Category: Publication opportunities

CFP Representing/Communicating the US in Local and Global Turmoil

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Call for chapters for Representing/Communicating the US in Local and Global Turmoil: From Wars to Contemporary Challenges. Deadline: 1 March 2024 (proposal only).

Editors: Mark Finney (Emory and Henry College) and Sudeshna Roy (Stephen F. Austin State University).

This book is among a slate of others being considered for adoption as a series by editors Victoria Ann Newsom (Olympic College) & Lara Lengel (Bowling Green State University) entitled Conflict, Culture, Communication from Lexington Books.

Premise

Views of the United States from a conflict standpoint can vary widely depending on the specific conflict, region, and the time period in question. Different countries and individuals may hold different perceptions of the US based on their own geopolitical interests, historical experiences, and cultural perspectives.

There are a wide range of communication subfields that interact with conflict and peace perceptions about the United States – intercultural communication, rhetoric, critical cultural communication, media studies, global communication and social change, philosophy, theory, and critique, etc. Similarly, scholars have identified different contexts within which the US conflict and peace perceptions unfold.

This book will be influenced by two important questions which have received less attention than they deserve: How do people, engaged in conflict with one another, come to understand their opponents and what roles do institutions, such as, media, international multilateral organizations, national ideological parties, etc., play in the formation and maintenance of beliefs about the others? This book takes the United States as its thematic center, and countries/communities with which the United States has conflict as the spokes. Each author in this volume will examine a contemporary or recent conflict involving the United States and, instead of centering representations in the United States, examine the representations of the United States – representations that cast the United States as the other. The editors believe that the scholarly questions and answers being developed in this book will make useful contributions to the development of knowledge about international conflict situations and conflict resolution, communications studies and international relations. Though designed for scholars, the chapters should be accessible by undergraduate and graduate level courses concerned with representation and conflict management.

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CFP Journal of Communication: Communication & Constitution: Exploring Classical & Emerging Topics Relationally

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Call for submissions: Journal of Communication Special issue: Communication and Constitution: Exploring Classical and Emerging Topics Relationally. Deadline: 1 November 2024.

Guest Editors: Mariaelena Bartesaghi (University of South Florida, USA), François Cooren (Université de Montréal, Canada), Jimmie Manning (University of Nevada, Reno, USA); Thomas Martine (Audencia Business School, France) and Cynthia Stohl (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA).

In his landmark 1999 article, Communication Theory as a Field, Robert T. Craig called for more dialogue between what he then identified as the seven traditions of communication (rhetoric, semiotics, phenomenology, cybernetic, socio-psychology, sociocultural theory and critical theory). This call was based on two principles: (1) the constitutive model of communication as a metamodel and (2) communication theory as metadiscourse. With his first principle, Craig invited us to acknowledge that each of these different traditions has its own way of thinking the world communicatively and that there is a real payoff in studying various phenomena as being communicatively constituted. With his second principle, he proposed that the communication discipline could be envisaged as a sort of metadiscourse, that is, a discourse about discourse by which we pursue the study of one of the most basic phenomena of our human condition: the act of communicating.

Almost 25 years later, this article can be said to have had a key influence on our field, as illustrated by the numerous research agendas that have implicitly or explicitly responded to Craig’s call. Consider for example, the Communication as Constitutive of Organization (CCO) approach, which positions communicative acts as the basic building blocks of organizational processes. There is also the constitutive approach to interpersonal and family communication studies, which shows that we co-create not only our relationships, but also our very selves in social interaction, as well as the communicative constitution of collective action, which demonstrates how online and offline political activities are first and foremost enacted through a logic of connective action.

All these approaches claim, in spite of their differences, that we should not only think of communication as something that happens in, say, organizations, families, or communities, but that these collectives should also be apprehended as constituted in communication. Each of these approaches indeed illustrates how thinking relationally about the world amounts to acknowledging that any being or phenomenon is literally made of/constituted by relations, a stance that obviously positions communication as the ideal discipline to address this type of ontological claim.

Against this background, this special issue of Communication Theory aims to address the following questions:

(1) What does a constitutive understanding of communication mean for the study of classical and emergent topics, as are identities, ecosystems, sustainability, technology, gender, ethnicity, organizations, relationships, coalitions, power, authority, creativity, discrimination, domination, disability, among others?

(2) How can a relational/constitutive perspective enable scholars to see empirical and theoretical linkages among the various subfields of communication. What do these linkages mean in practice?

(3) How are worlds communicatively constituted? That is, how is a phenomenon or even any state of being made of or constituted by communication?

