Concentric: Literary and Cultural Studies, indexed in the Arts & Humanities Citation Index, is a
peer-reviewed journal published two times per year by the Department of English of National
Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan. The journal is devoted to offering innovative perspectives on literary and cultural issues and advancing the transcultural exchange of ideas.

For the March 2015 issue, Concentric will co-publish a special issue on the theme “Forms of Life, Forms of Death” with Outis! Revue de philosophie (post)europénne, a European journal of political philosophy which publishes primarily in French and Italian and occasionally in English and Spanish (http://outis.eu). In this collaboration project, the two journals will each make its call for papers in accordance with its own editorial agenda, and will exchange articles (in translation in some cases) following the review process. The purpose is to tap into and share resources of each editorial team, and to open up dialogue between communities whose geopolitical, linguistic, and disciplinary differences may prove to be more superficial than substantial.

Concentric invites submissions that address issues raised in its call for papers. Articles accepted by Concentric will appear in Concentric and may be selected to be published in Outis! upon the author’s consent.

Concentric invites critical reflections on form pertaining to life and/or death as a problematic that can help to recast terms of debate in the humanities today. We also welcome papers that work on forms of life and/or forms of death as thematics in literature, film, and art works.

Submissions are due June 30 2014. For submission information and the full call for papers, please visit: http://www.concentric-literature.url.tw/calls_for_papers.php