Call for Papers: Special Issue of Anthurium: A Caribbean Studies Journal 

Deadline for abstracts: 1 December 2025
Full papers due: 15 March 2026
Issue to be published: Fall 2026

Special issue editors: Gabrielle M. Jean-Louis, Michael Soriano, and Kelly Baker Josephs

This special issue of Anthurium: A Caribbean Studies Journal seeks articles, interviews, and digital project reviews on the critical use of digital humanities methodologies to deepen the study of Caribbean literary works. 

Scholars in Caribbean literary studies have increasingly used digital tools for developing new approaches to archiving and analyzing Caribbean texts in response to challenges such as ephemerality, natural disasters, publishing barriers, accessibility issues, and colonial epistemologies. This special issue of Anthurium, the first born-digital Caribbean studies journal, aims to highlight the increasing importance of digital technologies in preserving access to Caribbean literary and historical materials. It also raises critical questions on how scholars leverage digital tools to engage with literary forms that extend beyond print, reshaping how we approach Caribbean storytelling.

Possible topics for submissions include, but are not limited to:

• • Digital archiving of Caribbean literary and cultural materials
  • Digital platforms and tools for teaching Caribbean literature
  • Digital preservation of ephemeral Caribbean literary forms
  • Computational analysis of Caribbean texts
  • Caribbean literature and the “digital yards” of social media platforms
  • Digital mapping of Caribbean literary networks and movements
  • Virtual reality and immersive experiences in Caribbean literary studies
  • Digital storytelling and multimedia Caribbean narratives
  • Decolonizing digital archives and Caribbean literary collections
  • Caribbean born-digital literature and electronic texts
  • Online communities and digital spaces for Caribbean literary discourse
  • Digital tools for multilingual Caribbean literary analysis
  • Caribbean literature databases and digital repositories
  • Critical approaches to digital colonialism in Caribbean literary studies
  • Digital methodologies for studying Caribbean performance and oral literatures

We are open to scholarly papers, reflections, case studies, and reviews covering any of these questions, as well as others not stated above. Prospective contributors should submit a PDF document with short bios and abstracts of 300-400 words by 1 December 2025 using this form: https://forms.gle/hMhoyx2oHS7VyheD7 

Final versions of accepted papers will be due 15 March 2026. All completed manuscripts must be submitted for peer review via the Anthurium electronic submissions system. 

About the special issue editors:

• • Gabrielle M. Jean-Louis is a Ph.D. candidate in English at the University of Miami, specializing in Caribbean literature, Black feminist theory, and digital humanities. 
  • Michael R. Soriano is an English Ph.D. candidate at the University of Miami, specializing in nineteenth-century American literature, periodical studies, and digital humanities.
  • Kelly Baker Josephs is Professor of English and Digital Humanities at the University of Miami.

About the Journal: Anthurium, a peer reviewed Caribbean Studies Journal founded in 2003, publishes original works and critical studies of Caribbean literature, theater, film, art, and culture by writers and scholars worldwide exclusively in electronic form.

Note: Any updates to this CFP can be found on this document.