Dear AIA members,
We are glad to announce that we have just published the calls for abstracts/papers for all of the three issues of Textus for 2027 (Language, Literature, Cross-disciplinary issue). Please find the full calls in the attached files.
Best regards,
The AIA Board
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS – Textus 1/2027 – LANGUAGE
Language, Discourse, and Digital Tourism: Communicating Sustainability and Inclusion
Guest editors: Silvia Cavalieri & Annalisa Sezzi (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia), Eleonora Federici (University of Ferrara) and M. Zain Sulaiman (University of Kebangsaan Malaysia – The National University of Malaysia).
Copyeditor:Jessica Jane Nocella (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia)
Please send abstracts to: silvia.cavalieri@unimore.it, eleonora.federici@unife.it, annalisa.sezzi@unimore.it
Timeline
Deadline for abstracts submission (400 words plus references): 30 April 2026. Please put as subject line “Textus Language Issue 1/2027 – abstract submission”
Notification to authors: 15 May 2026
Deadline for submission of first draft of article (maximum 7500 words including references): 31 August 2026
Request for revisions following peer review: 15 October 2026
Deadline for final version of article: 15 December 2026
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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS – Textus 2/2027 – LITERATURE
Regional Perspectives, Planetary Reach. Themes, Genres, Forms of Narration in Contemporary Irish, Scottish and Welsh Fiction
Guest editors: Rossella Ciocca (University of Naples L’Orientale), Marta Cariello (University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli) and Vanessa Guignery (École Normale Supérieure de Lyon)
Copyeditor: Robin Lindsay (University of Naples L’Orientale)
Please send abstracts to: rciocca@unior.it, marta.cariello@unicampania.it
Timeline:
Deadline for abstracts submission (400 words plus references): 15 September 2026. Please put as subject line “Textus Literature Issue 2/2027 – abstract submission”
Notification to authors: 30 September 2026
Deadline for submission of first draft of article (maximum 7500 words including references): 31 December 2026
Request for revisions following peer review: 15 February 2027
Deadline for final version of article: 15 April 2027
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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS –Textus 3/2027 – CROSS-DISCIPLINARY ISSUE
Echoes of Grieving in Anglophone Linguistic, Literary, and Cultural Representations
Guest editors: Marina De Chiara (University of Naples L’Orientale), Ester Gendusa (University of Palermo) and Lynne Segal (Birkbeck College, University of London)
Copyeditor: Marie-Hélène Laforest
Please send abstracts to: maradechiara@gmail.com, ester.gendusa@unipa.it, l.segal@bbk.ac.uk
Timeline
Deadline for abstracts submission (400 words plus references): 15 December 2026. Please put as subject line “Textus Cross-disciplinary Issue 3/2027 – abstract submission”
Notification to authors: 15 January 2027
Deadline for submission of first draft of article (maximum 7500 words including references): 31 May 2027
Request for revisions following peer review: 15 July 2027
Deadline for final version of article: 1 September 2027