Issue being prepared

Call for papers

Dear colleagues,

We are currently beginning preparatory work on issue 2/2024 of the peer-reviewed journal Opera Slavica (Journal for Research in Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Cultures). This journal, indexed in ERIH PLUS, is published in printed and electronic form. The issue will be open to not only texts on purely linguistic and literary subjects but also to papers with significant interdisciplinary overlap.

The upcoming issue will contain a section focused on a particular theme, followed by other papers and articles. For issue 2/2024 the editorial board has chosen the theme of Franz Kafka: Slavic echoes. On the 100th anniversary of the author’s death. You can find an abstract in the attached appendix.

We are seeking to publish studies, discussion pieces, review articles, news items, and reviews. The recommended length of texts is as follows:

We will continue to accept texts written in any Slavic language, as well as in English and German.
If you would like to contribute to issue 2/2024, whether with an article focused on the mentioned theme or with a text about something else, we invite you to submit an abstract of your text (study, discussion or review article) approximately 1,000 characters in length to the editorial board at by 15 June 2024.

We will be accepting manuscripts, which should follow the formatting and style instructions contained in the author guidelines available on the journal’s webpage, until 31 August 2024. Reviews and news can be submitted on an ongoing basis to the same address.

Thank you for your interest in our journal, and we look forward to your submissions.

On behalf of the editorial board,

Roman Madecki, editor-in-chief

 

Appendix:

Abstract of the theme of issue 2/2024:

Franz Kafka: Slavic echoes. On the 100th anniversary of the author’s death

The year 2024 will mark 100 years since the death of Franz Kafka (1883–1924), who is considered one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century. In this proposed thematic block, we want to commemorate this anniversary and at the same time examine Kafka’s work through the lens of the present. The main goal is to understand how, over the last 100 years, the reception of Kafka’s work has changed and how his writings and ideas are viewed today. Kafka is often considered a twentieth-century prophet. What significance does he have for readers in the twenty-first century?

We would like to explore Kafka’s impact not only on literature and culture in the Czech lands but also on the literatures and cultures of different countries in Eastern, Central, and Southeastern Europe, including both official and unofficial (underground) currents. In connection with the Czech context, we would also like to critically reflect on the fact that sixty years ago, in late May of 1963, an international conference titled “Franz Kafka” was held at a chateau in Liblice u Mělníka. It became a political event and is considered to be an intellectual source of the Prague Spring.

We welcome papers not only from the field of literary studies but also from translation studies, linguistics, and the history of philosophy, art, music, theater, or film that contribute to a better understanding of Franz Kafka’s legacy in the Slavic context.