PORTAL Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies

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Call for Paper: Global Citizenship Special Issue

2024-04-02

Call for Papers: Portal: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies

Special Issue: Global Citizenship

Edited by Angela Giovanangeli & Alice Loda

Over the last two decades, the concept of global citizenship has gained prominence in higher education, inviting scholars to critically revaluate knowledge and responsibility in global contexts. Global citizenship encourages a shift towards a more inclusive and interconnected worldview, where collaborative actions and interactions are driven by a shared commitment to understanding and addressing the complexities of our global society. The term global citizenship is, however, highly contested and fluid, raising many questions.  How does global citizenship intersect with social justice? In what ways does it encapsulate principles of equity, diversity and inclusion? How can universities act to enact positive social change, preparing students to tackle global challenges with insight and innovation? How is global citizenship assessed? Amid a backdrop of global crises and opportunities, we seek contributions that not only reflect on these challenges but also celebrate the multiple ways in which global citizenship is lived, taught and envisioned across the educational spectrum.

We welcome a diverse array of submissions from educators, scholars, students and practitioners. Share your insights, research, narratives and creative expressions that encapsulate the essence of global citizenship both in theory and practice. Whether through critical essays, compelling stories, reflective musings, or poignant poetry, we invite you to contribute to a rich array of perspectives that illustrate the concept of global citizenship in our scholarly communities.

Themes and Topics for Exploration

Your submission may navigate various dimensions of global citizenship, including but not limited to:

  • Conceptualisations of global citizenship and changes across time and space
  • Intersections of global citizenship and social justice and sustainability
  • Global citizenship and multilingualism
  • Pedagogical innovations for global citizenship education
  • Case studies or narratives of transformative global citizenship experiences
  • Critical reflections on the challenges of implementing global citizenship in curricula
  • The impact of emerging technologies and AI on concepts of citizenship and community
  • Future visions for global citizenship within and beyond higher education

 Submission Details

 Type of Submissions (1):                Scholarly essays, personal narratives, reflective pieces, poetry, short stories etc. NOT PEER REVIEWED

Length:                                               Up to 3,000 words

Type of Submissions (2):                 Scholarly articles PEER REVIEWED

Length:                                               Up to 10,000 words

                            

Expressions of Interest:                  By email to portal.scholarly.journal@gmail.com by 30 April 2024.

Deadline for Submissions:             31 August 2024

How to Submit:                                 Online: https://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/portal

Call for Papers: The Great Dis-Equalizer: the Covid-19 crisis Special double curated issue

2020-07-02

As the Covid-19 pandemic spread to communities across the globe, governments reacted to the crisis in various ways, often enforcing various iterations of a lockdown. The crisis – as much economic and political as biological and affective – was quickly branded the “great equalizer” and a shared global event that made present the fragility and vulnerability of the human body and mind. The tendency to universalize the lived experience of the crisis and living in lockdown rested on underlining the affective bonds between peoples and societies and their shared suffering.

This special issue aims to unsettle the narrative of the Covid-19 crisis as the “great equalizer” by presenting diverse accounts of living in lockdown that foreground the pandemic as the great dis-equalizer. We invite short submissions (up to 3000 words) that reflect on the questions below or any other aspect of the lived experience of living through the crisis and/or in lockdown:

  • What can the crisis and the lived experience of living in lockdown tell us about how we understand our sense of place and space?
  • In which ways do social class, gender, ethnicity, caring responsibilities, disability, imprisonment, community intersect with the crisis and the experience of living in lockdown?
  • How does the crisis and the experience of living in lockdown intersect with the creation of art and knowledge?
  • What emotional responses to living through the crisis in lockdown unsettle our sense of being, individually and collectively?
  • How might we reimagine social relations and kinship when touching is restricted?
  • How might we rethink of global mobility in a time when mobility itself is impossible?
  • Has our perception of time changed while living through the crisis and in lockdown?
  • How do the crisis and the lockdown intersect with the concept of freedom, intended in its epistemological, ontological, political and social connotations?
  • What happens when authorities rule that a lockdown is not an option for you or a particular segment of society?

We seek self-reflective submissions from a diverse range of voices from around the world that reflect on the lived experience of the crisis and living in lockdown. A variety of submissions are welcome, including personal reflections and short essays, as well as poetry, short stories and any other creative texts. If you are interested in being part of this special issue of PORTAL: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies, please email your expressions of interest to Nicholas.Manganas@uts.edu.au and alice.loda@uts.edu.au by Monday July 13, 2020. Submissions will go through an editing process but will not be peer reviewed. Deadline for completed manuscripts: Friday 11 September 2020. Expected publication: end of October.

Submissions are accepted in English, Spanish, Japanese, Italian, French, German and Chinese. 

Alice Loda & Nicholas Manganas (Editors)

The Jo-Anne Duggan Essay Prize 2015

2014-08-04

The Australasian Centre for Italian Studies (ACIS), with the generous support of Kevin Bayley, The Colour Factory and the editorial committee of Portal: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies, has established a biennial Jo-Anne Duggan Essay Prize to be awarded for the first time in 2015.

Portal author wins the 2013 Inoue Yasushi Award

2013-09-23

Congratulations to Dr Helen Kilpatrick of the University of Wollongong, winner of the 2013 Inoue Yasushi Award for her essay, 'Envisioning the Shôjo Aesthetic in Miyazawa Kenji’s “The Twin Stars” and “Night of the Milky Way Railway'.