CFP (Chapters): Animation and Seriality; Animation in Theatrical Spaces

deadline for submissions: 
May 31, 2024
full name / name of organization: 
Bloomsbury

CFP (Book Chapters): Animation and Seriality; Animation in Theatrical Spaces

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Encyclopedia of Animation Studies Vol. 2: Techniques, Processes, Environments (Bloomsbury, 2026)

We invite proposals for two chapters to be published in the second volume of the Encyclopedia of Animation Studies: Techniques, Processes, Environments (Bloomsbury, 2026). The expansive four-volume series showcases established and emerging scholarship on animation, including transdisciplinary approaches that consider the proliferating forms and functions of animation today. This second volume (edited by Dr. Franziska Bruckner, Dr. Alla Gadassik, and Dr. Jordan Gowanlock), focuses specifically on animation techniques, processes, and environments – how, where, and why animation is made and exhibited.

The following two chapters will address specific gaps identified in the volume. The proposal and draft submission timeline is best suited for emerging or established scholars who are already preparing manuscripts on these topics.

Chapters:

- Seriality: this chapter would address seriality as a production context or organizing form in animation. The chapter can attend to common themes, temporal structures, formal patterns, and/or modes of address in serial animation.

- Theatrical Spaces: this chapter would explore animation’s relationship to theatrical spaces as specific sites of exhibition and/or reception.

We are interested in contributions that can speak to the broader scope of each chapter’s topic, while also articulating a specific argument based on the author’s research. The chapters would be 7,000 words in length.

Proposals should include a chapter title, an abstract (300 words), and a short author bio (50 words). Inquiries and questions in advance of proposal submission are welcome. Proposals should be submitted to Dr. Jordan Gowanlock (jordangowanlock@gmail.com) by Friday, May 31, 2024. All received proposals will receive responses by June 10, 2024. First drafts of chapters will be due by August 31, 2024 for scheduled publication in 2026.