In his 2022 book, Elusive Kinship: Disability and Human Rights in Postcolonial Literature,
Christopher Krentz writes that “while disabled people everywhere have dealt with barriers to
making their views known, those in the Global South, who are usually people of color, have long
been largely unheard, despite numbering more than half a billion people . . . Such invisibility
underscores how disabled people and those close to them in the Global South have commonly been
afterthoughts, deemed unimportant and disposable” (Krentz 2). While the Global South is Krentz’s
focus, we also acknowledge these issues in minority and indigenous communities globally.
Whether from situations of poverty, lack of medical access, environmental disasters, racism, sexism,
or war, bodies that are disabled are locations of political contention within societies worldwide.
Nirmala Erevelles writes that “In contexts where subsistence itself is a struggle, third world
disabled people . . . face the social, political, and economic implications of being invisible”
(Disability 133). Bearing in mind these issues that surround disability studies across postcolonial
and decolonial disciplines, we seek papers that speak to these questions and more: How are people
living with disabilities seen or not seen in cultures across the globe? Are they hidden or present?
Validated or invalidated? How are human rights, social justice, liminal spaces, Self/Other, and
more considered in disability studies from a postcolonial/decolonial perspective?
Original contributions should be between 700 and 1,200 words and should be fully referenced using
Harvard Referencing Style. Please also send a 100-word biographical statement.
We are also looking for book reviews in relation to any books in the field of postcolonial studies
which were published within the last 5/6 years. Reviews should be between 500 and 1,000 words
and should be fully referenced using Harvard Referencing Style.

Additionally, reports from Postcolonial Studies conferences are welcome. 
The deadline for submissions is Febuary 15, 2026.
Please submit your contribution via email to the PSA Newsletter editorial team: Francesca Mussi
franci.mussi86@gmail.com and Jennifer Gray jgray@tntech.edu. If you have any questions please
don’t hesitate to get in touch with either Francesca or Jennifer.