- Biography (journal)
Infobox Journal
discipline =literature
abbreviation = "Bio"
frequency = quarterly
website = http://www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/journals/bio/
publisher =University of Hawaii Press
country = USA
history =1978 to present
ISSN = 0162-4962
eISSN = 1529-1456"Biography: An Interdisciplinary Quarterly" is an international, academic journal that provides a forum for biographical scholarship. Its articles explore the theoretical, generic, historical, and cultural dimensions of life-writing; and the integration of literature, history, the arts, and the social sciences as they relate to biography. It also offers reviews, concise excerpts of reviews published elsewhere, an annual bibliography of works about biography, and listings of upcoming events, calls for papers, and news from the field.
The journal was founded in 1978 by
George Simson , a professor of literature at theUniversity of Hawaii who also founded the nonprofitBiographical Research Center (BRC) and the University's Center for Biographical Research (CBR). The journal is owned by the BRC and published by theUniversity of Hawaii Press . In 1994, the editorship passed to Craig Howes at the University of Hawaii, who gradually expanded the content and instigated a redesign in 1999. The journal's first electronic edition appeared in 2000 onProject MUSE ."Biography" appears quarterly, in Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall issues. From volume 22 (1999), the first issue of each year has contained a collection of articles on a particular theme, the first one serving as a
Festschrift for George Simson. The final issue of each year contains an annual bibliography of works on life-writing.External links
* Sponsor homepage: http://www.hawaii.edu/biograph/
* Publisher homepage: http://www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/journals/bio/
* MUSE homepage: http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/bio/
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