Call for Abstracts: Ecocriticism

Book Series Title: Contemporary Literary Studies on Language and Literature

Publisher: HJ Verlag Maurer – Maurer Press, Frankfurt, Germany, 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 on a wide range of literary topics and critical approaches. We welcome submissions from diverse literary traditions and global perspectives. Contributions may focus on novels, poetry, drama, biographies, and various interdisciplinary and comparative literary studies. The volume is welcoming submission in English, German, Turkish, and Azerbaijani languages.

Suggested (but not limited to) Research Areas:

Ecocriticism: Contributions are invited across all literary genres—novels, poetry, drama, life writing, and experimental forms—focusing on themes such as environmental justice, nature writing, climate change narratives, ecological restoration, eco-anxiety, species extinction, eco-spirituality, anthropocentrism, sustainability, deep ecology, and the literary representation of human-nature relationships. Intersections with indigenous ecologies, ecofeminism, postcolonial ecocriticism, solarpunk, and eco-theatre are also welcome.

 

• Disability Ecocriticism: Exploring how ecological narratives intersect with representations of disability, embodiment, and accessibility in literature. Topics may include environmental health, toxicity, ableism in disaster narratives, and the disabled body in relation to nature and built environments.
• Ecofeminism and Gendered Ecologies: Investigating the links between gender, ecological crises, and literary forms, including how literature portrays women and gender-diverse individuals in relation to land, sustainability, and environmental exploitation.
• Human-Animal Ecocriticism: Focusing on how literary texts represent interspecies relationships, animal ethics, domestication, extinction, and animal agency, with attention to ecological interconnectedness and the dissolution of human/animal binaries.
• Posthuman Ecocriticism and AI: Examining how literature envisions posthuman futures, AI, and biotechnologies within ecological frameworks—questioning anthropocentrism, machine-nature hybridity, and technological responses to ecological collapse.
• Postcolonial Ecocriticism: Addressing how colonial histories, environmental degradation, and resource extraction are portrayed in literature from the Global South. Themes may include eco-resistance, indigenous land rights, and the colonial roots of climate change.
• Eco-Utopian and Eco-Dystopian Literature: Analyzing literary imaginings of ecological utopias and dystopias to understand speculative responses to climate catastrophe, environmental justice, sustainable futures, and resilience in fictional worlds.
• Other ecocritical approaches and interdisciplinary literary research are also welcome.

Submission Guidelines:

• Abstract: Minimum 250 words (with 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: 15.08.2025
• Full Chapter Submission Deadline: 30.11.2025
• 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.

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