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Sunday, January 7, 2024

Call For Papers: Special Issue – #Queerness as Strength- Journal- University of Warwick

The marginalisation of LGBTIQA+ people remains a purposeful act of successive governments, institutions and individuals. The outcome has been poorer health outcomes, limited political participation, higher incarceration rates, and increased inequality and violence globally.

However, amidst this crisis LGBTIQA+ people have also created and maintained ways and means of survival. While being forced to the margins and away from the centre, queer theories and practices have emerged that challenge not only our own marginalisation but also consistently queery and question why human life is how it is. Whether surviving epidemics, persisting for equality in the law, or resisting assimilation, the power of LGBTIQA+ people is rarely collected in and across higher education disciplines. And, although often erased, a rich and vibrant life lives on in zines, the arts, the development of technologies and medicines, and in the pursuit of joy so each generation lives a life better than the one preceding it. Truly, queerness is a strength of which many should be enviable, and it deserves to be in the highest echelons of knowledge as any other discipline or practice.

This special issue aims to collect experiences, thoughts and approaches that apply queerness as a strength across any and all disciplines of practice. Ultimately, this issue aims to offer answers to the question, ‘how can the power of queers benefit wider society?’ From medicine to mathematics, to community organising and pedagogies, through to technologies and the arts, queer strengths have always improved how people live, work, connect and persist.

Paper themes may include, but are not limited to:

Queer informed improvements to methods and methodologies
Queer approaches to strengthen data collection and analysis
The application of queer perspectives and experiences into and across disciplines traditionally void of queer strengths
Commentary and ethnographies on lived/living experience of the queer researcher/practitioner/student
Experiences written from global majority country citizens
Indigenous and First Peoples perspectives
Perspectives of those who live or practice an intersectional queer experience
In/Justice in research, education and/or other institutions
Survival, pain, trauma, rejection and/or loss

To further the discourse and propagate related knowledge Monash University has partnered with the University of Warwick’s interdisciplinary open-access journal Exchanges (exchanges.warwick.ac.uk) to produce a special issue based around these themes. The issue, anticipated for publication in 2025, aims to contain a range of papers from scholars around the globe.

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Expressions of Interest

Therefore, we invite initial expressions of interest for articles related to these themes. Expressions should contain the following information:Proposed paper title & anticipated format[1]

An outline abstract (50-200 words)

4-6 topic keywords or phrases

Contributors’ names, email addresses & associated institutions

An optional expression of interest form may be downloaded on the journal site.

All submissions of expressions of interest should be sent to Exchanges’ Editor-in-Chief (Dr Gareth J Johnson) (exchangesjournal@warwick.ac.uk) no later than Friday 1st March 2024.

Manuscript Submissions

Following the deadline, we will contact all successful authors with further information on manuscript submissions, including the final deadline, currently anticipated to be Friday 31st May 2024. All submissions should be made via Exchanges’ online submission portal.

Format Guidance

Papers for the special issue may be submitted under any of Exchanges’ article formats which include both peer-reviewed and editorially reviewed articles. Authors are strongly encouraged to review our author guidance relating to formats and their requirements before submitting their expression of interest. A formatted template is available to help authors in shaping their manuscript. Additionally, authors may find reviewing Exchanges’ policies on authorship, rights retention and conduct ahead of their submission useful:

Author Guidance: exchanges.warwick.ac.uk/index.php/exchanges/guidance

Journal Policies: exchanges.warwick.ac.uk/index.php/exchanges/journal-policies

Contact & Further Information

For more information, advice or any questions, please visit our website. Alternatively contact the Editor-in-Chief or special issue lead (Jacob Thomas). We look forward to reading your submissions.

Editor-in-Chief exchangesjournal@warwick.ac.uk

Special Issue Lead jacob.thomas@monash.edu

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Endnotes

[1] For format guidance see: https://exchanges.warwick.ac.uk/index.php/exchanges/guidance#formats

[2] Editorial review includes an initial scoping consideration by the Chief Editor, to ensure general suitability for the issue, along with a later revision dialogue with the author.

