Series will pause editorial activity from 3 to 23 August. Submissions remain open throughout this period, but manuscripts will not be processed until 24 August, when the editorial team resumes evaluation. We thank our authors for their patience.
Read more about Summer Break: 3–23 AugustIn this special issue, we are interested in submissions that provide a critical assessment of representations of mental and neurological disorders in fictional television shows. In this, we adopt a broad understanding of mental disorders, including neurological and personality disorders and cultural discourses of mental illness. We welcome contributions that engage with the levels of representation and reception from a variety of different disciplinary perspectives and across cultures.
Full papers submission deadline: June 1st, 2024
Read more about Series Vol. 10 n. 2 - Call for Papers: Mental TV. Changing the Narrative of Mental Disorders on TelevisionPermanent call for contributions concerning the narrative, technological, economic, social, and cultural impact of television serial forms.
Articles should range between 5,000–8,000 words (including abstract, notes, and references).
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal.
Read more about Permanent Call For PapersThis special issue of Series: International Journal of TV Serial Narratives invites papers exploring how fictional TV series interact with populist politics through platforms and networks – with the latter terms intended in the most fluid way, encapsulating the social, industrial, and commercial dimensions of each. We encourage contributions that adopt a variety of methodological approaches and theoretical perspectives.
Full papers submission deadline: October 15, 2023
Read more about SERIES Vol. 10 n. 1 - Call for Papers: Screening European Populisms in the 21st Century: TV Series, Social Networks, and Political PlatformsOpen call for contributions concerning the narrative, technological, economic, social, and cultural impact of television serial forms.
Full paper submission deadline: February 28th, 2023
Read more about SERIES Vol. 9 No. 1 – Call for PapersThis special issue of Series: International Journal of TV Serial Narratives invites papers that explore societal, cultural, and industrial implications of Turkish TV series in Turkey and across the world via an analysis of their content, production, distribution, and reception.
Full papers submission deadline: August 22, 2022
Read more about SERIES Vol. 8 No. 2 – Call for Papers: Capturing the New Dynamics of Turkish Television Series: Disjunctions and ContinuitiesOpen call for contributions concerning the narrative, technological, economic, social, and cultural impact of television serial forms.
Full paper submission deadline: February 28th, 2022
Read more about SERIES Vol. 8 No. 1 – Call for PapersThis themed issue of SERIES — Vol 7 No 2 (2021) — aims to bring together specialists in academic research on television fiction with the intention of defining, characterizing, and explaining the key factors transforming television fiction in Latin America.
Full paper submission deadline: July 20, 2021
Read more about SERIES Vol 7 No 2 – Call for Papers: Latin American Television Fiction in Times of Change (2015-2021)Open call for contributions concerning the narrative, technological, economic, social, and cultural impact of television serial forms.
Full paper submission deadline: February 28th, 2021
Read more about SERIES Vol 7 No 1 – Call for PapersThis themed issue of SERIES — Vol 6 No 2 (2020) — aims to look at how technology influences the production/distribution of TV series and how it is representented in their narratives and promotion.
Full paper submission deadline: June 30 August 31, 2020.
Read more about SERIES Vol 6 No 2 – Call for papers: Dialogues with Technology: TV Series, Production, Distribution and RepresentationOpen call for contributions concerning the narrative, technological, economic, social and cultural impact of television serial forms.
Full paper submission deadline: January 31st, 2020.
Read more about SERIES Vol 6 No 1 – Call for papersThis special section of SERIES aims to develop, and promote discussion of, qualitative and quantitative methods for studying television series. We are looking for contributors to explore under-utilized tools for building both qualitative and quantitative models of serial television.
Full paper submission deadline: January 31st, 2019.
Read more about Making Models of Contemporary Serial Media ProductsOpen call for contributions concerning the narrative, technological, economic, social and cultural impact of television serial forms.
Full paper submission deadline: January 31st, 2019.
Read more about SERIES Vol 5 No 1 – Call for papersThe television serial is a prominent expression of popular culture across Asia, especially in China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. This themed issue aims to contribute to the study of television serials produced in the Asian region.
Deadline for abstracts: 2 July 2018
Read more about SERIES Vol 5 No 2 – Television Serials in Asia – Call for papers"Proximity" Television Series.
Guest Editor: Nadia Alonso (Universitat Politecnica de Valencia).
Deadline for abstracts (3-400 words): June 1st 2017.
