Arhivele Totalitarismului/Totalitarianism Archives is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the National Institute for the Study of Totalitarianism of the Romanian Academy, DOI indexed, and available in CEEOL, EBSCO, and Index Copernicus databases.

Arhivele Totalitarismului/Totalitarianism Archives is classified as a B journal by CNCS.

We are currently calling for papers for volumes no. 1-2, and 3-4 to be published in 2025. Senior scholars, researchers, PhD students and postdoctoral students are strongly encouraged to submit papers on one of the following topics:

Specific topics:

1940 – The Consequences of the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact. The dissolution of Greater Romania. The territorial and political reshaping of Central-Eastern Europe.
March 6, 1945. 80 Years since the establishment of the government led by Petru Groza. Internal and international context.
80 Years since the end of World War II. Romania, the Great Powers, and the shift in the international balance of power.
1965 – From Gheorghiu-Dej to Nicolae Ceaușescu. Continuity and break in Romanian domestic and foreign policy.
1975 – CSCE. The Helsinki Final Act and its Impact on the Struggle for Human Rights.

General topics:

European right-wing: Nazism; Italian fascism; Authoritarian regimes.
The Comintern and Communist Parties in Europe.
Stalin's Great Terror.
Political, economic, social, and cultural evolutions in the Soviet bloc after World War II.
International relations: Western Communist Parties and the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
East-West relations during the Cold War.
The Communist Bloc, Global South and Third World Countries during the Cold War.
Opposition to totalitarianism: From resistance to dissent (types of opposition, ways of expressing alternative views, parallel cultures).
Ideology, propaganda, political parties and organizations: The totalitarian experience in the 20th century.

The papers may be submitted in ROMANIAN, ENGLISH, FRENCH.

The contributors are asked to send the FINAL DRAFTS and a short narrative cv, and ORCID ID until April 15, 2025, at the following addresses ana.catanus@gmail.com, secretariat@totalitarism.ro.

We are kindly asking the authors to respect the following length and editing suggestions:
Studies: maximum 40 000 characters, no spaces/ approximate 20 standard pages. The title of the submitted article should be descriptive, concise and must indicate the chronological limits. The studies must contain subtitles, an introduction presenting
the stage of knowledge of the subject, the novelty of the research, the analysis of the subject, and a chapter of conclusions.
Documents: maximum 40 000 characters, no spaces/ approximate 20 standard pages. The texts published under this chapter must consist of the following elements: 2-4 pages of introduction and the documents must be accompanied by titles, the archival source and illustrations.
Biographies: maximum 10 000 characters, no spaces/ approximates 5 standard pages. Biographies do not have footnotes, but at the end of the text the authors are asked to attach a selective bibliography of the sources. "Totalitarianism Archives" encourages the authors to submit along with the biography a photo of the person whose biography is being submitted.
Book Reviews: maximum 10 000 characters, no spaces/ approximate 5 standard pages.
Formatting: 12, Times New Roman, 1,5 spacing.

For editing guidelines, please refer to:
https://totalitarism.ro/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AT_Editing_guidelines_en.pdf

The submitted papers are to be subjected to the peer-review process. The authors will be notified regarding the decision of publication until June 1, 2025. The authors selected for publication in the journal will receive a publication ethics declaration form for signing.