Founded in 2004, Nebula disrupted academic publishing by leveraging the capabilities of the digital age.
The journal introduced a rapid peer-review-to-publication process, an agile house-style that suited multiple disciplines, and the capacity to produce global content from across the humanities and social sciences.
Nebula's articles frequently appear in university course readers worldwide, are republished in online or print collections, and are archived in research databases for perpetuity.
Issues
All issues of Nebula are available here as downloadable PDFs. The journal published from 2004 to 2011 across eight volumes.
2011 · Volume 8
2010 · Volume 7
2009 · Volume 6
2008 · Volume 5
2007 · Volume 4
2006 · Volume 3
2005 · Volume 2
2004 · Volume 1
About the Journal
Nebula was an open-access, peer-reviewed journal publishing original scholarship across the humanities and social sciences. It operated from 2004 to 2011, producing seven volumes and reaching readers at universities across six continents.
The journal was notable for its genuinely international editorial board, its commitment to rapid publication, and its house style flexible enough to accommodate scholarship from literary studies, history, cultural theory, postcolonial studies, gender studies, and beyond.
Two companion publications were produced under the Nebula umbrella:
- African Nebula (ISSN 1837-7963) — the official peer-reviewed journal of the College of Humanities and Culture, Osun State University (2010–2014)
- nebu[lab] (ISSN 1838-1472) — an experimental companion publication
This site serves as the permanent archive of all Nebula publications.
Who We Are
Nebula's editorial and advisory boards were established in 2005. They were comprised of 28 accomplished scholars from all around the world.
The Nebula Editorial Board
- Dr. Samar Habib Editor in Chief · Australia
- Dr. Joseph Benjamin Afful University of Cape Coast, Ghana
- Dr. Senayon S. Alaoluw University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
- Dr. Samirah Alkasim Independent Scholar, Egypt
- Dr. Rebecca Beirne The University of Newcastle, Australia
- Dr. Nejmeh Khalil-Habib The University of Sydney, Australia
- Dr. Isaac Kamola Dartmouth College, U.S.A.
- Garnet Kindervater The University of Minnesota, U.S.A.
- Dr. Olukoya Ogen Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria
- Dr. Paul Ayodele Osifodunrin University of Lagos, Nigeria
- Dr. Babak Rahimi University of California, San Diego, U.S.A.
- Dr. Michael Angelo Tata City University of New York, U.S.A.
The Nebula Advisory Board
- Dr. Serena Anderlini-D'Onofrio The University of Puerto Rico
- Dr. Paul Allatson The University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
- Dr. Benjamin Carson Bridgewater State College, U.S.A.
- Dr. Murat Cemrek Selcuk University, Turkey
- Dr. Melissa Hardie The University of Sydney, Australia
- Dr. Samvel Jeshmaridian The City University of New York, U.S.A.
- Dr. Christopher Kelen The University of Macao, China
- Dr. Kate Lilley The University of Sydney, Australia
- Dr. Karmen MacKendrick Le Moyne College of New York, U.S.A.
- Dr. Tracy Biga MacLean Academic Director, Claremont Colleges, U.S.A.
- Dr. Wayne Pickard A very independent scholar, Australia
- Dr. Ruying Qi The University of Western Sydney, Australia
- Dr. Ruben Safrastyan Armenian National Academy of Sciences, Armenia
- Dr. Alberto Sandoval Mount Holyoke College, U.S.A.
- Dr. Judith Snodgrass The University of Western Sydney, Australia
- Dr. Helga Tawil-Souri New York University, U.S.A.