Global South Literature in and out of South Asia

Call for Papers

Global South Literature in and out of South Asia

Journal: Global South Literary Studies
Publisher: Routledge – Taylor & Francis Group

Manuscript Submission Deadline: 01 August 2026

Global South Literary Studies invites high-quality submissions for its Special Issue on Global South Literature in and out of South Asia.

About the Special Issue

This Special Issue explores how writers and communities from across the Global South—including Africa, Latin America, China, and the Middle East—have imagined South Asia through literary expression. Moving beyond Eurocentric and elite South Asian perspectives, it examines how marginalized communities negotiate identity, migration, belonging, solidarity, displacement, and cultural exchange across the Global South.

The issue encourages interdisciplinary scholarship that repositions South Asia within South–South and South-East conversations while investigating literary encounters shaped by colonial histories, diaspora, race, and postcolonial identities.

Topics of Interest

Submissions may include, but are not limited to:

• South Asia through Global South literary perspectives

• Africa–Asia and South–South literary relations

• Sino–South Asian migration and cultural identities

• Jewish diasporas and literary histories in South Asia

• Afghan refugee narratives and displacement

• Black travelers, soldiers, and colonial encounters in South Asia

• South–South travel writing and memoirs

• Diaspora, belonging, and transnational identities

• Postcolonial theory and Global South studies

• Literary representations of solidarity, conflict, and cultural exchange

Preferred Article Types

The journal welcomes:

• Original Research Articles

• Literary and Cultural Studies

• Comparative Literature Research

• Postcolonial and Diaspora Studies

• Interdisciplinary Scholarship

Submission Information

• Abstract Deadline: 15 March 2026 (500 words + 100-word bio)

• Manuscript Submission Deadline: 01 August 2026

• Articles should be up to 8,000 words.

• Selected authors will be notified by 01 April 2026.

• Manuscripts should follow the journal's official submission guidelines and undergo external peer review.

Special Issue Editors

• Prof. Nalini Iyer, Seattle University, USA

• Prof. Pallavi Rastogi, Louisiana State University, USA

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