Call for Articles | Translation in Society 7:3
Special Issue: Translating the Popular, Popularizing Translation

Guest edited by CLIV members Bram Lambrecht and Jo De Brie (Ghent University, Belgium)

The full call can be found here.

• Evanghelia Stead (UVSQ Paris-Saclay)
• Sehnaz Tahir-Gürçağlar (York University, Glendon College; Boğaziçi University)
• Daniele Monticelli (Tallinn University)
• Maris Saagpakk (Tallinn University)
• Marina Popea (University of Oxford, Balliol College)

Call for abstracts: Retranslation in Context VII (Antwerp, 9–11 December 2026) invites 20‑minute paper proposals on any aspect of retranslation, with a special focus on contextual, theoretical, methodological, and emerging issues (including AI). Abstracts (max. 350 words + bionote) are due 30 June 2026; notifications by 30 September 2026; provisional program by 31 October 2026. More info here. 

JLIC: OPEN CALL FOR ARTICLES (2028)

The Journal for Literary and Intermedial Crossings (ISSN 2506-8709) offers an online publication platform to researchers who wish to explore various aesthetic ‘crossings’ concerning media, genres and/or spaces. Targeted squarely at investigating the ‘in-between,’ the journal seeks contributions from scholars broadly covering medial, literary, generic, spatial and cultural crossings that bridge a plurality of potential discourses, modalities, and methodologies. We particularly welcome articles focusing on e.g. intra-, inter- and transmedial phenomena, hypermedia, genre hybridization and mixing, (inter-/cross-)cultural exchange, networks, interactions, contact zones, entanglements, cross-border movements, multilingualism, transnationality, topographies, etc.

The deadline for abstracts is 15 August 2026. Please submit an abstract of maximum 500 words (in English and, if applicable, also in the language of your article, i.e. Dutch, French, German, Italian or Spanish) and a list of 5 keywords (in the same (two) language(s)) and a 100-word author bio (in English only) through the designated form in our submission portal, which can be accessed here. 

The deadline for articles is 1 November 2026. We welcome contributions between 5,000 and 6,000 words (references and footnotes included) in Dutch, English, French, German, Italian or Spanish. Potential contributors should bear in mind that a two-stage review process is envisaged for full essays. In the first stage, articles will be reviewed by one of the journal editors. In the second stage, articles will be double-blind peer-reviewed by at least one external anonymous expert referee.
All work submitted to JLIC should reference and be formatted according to our Author Guidelines. JLIC supports textual as well as multi-media formatting.  Figures, video and audio files etc. should be saved separately from the text. Articles may be submitted in Word format through the designated form in our submission portal, which can be accessed here. 

JLIC considers all manuscripts on the strict condition that:

– the manuscript is your own original work, and does not duplicate any other previously published work, including your own previously published work.

– the manuscript has been submitted only to the Journal of Literary and Intermedial Crossings; it is not under consideration or peer review or accepted for publication or in press or published elsewhere.

– the manuscript contains nothing that is abusive, defamatory, libellous, obscene, fraudulent, or illegal.

– the author has obtained the necessary permission to reuse third-party material in their article. The use of short extracts of text and some other types of material is usually permitted, on a limited basis, for the purposes of criticism and review without securing formal permission. If you wish to include any material in your article for which you do not hold copyright, and which is not covered by this informal agreement, you will need to obtain written permission from the copyright owner prior to submission.

The Journal for Literary and Intermedial Crossings (JLIC) is pleased to announce a call for articles for its upcoming special issue, “Postmigration Beyond National Borders”, guest edited by Anna-Lena Eick (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz) and Janine Hauthal (Vrije Universiteit Brussel).

More information here

Please find attached the CfP for an edited volume on “Translating the Nonhuman in Colonial and Postcolonial Contexts”

Call for Papers Translating the Non-human in Colonial and Postcolonial Contexts_final

On 4 and 5 November, Francis Mus and several colleagues from the universities of Liège and Leuven will be organising an international conference on (self-)representation strategies of literary translators and translations (into and from French). The programme and poster can be found in the attachment. You are welcome to attend one or more sessions in the university library (Rozier). Advance registration is not necessary, unless you wish to stay for the whole day and also participate in the coffee and lunch breaks. In that case, please let Francis (francis.mus@ugent.be) know before Wednesday 29 October.

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Call for papers for the conference From Liègeois writer to global author: the circulation of Georges Simenon’s work in translation, to be held in Liège on 24 and 25 June 2026.

Proposals for papers are due by 15 December 2025 at the latest.

This conference, which will contribute to the emergence of an international network dedicated to the study of the circulation of Georges Simenon’s work across different languages, spaces, media and formats, is part of the ‘Simenon in Translation’ (SITRAD) project. Led by Céline Letawe and Maud Gonne at the University of Liège, this project aims to map the international circulation of this writer’s work through the construction of a relational database storing bibliometric data.

More info here: https://www.cirti.uliege.be/cms/c_12777360/fr/de-l-ecrivain-liegeois-a-l-auteur-mondial-la-circulation-de-l-oeuvre-de-georges-simenon-en-traductions