film and television

In contemporary media and pop culture, the intersection of fatness, queerness, and neurodivergent signifies a crucial but inadequately researched domain of identity and representation. The representation of marginalised identities is becoming increasingly significant as cultural spaces continue to impact social norms and impact perspectives. Media and popular culture have the ability to either reinforce stereotypes or contest the status quo by emphasising varied, nuanced narratives. The comprehension of the intersections between neurodivergent, queer, and fat identities offers valuable insight into the lived experiences of numerous individuals, thereby promoting inclusivity and empathy in a society that frequently marginalises diversity.

Screen Bodies invites submissions to be considered for a forthcoming general issue. We are particularly interested in research on:

• The Monstrous-Feminine and Feminist New Wave Cinema

• Trans Cinema

• Queer Noir

• Textiles, fiber arts, weaving screens  

• Films of Kelly Reichardt

• New French Extremity

• Art of the AIDS Crisis 

• The Politics of Gaming

• Health Humanities

• Science and Technology Studies (STS) 

We also welcome exhibition reviews (1k-5k words). 

Special Issue Call for Papers Bandung: Journal of the Global South Brutalism, Remaindered Life and World-making in the Precarious Global South: Representations in Fiction and Film

Objective

This special issue focuses on the critical practices that give rise to the notion of ‘brutalism’ and ‘remaindered life’ in the global South. Tied centrally to the militarized nature of neoliberalism, the concept of brutalism and remaindered life will be analyzed to understand how the divisive nature of neoliberalism is not only exploitative but aims to retain, even heighten the cultural supremacy, economic superstructure, and political power of the global North.

Call for Papers:

The Turn to Podcasts as a Mass Campaign Medium
Special Issue of The Journal of Radio and Audio Media
Dr. Arthur D. Soto-Vásquez, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Prof. Kim Fox, American University in Cairo

Dr. Aram Sinnreich, American University

The Journal of Radio and Audio Media (JRAM), the world’s premier radio research journal, is published semi-annually by the Broadcast Education Association. JRAM is dedicated to radio research and the new technology redefining radio’s traditional use.

Volume to be Published in December of 2025

The Journal of Anime and Manga Studies (JAMS) is excited to announce the call for papers  for our sixth volume, to be published December 2025.

The Journal of Anime and Manga Studies is a double-blind peer reviewed, open-access journal published by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. JAMS is dedicated to publishing scholarly works concerning anime, manga, cosplay, and the fandoms related to them. As an open-access journal, JAMS aims to reach an audience of scholars both inside and outside the academe, encouraging public engagement through the digital humanities.

4th EDITION THEME: Do Films Lie?

"Film is 24 lies per second at the service of truth, or at the service of the attempt to find the truth."
Michael Haneke

Cinema exists within the narrative frame that the director or writer chooses. How closely that reflects reality is entirely arbitrary. Yet it is undeniable that like all art, film plays a fundamental role in shaping the way we think about politics, culture, identity, and social norms.

Despite its status as one of cinema’s most enduring and popular genres, complete with a rich history of narrative tropes, aesthetic conventions and character types, the sports film is more frequently analysed as a vehicle for the on-screen representation of sport than a distinct film genre. The representation of sport may be an identifying feature of the sports film, but in the way that horses are an identifying feature of westerns: a key part, to be sure, but film criticism would be much poorer if it elided the complexity of John Wayne’s performance in The Searchers to focus on the horse he rode. We seek abstracts for an edited collection reflecting the depth and breadth of the sports film as genre.

Keynote speaker: Diana Flores Ruíz (Assistant Professor of Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Washington)

Keynote roundtable: Moderated by Bishnupriya Ghosh (Professor of English and Global Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara); other roundtable participants from UCSB to be announced

Dates: March. 7-8, 2025

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CFP: MEDIA REVIEWERS and SCHOLARLY ARTICLES – MIDDLE WEST REVIEW

Middle West Review (MWR) is a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal that examines the American Midwest. The journal is published biannually by the University of Nebraska Press.

MWR is seeking scholars to review media texts that engage with midwestern identity, history, and/or culture. From popular films and television series to online exhibitions and digital archives, MWR spotlights Midwest-oriented media texts in each issue.

CALL FOR PAPERS

 5th INTERNATIONAL ONLINE CONFERENCE

Media in America, America in Media

27-28 March 2025

Rhetoric of the Borders 

Keynote speakers: Dr Shellie McMurdo (University of Hertfordshire) and Prof Louise Peacock (De Montfort University)

Theorizing Zombiism IV: Fast Zombie/SLO Zombie

 DEADLINE EXTENSION

California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly)

Department of English

San Luis Obispo (SLO)

California

Provisional Date: 18-19 July, 2025

  Making Visible: Disability Representations in Popular Culture

  Department of Englishi n collaboration with IQAC

  Gargi College, University of Delhi 

  21-22 February,  2025

Conference in Hybrid Mode for participants residing outside Delhi 

Registration link for Abstracts/  Fees for Successful Applicants/ Participants:

 https://forms.gle/aCXeZ4SErSJC7r9v7

Femspec seeks both scholarly and creative submissions for its upcoming Issue 25.1

Femspec is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed feminist academic journal dedicated to science fiction, fantasy, magical realism, surrealism, myth, folklore, and other supernatural genres.  Femspec publishes both academic scholarship and creative writing.

Creative writing submissions could include short fiction, poetry, or experimental forms.

To submit work for consideration, please review Femspec’s submission guidelines at the following link: SUBMISSION GUIDELINES | Femspec