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Call for Papers: Writing Chinese - Technology and Literature

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We recently announced the call for papers for the next special issue of our peer-reviewed, fully open access journal, Writing Chinese: A Journal of Contemporary Sinophone LiteratureWe're delighted that this issue will be guest-edited by Dr Heather Inwood, from the University of Cambridge, and that the Managing Editor will be Dr Xunnan Li, from the University of Leeds.

And we're very grateful to Professor Michel Hockx (University of Notre-Dame) and Professor Jiang Yuqin (Shenzhen University), who'll be providing keynote papers.

The deadline for full papers is 31st August.

Call for Papers

With the rapid development of digital technologies such as the internet, artificial intelligence (AI), extended reality (XR), and other innovations in the twenty-first century, these advancements have become integral to the production, consumption, content, and education of literature. In the Sinophone world, the intersection of technology and literature has been explored through various lenses, including the context of the internet, intermedial or transmedia production, and the reconfiguration of literary content through digital technologies.

Given the significant technological advancements and capacities in the Sinophone world, there is a pressing need to conceptualize and contextualize the relationship between digital technologies and Sinophone literature. We invite scholars to submit papers that investigate this dynamic interplay, offering new insights and fostering a deeper understanding of how digital technologies are shaping Sinophone literary landscapes.

In preparing this special issue, we are calling for original research papers (up to 8,000 words) focussing on any aspect of Chinese or Sinophone literature and technology. We are especially interested in research articles that critically explore literary works relating to one or more of the following broad themes:

  • Sinophone literature and culture in the digital or post-digital eras
  • Sinophone science fiction and technologies
  • Use of technologies in Sinophone literary and cultural production
  • Chinese internet culture and online literature (CIL)

Please follow the Author Guidelines on our website before submission and submit on the template through the portal. All articles will be subject to the usual (double-blind) peer review process. The deadline for full submissions for this Special Issue is 31st August 2024.  For preliminary enquiries relating to submissions for this Special Issue, please contact the Managing Editor, Dr Xunnan Li at x.li12@leeds.ac.uk

NB: Alongside this special issue, we are also accepting research submissions for the journal on an on-going basis. For enquiries relating to general submissions to the journal, please contact writingchinese@leeds.ac.uk.