the current scholarly landscape. While individual monographs and articles on Armenian women exist, no academic book series has yet consolidated the field, supported sustained scholarly inquiry, or helped define a coherent agenda for research in this area. This series seeks to do precisely that — offering a platform for bold, field-defining scholarship that situates Armenian women’s issues within both national and global feminist discourses.
AUA Press welcomes proposals across a wide range of disciplines, methodologies, and theoretical orientations. Submissions should demonstrate rigorous scholarship and speak to one or more of the following areas: gender-based violence and legal frameworks; reproductive rights, healthcare access, and public health; labor, economic precarity, and workplace discrimination; political underrepresentation and civic participation; education, literacy, and access to opportunity; diasporic identity, transnational belonging, and cultural transmission; human trafficking and migration; religion, tradition, and patriarchal systems; feminist theory and the critique of Western-centric models; and cultural memory, literature, and visual representation of women. Proposals may focus on Armenia or the Armenian diaspora and should aim to contribute to both empirical understanding and theoretical development.
This call is open to scholars with completed or in-progress monographs; editors assembling scholarly collections around a unifying theme; early-career researchers with strong doctoral dissertations ready for revision; and academics in women’s and gender studies, Armenian studies, sociology, anthropology, history, ethnography, political science, public health, law, cultural studies, translation studies, literature, and related fields. AUA Press especially encourages proposals from Armenian women scholars and from those working in or in collaboration with the Global South, post-Soviet spaces, or diasporic communities.
Interested applicants may refer to the official call for proposals on the AUA Press website for full application instructions.
Founded in 1991, the American University of Armenia (AUA) is a private, independent university located in Yerevan, Armenia, affiliated with the University of California, and accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission in the United States. AUA provides local and international students with Western-style education through top-quality undergraduate and graduate degree and certificate programs, promotes research and innovation, encourages civic engagement and community service, and fosters democratic values.