{"id":29067,"date":"2026-04-16T12:03:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T04:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eng.ntnu.edu.tw\/?p=29067"},"modified":"2026-04-16T12:03:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T04:03:29","slug":"cfp-concentric-literary-and-cultural-studies-vol-53-no-1-from-neurodiversity-to-neurocosmopolitanism-literature-science-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eng.ntnu.edu.tw\/index.php\/en\/2026\/04\/16\/cfp-concentric-literary-and-cultural-studies-vol-53-no-1-from-neurodiversity-to-neurocosmopolitanism-literature-science-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"CFP\u2013Concentric: Literary and Cultural Studies Vol. 53 No. 1 \u201cFrom Neurodiversity to Neurocosmopolitanism: Literature, Science, Politics\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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CFP\u2013Concentric: Literary and Cultural Studies Vol. 53 No. 1 \u201cFrom Neurodiversity to Neurocosmopolitanism: Literature, Science, Politics\u201d<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Concentric: Literary and Cultural Studies<\/strong><\/p>

Vol. 53 No. 1 | March 2027<\/strong><\/p>

Call for Papers<\/strong><\/p>

From Neurodiversity to Neurocosmopolitanism: <\/strong><\/p>

Literature, Science, Politics<\/strong><\/p>

Guest Editor<\/strong><\/p>

Manuel Herrero-Puertas (National Taiwan University)<\/strong><\/p>

Deadline for Submissions: July 15, 2026<\/strong><\/p>

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\u201cNeurodiversity\u201d signals a political and aesthetic endeavor, a collective reckoning with \u201cthe infinite variation in neurocognitive functioning within our species\u201d\u2014to cite Nick Walker\u2019s strategically capacious definition. Given the breadth of cognitive styles and experiences it encompasses, the interdisciplinary field of critical neurodiversity studies has grown exponentially over the last decade. As a result, neurodivergent individuals today find it easier to cast off dehumanizing clinical labels that reduce them to a \u201cdisorder,\u201d \u201csyndrome,\u201d or \u201cdeficit,\u201d embracing instead \u201cautistic,\u201d \u201cAsperger\u2019s,\u201d \u201cdyslexic,\u201d \u201cepileptic,\u201d and \u201cschizophrenic\u201d as cultural, not pathological, identities. This paradigm shift has entered literary studies and the humanities in full force, aided by mould-breaking scholars and activists Melanie Yergeau, Amanda Baggs, Julia Miele Rodas, Ralph James Savarese, Robert Chapman, and Michael B\u00e9rub\u00e9, among others.

Neurodiversity\u2019s journey from the margins to the center of artistic production and scholarly inquiry has not been without risks. One needs to look no further than the uncanny coexistence in the current U.S. administration of Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has declared war against autism\u2014for him, \u201can individual tragedy\u201d that \u201cdestroys families\u201d and whose allegedly epidemic proportions threaten the nation itself\u2014and Elon Musk, who has proudly come out as (a self-diagnosed) Asperger\u2019s and ascribed his entrepreneurial success to this particular brand of neurological difference. In the spirit of resisting both stigmatizing ableism and neoliberal co-optation, this special issue of Concentric<\/em> turns to art, literature, science, and activism as overlapping realms of neurodivergent resistance and imagination.

And so we ask: what are the futures of neurodiversity, the ones we desire and the ones we wish to prevent? We invite scholarly work on the intersection of literature and neurodiversity without limitations of genre, period, language, or place. In fact, one of our provocations is that neurodivergent literary productions from previous eras prove particularly generative in ours. Understanding neurodivergent pasts helps us imagine neurodivergent futures. At the same time, asking about possible futures is our way of asking about understudied neurodivergent geographies, too. What untrodden paths for neurodiversity await outside the Anglo-American sphere that dominates the field? Here, we take Savarese\u2019s concept of \u201cneurocosmopolitanism\u201d literally. If a genuine openness to other cultures (cosmopolitanism) models a genuine openness to other neurocognitive styles, then how far should we travel and how long should we linger in these non-hegemonic locales, linking up our struggle against neuronormativity with ongoing struggles against colonialism, capitalism, racism, sexism, and homophobia? Contributions examining neurodiversity\u2019s whens, wheres, and hows are warmly welcomed. Possible topics include (but are not limited to) the following:

(1) The politics of neurodivergent literary form and aesthetic
(2) Neurocosmopolitanism versus nationalism
(3) Critical neurodiversity studies beyond Anglo-American frames: Global South, Transpacific, etc.
(4) Neurodiversity in translation: code-switching, interpretation, transmediality
(5) Neurodivergent poetics
(6) Neurodiversity and popular culture
(7) Neurodiversity, science, and technology
(8) Digital neurodivergent cultures (VR, AI, Second Life, etc.)
(9) Neurodivergent temporalities, crip time, non-linear narratives of growth and development
(10) Continuity and rupture between disability studies, crip theory, and critical neurodiversity studies
(11) The rise of the techno-savant and the commodification of neurodivergence
(12) Intersections of neurodiversity studies, queer theory, and gender studies
(13) Critical autism studies, autie-biographies, autistic art and activism
(14) Literary explorations of neurodivergent conditions beyond autism\/Asperger\u2019s

Please send complete papers of 6,000-10,000 words, 5\u20138 keywords, and a brief biography to concentric.lit@deps.ntnu.edu.tw<\/a> by July 15, 2026. Manuscripts should follow the latest edition of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers<\/em>. Except for footnotes, which should be single-spaced, manuscripts must be double-spaced in 12-point Times New Roman. Please consult our style guide at http:\/\/www.concentric-literature.url.tw<\/a>.

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Concentric: Literary and Cultural Studies<\/em><\/strong>, indexed in Arts and Humanities Citation Index, is a peer-reviewed journal published two times per year by the Department of English, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan. Concentric<\/em> is devoted to offering innovative perspectives on literary and cultural issues and advancing the transcultural exchange of ideas. While committed to bringing Asian-based scholarship to the world academic community, Concentric<\/em> welcomes original contributions from diverse national and cultural backgrounds. In each issue of Concentric<\/em> we publish groups of essays on a special topic as well as papers on more general issues. http:\/\/www.concentric-literature.url.tw\/<\/a>.

For submissions or general inquiries, please contact us at: <\/strong>concentric.lit@deps.ntnu.edu.tw<\/a>.

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