Editors: Elisabetta Abignente (University of Naples Federico II), Claudia Cao (University of Cagliari), and Claudia Cerulo (University of Naples Federico II)
Submission Deadline: May 1st, 2025.
Publication Date: November 30th, 2025
The issue of Between aims providing an in-depth investigation of literary and intermedial production on the theme of “catastrophe”. The goal is twofold: on one hand, to valorise the content, forms, and specificities of post-apocalyptic production from a comparative and intermedial perspective; on the other hand, to place it both within the context of contemporary literature and the literary tradition, thereby engaging in an original manner with national and international critical discourse. We welcome contributions discussing the social and ecological implications of apocalyptic representations as well as the reception and editorial policies that favour this type of narrative from the 2000s onwards. Submissions addressing the topic are welcome from both theoretical perspectives and through the analysis of one or more case studies from a comparative or inter-artes perspective.
Specifically, we encourage proposals related (but not limited) to:
Genres and motifs of catastrophe (science fiction, dystopia, utopia, post-apocalyptic)
• Cultural imaginaries and narratives (literature, cinema, television series, comics, visual arts, photography)
• Spaces and environments of the post-apocalyptic (landscapes, ruins, objects)
• Embodiment experiences (human relationships, survival, childhood)
• Gender, decolonial, and antispeciesist perspectives (ecofeminism, queer, animality, monstrosity)
This issue is edited by Elisabetta Abignente (elisabetta.abignente@unina.it), Claudia Cao (claudia.cao@unica.it) and Claudia Cerulo (claudia.cerulo@unina.it).
Authors are invited to consult the summary bibliography at the end of this call for papers. In case of any doubts and/or further information, please email the editors.
Articles ready for publication (no longer than 40,000 characters, including spaces, paginated on the provided Template, along with a title, an abstract, and metadata in English) must be sent to the journal by May 1st, 2025, following the instructions available on the Submissions page of Between’s website. Accepted articles will be published on November 30th, 2025.
Submissions are accepted in Italian, English, and French; bilingual submissions will also be accepted. Submissions in a language other than Italian and bilingual submissions (with one language being English or French) are appreciated and encouraged, especially for papers relating to foreign authors.
Read more at the following page: https://ojs.unica.it/index.php/between/announcement/view/123