(4) How might constitutive approaches place communication as a central action or activity by which topics/phenomena can be analyzed and explained?

(5) How can we make connections across theoretical traditions via embracing communication theory as a metadiscourse? And how might this shape how we think through our scholarship, especially in terms of theory/theorizing?

(6) How, in an increasingly globalized world, might scholars nurture and/or deconstruct the relations that constitute the various phenomena that we as communication scholars study?

If you’re interested in meeting the guest editors to discuss your submissions ideas, there is a Meet the Guest Editors online session on Wednesday, March 13 at 2:00pm (Eastern Time).

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CFP New Journal: Public Humanities

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Call for submissions: Public Humanities, to be published by Cambridge University Press starting in 2024. Deadline: ongoing.

Editors: Jeffrey Wilson (Harvard University) and Zoe Hope Bulaitis (University of Birmingham).

Public Humanities is an international open-access, cross-disciplinary, peer-reviewed journal at the intersection of humanities scholarship and public life. It is designed to be an open-access forum for research from around the world and across the disciplines, engaging with a wide range of issues, authors, and readers and demonstrating the breadth, depth, and value of the humanities in its varied contributions to public life.

The humanities study the things humans make—our art, writings, thoughts, religions, governments, histories, technologies, and societies—helping us understand who we are, what we do, how we do it, why, and with what consequences. Honouring the capacious diversity of the humanities, Public Humanities is open to all disciplines, geographies, periods, methodologies, authors, and audiences. The journal is a rendezvous for civically engaged humanities work from (though not limited to) the fields of Anthropology, Archaeology, Architecture, Classics, Cultural Studies, Disability Studies, Economics, Ethnic Studies, Gender Studies, Government, History, Law, Linguistics, Literary Studies, Performing Arts, Religious Studies, Philosophy, Postcolonial Studies, Queer Studies, Psychology, Sociology, Visual Arts, and Women’s Studies.

The journal ranges from historical examples of the humanities at work in the world to theoretical debates about the field today, from governmental policy related to the humanities to scholarly interventions in on-going social problems. Public Humanities creates space for scholars, students, activists, policy-makers, professionals, practitioners, and non-specialists to explore our habits and histories, our art and ideas, our language and beliefs, our pasts, presents, and futures. The journal invites authors and readers to share humanities knowledge, apply it to our societies’ most pressing issues as they arise, and demonstrate the value of the humanities in new and engaging ways.

Public Humanities publishes four themed issues per year curated by guest editors, plus a constant feed of rapid-response commentary. Published digitally to enable speedy delivery to readers and maximum flexibility for authors, articles range from individual of-the-moment responses to roundtable discussions and full-length papers. Through active and rigorous commissioning and peer-review processes, a diverse and committed editorial collective, and a world-leading publishing team, Public Humanities offers a platform for scholarly exchange and exciting new applications of excellent humanities research.

 

CFP Journal of Communication: Qualitative Theorizing and Methodological Advancements

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Call for submissions: Journal of Communication Special issue: Qualitative Theorizing and Methodological Advancements. Deadline: 15 July 2024.

Guest Editors: Kristina M. Scharp (Rutgers University, USA), Elizabeth A. Hintz (University of Connecticut, USA), and Sandra Vera Zambrano (Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico).

This special issue of the Journal of Communication aims to highlight the qualitative communication research that provides important insights into what communicating is like, how it happens, and the institutional and ideological forces enabling and constraining what is possible. Qualitative scholarship is an integral part of communication research as it provides the nuance to discern what results actually mean, the situated understanding to account for the complexities inherent in communication, and the context to inspire hypothesis testing. Despite its promise, qualitative communication research has also long been criticized for being “too descriptive” or for its inability to generate theoretical frameworks and heuristics meaningful beyond a single case or isolated social context. Yet, this misnomer, which emphasizes generalizability at the expense of nuance and context, ironically contributes to the homogeneity of communication research (see #CommunicationSoWhite; Chakravartty et al., 2018) and leads to stagnation. To develop as a discipline, we must be more inclusive of different ways of knowing that allow researchers to ask new questions and address different goals.

CFP Journal of Communication: Time in Communication Research and Theories

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Call for submissions: Journal of Communication Special issue: Time in Communication Research and Theories. Deadline: 15 March 2024.

Guest Editors: Tai-Quan “Winson” Peng (Michigan State University, USA) and Zheng Joyce Wang (Ohio State University, USA)

Communication research embraces a constant ebb and flow of emerging and changing technologies, phenomena, concepts, methods, and theories. Trends evolve, ideas emerge, and paradigms shift. Amidst this ever-changing landscape of research, one constant remains unwavering: time. Time shapes the way we conceptualize, examine, and understand the complexities of communication representations, structures, relations, changes, and processes.

