The “Categories of Emancipation” in Feminist and Queer Anthropology

This special issue explores the contemporary challenges facing feminist anthropology at the intersection of tensions both internal and external to the discipline. It examines how what we call the “categories of emancipation” circulate across different social, political, and intellectual contexts, becoming the object of contestation, transformation, and conflicting appropriations.

General Guidelines:

We welcome contributions in any of the journal's five languages: French, English, Spanish, Italian, or Portuguese.

Submissions should:

• be grounded in clearly identifiable ethnographic research;
• explicitly engage with the intersections between feminist, queer, postcolonial, and decolonial perspectives;
• examine the effects of translation, circulation, conflict, and generative processes;
• avoid purely theoretical or broad survey papers.

The aim of this issue is to explore, through ethnographic inquiry, how feminist and queer anthropology is being reshaped by the contemporary transformation of regimes of power.

Submission Process:

Authors are invited to submit:

• an abstract of approximately 3,000 characters outlining the field site, methodology, and main argument, in Word or LibreOffice format, together with a short bibliography;
• a brief biographical note of no more than 150 words.

Proposals should include the author’s name, institutional affiliation, and email address. 

They should be sent to both, redaction.ch-cp ehess fr and anthropologiefeministequeer proton me with the subject line “CH/CP – Feminist and Queer Anthropology” no later than 15 September 2026. Authors will be notified of the editorial committee's decision by 1 October 2026. 

Full articles should be between 25,000 and 40,000 characters, including notes and references. Manuscripts must be original, unpublished, and prepared according to the journal's style guidelines available on its website. They should also include a 3,000-character abstract in both French and English, in addition to the language of the article if it is different. Final manuscripts must be submitted by 22 January 2027.

The selection process will take place in two stages. Following an initial review of the abstracts by the guest editors in consultation with the editorial board, selected authors will be invited to submit a full manuscript, which will then undergo double-blind peer review.

Calendar:

• Receipt of abstracts: 15 September 2026
• Notification of acceptance: 1 October 2026
• Submission of full articles: 22 January 2027