[Commlist] Call for Proposals: Edited volume on films and television series written by Emma Thompson

Call for Proposals: Edited volume on films and television series written 
by Emma Thompson
*Screen Storytelling:*
*The Works of Emma Thompson*
*Edited by Julia Camara*
This edited volume on the works of Emma Thompson is to be published by 
Bloomsbury Academic. Seeking 250-word abstracts for previously 
unpublished essays on films and television series written by Emma 
Thompson. Final essays will be 3,000-3,500 words, written for an 
audience of student readers, and will be due *June 2027*.
The SCREEN STORYTELLING series is designed for students, professors, and 
enthusiastic consumers of film, television, and new media who seek 
information about contemporary and historically significant 
screenwriters that is both accessible and critically rigorous. The 
intention with this series is to bring much-deserved attention to screen 
and television writers who have developed noteworthy films and 
television series of significant aesthetic or cultural achievement, 
critical acclaim, or commercial success, and to offer close readings of 
the films and series from the perspective of story, screenwriting craft, 
audience reception, and cultural impact. The series places a strong 
focus on examining works by screenwriters often left out of classroom 
syllabi, including women, writers of color, LGBTQ writers, and 
international writers.
*The Works of Emma Thompson*
Acclaimed actress, screenwriter and producer Emma Thompson is the only 
person in Academy Award history to have won an Oscar for Best Actress 
and Best Adapted Screenplay.
Thompson’s film career spans over four decades where she has both 
portrayed and written a wide range of female characters that challenged 
conventional representations of women on screen. Thompson’s Academy 
Award-winning screenplay for /Sense and Sensibility/ (1995), adapted 
from Jane Austen’s novel, established her as a writer capable of 
translating complex female characters and relationships for a 
contemporary film audience. Through her screenwriting, Thompson explores 
themes of love, marriage, family, social expectations, independence, and 
women’s agency, often balancing emotional depth with wit and humor. Her 
writing gives particular attention to the interior lives of women, 
allowing female characters to navigate societal pressures while 
maintaining their individuality and desires. Thompson’s screenwriting 
contributes to a broader cinematic representation of women that 
challenges the tendency to define them primarily through their 
relationships with men and instead emphasizes their autonomy, 
intelligence, and emotional complexity.
I welcome contributions from scholars of film, television, media 
studies, and popular culture, as well as working practitioners, 
including screen and television writers, filmmakers, and playwrights. 
Essays may explore individual works or may interrogate a single theme, 
question, or construct across multiple works.
Possible essay topics could include but are not limited to:
--Adaptation of literary works to the screen
--Women characters and representation
--Women’s reproductive health as depicted on /Wit/
--Adaptation of Jane Austen to the screen
--Exploring /Nanny McPhee/ and contrasting with /Mary Poppins/
--Representation of women’s work / careers
--Television and film writing craft
--Recurring themes in Thompson’s films and series
--Acting and screenwriting as a complement to each other
--Viewer response / critics’ response
--Writing period pieces
--Representation of motherhood
--Analysis of the television series /Thompson/
Please submit a 250-word abstract along with a 150-word biographical 
statement to Julia Camara at 
_julia.camara-aldridge@keiseruniversity.edu_ 
<mailto:(julia.camara-aldridge /at/ keiseruniversity.edu)> by December 1st 
2026. Please title the subject line of your email: Abstract – The Works 
of Emma Thompson.
Please direct any questions or inquiries to this email address as well. 
I welcome submissions from scholars at all stages of their careers, as 
well as practicing and aspiring screen and television writing 
professionals. Feel free to contact me with any questions about the book 
or series, and please share this announcement with colleagues whose work 
aligns with the focus of this volume.
For more information about the Screen Storytellers book series or to 
propose a volume for the series, please contact Series Editor Anna 
Weinstein at _aweinst6@kennesaw.edu_ <mailto:(aweinst6 /at/ kennesaw.edu)>.
*Abstracts due by December 1st 2026*


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