Call for Papers, No. 39, April 2026

The Editorial Board of AM Journal of Art and Media Studies invites all potential contributors to send their papers for issue No. 39/April 2026 with the main theme Collaborating Across Borders.

The guest editor for this issue is Tania Ørum, Professor Emerita, Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. 

Artists of different nationalities have always collaborated across borders. The modern breakthrough that made Paris famous was not created solely by French artists and writers, but also by transnational artists such as Picasso, Brancusi, and Gertrude Stein, as well as the transnational crew of self-made institutions like the Ballets Russes and the Ballets Suédois during the interwar period. The Sturm Gallery in Berlin was run by a German art dealer married to a Swedish artist. It attracted artists from Russia, Germany, the Netherlands, and the Nordic countries, while exhibiting widely not only in Germany but across the Nordic countries and elsewhere. The Bauhaus School attracted teachers and students from Russia, Hungary, Switzerland, Denmark, Germany, and Japan. The Hochschule für Gestaltung in Ulm established connections between Europe, Latin America, and the USA.

Avant-garde movements like Surrealism, Zenith, and Fluxus had extensive networks connecting them to collaborators and contacts across the globe, facilitating joint exhibitions, publications, and enabling cooperation among the numerous local little magazines. The Cobra movement and the Situationists were transnational from their start.

Migrant artists have made substantial – if not always sufficiently acknowledged – contributions to the countries they chose to live in. The postwar art and literature scene in Sweden would hardly be the same without the influential Estonian writer Ilmar Laaban, who wrote in five languages and connected local artists with international figures such as Marcel Duchamp. The German artist Arthur Köpcke established connections from his small gallery in Copenhagen to groups such as the French Nouveau Réalisme and the transnational Fluxus movement.  The German artist Dieter Roth made a substantial impact on the cultural life of Iceland when he chose to settle there for a longer period. And today, migrant cultures create movements between Africa, Asia, South America, and Europe.

We welcome contributions on:

• historical and contemporary transnational collaboration;
• transnational artist networks;
• transnational exhibitions;
• the impact of foreign-born/migrant /refugee artists on their chosen country;
• transnational publications;
• multi-lingual literature.

Potential contributors are invited to submit their full-text proposals, 3,000–5,000 words in length, formatted according to the Journal's stylistic guidelines, by January 10, 2026, 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.

Please note: Following the journal categorization of the Ministry of Science, Technological Development, and Innovation of the Republic of Serbia, only original scholarly articles that adhere to the highest academic standards are accepted for submission. Upon submission, the Editorial Team performs an initial screening and selection of manuscripts, subsequently forwarding the chosen submissions for double-blind peer review. The ultimate decision regarding the acceptance of a manuscript is contingent upon the outcomes of the peer review process.

The issue is scheduled for publication in April 2026.

Please send your full-text submissions and queries (if any) by email to the Journal email address: amjournal@outlook.com.

Biography: Tania Ørum, Professor Emerita, Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

• Associate professor at the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies (IKK), KU (1991–2015).
• Coordinator of the Danish research network “The Return and Actuality of the Avant-Gardes” supported by the Danish Research Council for the Humanities 2002–2004.
• Director of the Nordic Network of Avant-Garde Studies supported by the Nordic Research Council, Nordforsk, 2005–2009. 
• Chairman of the European Network for Avant-Garde and Modernism Studies (EAM), 2007–2008. Member of the Steering Committee of EAM from 2007.
• Main editor of the 4 volumes of A Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries published in the series of Avant-Garde Critical Studies at Rodopi/Brill (Leiden/Boston 2012–2022).
• Has written widely on Modernism and the Avant-Garde in literature and the arts.
• For a list of publications, see: http://curis.ku.dk/admin/workspace.xhtml.