Call for papers for Romanica Silesiana, issue 33 (1/2028). “Speaking Motherhood, Writing Non-Motherhood in Francophone Literatures: Experiences, Representations and Discourses”

2026-06-22

This thematic issue of Romanica Silesiana is devoted to representations of motherhood and non-motherhood in Francophone literatures. Contributions may address, among other topics, experiences of becoming a mother, identity and bodily transformations associated with motherhood, mother–child relationships, maternal mental health, voluntary childlessness, infertility, and reproductive loss. These issues may be explored through a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches, including feminist, intersectional, psychoanalytic, decolonial, and ecocritical perspectives. Proposals (an abstract of approximately 300 words accompanied by a brief bio-bibliographical note) should be submitted by 30 September 2026.

Call for Papers Romanica Silesiana n°31 (1/2027) Tra affetti e cognizione. Neuronarrazione e critica cognitiva nel romanzo italiano a cura di Joanna Janusz

2026-01-30

Obiettivi del numero

Il numero monografico intende esplorare il romanzo italiano come dispositivo affettivo-cognitivo, capace di articolare l’esperienza umana attraverso specifiche configurazioni narrative, stilistiche e formali. L’obiettivo è mostrare come la narrazione letteraria non si limiti a rappresentare emozioni e stati mentali, ma contribuisca attivamente a modellare l’esperienza, a strutturare l’empatia e a rendere condivisibili vissuti complessi, spesso legati a crisi, discontinuità e trasformazioni del soggetto. Il numero mira inoltre a favorire un confronto metodologicamente rigoroso tra approcci letterari e modelli provenienti dalle scienze cognitive e neuroscientifiche.

Possibili ambiti tematici (non esaustivi)

• Svolta affettiva e teorie delle emozioni nella narrativa italiana
• Critica cognitiva e rappresentazione dell’esperienza della coscienza
• Neuronarrazione e modelli mentali del personaggio
• Empatia, simulazione incarnata e processi di lettura
• Corpo, percezione e sensorialità nella scrittura romanzesca
• Affetti, trauma, lutto e discontinuità narrativa
• Narrazioni della malattia, del dolore e della vulnerabilità
• Etica, affetto e costruzione narrativa del senso
• Crisi del soggetto e configurazioni cognitive della soggettività

Gli autori e le autrici sono invitati a inviare a joanna.janusz@us.edu.pl :

• Un abstract (max 300 parole) accompagnato da 5 parole chiave
• Una breve nota bio-bibliografica (max 100 parole)

Gli abstract selezionati saranno invitati a presentare il contributo completo.

Lingue accettate: Italiano

Scadenze (indicative)

• Invio abstract: : 15.03. 2026
• Comunicazione accettazione: 31.03.2026
• Invio contributi completi: [30.06.2026]:
• Pubblicazione del numero: [giugno 2027]

Call for papers for Romanica Silesiana, issue 30 (2/2026) “Healing, Well-Being, and Care – Canadian perspectives”

2025-11-05

In the current reality of the post-pandemic Covid-19 world, the health, climate, economic and military crises, forced migration, neocolonialism and horrific wars, many people are reported to have suffered from post-traumatic stress. With its past and current wounds and traumas, the world appears to be a place that needs urgent healing. The concepts of care, including self-care, and well-being of others and oneself, which are central for many cultures, turned out to be important keywords of our time. We propose a discussion on these concepts with a specific focus on Indigenous, Black, Eastern European and other diasporic perspectives to be examined in the context of the mainstream settler culture of English-speaking and French-speaking Canada.

As part of the English issue of the journal Romanica Silesiana (No. 2/2026), we propose a discussion on the concepts of healing, well-being, and care in Canada, with a special focus on Indigenous, Black, Eastern European and other diasporic perspectives. We especially invite analyses that are attuned to the labor of care as expressed differently across specific minority histories and geographies in English-speaking and French-speaking Canada. Interdisciplinary perspectives are highly encouraged. We also welcome submissions from graduate students at any stage of their research. 

300–400-word proposals with short bios in English should be submitted by 24 November 2025 to BOTH justyna.jajszczok@us.edu.pl and r.madeja@us.edu.pl

For stylesheet details, please visit https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/RS/about/submissions

Important dates:

24 November 2025: proposal submission deadline

30 November 2025: notification of acceptance

15 February 2026: article submission deadline

March 2026: double-blind evaluations

Justyna Jajszczok and Rafał Madeja, editors

Faculty of Humanities, Institute of Literary Studies
University of Silesia in Katowice (Poland)