Open Access Publication in Global South Literary Studies! Read this discussion titled “Enhancing Conceptual Understanding in Pathology: Using Multimedia to Anchor Foundational Grasp in South African Higher Education,” by Dianna Moodley and Colette Kell, for free here: doi.org/10.1080/3068...

Enhancing conceptual understanding in pathology: using multimedia to anchor foundational grasp in South African higher education

Studying in the Health Sciences is often characterised by rote learning because of traditional, theory-heavy concepts. This poses challenges with memorisation without understanding, which prevents ...

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New Publication Alert: Delighted to share our latest publication: "Transmission and Narratology of Ramayana: An Interview with John Brockington" by Govind S and Prof. Smita Jha Read here: doi.org/10.1080/3068...

Transmission and narratology of Ramayana: an interview with John Brockington

This interview discusses the transmission and narratology of the Ramayana. John Brockington explores the epic with substantiated insights and observations, revealing essential aspects of the Ramaya...

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Special Issue Call for Papers!!! Global South Literary Studies (Routledge) The call is here: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

New Publication Alert Global South Literary Studies is pleased to publish the article “Towards a decolonial re-reading of Hari Mohan Jha’s critical afterlife: caste, silence, and colonial modernity” by Sankat Mochan Jha. Read here: doi.org/10.1080/3068...

Towards a decolonial re-reading of Hari Mohan Jha’s critical afterlife: caste, silence, and colonial modernity

This article problematises the institutional and largely uncritical positioning of Hari Mohan Jha as a representative of liberal modernity within postcolonial scholarship on bhasha literatures. Thi...

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Publication Alert!!! "Rethinking Masculinity: Stay-at-Home Fatherhood in Zukiswa Wanner’s Men of the South" By Mukoi Musagasa Read here: doi.org/10.1080/3068...

Rethinking masculinity: stay-at-home fatherhood in Zukiswa Wanner’s Men of the South

Zukiswa Wanner’s novel, Men of the South (2010), endeavours to confront the controversies of middle-class Black masculinities in post-apartheid South Africa. The interplay of progressiveness, heter...

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New Research Article in Global South Literary Studies "Reproductive Ledgers and Broken Conversions: Corruption, Colonial Modernity, and the Crisis of Valuation in Flora Nwapa’s Efuru" by Azzeddine Tajjiou Read the article here: doi.org/10.1080/3068...

Reproductive ledgers and broken conversions: corruption, colonial modernity, and the crisis of valuation in Flora Nwapa’s Efuru

Flora Nwapa’s Efuru (1966) frames corruption not only as a failure of governance but as a failure of recognition, a systematic distortion of value in the intimate spaces of household and community ...

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Job Alert: Associate Editor Deadline: 05 May 2026 If you hold a PhD in Literature, with a focus on Global South Studies and/or Postcolonial Studies, along with post-PhD editorial experience, we would love to hear from you. Apply: think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...

Publication Alert! Article title: “Surveilled bodies, governed lives: a Foucauldian reading of surveillance, power, and subjectivity in The Truth About Me: A Hijra Life Story” by Aditi Sharma & Nupur Tandon. Read Here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Surveilled bodies, governed lives: a Foucauldian reading of surveillance, power, and subjectivity in A. Revathi’s the Truth about me: a Hijra life story

This article examines A. Revathi’s The Truth About Me: A Hijra Life Story (2010) as an articulation of how power, surveillance, and the gendered gaze operate to regulate gender and sexuality. Engag...

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Publication Alert! Global South Literary Studies has published a new article titled: “Negotiating patriarchy, agency, and secrecy in The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives” by Gabriel Kosiso Okonkwo. Read the article: doi.org/10.1080/3068...

Negotiating patriarchy, agency, and secrecy in Lola Shoneyin’s The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives

This article examines Lola Shoneyin’s The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives drawing on feminist theories of secrecy and Global South conceptions of agency to advance weaponised surreption as a crit...

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ALERT! Associate Editors for Global South Literary Studies (GSLS)!! Global South Literary Studies is currently recruiting associate editors. Deadline: 05 May 2026 For eligibility and application process check: think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...

