Literature, Critique, and Empire Today (formerly JCL) is the leading critical and bibliographic forum in the field of Commonwealth and postcolonial literatures.
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🥁We are excited to announce that The Journal of Commonwealth Literature will change its name to Literature, Critique, and Empire Today! 🥁 Stay tuned for insightful articles and fresh perspectives on contemporary literary critique #Literature #NewBeginnings #AcademicJournals
Read about the changing valences of the terms 'Commonwealth' and 'empire' through the lens of South Asian studies in this fascinating article by @shameemblack, co-editor of @southasiajsas 🌏#SouthAsianStudies #TransnationalPower #Commonwealth #Empire
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Discover the journey behind the transformation of JCL 🌟📰 Written by ex-editors @clarachambara & @Rachael_Gilmour, the article explores the journal's present and future avenues. Don't miss this thought-provoking read! #PostcolonialStudies journals.sagepub.com/doi/ful…
Read all about this new & exciting chapter in a special editorial by @RehanaSara & @pravinch_s featuring ten must-read articles!📚 journals.sagepub.com/doi/ful…
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I'm editing a special issue of Literature, Critique, and Empire Today (formerly @JCLJournal) on Genre Fiction in a Global Frame. CFP below! Deadline for abstracts 15 July.
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"Indigenous Feminisms across the World, Part 1," an issue of @M3RIDIANS, is now available. The articles in this special issue expose, challenge, and resist contemporary colonial realities. View the full TOC and read the intro, freely available: ow.ly/tyjp50RzQsE
ALT Cover of Indigenous Feminisms Across the World Part 1, a special issue of Meridians volume 23, issue 1. Features an artwork depicting a female figure, barbed wire, and poppy flowers. The artwork, a collaboration between the artist Dana Barqawi and the writer Hind Shoufanie, is adorned with gold leaf, thread and newspaper clippings.
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A research project, funded by the South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR), has helped realise the long-held dream of South Africa’s ǂKhomani community to share their proud history with the rest of the world.
Full story: bit.ly/4aMkmFj
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Please see, and share, our CFP for a special issue of Modern Fiction Studies on “Planetary Fiction: African Literature and Climate Change.”
Guest Editors: Nedine Moonsamy (Johannesburg) and David Shackleton (Cardiff)
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On April 4th, the Centre for the Less Good Idea organized an amazing event featuring Nigerian Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka in conversation with South African artist William Kentridge and musician Neo Muyanga.
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Just a few days left for submitting to the third APT symposium pocothought.com/desireandcol…
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We invite graduate students, early career historians, and scholars in adjacent fields to submit an abstract for our annual conference, "Colonialism, Conflict & Commemoration."
🚨 Tell your friends and colleagues 🚨
📷 More information on our website: oxfordtghs.com/conference
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New Publication OUT. Postcolonial Theory and Crisis. Paulo de Medeiros and Sandra Ponzanesi (eds). De Gruyter, 2024. Available Open access:degruyter.com/document/doi/1…
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Cover of my new book #OurIslandStories: Country Walks Through Colonial Britain. There's a cotton walk, an enclosure walk, a copper walk and much more. With thanks and admiration for my 10 amazing hiking companions @Sathnam @ArtBhartiParmar, Ingrid Pollard @adjoaparker @zakiasewell @RajwinderSPal @CllrGrahamC @peterkalu Ibrahima Seck and Charlotte Williams
Out May 2nd:
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