Special Issues of Digital Comparative Literature (Call for Expressions of Interest)

--===============2141431445152232926==
Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000668ba10656102bfb"

--000000000000668ba10656102bfb
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

We are seeking articles for a number of special issues within the framework
of the International Comparative Literature Association (ICLA) Short-term
Research Committee on Digital Comparative Literature (DCL)

Comparative Literary Studies and Digital Humanities pose a double, mutually
enriching challenge to one another. Distant reading and large-scale
digitization have opened new perspectives on literature, yet comparative
work remains among the hardest terrains for digital research, not least
because of multilingualism and intermediality, since computational tools
and corpora are still overwhelmingly English-centric and text-focused. This
collection invites contributions that work at this intersection and that
speak to a readership of comparative literature scholars.

We welcome proposals addressing any aspect of digital comparative
literature, including but not limited to: computational and distant reading
methods and their epistemological stakes; the construction, use, and
politics of large digital archives; books and reading in a postdigital
context (multimodality, digital social reading); data visualization for
literary analysis (network analysis, mapping);  electronic literature,
interactive digital narrative, digital storytelling; and machine
translation, language models, and artificial intelligence (AI) for literary
analysis. Theoretical reflections, methodological proposals, and concrete
case studies are all welcome, provided they are framed for and accessible
to comparative literature scholars.

We have confirmed interest from a few comparative literature journals for
the publication of special issues. A selection of the proposals received
will be made =E2=80=94 in consultation with the ICLA-DCL committee =E2=80=
=94 and accepted
articles will be assigned to the best-fitting venue, with a concrete
proposal then made to each author.

Two article formats

   -

   Short articles: max. 4,000 words
   -

   Long articles: max. 8,000 words

Please indicate your intended format in your submission.

How to express interest
Submit an abstract of up to 500 words together with a short biographical
note (max. 150 words) to Federico Pianzola ([email protected]) and Samya
Brata Roy ([email protected]).

Deadline: 7 September 2026.

Indicative timeline

   -

   September 2026: review of proposals and assignment to venues, in
   consultation with the ICLA-DCL committee
   -

   Late September 2026: authors contacted with a proposed venue and timelin=
e
   -

   From Autumn 2027 onwards: first publications, with subsequent articles
   appearing on a rolling basis depending on each venue's schedule

Selection and timelines will depend on fit with the participating journals;
not all expressions of interest can be guaranteed placement.

Preliminary inquiries for the suitability of contributions are welcome,
please address them to Federico Pianzola ([email protected]).

The text of this call is also available at
https://icla-dcl.quarto.pub/info/news/2026/ICLA-DCL-journals-cfp.html

Kind regards,

ICLA-DCL committee

--000000000000668ba10656102bfb
Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

