Journal of American Studies of Turkey (JAST): 2026 Fall Issue: Science Fiction and the American Imagination.
Deadline for full-text submissions: 15 July 2026.
Edited by: Dr. Firuze Güzel
Publication presentation
The guest editor of this themed issue of the Journal of American Studies of Turkey seeks original, previously unpublished manuscripts that examine science fiction novels, short stories, collections, films, TV series, as well as games, comics, and graphic novels, within the American context. Aside from the keywords given below, interdisciplinary and comparative studies of SF literature and media alongside analyses by sub-genre, era, or author are also welcome to be included in this issue.
Topics may include, but are not limited to:
- Theoretical and Critical Discussions of the SF Genre
- Posthumanist, Transhumanist, Metahumanist, and Antihumanist Discourses
- Artificial Intelligence and Human-Machine Interactions
- Techno-Scientific Dystopias/Utopias
- Gender and Body Politics
- Representations of Race and Ethnicity
- Afrofuturism, Indigenous Futurisms, and Latinx Futurism
- Constructions of Religion and Belief Systems
- Philosophical Dimensions / Thought Experiments
- Moral and Ethical Quandaries
- Envisioning the Other: Robots, Aliens, Monsters, etc.
- Ideology, Politics, and Governmental Control
- Postapocalyptic Narrations and Precarity
- Cyberpunk and Its Offshoots
- Space Opera, Space as Frontier, and Space Colonization
- Climate Fiction and Environmental Concerns
- Space, Architecture, and Urbanism
- History as Future / Future as Present
Contact details
Correspondence should be directed to: Dr. Firuze Güzel, Guest Editor
firuzeguzel@yahoo.com iruze.guzel@ege.edu.tr
For general questions or problems about JAST, please contact Dr. Nisa Harika Güzel Köşker, Editor-in-Chief nkosker@ankara.edu.tr
(Posted 22 January 2026)
Alizés. Issue 47 (2027): Discursive Resistance in Contemporary Anglophone Literature and Public Discourse.
Deadline for contributions: 1 September 2026.
Edited by: Talal Hochard (University of Reunion Island) and Zuzana Fonioková (Masaryk University).
Publication presentation
Alizés is a peer-reviewed academic journal which specialises in Anglophone studies (literature, cultural and historical studies, linguistics and language pedagogy). Founded in 1991, it has been published online by Presses Universitaires Indianocéaniques (PUI) since 2023. This call for papers is for Issue 47, which is scheduled for publication at the end of 2027.
We use the term discursive resistance broadly to name the many ways in which literature and other narrative practices push back against hegemonic discourses and dominant cultural narratives that exploit these instabilities, establishing systems of constraint and justifying social inequalities. Works that manifest this quality may offer retellings of official histories that have systematically silenced dissenting and marginal voices. In the context of what has been called the “postsecular” condition, they may reactivate spiritual dimensions of society through ritual and neo-religious practices. They may challenge prevailing norms or cultural misrepresentation by foregrounding non-normativity and alterity, however these concepts are understood, especially in opposition to mainstream culture, homogeneity, and conformism. They may contest climate-sceptic discourses that cast doubt around environmental crisis. Finally, they may expose the constructedness of discourses that present themselves as transparent reports of fact, thereby destabilizing relations between speaker, text, and reader.
We are especially interested in works that engage the contemporary moment. While many of the questions raised here have a long history, the twenty-first century has reshaped them in ways that deserve specific attention. This is particularly important given our aim to investigate possible links between discursive resistance and the aforementioned recent developments. We invite submissions that critically engage with contemporary Anglophone writing across a wide range of genres and media: the novel, life writing, autofiction, poetry, drama, the essay, comics, narrative nonfiction, and hybrid forms. We also welcome work that proposes new theoretical frameworks for thinking about discursive resistance in the present.
Timeline (of the publication process)
- Abstract submission deadline (400 words) and short biographical notes (150 words): September 1, 2026
- Notification of acceptance: October 1, 2026
- Full draft papers submission: February 15, 2027
- Final papers submission: June 30, 2027
Website address:
https://alizes.univ-reunion.fr/510 
Contact details:
CFP
For further details, please check the original call inserted below.
Alizes. Final Draft(Posted 4 July 2026)
Overtones Ege Journal of English Studies. Vol. 6 (2027).
Deadline for contributions: 15 September 2026.
Publisher: Faculty of Letters, Ege University Press
Editor: Dr. Begüm Tuğlu Atamer, Department of English Language and Literature, Ege University
Publication presentation
Overtones Ege Journal of English Studies (E-ISSN 2822-3020) welcomes research articles and reviews related to all subjects in the field of English Language and Literature. The journal is an international, double-blind peer-reviewed journal which offers open access to all. The scope of the journal covers theoretical, critical and thematic contexts regarding English Studies, including English literature, linguistics, translation, cultural studies, and all other related subjects. Authors must submit their original research articles via Dergipark starting from July 1 until the deadline on September 15, annually.
Copyright (CC BY-NC 4.0 DEED Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International)
Website
Overtones Ege Journal of English Studies Home
Contact details
Department of English Language and Literature
Faculty of Letters
Ege University
Bornova, İzmir, Türkiye
35040
E-mail: overtonesege@gmail.com
CFP
For further details, please check the original call and stylesheet inserted below.
(Posted 4 July 2026)