About the Journal

REGS (Revista de Estudios de Género y Sexualidades)/JGSS (Journal of Gender and Sexuality Studies, previously known as Letras femeninas) is the journal of the Asociación de Estudios de Género y Sexualidades (AEGS/AGSS Association of Gender and Sexuality Studies).** It is one of the earliest academic journals to be devoted strictly to gender-related issues, women authors, and feminist theory in the context of Hispanic literature and cultures, Luso-Brazilian and US-Latino authors, artists, and filmmakers.
The biannual, peer-reviewed journal was first published in the Spring of 1975 at the University of Colorado, Denver, by a progressive group of predominantly Latin and North American women scholars and writers working in US universities and colleges and has been published without interruption since then. In addition to critical articles on gender or gender-related topics, REGS features interviews with writers, artists, filmmakers, and critics and a book review section on every issue.
** previously (1974-2017) known as AILCFH (Asociación Internacional de Literatura y Cultura Femeninas Hispánicas).
REGS is sponsored by AEGS/AGSS and the Department of Romance and Classical Studies at Michigan State University. 

Print copies of REGS issues from 2018 (issue 44.1; 44.2, etc.) to the present are available for purchase here: purchase print on demand

REGS/JGSS can be read online (with individual or institutional subscription) in JSTOR (1975-2020) and SPC (Scholarly Publishing Collection) (2013-present).  Since January 2023, REGS has been included in Project MUSE, Premium Collection.

Latest Award-Winning REGS Essay/Issue:
2024 Best Collaborative Project Award,
GEMELA (Grupo de Estudios sobre la Mujer en España y las Américas, pre-1800): Yamile Silva & Ana María Díaz Burgos, invited editors. Yo, llana estoy: Jerarquías, transgresiones y despliegues de género en América hispana colonial (1492-1898)," REGS 48.1 (2022)
Contributors: Elena Deana-Camacho, Javiera Jaque, Yolopattli Hernández-Torres, Margarita Paz Torres, Silvia Ruiz Tresgallo, and Paola Uparela. 
For more award-winning essays and issues, visit the Awards page.

REGS Publishing Terms
Given the high number of submissions we receive and process, it may take 6-9 months to receive the first rounds of reviews (along with a recommendation to accept with revisions or against publication).
Additionally, it may take 18 to 20 months to have a contribution published from its submission to our OJS platform. We recommend that interested contributors watch the following 60-minute video for a detailed explanation (in Spanish) of our editorial process, stages, and timelines: Publicando con REGS (video, 60 minutes)

Contact
Revista de Estudios de Género y Sexualidades 
Journal of Gender and Sexuality Studies
Michigan State University
regs@msu.edu (until 12/31, 2024)
regseditor@gmail.com (January 1, 2025 onwards)

Publishing Terms

Announcements

Call for essays/Se reciben ensayos para publicar en Nov 2025, June & Nov 2026

2025-01-21

Convocatoria de ensayos (Open to all authors)

Se recepcionan ensayos todo el año.  Los siguientes plazos son aproximativos y proveen una idea del calendario de nuestro proceso editorial. Los artículos aceptados (después de revisiones) se publican en el siguiente número disponible en 2025 y años siguientes. 

**Authors must be professionals in the field (faculty, researchers, independent scholars, writers) who hold a Ph.D. (Doctorate) or an M.F.A. (Master of Fine Arts, a terminal degree). Exceptionally, REGS will consider submissions by ABDs (All But Dissertation), advanced Doctoral students/candidates who are in the last stages of writing their dissertation. REGS may require confirmation of ABD status.

Se solicitan ensayos, textos de creación o entrevistas originales (inglés, español) para posible consideración en próximo números misceláneos.  Solo se aceptan manuscritos inéditos y que no estén siendo considerados por ningún otro órgano para su publicación. Antes de someter un ensayo, debe registrarse como autor en el portal digital de  REGS  http://ojs.msupress.msu.edu/index.php/REGS/user/register 

 

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