[Commlist] CFP: Moving Images/Moving Geographies: Video Essays in ‘Spanish’ Visual Cultures / Bulletin of Spanish Visual Studies

Please see the CFP a the Bulletin of Spanish Visual Studies, edited by 
Rob Stone, Catherine Grant & Vicente Rodríguez Ortega.

All info here:
https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues/moving-images-moving-geographies-video-essays-in-spanish-visual-cultures/ 


Moving Images/Moving Geographies: Video Essays in ‘Spanish’ Visual Cultures

This is a Call for Papers for our special issue dedicated to ‘Moving 
Images/Moving Geographies: Video Essays in “Spanish” Visual Cultures’.

The /Bulletin of Spanish Visual Studies/ invites practitioners of 
videographic criticism to submit work that (as video essays, audiovisual 
essays, etc.) represents, examines and develops this innovative mode of 
presenting film, television, screen, media, and moving image research in 
the area of Hispanic visual studies. The works of videographic criticism 
should advance an idea and/or argument relating to Hispanic visual 
studies in a way that prioritizes the medium and exploits its potential.

Topics may include, but are not limited to:

  * De-westernizing/decolonizing world/’Spanish’ cinema
  * ‘Simultaneous multiplicity’ in video essays: to allow for the
    assemblage and viewing of different—and similar—films at the same time
  * Cross-disciplinary approaches are welcomed
  * Experimentation in form

Celebrating our Centenary in 2023, our journal reflected on what the 
‘Spanish’ in our name has come to mean. At its most basic level it 
covers the cultural, artistic and literary output from Spain, Portugal 
and Latin America. Beyond that it can mean recognition of Spain’s 
colonial past and the violent histories of Spain or Latin America. It 
can mean the flows of migration or the hybridity of diaspora. It may 
also encompass Latinx studies, or Chicano studies or see Indigeneity as 
part of an inclusive ‘Spanishness’. More than one hundred years on, the 
journal approaches the commitment to the promotion of ‘Spanish’ studies 
with an openness to the need for flexibility and diversity.

It was during an online symposium that same year entitled, 'Moving 
Geographies: 100 Years of “Spanish” Visual Studies’ which celebrated the 
many and various visual aspects of the /Bulletin/’s history. One 
intervention saw Professor Rob Stone and Professor Catherine Grant 
engaged in a conversation on the evolution of the scholarly video-essay. 
The logical next step was for Rob Stone to present his video essay, ‘The 
Hunt for The Wild Bunch: Simultaneous Multiplicity and Alternative 
Genealogies in World Cinema’ at our Centenary celebrations in Queen’s 
University Belfast. Such was its reception, that we took the decision to 
publish it as our inaugural video essay for the /Bulletin of Spanish 
Visual Studies/. Now we underscore our commitment to innovative research 
within Hispanism through the medium of videographic criticism, and 
celebrate the contribution that video scholarship is making to our field.

To be considered for publication, submissions need to be original 
scholarly works not previously published elsewhere. Peer assessors 
involved in the evaluation process include members of the /Bulletin/’s 
Executive Editorial Board and/or international Editorial Advisory 
Committee and also external assessors world-wide, selected for their 
expertise and standing in the field of videographic criticism. Rigorous 
peer assessment procedures ensure that all studies published in the 
/BSVS/ meet the highest standards of scholarship and make an enduring 
and influential contribution to items of videographic criticism on 
Spain, Portugal and Latin America.


      Submission Instructions

The /Bulletin/ invites submissions of videographic criticism of between 
5 and 15 minutes, with 15 as maximum if there is more than one video 
submitted together, alongside a complementary written essay of 3,000 
words. The written component should offer supporting descriptions of the 
context (theoretical, industrial, cultural, etc.), articulate its 
research aims and provide reflections on the purpose and process of the 
video work, but it should not take precedence over the videographic 
criticism.

Please see the guidelines for video essay submissions 
<https://files.taylorandfrancis.com/cbhs-rbhv-guidelines-for-video-essays.pdf> for 
full instructions, including technical requirements.

Submissions should include:

•    Title of work.

•    Author’s name and affiliation.

•    Abstract of no more than 100 words.

•    4-8 keywords.

•    The full text document of 3,000 words formatted according to 
journal’s guidelines.

•    A bibliography of works cited in the document and the video work.

•    Authors should submit the written parts of their video article 
through the /Bulletin/’s Editorial Manager submission system, selecting 
‘multimedia article’. A cover letter should include a link to the video, 
as well as the password. The /Bulletin/ invites those submitting video 
essays to either anonymize their work or, where that is impractical, to 
complete a waiver of anonymity.

An example of the formatting and presentation of a video essay as 
article in the /Bulletin of Spanish Visual Studies/ is available here:

Stone, R. (2024). The Hunt for The Wild Bunch: Simultaneous Multiplicity 
and Alternative Genealogies in World Cinema. /Bulletin of Spanish Visual 
Studies/, 8(1), 149–159. https://doi.org/10.1080/24741604.2024.2313878 
<https://doi.org/10.1080/24741604.2024.2313878>

Successful submissions will receive notice of acceptance and feedback in 
early 2026. Submission of final versions for publication will be 
required by *1 May 2026*.


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