Special Issue: Frames, Terrains, and Worldings: Comics and Storytelling across the Global South Abstract Deadline: 15 July 2026 Manuscript Deadline: 31 December 2026 Learn more: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

Inviting submissions for our General Issues. We welcome original research articles on Caribbean, African, and Latin American literatures. Contributions engaging with diverse theoretical, comparative, and interdisciplinary approaches are encouraged. Please visit: www.tandfonline.com/journals/rgs...

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Publishes work examining the literary and cultural expressions that respond to and emerge from the Global South.

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I just came across @globalsouthls.bsky.social and you should check it out if you work on the global south and (world) literature!

Please consider submitting to this CFP think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

Just launched: Pan-African Magazines—a digital archive of rare, regionally distinct African magazines that shaped popular culture and political thought 1954-1991. Produced in partnership with Drum Archive and digitized entirely in Africa by Africa Media Online. coherentdigital.net/products/afr...

Blue Humanities, the subject of our first special issues, is a deeply intersectional field. Check out these inspiring projects from Oceanic Humanities for the Global South, a research institute which combines creative practice with scientific research. www.oceanichumanities.com/projects

"The legacies of empire include not only global inequalities but also an environmental crisis in which the oceans have been sites of maximum damage done by the hubris of the Anthropocene." Submit your work to our Special Issue:

Our first Special Issue “Oceanic Fictions in Indian Languages and Beyond” will track “how different communities have interacted with the ocean and its role in shaping civilizational moorings and material cultures”. Submit your proposals at the link below!

Want to submit a proposal for our first special issue, "Oceanic Fictions in Indian Languages and Beyond"? Looking for inspiration? Check out this fantastic project from 2023 led by Professor Isabel Hofmeyr! www.oceanichumanities.com

Our first special issue, "Oceanic Fictions in Indian Languages and Beyond," invites submissions which shift attention away from "territorial and terrestrial frames to the fluvial spaces of the ocean", making a "decolonial foray into the critical praxes" of the Global South. Read the CfP and submit:

An excellent project uncovering the beautiful, but sadly endangered architecture of South Asia

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Today’s #HeritageHighlights takes us to the storied Rampur Raza Library in Uttar Pradesh, India. Founded in 1774, the library flourished under the patronage of the scholarly Nawabs of Rampur who grew the collection with books, rare manuscripts, artwork, and calligraphy. (1/3)

🕊️ On this #InternationalDayOfPeace, we’re re-sharing Celestina Atom's blog on peacebuilding after conflict, drawn from @mybisa.bsky.social #BISA2025 Conference. This year’s theme reminds us how peace requires collaboration across divides. Read here 🔽

Rebuilding After Conflict: Highlights from BISA 2025 - GLOBAL SOUTHS HUB

Celestina Atom reflects on BISA 2025, sharing insights on reintegration in Nigeria and lessons from Belfast’s history of conflict and peace.

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Member of our editorial board, @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social's forthcoming book Southern Imagining reorients our view of the world, offering "an alternative perspective, using literary, scientific and cultural material to explore how we look at the world from the south."

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New book webpage is out!! press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

We are open for submissions, but also to your suggestions! Do you have an idea for a special issue related to Global South Literary Studies? Is there an author, theorist, or translator who you think should be interviewed, a book that begs reviewing? Send us your pitch at the link below.

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GSLS's scope encompasses past, present, and emerging narratives through the lens of literary and theoretical analysis across varied formats including fiction, non-fiction, drama, poetry, graphic novels & comics, oral histories and other non-traditional forms of expression. Open for submissions!

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Publishes work examining the literary and cultural expressions that respond to and emerge from the Global South.

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The Journal of Global South Literary Studies is open for submissions and proposals! We do not prescribe to geographical, superficial or limiting definitions of ‘Global South’, and encourage our authors to consider contrasts as well as connections to reflect its polyphonic reality.

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We are thrilled to announce Routledge’s newest quarterly journal: Global South Literary Studies. Dedicated to examining the literary and cultural expressions that respond to and emerge from the Global South, we aim to advance understanding of the area's diverse realities. Now open for submission!

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Delighted to announce the launch of a new journal from @tandfresearch.bsky.social @routledgelit.bsky.social: Global South Literary Studies 🎉 Editor-in-Chief: Goutam Karmakar. Learn more, sign up for new content alerts & consider submitting at www.tandfonline.com/rgsl 🎉

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