This special issue aims to propel time into the forefront of communication research. The guest editors encourage scholars to transcend mere methodological considerations and to challenge prevailing conceptions of time in communication research, such as viewing time solely as a limited resource or a linear progression. They invite communication scholars to explicate, elaborate, or conceptualize this fundamental dimension of communication, to delve into its intricacies and complexities, to explore its multifaceted meanings, and to construct and advance communication theories. Submissions should place time at the core of their research, shifting it from a mere backdrop or a control variable to a primary focus in theorizing or modeling communication.

CFP Feminist Pedagogy: Pedagogies of Peace

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Call for submissions: Feminist Pedagogy Special Issue: Pedagogies of Peace: Witnessing, Dialogue, and Collective Healing. Deadline: 8 January 2024 abstract; 26 February 2024 full paper.

Special Issue Editor: Caitlin Marie Miles (Denison University, USA).

In the last 20-25 years, our social and political worlds have been marked by a saturation of ongoing political, state-sanctioned, and extrajudicial violence, made all the more visible and palpable by the 24hr news cycle, live streaming, and ubiquity of social networking platforms. The lingering traumas and resultant violences from 9/11, U.S. invasion of Iraq, police killing of unarmed black men and women, civil war in Syria and Yemen, famine in the horn of Africa, coup-attempts stretching across the globe, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, humanitarian crisis in Gaza and October 7th attacks, ethnic cleansing in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in addition to other forms of structural violence that increasingly make “life” untenable for many of our most vulnerable neighbors. While these conflicts of the last two decades are certainly bound up in a globally intertwined military-industrial complex, they each resonate with us, our students, our campuses, and classrooms in unique and contingent ways. Moreover, while contending with the traumas of witnessing and experiencing these violences, we must find ways to center peace, dialogue, and community-centered forms of catharsis so as not to perpetuate the normalcy and ontology of war.

With this in mind, this special issue invites critical commentaries (1,000-1,200 words) and teaching/classroom strategies (1,500 – 2,500 words), which may include topics such as:

  • Teaching about and discussing political violence such as police brutality, war, ethnic cleansing/genocide, terrorism, and other forms of violence in ways that consider intersecting identities and positionality

  • Witnessing as a means of trauma-informed pedagogy and community-building in the classroom

  • Approaches to cultivating safe and brave classroom spaces when critically analyzing of complex, intertwined, and politically controversial conflicts

  • Centering stories and narratives of empowerment, peace, arts, and culture of communities and places stereotyped as violent in mainstream discourses

  • Strategies for connecting urgent and pressing current events to our various course themes

  • Media-making, journaling, and other forms of creative expression that foster understanding, catharsis, and/or healing

  • The role of setting ground rules and obtaining consent in class discussions on political/politicized violence

  • Reflections on successes AND failures in teaching and discussing violent, potentially traumatic, and/or triggering topics

Also of interest are Media Reviews of educational resources and documentaries useful for teaching on these subjects (500-1,000 words). They ask that media criticism be constructive in nature and largely positive. Reviews should note the scope and purpose of the work and its usefulness to educators. They are particularly interested in reviews that detail ways to use the media as a teaching tool.

CFP Children and Youth as ‘Sites of Resistance’ in Armed Conflict

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Call for submissions: Children and Youth as ‘Sites of Resistance’ in Armed Conflict, to be edited by Tamanna Shah and published by Emerald. Deadline: 15 November 2023, abstract only.

During the chaos and devastation of armed conflict, children and youth often emerge as powerful agents of change and resilience. “Children and Youth as ‘Sites of Resistance’ in Armed Conflict” is a compelling exploration of their profound roles as active participants, often functioning as sites of resistance within the complex dynamics of warfare. This title delves deep into the lived experiences of children and youth in conflict zones, shedding light on their diverse forms of resistance, agency, and resilience. It transcends conventional narratives that portray them solely as victims, offering a fresh perspective on their capacities to challenge and transform their circumstances. This title will be a compilation of articles providing insights into the global dimensions of children and youth in armed conflict, drawing from case studies and experiences across regions and contexts. It highlights the interconnectedness of youth-led resistance movements and their impact on global discourse and policy.

