We invite submissions for Witnessing Issue 3, which will be published in December 2027. We welcome articles, short essays, audio essays and creative non-fiction on the themes explored by the journal from scholars, researchers, theorists, artists, and activists.

Witnessing investigates the nexus of history, music, sound, memory, conflict, violence, culture, and the environment. Drawing on oral history, sound and trauma studies, the journal introduces new perspectives on the process of bearing witness, putting emphasis on the dialogical process it entails but also the responsibility of responding in ways that open a public debate. Exploring the intersection of politics, ethics, aesthetics, and history, the journal aims to cultivate a space for critical thinking and critical o/auralities. It encourages the engagement with sonic and auditory experiences, practices, and epistemologies with regard to the study of the past and present. In doing so, it aims to inform collective perceptions about listening, music, sound, violence, resistance, and marginalization, rupturing and transgressing the boundaries of national archives and archives of violence.

We are particularly interested in interdisciplinary and/or multidisciplinary approaches from a wide range of fields across the humanities, arts, and social sciences, including: history, musicology, ethnomusicology, social anthropology, philosophy, sound studies, gender studies, environmental studies, migration studies, postcolonial studies, critical theory, media and memory studies, art criticism, and artistic practices.

Please email your submission, an abstract (200 words) and a short biographical note (100 words) by Sunday, 31 May 2026, to witnessing[at]eie.gr

For more on submissions, see Submit.