Zeteo, the open-access journal of the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies Program at the CUNY Graduate Center provides an interdisciplinary bridge between the study and reflection of writers and the concerns of Zeteo readers. Published biannually, Zeteo’s Spring 2012 issue is due out in mid April. By June we look to begin soliciting manuscripts for the fall.
Zeteo is always looking for writers who can connect what they are learning and exploring with the concerns — political, spiritual, psychological, philosophical — and the wonderings of intelligent, well-educated, reflective readers. We welcome a wide range of voices — from the work of independent scholars and writers; to exploratory pieces by established scholars and writers; to promising student work. We are most interested in essays, papers and reviews that take a generalist perspective and span more than one discipline, but we are also open to papers that advance scholarship in a given field. All submissions should extend an open hand to readers of all kinds, encouraging mutual interdisciplinary growth.
What’s in a name?
Zeteo is a transliteration of a Greek verb (ζητέω) used liberally in classical Greek philosophy as well as in the New Testament. The verb may be translated: to challenge, to question, to seek honestly, to dispute, to debate and pose alternative ideas and solutions. See, for example, Matthew 7:7:
Ask and it will be given to you; seek (zeteo) and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks (zeteo) finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