It is crucial to examine how children and youth are catalysts for peace and justice in conflict and post-conflict settings. The book examines their contributions to reconciliation, community rebuilding, and efforts to address the root causes of conflict. The aim is to include intersections of age, gender, ethnicity, and socio-economic factors in the experiences of children and youth in conflict zones. Contributions from scholars at all career stages and from all parts of the globe are welcome.

CFP Comparative Law and Language Journal (Italy)

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Call for Papers for Comparative Law and Language Journal. Deadline: 4 November 2023, abstract only.

Online peer-reviewed academic journal Comparative Law and Language (CLL) is dedicated to giving scholars a forum to increase interest in and scientific debate on the relationship between law and language in and within various national and supranational legal systems from a comparative perspective. Due to the interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary nature of the journal, contributions from linguists and academics in any other relevant subject of the social sciences are also invited.

The fields of comparative law and language are intricately intertwined, and numerous studies have already concentrated on this vast area of study. In this regard, they encourage papers on micro and macro comparison studies, viewed via the prism of language, also considering the linguistic nature of the legal occurrences, as well as how language influences and shapes the society legal framework.

The current call for papers welcomes essays from both experienced academics in the field of the journal’s general theme as well as from younger researchers.

They are particularly interested in the following topics:

  • Comparative law; History and legal language; Language and legal rhetoric; Language and philosophy of law.
  • Legal language; Legal translation; Legal linguistics; Law and non-linguistic signs; Legal special vocabulary; Regulation of language use.
  • Language rights; Minority languages and the law; Regulation of linguistic diversity and linguistic minorities.
  • Bilingual and multilingual legal systems; Language and legal interpretation; Vagueness in language and in law; Language legislative drafting; Language and drafting of contracts; Multilingual legal drafting; Multilingualism practices in the courtroom.
  • Environmental law and the transition to sustainability in comparative and linguistic perspective.
  • AI, language, and legal comparison; Natural language and artificial language.

The languages accepted are English, Italian, French, German, Spanish, and those accessible to Editorial Board members.

 

CFP Journal of Transdisciplinary Peace Praxis (2023)

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Call for Papers for the 11th issue of Journal of Transdisciplinary Peace Praxis. Deadline: 30 September 2023 for abstract; 15 December 2023 for full paper. 

The Journal of Transdisciplinary Peace Praxis is now accepting submissions for the Eleventh Issue (Vol. 6, No. 1) and welcomes R&R content, book reviews, and articles related to peace and human flourishing. Articles and reflective pieces that clearly embrace transdisciplinary methodology and embrace under-addressed concepts and neglected world regions will be privileged by the editorial team.

CFP Diversifying the Space of Podcasting

“PublicationCFP Diversifying the Space of Podcasting. Deadline for abstracts: 1 October 2023.

Book Editors: Tegan Bratcher and Alexis Romero Walker.

The editors invite submissions of abstracts for chapters to be included in an edited volume of Diversifying the Space of Podcasting. The book proposal, currently under review (with enthusiasm), is tentatively scheduled for a Fall 2024 publication.

Podcast studies is a growing field both within academia and in practice. As the media platform continues to gain momentum and popularity every year, scholars have been road mapping and exploring the podcasting landscape from a variety of perspectives. As research on the medium continues to be published, it is necessary to illuminate the diverse spaces that podcasts embody and create.

A survey of the scholarly attention on podcasts nearly a decade ago exclaimed that the medium received little to no attention within media and communication studies (Bottomley, 2015); and while that has certainly changed in the last 8 years, the racial, cultural and identity-based perspectives from which we understand podcasts remain limited. Like many other concepts that tend to be studied, podcast studies have been entrenched in whiteness and heteronormativity utilizing case studies from mainstream media like The New York Times or NPR to express the significance of the space and estranging projects that center Blackness, queerness, feminist, LatinX and countless other identities to be considered subfields of the discipline.

The editors believe that a wide range of diverse voices is essential to amplify the diversity within podcasting, and it is essential to ensuring that many voices are being heard. Thus, they want to hear from people with a variety of backgrounds and interests: academics, researchers, activists, and/or creators. The goal is for the volume to be intersectional, and to discuss the ways in which podcasting has had an impact both on a variety of identities and within various fields. They are aiming for a total of 8-12 short chapters (5,000-8,000 words), each focusing on diverse topics within the field. This approach allows for a greater array of intersectional representation.

The deadline for submission of abstracts is October 1st, 2023. Authors of selected chapters will be notified by November 1st, 2023. If selected, a complete 5,000 – 8,000 word draft of the chapter will be due April 1st, 2024.

Potential contributors are welcome to contact the editors for more information or questions at: Tegan Bratcher, or Alexis Romero Walker.