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

We are delighted to invite submissions for forthcoming volumes of our interdisciplinary book series, Contemporary Literary Studies on Language and Literature. This series seeks original, thought-provoking contributions that offer critical insights into literature through a wide array of theoretical and methodological frameworks.

We encourage submissions that engage with literary texts across genres—including but not limited to the novel, poetry, drama, life writing, and hybrid or experimental forms. Contributions should reflect rigorous scholarship and may draw from diverse perspectives such as classical and mythological paradigms, feminist and gender theory, postcolonial and decolonial studies, as well as newer critical modes including ecocriticism, disability studies, and cultural studies.

We are particularly interested in work that fosters interdisciplinary dialogue, challenges conventional boundaries, and embraces intersectional approaches to literary inquiry.

Thematic Strands (not limited to):

• Literary reimaginings and reinterpretations of myth and folklore
• Speculative fiction, fantasy, and science fiction through critical lenses
• Literary responses to ecological collapse, pandemics, and global crises
• Narratives of migration, displacement, exile, and transnational identity
• Feminist, gender, and decolonial critiques of literary canon and genre
• Literature and material culture, affect theory, and the senses
• Memory studies, trauma narratives, and intergenerational storytelling
• Religion, ritual, and sacred texts in literary expression
• Language politics, multilingualism, and translation in world literature
• Bodies and embodiment in literature, including illness, pain, and healing
• Literature and technology: AI, cybernetics, posthumanism
• Archive, orality, and indigenous knowledge systems in literary contexts
• Visual and performative dimensions of literature and adaptation studies
• Intersections of race, class, gender, and disability in narrative form
• Anti-colonial utopias, dystopias, and future imaginaries in literature
• Narratives of survival, resistance, and resilience in literature from the Global South
• Literary geographies: place, space, and land in storytelling

Submissions from diverse cultural and linguistic contexts are strongly encouraged. Comparative and interdisciplinary methodologies are especially welcome.
Submission Guidelines

• Abstract: Minimum 250 words, including a brief author bio
• Full Chapter: Minimum 4,000 words
• Formatting: Times New Roman, 1.15 line spacing, justified text, APA 6th Edition citation style
• Languages Accepted: English, German, Turkish, Azerbaijani

Plagiarism Policy

All submissions will be reviewed via Turnitin. Manuscripts with a similarity index over 20% will not be considered. Authors are advised to pre-screen for originality.

Publication Fee

A fee of 100 Euros is payable only upon acceptance of the full chapter. Contributors will receive a complimentary digital copy of the published volume.

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 (Adnan Menderes University)
2. Kanan Aghasiyev (Editor, M.A.): kaasiyev@gmail.com (Karabük University)
3. Prof. Dr. Habib Tekin (Editor): habib.tekin@marmara.edu.tr (Marmara University)
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/