Call for Papers
Literariness Journal
Vol. 1, Issue 3 (June 2026)

We invite original research papers for the second issue of Literariness Journal. The theme list includes a broad range of contemporary topics in literature and cultural studies.

Themes

* Monster theory, posthuman bodies, and the non-human turn
* Asexuality studies, aromantic identities, and emerging intimacies
* Lesbian motherhood, queer kinship, and alternative family structures
* Femme theory, butch identity, queer aesthetics, and queer embodiment
* Menstrual narratives, period politics, menstrual justice, and reproductive discourse
* Gender, mental health, neurodivergence, and disability narratives
* Body positivity, fat studies, and media representation
* Gender and technology, AI cultures, algorithmic bias, and digital inequalities
* AI, authorship, machine creativity, and posthuman writing practices
* Platform capitalism, surveillance cultures, privacy, and digital rights
* Influencer culture, micro-celebrity, and social media self-fashioning
* Streaming cultures, OTT narratives, and binge spectatorship
* Virtual fashion, avatar aesthetics, gaming identities, and digital bodies
* K-pop, transnational fandoms, and global youth cultures
* Fashion, dress, and material culture in literature and media
* Eco-cinema, climate fiction, solarpunk, and environmental storytelling
* Blue humanities, oceanic imaginaries, and hydrocolonial studies
* Biopolitics, governmentality, and regimes of control
* Health humanities, illness narratives, and medical cultures
* Trauma studies, memory studies, and affect theory
* Speculative criticism, futurity studies, and anticipatory humanities
* Diaspora studies, transnational identities, and cultural memory
* Migrant subjectivities, exile, border narratives, and belonging
* Digital diasporas and virtual homelands
* Caste, intersectionality, and subaltern digital publics
* Dalit, Adivasi, and marginalized epistemologies in literature
* Climate migration and environmental displacement narratives
* Pandemic writing and post-COVID cultural imaginaries
* Archive studies, memory activism, and counter-archival practices
* Translation studies in the age of AI
* Digital humanities and computational literary studies
* Gaming narratives, interactive storytelling, and narrative worlds
* Sound studies, podcast cultures, and acoustic storytelling
* Food studies, culinary memory, and gastro-criticism
* Animal studies, multispecies ethics, and more-than-human humanities
* Care ethics, vulnerability studies, and repair cultures
* Slow scholarship, academic precarity, and knowledge politics
* Innovations in interdisciplinary methodology, pedagogy, and curriculum design

Submission details:
📧 Email: Editor@LiterarinessJournal.org
📄 Author guidelines: LiterarinessJournal.org/author-guidelines
💳 APC details: LiterarinessJournal.org/apc/
🌐 Current Issue: Lterarinessjournal.org/current-issue/

Abstract proposal should include:
Abstract (200–300 words)
5–7 keywords
Short bio (max. 100 words)

Important dates:
Abstract deadline: 25 April 2026
Acceptance notification: Shortly thereafter
Full paper deadline: 15 May 2026
Issue release: 1 June 2026

Queries:
📩 Editor@LiterarinessJournal.org
📲 9048050200

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