The International Scholar Journal of Arts and Social Science Research (ISJASSR) invites scholars, researchers, and academicians to submit their original research papers for a special issue focusing on Current Topical Issues in English Language and Literary Studies.

Journal Background

Established seven years ago, the International Scholar Journal of Arts and Social Science Research is a respected publication that is widely indexed in recognized databases. The journal is committed to promoting excellence in research and scholarship in the fields of arts and social sciences.

Special Issue Focus

Note: The Journal of Global South Studies (University of Florida Press) has shown interest in publishing this special issue

Concept Note

This volume will explore the outsized influence of community discourses on how games are experienced. Cultures and discourses surrounding games significantly impact player experiences. Salen and Zimmerman (2004) describe open cultural contexts where "the exchange of meaning between a game and its surrounding cultural context can change and transform both the game and its environment”. Consalvo (2007) discusses how videogame paratexts, including guides and wikis, serve crucial functions in understanding approaches to gameplay. Similarly, Mukherjee (2015) views games as multifaceted “assemblages” that are deeply informed by surrounding cultures and communities.

Title: Religious Encounters: Text, Travel, and Tradition

As Michael Pasquier rightly suggests, the concept of 'religion' is relatively modern, emerging predominantly through political and scientific innovations. However, this does not imply that notions of the 'sacred' or 'spiritual' were absent in earlier times. From the dawn of human existence, individuals have sought to create meaning around themselves and their place in the world. This quest to explain the origin of life and the universe has led to the creation of sacred histories, narratives, oral mythological traditions, texts, symbols, and sites.

We are a brand-new INDEPENDENT zine focused on Max Stirner/Egoism/Anarcho-Egoism related work. 

Have a look at the information here: 

https://creative-nothing-zine.com/about

Submission Guidelines: 

For the annual print zine we are looking for various contributions!!!

So if you enjoy Max Stirner and his work and you are an academic (political & social science, humanities, media studies, linguistics, literary studies, philosophy), artist, writer, blogger or content creator, please feel free to submit.

Submissions can include: 

1. Essays

2. Photo Essays

Anthology Call for Submissions - UPDATED DEADLINE 8/1/24 For this astrology-themed anthology, we are looking for 12 stories—one for each Zodiac sign. Writers should submit a short story that aligns with their sign. (So, for example, a Virgo writer would submit a story that has Virgo vibes, Virgo characters, or embodies Virgo-ness in some way. Feel free to get creative with the connection!)

Open to literary fiction, experimental fiction, and genre fiction.

East-West Cultural Passage

Special Issue: Representations of Disaster in the Humanities, September 2024

Submission deadline: 1 August 2024

The H. G. Wells Society Annual Conference

H. G. Wells and the Anthropocene: Time, Earth, and Us

Saturday 21 September 2024 (hybrid: online and at The Art Workers’ Guild, London, UK)

Keynote speaker: Dr David Shackleton, author of British Modernism and the Anthropocene: Experiments with Time, University of Cardiff.

Neo/noir and Thriller Imaginaries in US American Culture

Virtual Conference | September 6–7, 2024

EXTENDED DEADLINE: PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT BY 15 AUGUST 2024

We are looking for a few more contributions to our collection on trans parenting:

This anthology explores trans parenting and raising trans/non binary children from a broad, interdisciplinary perspective. We welcome submissions that explore various dimensions of trans parenting in literary, cultural, artistic, political, historical, social, and economic contexts.

*DEADLINE EXTENDED* Poetry & Poetry Studies at MAPACA 2024

November 7-9, 2024

Atlantic City, NJ

The Poetry and Poetry Studies area at the Mid-Atlantic Popular and American Culture Association (MAPACA) seeks creative and critical proposals for this year’s annual conference.

Conference will be held November 7-9, 2024, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA

Travel and Tourism Studies as a discipline continues to gain popularity in academia, in part because of its inter-disciplinary nature. The Travel and Tourism area seeks papers that discuss and explore any aspect of travel and/or tourism. Topics for this area include, but are not limited to, the following:-
- travel and gender/race/class
- travel and religion
- travel and war
- personal travel narratives
- heritage tourism
- material culture and tourism
- virtual travel and tourism: How has COVID affected travel around the globe?

Mid-Atlantic Popular & American Culture Association (MAPACA) 2024 Annual Conference, November 7-9, 2024 in Atlantic City, NJ

UPDATED: Deadline has been extended to Sunday, July 7th!

CFP: J.R.R. Tolkien & Children’s Lit 

A Special Issue of Children’s Literature Association Quarterly 

Joseph T. Thomas, Jr., Guest Editor 

San Diego State University 

The deadline for submissions to this special issue is September 15, 2024.