Call for Short Essays: Lazarsfeld at 120

# Call for Short Essays: Lazarsfeld at 120 The *International Journal of Communication* will publish a Forum timed to appear with the 120-year anniversary of Paul Lazarsfeld’s birth, in August 2021. We are inviting contributions of 1500- to 3000-word essays that reflect on the late sociologist’s legacy for communication research and for empirical social research more broadly. Topics may include, but are not limited to: * Lazarsfeld and the institutionalization of social science research * Lazarsfeld’s media research program, beyond the best-known studies of opinion leaders and personal influence * Under-explored aspects of Lazarsfeld’s intellectual history * Lazarsfeld as historian of empirical research methods * The reception of Lazarsfeld’s research programs and methodological contributions around the world, including his native Europe * Questions of credit and division of labor in Lazarsfeld-directed research projects * Histories of lesser-known and uncompleted projects and proposals * Lazarsfeld’s place in the remembered history of media and communication research We aim to publish 4 to 5 open access essays in late summer 2021. Potential contributors should write to the Forum editors (Hynek Jeřábek and Jeff Pooley) with a 150- to 200-word abstract, by February 15, 2021. The deadline for completed drafts (1500 to 3000 words) is April 15, 2021. ### Timeline * **February 15:** Abstract (150 to 200 words) of proposed contribution * **April 15:** Completed drafts (1500 to 3000 words) * **August:** Forum publication in International Journal of Communication ### Forum Editors * Hynek Jeřábek (Charles University) - hynek.jerabek@fsv.cuni.cz * Jeff Pooley (Muhlenberg College) - pooley@muhlenberg.edu --------- Jeff Pooley Professor of Media & Communication, Muhlenberg College Director, mediastudies.press jeffpooley.com