About the Journal

The Journal of Black Opera and Music Theatre is the official journal of the Black Opera Research Network (BORN). We welcome submissions on opera and other forms of music theatre that center Blackness as a subject, methodology, identity construction, and/or critical lens and engage critically with multinational perspectives and identities.

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Journal of Black Opera and Music Theatre (JBOM) is the official journal of the Black Opera Research Network (BORN). We welcome submissions on opera and other forms of music theatre that center Blackness as a subject, methodology, identity construction, and/or critical lens and engage critically with multinational perspectives and identities. Our perspective is global, transnational, and committed to engaging with contested definitions of Blackness. We understand opera and music theatre to be capacious terms and welcome submissions that challenge the putative boundaries of genre.

The Journal will be published once a year. It is open access and follows a double peer-review process.

JBOM publishes a wide variety of articles in each issue, promoting a multitude of perspectives. The individual contributions reflect solely the views of the respective authors, and not those of the editors or other authors in the same volume.

Open to all authors:

Journal of Black Opera and Music Theatre is committed to openness and inclusivity in scholarly publishing without author-facing charges for reading or publishing. We welcome submissions from all authors, regardless of their institutional affiliation, geographical location, or academic status. Submissions only must align with the aims and scope of the journal and meet the required quality standards once the reviewing process is completed.