CALL FOR ABSTRACTS/CHAPTERS
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Body and Mind:Contemporary Studies on Language and Literature — Volume 10, Maurer Press, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
We invite chapter proposals for Body and Mind, the tenth volume of the Contemporary Studies on Language and Literature series. This peer reviewed academic volume investigates the evolving relationships between corporeality, cognition, identity, and culture—relationships that have become increasingly central to contemporary scholarship in the humanities and social sciences.
In an era defined by technological transformation, shifting social norms, and new forms of narrative and digital expression, the traditional separation of body and mind is no longer sufficient. Current theoretical debates emphasize the deep interconnections between physical experience, psychological processes, cultural meaning making, and discursive representation. This volume responds to these developments by offering a platform for interdisciplinary inquiry into how bodies and minds are imagined, constructed, embodied, narrated, and contested across literary, linguistic, philosophical, psychological, and media cultural contexts.
We especially welcome studies exploring how literary and cultural texts negotiate embodiment, trauma, memory, gender, neurodiversity, digital presence, and affect. At the same time, we encourage broader theoretical or comparative approaches that push beyond conventional disciplinary boundaries and engage with emerging areas such as neurohumanities, posthumanism, ecocriticism, digital humanities, and the medical humanities.
Submissions from scholars at all career stages and from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds are warmly encouraged. Chapters may be submitted in English, German, or Turkish.
Suggested Topics
(not limited to the following)
1. Identity & Embodiment
Physicality, subjectivity, lived experience, sensory studies, phenomenology
2. Language, Narrative & Discourse
Representation, metaphor, storytelling, rhetoric, discourse analysis
3. Gender & Identity Studies
Intersectionality, queer embodiment, performativity
4. Disability, Neurodiversity & Cognitive Variation
Critical disability studies, neurocognitive perspectives, inclusive approaches
5. Trauma, Memory & Affect
Affect theory, collective memory, emotionality, narrative trauma studies
6. Postcolonial & Decolonial Perspectives
Resistance, hybridity, global South perspectives, embodied histories
7. AI, Digital Bodies & Posthumanism
Virtual embodiment, algorithmic identity, cyborg theory, digital selfhood
8. Psychology, Mental Health & Literature
Emotion, cognition, therapeutic narratives, narrative psychology
9. Media, Visual Culture & Performance
Film, photography, digital media, theatre, corporeal performance
10. Politics, Ethics & Biopower
Power structures, moral discourse, bioethics, biopolitics
11. Interdisciplinary & Comparative Studies
Mixed method approaches, cross disciplinary frameworks, experimental methods
12. Environmental & Ecological Embodiment
Ecocriticism, environmental humanities, climate affected bodies
13. Medical Humanities & Illness Narratives
Embodied illness, care, medical discourse, narrative medicine
14. Emerging Topics
Innovative and cross cultural studies, new theoretical frameworks
Abstract Submission Guidelines
• Abstract length: 150–300 words
• Submission must include:
o Title
o Abstract
o Short author bio (ORCID number, affiliation, and email included)
• Limit: Up to two abstracts and two chapters per author
• Deadline: June 15, 2026
• Review process: Blind peer review
APC (Article Processing Charge):
100 euros (plus any applicable transaction fees). This fee is payable at the final stage, only if the paper is deemed suitable for publication and successfully passes the review process.
Submission Instructions
Please send your abstract(s) as attachments with the subject line: Proposal for CLS Volume 10
Emails:
• Main: clsmaurerpress@gmail.com
• CC: Prof. Dr. Habib Tekin — habib.tekin@marmara.edu.tr
• CC: Prof. Dr. Elif Aktürk — elifakturk@sdu.edu.tr
• CC: Lecturer Kanan Aghasiyev — kaasiyev@gmail.com
Previous Volumes in the Series
1. Discourse Analysis in Dialogue Interpreting
2. Recent Approaches in Humanities
3. Çeviri Sosyolojisi Merceğinden Kültürlerarası Alanlarda Çeviri Etkinlikleri
4. Heroes Across Cultures
5. Thomas Mann zum 150. Geburtstag: Ästhetik, Poetik und Erinnerung im Spiegel seines Oeuvres
6. La guerre et la paix chez Homère: Requiem pour les victimes du fléau de l’humanité
7. Corporeal Politics: Gender and the Performance of Identity
8. The Wounded Earth: Narratives of Trauma, Ecology & Memory
9. Kafka’nın Die Verwandlung Adlı Öyküsünün Ara Dilden Çeviri Bağlamında Değerlendirilmesi