CFP Social Media and the Medieval - TSW Special Issue (2/28/2025)

Social Media and the Medieval - TSW Special Issue

deadline for submissions:
February 28, 2025

full name / name of organization:
The So What (Arthuriana's Public Humanities Project)

contact email:
thesowhatpub@gmail.com

source: https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2024/12/02/social-media-and-the-medieval-tsw-special-issue

The So What welcomes proposals for short, public-facing pieces — whether critical, pedagogical, or creative — on social media accounts that engage with the medieval period for a special issue of TSW planned for on-line publication in 2025 or early 2026.



Whether it’s Instagram, Twitter (currently known as X), YouTube, TikTok, or other social media platforms, we’re interested in social media that engages with, or remediates, the medieval period on various subjects, including history, literature, manuscripts, animals, physical objects, etc. Some accounts may take a more straight forward, literal approach while others may utilize humor and parody. We are interested in pieces on any medieval-focused social media, with potential topics included, but not limited to:



- Intersections of social media and public humanities

- The role of social media within the digital humanities

- Social media and humor (obscure jokes, parody accounts, medieval camp, and more!)

- Social media’s role in academia

- Using social media in the classroom

- How social media does or does not expand the idea of the medieval beyond western Europe

- How social media reinforces and/or subverts periodization

- Intersection of social media and modern meme culture

- Critical readings of specific accounts and using medievalism to include or exclude

- Fama in the Internet Age

- Medieval (and Medievalist) Influencers



Full CFP also available here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1i-E14ByShGSq2TQYRLWa4-695xsHo8H5/edi...



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