37.3484, Calls: Scripta Manent - "Special Issue: New Developments in Academic and Professional Cultures in English for Specific Purposes (ESP)" (Jrnl)

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Date: 22-Oct-2026
From: William Kelleher [william.kelleher at univ-rennes2.fr]
Subject: Scripta Manent - "Special Issue: New Developments in Academic and Professional Cultures in English for Specific Purposes (ESP)" (Jrnl)


Journal: Scripta Manent
Issue: New Developments in Academic and Professional Cultures in
English for Specific Purposes (ESP)
Call Deadline: 01-Mar-2027

New Developments in Academic and Professional Cultures in English for
Specific Purposes (ESP)
https://journals.uni-lj.si/scriptamanent/announcement/view/173
Theme and Scope:
English for Specific Purposes (ESP) engages with disciplinary and
professional cultures and imbricates questions of discourse, skills,
technology and frameworks. The relationship between discourse and
culture is complex: just as culture informs specialized languages,
language contributes to the construction  of professional cultures,
practices and identities. These dynamics also extend to the
relationship between academic and professional settings, where
changing workplace expectations have driven universities to align more
closely with market needs through extended internships and rethink the
theory-practice divide.
Scripta Manent invites contributions from scholars working in ESP. We
welcome studies on the relationship between discourse and culture in
evolving digital environments and technological contexts. We invite
reflection on how professional and disciplinary cultures are studied
and taught through ethnography, intercultural rhetoric, sociological
and discursive approaches, or through the prism of enculturation and
professional socialization. We are also interested in contributions
exploring how contemporary and emerging processes are reshaping
cultural competencies across diverse fields.
The topics can address (but are not limited to):
 - professional pedagogies in ESP courses;
 - evolutions in questions of specialised discourses;
 - imbrication of professional and academic cultures and needs;
 - AI transformations in both academic and professional landscapes;
 - present and future literacies, skills, technologies and frameworks
in ESP;
 - emerging specificities within disciplinary cultures;
 - how different professional and academic cultures integrate
sustainability and sustainable practices for a socio-ecological
transition;
 - cultures of corporate professional responsibility;
 - soft skills and comparative approaches across cultures;
 - cultural competencies in a changing world.
Submission Details:
Papers can be written in Slovene, English, German, Italian and French.
 - deadline for the submission of manuscripts: 1st March 2027 (Please
submit papers via the Journal website following the author
guidelines);
 - notification of acceptance for peer review: 1st April 2027
 - notification of final acceptance: September 2027
 - publication: December 2027
Guest Editors:
Dr. Jean Jimenez (University of Calabria, Italy), William Kelleher
(Rennes 2 University, France), Evgueniya Lyu (Grenoble Alps
University, France), Caroline Peynaud (Grenoble Alps University,
France)
Please address questions and inquiries regarding this issue to:
jean.jimenez at unical.it, william.kelleher at univ-rennes2.fr,
evgueniya.lyu at univ-grenoble-alpes.fr,
caroline.peynaud at univ-grenoble-alpes.fr

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     Discourse Analysis
                     Language Acquisition
                     Translation

Subject Language(s): English (eng, stan1293)
                     French (fra, stan1290)
                     German (deu, stan1295)
                     Italian (ita, ital1282)
                     Slovenian (slv, slov1268)


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