We are excited to release a preview of our forthcoming Romancing Africa Special Issue, with a fascinating article by Enet Mundembe and F. Fiona Moolla on the centrality of motherhood in Nigerian popular romance 📢 #PopularRomance #Africa #NigerianRomance www.jprstudies.org/2026/08/marr...

New Issue Alert: Very pleased to share the latest issue of JPRS!📢 With articles on trauma in popular romance by Alicia Leigh, cuteness in Thai boys-love novels by Bancha Rattanamathuwong, notes on defining the 'trope' in romance fiction, and many others🎉 www.jprstudies.org/issue-15-1/

Come to South Korea with us with some new ideas about world literature, translation of literature, and other comparative work! #DigitalHumanities #ComputationalLiteraryStudies

DH2026 | X/Twitter (@DH2026_Daejeon)@dh2026daejeon.bsky.social · 7mo ago

📢 CFP: "Digital and/or Comparative Literary Studies Today" — ICLA DCL & SIG-DLS mini-conference at #DH2026! Lightning talks + poster session on computational & comparative approaches to literature. 📅 Deadline: April 30, 2026 📍 Daejeon, South Korea 👉 icla-dcl.quarto.pub/info/news/20...

#jobklaxon PhD Fellowships available at @psl-univ.bsky.social! Come & work w/us in CultureLab (w/ @jbcamps.bsky.social @oliviermorin.bsky.social et al not bsky). Deadline 31/05 Starting 01/10 Duration 3 yrs (fixed-term employment with benefits) Salary: sad. www.culturelab.psl.eu/en/news-cult...

CfP 🚨 Are you interested in #RomanceResearch and Sports? JPRS is calling for papers for its special issue on Sport Romance! 📆 300-word abstracts to be submitted by 31st May 2026 to Atlanta Tsiaoukkas (at839@cam.ac.uk). 🔗 Find all the information on our website: www.jprstudies.org/submissions/...

📢COMPUTATIONAL CULTURAL SCIENCE WORKSHOP -- DEADLINE EXTENSION! You now have until 24th February 2026 (AoE) to submit a long paper or an abstract for a poster or a lightning talk on any topic related to the computational study of cultural artefacts. 👉 c2s.sciencesconf.org 📍Paris, 18-19 May 2026

It was an absolute privilege to work with these wonderful scholars. I hope that people enjoy this special issue on YA and series and romance!

Journal of Popular Romance Studies@jprstudies.bsky.social · 10mo ago

🚨 A new Special Issue has been published today! The volume "(Un)defined YA / Series / Romance" features an introduction by Amanda K. Allen (@amandaallenphd.bsky.social) and six research articles. Follow the link and keep reading to discover them: www.jprstudies.org/special-issu... #RomanceResearch

The start of 2026 in JPRS is marked by the publication of Amy Burge's (@dramyburge.bsky.social) Editor's Note for Volume 14 ✨. Follow the link to read our Executive Editor's review of last year's publications: doi.org/10.70138/ZFX... #RomanceResearch

📢 CfP now open for the Computational Cultural Science Workshop (Paris, 18-19 May 2026) until 16 February. Topics of interest: *️⃣AI and cultural datasets *️⃣Theory-driven humanities research *️⃣Document-based modelling of historical and social processes *️⃣Cultural analytics 👉 c2s.sciencesconf.org

📣 Important update regarding this CfP: the submission deadline for our Special Issue "Romancing the Posthuman" has been extended until 30 November 2025! 🔗 Find all the relevant information through the JPRS website: www.jprstudies.org/submissions/... #RomanceResearch

Journal of Popular Romance Studies@jprstudies.bsky.social · last yr.

CfP 🚨 The Journal of Popular Romance Studies is now accepting paper submissions for its Special Issue "Romancing the Posthuman", focusing on romance, critical love studies and posthumanism: 📆 Deadline: 31 October 2025 📄 Send 300-word abstracts ➕ More information: www.jprstudies.org/submissions/...