Call for Abstracts: Feminist Criticism

Book Series Title: Contemporary Literary Studies on Language and Literature
Publisher: HJ Verlag Maurer – Maurer Press, Frankfurt, Germany
Website: www.maurer.press

We are pleased to announce the Call for Abstracts/Chapters for the third volume of our book series, Contemporary Literary Studies on Language and Literature . This volume invites scholars, researchers, and academics to contribute high-quality chapters centered on feminist approaches to literary inquiry . We encourage submissions that center marginalized voices, challenge patriarchal epistemologies, and explore literature through the lenses of gender, race, class, sexuality, disability, indigeneity, and ecological justice.

Contributions may focus on novels, poetry, drama, life writing, and interdisciplinary or comparative literary studies. The volume welcomes submissions in English, German, Turkish, and Azerbaijani languages.

Suggested (but not limited to) Research Areas:

Feminist Literary Criticism

Contributions are invited across all literary genres—novels, poetry, drama, life writing, and experimental forms—focusing on themes such as patriarchy, agency, resistance, embodiment, intersectionality, care labor, reproductive justice, and the representation of women and gender-diverse individuals in literature. We especially welcome work informed by queer feminism, disability feminism, Black and Indigenous feminisms, postcolonial feminism, and transnational feminist theory.

• Ecofeminism and Gendered Ecologies: Investigating how feminist writers engage with environmental issues, climate change, sustainability, and human-nature relationships. Submissions might explore how gender intersects with ecological crises, land rights, resource extraction, and eco-resistance, particularly in works by BIPOC and Global South authors.
• Queer Feminism and Literary Representation: Examining the intersections of nonnormative genders and sexualities with feminist thought in literature. Topics may include critiques of heteronormativity, exploration of queer kinship, and speculative futures that challenge binary understandings of gender and desire.
• Disability Feminism and Embodied Narratives: Analyzing how disabled women and gender-diverse characters are portrayed in literature, including narratives of care, bodily autonomy, accessibility, and resilience. Emphasis should be placed on how ableism, sexism, and other systems of oppression intersect in literary texts.
• Postcolonial and Decolonial Feminism: Exploring how feminist literary criticism engages with colonial histories, imperialism, and neocolonial structures. Contributions may examine writings from formerly colonized regions, focusing on themes of resistance, cultural identity, hybridity, and the gendered impacts of colonial violence and displacement.
• Feminist Reinterpretations of Canon and Genre: Revisiting traditional literary canons or genres (such as tragedy, romance, horror, or science fiction) through feminist critique. This includes re-evaluations of female characters, authorship, and the role of genre in reinforcing or resisting patriarchal norms.
• Intersectional Feminism and Literary Form: Engaging with how form and narrative structure in literature reflect or resist intersectional feminist concerns. This could include experimental formats, multilingual texts, oral storytelling traditions, and hybrid genres that disrupt dominant literary conventions.
• Other feminist, intersectional, and decolonial literary research is also welcome.

Submission Guidelines:

• Abstract: Minimum 250 words (including a short bio of the scholar)
• Full Chapter Length: Minimum 4,000 words
• Formatting: Times New Roman, APA 6th Edition citation style, justified texts, 1.15-line spacing
• Languages Accepted: English, German, Turkish, and Azerbaijani

Plagiarism and Similarity Policy:

All submissions will be screened using Turnitin. Works with a similarity index above 20% will not be considered. Authors are advised to pre-check their work for originality.

Publication Fee:

A 100 Euro publication fee applies only upon acceptance of the full article. This fee covers processing and publication costs. Authors will receive a complimentary PDF copy of the book once the publication process is complete and the volume is released.

Important Dates:

• Abstract Submission Deadline: August 15, 2025
• Full Chapter Submission Deadline: November 30, 2025
• Estimated Publication Date: January / February, 2026

Submission Emails:

Please submit your abstract and full article (once accepted) by attaching it in an email sent to all of the following addresses:

1. Dr. Gülşah Kıran Elkoca (Editor): gulsah.k@adu.edu.tr
2. Kanan Aghasiyev (Editor, M.A.): kaasiyev@gmail.com
3. Prof. Dr. Habib Tekin (Editor): habib.tekin@marmara.edu.tr

We look forward to receiving your original, thought-provoking contributions that engage with contemporary literary discourse through feminist, decolonial, and intersectional frameworks.

Publication History:

• Discourse Analysis in Dialogue Interpreting (Volume I)
• Recent Approaches in Humanities (Volume II)
  You may reach the publication history of the series at the following link:
  https://www.maurer.press/kategorie/bucher/contemporary-studies-on-language-and-literature/

Sincerely,
Editorial Team
Contemporary Literary Studies on Language and Literature