Call for Contributions and Book Reviews for PSA
Newsletter #35: Postcolonial/Decolonial Water Stories
We invite submissions exploring the dynamic intersections between colonialism (past and ongoing)
and water/waterscapes through a humanities perspective. As many scholars have pointed out,
“Unequal access to water and the political processes that direct management are fundamentally
rooted in colonialism” (Hartwig, Jackson, Markham & Osborne 2023, p. 31) Water – oceans, rivers,
seas, and wetlands – has long been central to colonial histories, shaping routes of conquest,
migration, trade, and resistance. In literary texts and other cultural productions, waterscapes often
emerge as sites of memory, trauma, identity formation, and ecological imagination.
This issue seeks to examine how postcolonial and Indigenous authors, as well as authors from other
minority communities, engage with waterscapes to rethink space, belonging, power and relations
with the more-than-human world. We welcome contributions that address diverse geographical
regions and theoretical approaches, including but not limited to postcolonial ecocriticism, blue
humanities, environmental justice (especially water justice and water rights), and Indigenous
environmental knowledge.

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. Please also send a 100-word
biographical statement.

The deadline for submissions is August 31, 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.