Divadelní revue is a peer-reviewed theatre studies journal open to interdisciplinary approaches and perspectives from related humanities. Prepared by the Czech Theatre Studies Department as the editor and expert guarantor, the journal is published twice a year by the Czech Cultural Institute. The journal was founded in 1989, included in the international database SCOPUS in 2012 and has the status of an Open Access Journal since 2024.
Divadelní revue publishes methodologically sound contributions reflecting diverse approaches to the interpretation of theatre and performativity, including its intersections with anthropology, sociology, philosophy, aesthetics, linguistics and other arts studies. Expert studies by Czech and international researchers are accompanied with documentary and archival articles, essays, interviews, reviews and reports on current events in the field.
Sections
Studies
This section accepts original scholarly texts based on the study of relevant sources, using a consistent methodology and reflecting the current and past research in the field. Manuscripts should be 20 to 25 standard pages long (36,000 to 45,000 characters including spaces), contain a list of works cited, meet formal and bibliographic requirements, and be submitted by the deadline. An abstract (in Czech; 600 to 700 characters), keywords (in Czech), author’s affiliation and a short profile (approx. 300 characters, areas of research interest, current workplace, and possibly also professional history) are mandatory items. English translation of the abstracts and keywords will be arranged by the editorial staff.
Materialia
The section accepts brief texts, typically revised conference papers or contextualised and annotated primary source collections. Manuscripts should be 15 to 20 standard pages long (27,000 to 36,000 characters including spaces), contain a list of works cited, meet formal and bibliographic requirements, and be submitted by the deadline. An abstract (in Czech; 600 to 700 characters), keywords (in Czech), author’s affiliation and a brief profile (approx. 300 characters, areas of research interest, current workplace and professional history, where relevant) are mandatory items. English translation of the abstracts and keywords will be arranged by the editorial staff.
Focus
A section dedicated to specific questions and phenomena in artistic and research practice, for which we accept texts of 6 to 10 standard pages (11,000 to 18,000 characters including spaces) in the form of a critical essay. The possible contents include a critical analysis, survey or discussion on a particular topic.
Desiderata
This section accepts reportage texts on plans and expectations and their confrontation with reality and accounts of experiences from fellowships, study stays or trips to an international conference, or of a theatrical or artistic event. The texts may show fictional aspects.
Interview
In this section we publish interviews with leading theatre theoreticians and theatre makers, as well as portraits of scholars and personalities from the area covered by the respective issue of the Journal.
New publications
This section accepts texts no older than three years from their original publication. A review (from the Latin re-censeó, i.e. to reassess, to evaluate) should not only present the work, but also assess its qualities on the basis of factual and well-founded arguments. Length of up to 7 standard pages (13,000 characters including spaces); complete bibliographic information about the publication under review is required. The section also contains an editorial overview of new book titles.
News
News should not exceed 3 standard pages (5,400 characters including spaces); the subject should be consulted with the editors beforehand. We accept news about events that are related to the issue topic or are worthy of attention for some other reason (e.g. premieres, festivals, exhibitions, conferences, international scholarships etc.).
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Editorial board
Petra Ježková
editor in chef
Barbora Diego
Rivera Příhodová
Pavel Drábek
Šárka Havlíčková Kysová
Radka Kunderová
Michaela Mojžišová (SK)
Christian Neuhuber (AT)
Václav Petrbok
Ondřej Svoboda
Jitka Šotkovská
Michal Zahálka
ISSN 0862-5409 (printed version)
ISSN 3029-5939 (online)
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