https://exchanges.warwick.ac.uk/i

exchangesjournal@warwick.ac.uk

Saturday, January 6, 2024

Call for Articles - Shaw and Ireland- SHAW: The Journal of Bernard Shaw Studies

SHAW 46.1 (June 2026): SHAW AND IRELAND

In an “interview” in The Evening Sun, 9 December 1911, Bernard Shaw remarked that Ireland “ . . . is producing serious men — not merely Irishmen, you understand, for an Irishman is only a parochial man after all, but men in the fullest international as well as the national sense — the wide human sense.” Bernard Shaw considered himself one of those same “international Irishmen,” though his native identity and strong connection to his homeland was often overshadowed by his international outlook. Moreover, Shaw’s opposition to violence and abhorrence of nationalism often put him at odds with those fighting for Irish Independence. While Shaw frequently used the world stage to comment on Ireland and the Irish, many of his peers and critics have misinterpreted Shaw’s global views and tongue-in-cheek satiric mode as an indication that he was anti-Ireland or at least, indifferent to his homeland and his birthright. Thankfully, Bernard Shaw’s Irish identity has been firmly re-established in the last fifteen years both in the field of Shaw Studies and Irish Revivalist Studies. Peter Gahan’s Bernard Shaw and the Irish Literary Tradition (2010) and Audrey McNamara’s Bernard Shaw: Reimagining Women and Ireland 1892–1914 (2023) bookend more than a decade’s long campaign to restore Shaw to his rightful place within the Irish Dramatic Canon. As is the case with Shaw, though, there is always more to say on the subject. This special issue will celebrate Shaw’s relationship to Ireland and his Irish identity through his marked international perspective. We welcome articles on any aspect of Shaw’s international perspective, especially those which speak to his interest in identity, gender, feminism, socialism, nationalism, and internationalism. Please submit essays by 1 March 2025. Inquiries and proposals should be directed to guest co-editors Audrey McNamara bernardshawindublin@gmail.com and Justine Zapin justine.zapin@gmail.com.

SHAW: The Journal of Bernard Shaw Studies is the official publication of the International Shaw Society, which seeks to “provide a means for those interested in the life, times, works, and career of Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw and his circle to organize their activities and interests, exchange information and ideas, and promote an interest in Shaw worldwide.”

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contact email:

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Call for Paper Queer Intersectionalities: Understanding South Asia- Publisher: Routledge , Edited by Nizara Hazarika & Namrata Pathak

Critical essays are invited for a book on queer representations in literature from South Asian countries. The local and allied global developments in queer literature in the regions and subregions of South Asia encompass diverse themes which bring to the fore the intricacies of political activism and demand for rights and policies cutting across myriad socio-cultural forums and settings. Emphasizing on how local, 'situated' and specialized knowledge is produced and how they impact operations of power in multi layered South Asian societies, the proposed book would throw light on shared and shifting conversations on/of queer communities across diverse disciplines, fields of knowledge and areas.

The present volume that falls under the series, “South Asian Literature in Focus” would be a compilation of critical essays by scholars, academics, activists, writers, and artists aiming to foreground a whole spectrum of queer experiences in the South Asian regions and subregions notwithstanding the special emphasis on specificities and particularities that such a mode of enquiry demands. The book would be discussing the experiential realities of queer population, the spatial transgressions and transformations within, across and beyond the spaces and terrains in South Asia, both concrete and abstract, by discussing the potential of subversive forces at the heart of same-sex/trans and myriad affiliations of varied kinds. The documentation of queer urban spaces, and the allied disruptions of the 'paradigmatic' in the everyday narratives is one of the significant aspects of the book. Also, a few essays will spin a weave of interesting classroom experiences, the practice of teaching a queer text, its absorption and reception at both the individual and collective level. Partly, the book would try to capture the intricacies of such 'pedagogical wars', and what actually goes into the process of queering academia, what form of knowledge is excluded, rejected and discarded in the process and why. Moreover, a few essays would be discussing the new emergences in the digital turn by putting the queer experience in the intersections of fluid, virtual identities, cyber culture and robotics. Also, there would also be a segment on the ecocritical offshoot of queer studies in the wake of anthropocene and certain overlapping environmental concerns and green-earth theories. Again, a part of the book would also focus on the effect of trauma, discrimination and rejection of the queers in general and the disabled LGBTQA++ people in particular, and also the need to create a shared and sustainable space based on equality and equity. The intention here is to unlayer the complex dynamics behind care and sustenance of the queer disabled in the context of daily stigmatization. Queer and popular culture would be another vital segment of the book which aims to throw light on the current aspects of queerness as evidenced in popular cinema, performance art and music. Some of the sub-themes that the volume seeks to explore are:

Queer Emergences in South Asia: Queer Writing, Queer Politics
Intersectionalities and Queer Identity in South Asia
Forging Queer Spaces: Marginality, Liminality, Transgression and the Production of Spaces
Representation and Performativities of Queerness in South Asian Literature and Culture: the Visual and the Digital Turn
Queer Literature and Activism in South Asia
Queer Ecology and Environmentalism
Bodies Without Borders: Mapping Queer Desire
Academia and Queerness: The Pedagogical Wars
Queer Disability Studies

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Interested scholars may send in 200-250 words abstracts with a title and a brief bio note to queerintersectionality@gmail.com on or before 31st March, 2024.

CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTERS Title: Advancements in #Language #Learning and #Teaching through #Artificial Intelligence #Tools

Language education is undergoing a paradigm shift driven by the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools. The proposed edited volume, titled "Advancements in Language Learning and Teaching through Artificial Intelligence Tools," aims to explore AI's transformative impact on language education comprehensively. This book seeks to serve as a repository of cutting-edge research, innovative methodologies, and best practices at the intersection of language learning and AI technology.

The scope of this volume encompasses a wide array of themes within the context of language education, including but not limited to AI-enhanced language learning platforms, Natural Language Processing (NLP) applications, virtual and augmented reality in language teaching, adaptive learning systems, conversational agents and chatbots, gamification strategies, AI-driven assessment tools, and ethical considerations in the use of AI for language instruction.

The book aims to provide a holistic view of the field's current landscape and future possibilities by encompassing diverse perspectives and topics.

Contributors are encouraged to delve into the practical applications of AI in language education, exploring both successes and challenges. We envision a compilation that showcases theoretical frameworks and offers tangible insights into how educators and
researchers navigate the integration of AI tools into language classrooms.

The objective is to bridge the gap between theoretical discussions and real-world implementations, fostering a dialogue that informs and shapes the future of language learning.

TOPICS OF INTEREST BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
1. AI-enhanced language learning platforms
2. Natural Language Processing (NLP) applications in language teaching
3. Virtual and augmented reality in language education
4. Adaptive learning systems for personalized language instruction
5. Chatbots and conversational agents in language learning
6. Gamification and AI for language acquisition
7. Assessment and evaluation tools using AI in language education
8. Ethical considerations in AI-based language teaching

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
• Prospective authors can submit a 500-word abstract outlining their proposed chapter with a short bio note in 50 words.
• Abstracts should clearly state the chapter's objectives, methodology, and expected contributions. Provide five relevant keywords.
• Submissions should be sent to sourabh1712@gmail.com by [January 20, 2024].

REVIEW PROCESS:
• Submitted abstracts will undergo a double-blind peer review process.
• Plagiarism should be less than 7 percent.
• Notification of acceptance/rejection will be sent by [January 27, 2024].
• The book will be published by reputed international publisher with ISBN.
• Print Book will be available for purchase on Amazon and Flipkart.
• Publication Fees
• Indian Students and Research Scholars: INR 700 only
• Foreign Students and Research Scholars: USD 15 only
• Indian Educators: INR 1000
• Foreign Educators: USD 20 only
PUBLICATION SCHEDULE AND GUIDELINES:
• Full chapters (3500-6000 words) from accepted abstracts in APA 7th Edition due by [February 10, 2024].
• Use Times New Roman Font size 12 for text, Title: Font size 14, Line spacing: 1.5, Justified.
• The anticipated publication date for the book is [February 25, 2024].

EDITORS:
Sourabh Kumar, Assistant Professor, Centre for Languages and Communication, SGT
University, Gurugram, India
Dr Vineet Kumar, Assistant Professor, Centre for Languages and Communication, SGT
University, Gurugram, India
CONTACT INFORMATION: sourabh1712@gmail.com for inquiries and submissions.

Call For Publications: Terms of Engagement: Social Formations, Resistances and the Nation in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century India . Ed. Utsa Ray & Samarpita Mitra

In this volume of essays we are inviting articles from young scholars whose research explores myriad possibilities of ‘writing social history’ from fresh theoretical perspectives and using innovative archival resources. We propose to include essays that look at quotidian rituals of law making, morality, and discipline through various possibilities; the subversive practices implicit in oral comic stories how the colonial state tried to impose order on market spaces where the colonizer and the colonized met in their day-to-day encounters. The purpose of this volume is not to offer a wholly new / revisionist approach to social history. Rather, drawing from the rich inheritance of South Asia’s historiographic traditions, we will collate essays that will delineate the histories of things, spaces, ideas and representations, weaving together their materiality and discursivities. The ‘social’ in ‘social history’, we propose can never be adequately addressed by retaining the earlier dualisms between the ‘social’ and the ‘economic’ or the ‘social’ and the ‘political’. Rather,the ‘political’ and the ‘economic’ are both intrinsic to the material world, the quotidian lives of collectives as well as to the operation of power. In a way therefore, this volume will attempt to bring together apparently disparate essays to foreground a complex web of interrelatedness that constitute the totality called the ‘social’. The ‘social’ here is then a site of historical change where earlier formations of power, ideas, agencies, identities and so on interact to produce new ones.