South to South dialogues through women’s experiences: Asia and Africa from Latin America CALL FOR PAPERS – SPECIAL THEMATIC ISSUE OF CLAROSCURO

Claroscuro Journal invites submissions for the upcoming Special Thematic Issue: “South to South dialogues through women’s experiences: Asia and Africa from Latin America”, coordinated by Dr. Mónica Inés Cejas (Department of Politics and Culture, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco) and Dr. Mariana Escalante (Center for International Relations, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México).

From our standpoint in Abya Yala, and convinced of the existence of a South-on-South  perspective from women’s lenses as a field of study, we call for contributions that delve into research on women in Asia and Africa from Latin America. We aim to highlight the diverse presence of these studies, not only in their themes, methodologies, epistemological approaches, and geopolitical stances but also on a reflexive level—acknowledging the challenges  that arise from our own experiences as diverse women shaped by the dynamics of race, class, sexuality, language, age, among others—situated within specific social, cultural, political, and academic contexts. Our decision to study and research Asia and Africa has often taken place within academic disciplines that, in their approaches to the field, fail to recognize or include us as women from the South.

When we speak of the South, we refer to a geopolitical positioning: a place of enunciation that refuses to continue contributing to exoticization, Orientalism, and other practices typical of narratives from the Global North—narratives that have (re)produced stereotypes and singular histories.

This call is an invitation to "map ourselves" and encounter each other through our experiences as women from the South whose research interests focus on other women from the South; to deepen our understanding of this field, to make our presence within it visible—our challenges, strategies, and negotiations—and to collectively build genealogies that represent us.

This issue of Claroscuro welcomes contributions that explore the diversity of this field, including but not limited to, the following themes:

The encounter with Asia and Africa as a field of study: The ways in which this encounter has occurred and the extent to which it has fostered dialogue or positioning in relation to the South itself.

Methodologies and epistemologies through women’s lenses: Characteristics of the field of women's studies from the South. Situated experiences in the field (as students, researchers, or educators). Reflections from within disciplines, and the role of inter- and transdisciplinary perspectives in this field.
Building the field as women from our own contexts: Challenges in academia, activism, international organizations, and civil society.
Genealogies and networks of women: Forerunner specialists who have contributed to these studies as mentors, pioneers, friends, allies. Recognition and visibility of trajectories, research centers, themes, or approaches that have been overlooked or undervalued.

Publication Guidelines

Articles will be accepted in Spanish, English, French, Italian, and Portuguese.
Manuscripts must be submitted to claroscuro.cedcu@gmail.com by November 14, 2025, with copies sent to mcejas@correo.xoc.uam.mx and mariana.escalante@politicas.unam.mx.

Only original and unpublished articles will be considered.

Authors must be affiliated with institutions other than the publishing institution, and may be based at national and/or international universities.

All submissions will undergo double-blind peer review. Once accepted, articles will be edited and published exclusively online (Open Access).

Claroscuro is a journal published by the Center for Studies on Cultural Diversity (CEDCU, Faculty of Humanities and Arts, National University of Rosario, Argentina), and is published biannually. Over the past 24 years, the journal has remained committed to publishing original research in the fields of history and anthropology, with particular emphasis on interdisciplinary perspectives focused on ancient and contemporary societies in Asia and Africa.

Claroscuro is indexed in Latindex and is hosted on the “Revistas UNR” portal, dedicated to academic open-access journals published by various centers and organizations of the National University of Rosario (UNR).

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 https://claroscuro.unr.edu.ar/index.php/revista/about/submissions

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