<div dir=3D"ltr"><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.38;=
margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-fami=
ly:Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-vari=
ant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:n=
ormal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We are seeking articles=
 for a number of special issues within the framework of the International C=
omparative Literature Association (ICLA) Short-term Research Committee on D=
igital Comparative Literature (DCL)</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"color=
:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span styl=
e=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:nor=
mal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant=
-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Comparativ=
e Literary Studies and Digital Humanities pose a double, mutually enriching=
 challenge to one another. Distant reading and large-scale digitization hav=
e opened new perspectives on literature, yet comparative work remains among=
 the hardest terrains for digital research, not least because of multilingu=
alism and intermediality, since computational tools and corpora are still o=
verwhelmingly English-centric and text-focused. This collection invites con=
tributions that work at this intersection and that speak to a readership of=
 comparative literature scholars.</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"color:r=
gb(0,0,0);line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style=
=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:norm=
al;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-=
east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We welcome =
proposals addressing any aspect of digital comparative literature, includin=
g but not limited to: computational and distant reading methods and their e=
pistemological stakes; the construction, use, and politics of large digital=
 archives; books and reading in a postdigital context (multimodality, digit=
al social reading); data visualization for literary analysis (network analy=
sis, mapping);=C2=A0 electronic literature, interactive digital narrative, =
digital storytelling; and machine translation, language models, and artific=
ial intelligence (AI) for literary analysis. Theoretical reflections, metho=
dological proposals, and concrete case studies are all welcome, provided th=
ey are </span><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;fo=
nt-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;=
font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:b=
aseline;white-space:pre-wrap">framed for and accessible to comparative lite=
rature scholars</span><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-=
serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-var=
iant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;=
white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);=
line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style=3D"font-si=
ze:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-var=
iant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:=
normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We have confirmed inte=
rest from a few comparative literature journals for the publication of spec=
ial issues. A selection of the proposals received will be made =E2=80=94 in=
 consultation with the ICLA-DCL committee =E2=80=94 and accepted articles w=
ill be assigned to the best-fitting venue, with a concrete proposal then ma=
de to each author.</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);line-=
height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11=
pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:norm=
al;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-=
east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Two article=
 formats</span></p><ul style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-top:0px;margin-bott=
om:0px"><li dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font=
-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-=
variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asi=
an:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir=3D"ltr" role=
=3D"presentation" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0=
pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-varian=
t-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:nor=
mal;vertical-align:baseline">Short articles: max. 4,000 words</span></p></l=
i><li dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:=
11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-varian=
t-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:nor=
mal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir=3D"ltr" role=3D"pr=
esentation" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alte=
rnates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;ve=
rtical-align:baseline">Long articles: max. 8,000 words</span></p></li></ul>=
<p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;m=
argin-bottom:12pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-ser=
if;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-varian=
t-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;whi=
te-space:pre-wrap">Please indicate your intended format in your submission.=
</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.38;margin=
-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Ari=
al,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-al=
ternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;=
vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">How to express interest</span=
><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:700=
;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-=
numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white=
-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial=
,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;fo=
nt-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:bas=
eline;white-space:pre-wrap">Submit an abstract of up to 500 words together =
with a short biographical note (max. 150 words) to Federico Pianzola (<a hr=
ef=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>) an=
d Samya Brata Roy (<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">sro=
[email protected]</a>).</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);line-=
height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11=
pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:norm=
al;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-=
east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Deadline: 7=
 September 2026.</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);line-he=
ight:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt=
;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal=
;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-ea=
st-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Indicative ti=
meline</span></p><ul style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-top:0px;margin-bottom=
:0px"><li dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-s=
ize:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-va=
riant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian=
:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir=3D"ltr" role=
=3D"presentation" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0=
pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-varian=
t-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:nor=
mal;vertical-align:baseline">September 2026: review of proposals and assign=
ment to venues, in consultation with the ICLA-DCL committee</span></p></li>=
<li dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11=
pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-=
alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:norma=
l;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir=3D"ltr" role=3D"pres=
entation" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span=
 style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alterna=
tes:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;verti=
cal-align:baseline">Late September 2026: authors contacted with a proposed =
venue and timeline</span></p></li><li dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"margin-left:15px=
;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-vari=
ant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:no=
rmal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre=
-wrap"><p dir=3D"ltr" role=3D"presentation" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margi=
n-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-variant-li=
gatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;f=
ont-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">From Autumn 2027 onw=
ards: first publications, with subsequent articles appearing on a rolling b=
asis depending on each venue&#39;s schedule</span></p></li></ul><p dir=3D"l=
tr" style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-botto=
m:12pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-var=
iant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:n=
ormal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pr=
e-wrap">Selection and timelines will depend on fit with the participating j=
ournals; not all expressions of interest can be guaranteed placement.</span=
></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0=
pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-=
serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-var=
iant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;=
white-space:pre-wrap">Preliminary inquiries for the suitability of contribu=
tions are welcome, please address them to Federico Pianzola (</span><a href=
=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"text-decoration:no=
ne"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant=
-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:norma=
l;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-al=
ign:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">[email protected]</span></a><span style=
=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:norm=
al;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-=
east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">).</span></=
p><br style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);l=
ine-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:=
11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-varian=
t-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:nor=
mal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The text of this call is =
also available at <a href=3D"https://icla-dcl.quarto.pub/info/news/2026/ICL=
A-DCL-journals-cfp.html" target=3D"_blank">https://icla-dcl.quarto.pub/info=
/news/2026/ICLA-DCL-journals-cfp.html</a></span></p><br style=3D"color:rgb(=
0,0,0)"><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.38;margin-to=
p:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sa=
ns-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-=
variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseli=
ne;white-space:pre-wrap">Kind regards,</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"co=
lor:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span sty=
le=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:no=
rmal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-varian=
t-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ICLA-DCL =
committee</span></p></div>

--000000000000668ba10656102bfb--

--===============2141431445152232926==
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Disposition: inline

_______________________________________________
Corpora mailing list -- [email protected]
https://list.elra.info/mailman3/postorius/lists/corpora.list.elra.info/
To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]

--===============2141431445152232926==--