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Windows of Empire: Colonial Celebrations and Competing Visions of the Colonial World,
1492-2010

Imperial powers from London to Madrid hosted colonial exhibitions to showcase their
territorial acquisitions. Frequently revelling in the exoticism, wealth and promise of these
far-off lands, they also created far more intimate windows into empire, revealing not only
the accomplishments but the insecurities, tensions and vulnerabilities of the colonial
project. At the same time, celebrations such as Empire Day and royal jubilees were occasions
for demonstrations of the interconnections between different colonies and the imperial
metropole.

The editorial committee of Ex Plus Ultra welcomes submissions of articles from
postgraduates on any discipline in the humanities, covering any colonial region, period and theme
that correspond to the visions of empire to be found in “Colonial Celebrations.”
Selected papers will be sent for strict peer review by established academics in the field. This
third edition of Ex Plus Ultra will tie in with a conference on “Colonial
Celebrations” to be held at the University of Bristol, U.K., in September 2011.

Articles should be no longer than 6,000 words (including references), and should be
submitted with an Ex Plus Ultra submission form to reach the editorial committee no later than
5pm on 30 November, 2010. Interviews, comments, blogs and book and film reviews
corresponding to the above theme will also be considered up until 31 January. All submissions must
meet the required standards laid out in the journal’s publishing guidelines.

For further information, including the journal’s publishing guidelines, please refer
to our webpage at:

http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/publications/ex-plus-ultra/index.php/about/s....

Please direct all queries, proposals or submissions to the editorial team:

Alastair.Wilson@Bristol.ac.uk

Margery.Masterson@Bristol.ac.uk

Isabella.Jackson@Bristol.ac.uk

Alastair Wilson
School of Modern Languages
Department of Hispanic, Portuguese and Latin American Studies
University of Bristol
17 Woodland Road
Bristol BS8 1TE

Email: alastair.wilson@bristol.ac.uk