CFP for Issue 6.2

CFP: Special Issue on Asian Crime Cinema
 
We are inviting proposals for a special issue of Global Storytelling on Asian crime cinema.
Topics may include—but are not limited to—issues of justice and transgression, orthodoxy
and heterodoxy, violence and redemption, gender and desire, vengeance and ressentiment,
institutions and heterotopias, genre and industry. We are particularly interested in projects
that combine detailed analysis of specific works with broader reflections on the theoretical,
methodological, and ideological implications of the analysis. 
 
We welcome projects analyzing works set in and/or originating from Asia, particularly East,
South, and Southeast Asia, as well as submissions examining a broader range of works that
take inspiration from them (such as Scorsese’s The Departed, as a remake of Lau and
Mak’s Infernal Affairs). Also, we welcome projects that examine feature films, but also ones
that focus on other cinematic media forms, including serialized television or video episodes,
narrative games, and so forth. 
 
Please submit a 300-word abstract and short bio by May 15, 2026. For selected proposals, full
submissions will be due October 1, 2026. Global Storytelling is an open-access, peer-
reviewed, digital-born journal. Conventional articles are certainly welcome, but video essays
and other types of multimedia contributions are also possible. 

**Please kindly submit your proposals to GSTjournal@duke.edu.
Please contact c.rojas@duke.edu if you have any questions.