36.2346, Calls: Applied Linguistics Compass - "Representations of War in the Middle East: The Struggle over Political and Ideological Identities" (Jrnl)

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Date: 03-Aug-2025
From: Ali Basarati [discourses.conflict at gmail.com]
Subject: Applied Linguistics Compass - "Representations of War in the Middle East: The Struggle over Political and Ideological Identities" (Jrnl)


Journal: Applied Linguistics Compass
Issue: Representations of War in the Middle East: The Struggle over
Political and Ideological Identities
Call Deadline: 10-Sep-2025

We are pleased to invite submissions for a special issue of Applied
Linguistics Compass exploring the role of discourse in constructing,
contesting, and legitimising representations of war in the Middle
East.
This special issue seeks to bring together scholars working within
Critical Discourse Studies (CDS) and related fields to investigate how
narratives of conflict are shaped by ideological affiliations and
identity positions. As wars in the Middle East remain central to
global political discourse, this issue aims to critically examine how
state and non-state actors frame military actions, political agendas,
and governance claims through language—across various discursive sites
such as political speeches, media narratives, institutional rhetoric,
and cultural texts.
We invite contributions that engage with the discursive construction
of legitimacy, resistance, memory, power, and identity, especially
those that challenge or unpack hegemonic representations. We welcome
both theoretical and empirical studies employing diverse
methodological frameworks within discourse analysis.
Relevant Themes Include (but are not limited to):
 - Legitimisation and delegitimisation strategies in conflict
discourse
 - Political and religious identity construction through war
narratives
 - Discourses of victimhood, resistance, and heroism
 - Hegemonic vs. counter-hegemonic representations in media
 - Enemy construction and ideological polarisation
 - Memory and historical framing of conflict
 - Gendered narratives of war
 - Multimodal and digital representations of conflict
 - Literary and cultural portrayals of war
 - Social media as a site of narrative contestation
 - Ideological polarization and threat generation
Submission Guidelines and Timeline:
Abstract submission deadline: 10 September 2025
Notification on the acceptance of abstract: 15 September 2025
Full paper submission deadline: 15 March 2026
Expected publication: 30 June 2026
Abstracts (max 500 words) and a short bio should be electronically
sent through the following link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeCBvPzgpWKYY8IzWRj2mh_Cn1S5Qu8pg1N61wg9ERU6OnHzg/viewform?usp=header
Submissions will undergo a peer-reviewed process and must conform to
the journal’s guidelines. Please consult the journal website for
formatting instructions: https://www.alcjournal.com/
For inquiries or proposal discussions, please contact the Guest
Editors at discourses.conflict at gmail.com
Ali Basarati
VIZJA University, Poland
Somaye Shokati
University of Shiraz, Iran

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis

Subject Language(s): English (eng)




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