Below is a new call for papers for a special issue of our peer-reviewed, fully open access journal Writing Chinese: A Journal of Contemporary Sinophone Literature. Deadline is 31st August.
Special Issue Guest Editor: Dr Heather Inwood, University of Cambridge
Managing Editor: Dr Xunnan Li, University of Leeds
Keynotes: Prof Michel Hockx (University of Notre-Dame) and Prof Jiang Yuqin (Shenzhen University)
Call for Papers: Writing Chinese: Technology and Literature
With the rapid development of digital technologies such as the internet, artificial intelligence (AI), extended reality (XR), and other innovations in the twenty-first century, these advancements have become integral to the production, consumption, content, and education of literature. In the Sinophone world, the intersection of technology and literature has been explored through various lenses, including the context of the internet, intermedial or transmedia production, and the reconfiguration of literary content through digital technologies.
Given the significant technological advancements and capacities in the Sinophone world, there is a pressing need to conceptualize and contextualize the relationship between digital technologies and Sinophone literature. We invite scholars to submit papers that investigate this dynamic interplay, offering new insights and fostering a deeper understanding of how digital technologies are shaping Sinophone literary landscapes.
In preparing this special issue, we are calling for original research papers (up to 8,000 words) focussing on any aspect of Chinese or Sinophone literature and technology. We are especially interested in research articles that critically explore literary works relating to one or more of the following broad themes:
- Sinophone literature and culture in the digital or post-digital eras
- Sinophone science fiction and technologies
- Use of technologies in Sinophone literary and cultural production
- Chinese internet culture and online literature (CIL)
Please follow the Author Guidelines (https://writingchinesejournal.org/about/submissions) on our website before submission and submit on the template through the portal. All articles will be subject to the usual (double-blind) peer review process. The deadline for full submissions for this Special Issue is 31st August 2024. For preliminary enquiries relating to submissions for this Special Issue, please contact the Managing Editor, Dr Xunnan Li at x.li12@leeds.ac.uk
NB: Alongside this special issue, we are also accepting research submissions for the journal on an on-going basis. For enquiries relating to general submissions to the journal, please contact writingchinese@leeds.ac.uk.
Posted by: Frances Weightman <f.weightman@leeds.ac.uk>