iMex. México Interdisciplinario/Interdisciplinary Mexico

iMex. México Interdisciplinario/Interdisciplinary Mexico is an open-access academic journal devoted to Mexican studies (Mexikostudien). It was founded in 2011 and appears twice a year, publishing articles in Spanish and English. Its editorial focus is the interdisciplinary investigation of Mexico's cultural diversity, covering both historical and contemporary phenomena and the interrelations between them, and it also welcomes comparative research on Mexico's relations with the rest of the Americas, Europe and Oceania. The journal brings together a broad range of disciplines, including literary and cultural studies, history, communication studies, art history, media studies, philosophy, political science, law, sociolinguistics, sociology and economics. Each biannual issue is dedicated to a specific theme, and the individual contributions are intended to create a "polyphony of voices and opinions" that invites readers to reflect on that theme. The first issue, published in 2011 under the title "Violencia(s) en México", addressed the spiral of violence in the country's history and present. Subsequent dossiers have covered topics such as Chicano cinema, popular Mexican culture, the art of governing, myths and gender, glocal identities in contemporary Mexican theatre and performance, media and telecommunications, the U.S.-Mexico border, Octavio Paz and José Revueltas, nation and nationalism, business in Mexico, gender and sexuality, the Jewish experience in Mexico, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, spectral Mexico, transborder matters, corruption in 21st-century Mexico, criminal narrative between Mexico and Argentina, Mexico City as palimpsest, anti-fascist exile in Mexico, education in Mexico, Yucatán in literary discourse, and Mexican comics. Beyond its biannual thematic dossiers, iMex has introduced a continuous-publication format called "Artículos iMex" under the theme "México Interdisciplinario", which accepts manuscripts throughout the year. The journal also produces a podcast section, "Encuentros en Comala", created by Javier Ferrer Calle, featuring interviews with authors and readings on literature and culture. iMex is freely accessible online, which allows it to build a continuously growing virtual community and to disseminate research on Mexican culture, politics and economics quickly and worldwide, functioning as a platform for international scholarly exchange. The journal is edited by an international team. The editor-in-chief is Yasmin Temelli, and the editors are Vittoria Borsò (Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf), Guido Rings (Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge), Lizette Jacinto (Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla) and Hans Bouchard (Universität Siegen). The editorial team includes Javier Ferrer Calle, Bianca Morales García, Emiliano Garcilazo, Ana Cecilia Santos and Stephen Trinder. iMex is indexed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (DNB), among others.

iMex. México Interdisciplinario/Interdisciplinary Mexico was founded in 2011 as an interdisciplinary journal dedicated to Mexican studies. Its first issue, published in 2011 under the title 'Violencia(s) en México', highlighted the spiral of violence characterizing both Mexico's turbulent history and its contemporary situation. From the outset the journal was conceived as an open-access online publication appearing twice a year, with each issue devoted to a specific theme and publishing articles in Spanish and English, alongside reviews of new publications in the field. Over the following years iMex built a substantial catalogue of thematic dossiers. Early issues addressed Chicano cinema ('Cine Chicano / Identity and Otherness in Contemporary Chicano Cinema'), facets of Mexican popular culture ('pop.Mex'), the art of governing ('El Arte de Gobernar'), and myths and gender ('Mitos y Género'). Later dossiers expanded the journal's scope to glocal identities in contemporary Mexican theatre and performance, media, telecommunications and information technologies in contemporary Mexico, the U.S.-Mexico border (in two parts), Octavio Paz and José Revueltas, nation and nationalism, business in Mexico, gender and sexuality, the Jewish experience in Mexico, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, spectral Mexico, transborder literary and cultural circulations, U.S.-Mexican cinematic encounters, Mexico in the world, corruption in 21st-century Mexico, criminal narrative between Mexico and Argentina, Mexico City as palimpsest, anti-fascist exile in Mexico, education in Mexico, Spanish exiled women authors, Yucatán in literary discourse, transnational exile networks, and Mexican comics. To complement its biannual thematic dossiers, iMex introduced a continuous-publication format, 'Artículos iMex', under the overarching theme 'México Interdisciplinario'. This format accepts manuscripts throughout the year and facilitates submission at any point, with annual collections appearing from 2021 onward. The journal also added a podcast section, 'Encuentros en Comala', produced by Javier Ferrer Calle, offering interviews with authors and readings on literature and culture. The journal is edited by an international team. The editor-in-chief is Yasmin Temelli, and the editors are Vittoria Borsò (Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf), Guido Rings (Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge), Lizette Jacinto (Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla) and Hans Bouchard (Universität Siegen). The editorial team comprises Javier Ferrer Calle, Bianca Morales García, Emiliano Garcilazo, Ana Cecilia Santos and Stephen Trinder. iMex is indexed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (DNB), among other databases. Its open-access model is intended to build a continuously growing virtual community and to disseminate research on Mexican culture, politics and economics quickly and worldwide, creating a platform for international scholarly exchange.

• 2026

  Current issue XXIX, 'Gritos y susurros góticos en la literatura y el cine mexicanos' (2026/1), is published.

• 2021

  Launch of the continuous-publication format 'Artículos iMex' under the theme 'México Interdisciplinario', with annual collections from 2021.

• 2011

  iMex is founded; first issue published under the title 'Violencia(s) en México'.

• Publication of early thematic dossiers including 'Cine Chicano', 'pop.Mex', 'El Arte de Gobernar' and 'Mitos y Género'.

• Dossiers on the U.S.-Mexico border published in two parts ('Frontera Norte I' and 'Frontera Norte II').

• Launch of the podcast section 'Encuentros en Comala', produced by Javier Ferrer Calle.

An open-access, bilingual, interdisciplinary journal that networks Mexicanist research across disciplines and raises its visibility and academic impact, addressing scholars, students and a broader public interested in Mexican culture and society.

• Dosieres temáticos (biannual thematic dossiers)

  Biannual issues, each dedicated to a specific theme, with fixed topics and submission deadlines.

• Artículos iMex (continuous publication)

  Continuous publication of articles under the theme 'México Interdisciplinario', accepting manuscripts throughout the year.

• Encuentros en Comala (podcast)

  A podcast on literature and culture with interviews with authors and readings, produced by Javier Ferrer Calle.

• Book reviews

  Reviews of new publications in the field of Mexican studies.

1. 1iMex - iMex Revista (official homepage)imex-revista.com
2. 2Sobre iMex - iMex Revistaimex-revista.com
3. 3XXIX. Kristine Vanden Berghe – Notas sobre la conciencia gótica - iMex Revistaimex-revista.com
4. 4XXIX. Alejandro Soifer – Viviendo con los muertos: espacios de muerte y sobrevida - iMex Revistaimex-revista.com
5. 5iMex. México Interdisciplinario/Interdisciplinary Mexico - Wikidatawikidata.org
6. 6IMex. México Interdisciplinario / Interdisciplinary Mexico - Wikipedia (German)de.wikipedia.org