Call for Papers, No. 38, October 2025
The Editorial Board of the AM Journal of Art and Media Studies invites all potential contributors to submit their papers for issue No. 38/October 2025 with the theme:
Bodily autonomy and identity politics: feminist approaches in the era of global political changes
Editors for this issue are Dr. Aleksa Milanović (Faculty of Media and Communications, Serbia), and Dr. Nađa Bobičić (Faculty of Political Sciences, Serbia)
Bodily autonomy and identity politics are topics that are becoming increasingly relevant in an era of global strengthening of right-wing and neo-fascist movements and a general social shift to the right on a worldwide level. The strengthening of anti-gender movements in the last few decades led to the abolition of a whole series of hard-won human rights of women, LGBTIQ+ people, and minority groups around the world. Neoliberal commodification of identity and right-wing strategies of using identity politics against women and oppressed minorities divide feminist and other civil rights movements and undermine the potential for alliance building. On the other hand, we are also witnessing the resistance and activistic tendencies toward united action by all those who advocate for basic feminist principles and values. These tendencies are present and visible through artistic work and social media campaigns, and they are expressed through activist and academic conferences and activities that illuminate problems and point to possible solutions and strategies for struggle and resistance.
Contributions from disciplines and fields such as gender studies, transgender studies, cultural studies, critical theory, media and art theory, philosophy, communication studies, pedagogy, and political studies are welcome. We invite scholars to contribute with original research and theoretical essays that may include but need not be limited to the following themes:
- politicization of gender
- neoliberalism and politics of identity
- contemporary art/media practices and social movements
- bias-free communication and inclusive language
- mainstream media and representation of feminism
- media representation of gender and LGBTIQ+ community
- social media and gendered body
- digital media and social movements
- impact of anti-gender movements on human rights of LGBTIQ+ people
- politics of solidarity.
Potential contributors are invited to submit their full-text proposals of 3,000–5,000 words, formatted according to the Journal's stylistic guidelines, by April 30, 2025, at the latest.
AM Journal is organized into four sections: Main Theme, Beyond the Main Theme, Artist Portfolio, and Book Reviews. Only the first section, which is also the central one, is predefined by the issue's main theme.
Stylistic Guidelines can be found here.
All articles undergo double-blind peer review.
The issue is scheduled to be published in October 2025.
Please send your full-text queries (if any) by email to both the issue editors (aleksa.milanovic@fmk.edu.rs; bobicic.nadja@gmail.com) and the Journal email address: amjournal@outlook.com.
Guest issue editors
Dr. Aleksa Milanović and Dr. Nađa Bobičić
