[Commlist] CFP: Censorship, Power and the Politics of Expression

*Call For Papers: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications*

*Special Issue: Censorship, Power and the Politics of Expression*

*Submissions will be welcomed at any point until 3rd June 2027*

Censorship shapes what societies are permitted to know, remember, create 
and debate. Although often associated with authoritarian governments and 
formal prohibitions, it also operates through democratic institutions, 
educational systems, publishers, cultural organisations, religious 
authorities, digital platforms and professional or economic pressures. 
By determining which voices can be heard, which histories are preserved 
and which ideas may circulate, censorship remains a central instrument 
through which political and cultural power is exercised.

Contemporary technologies have transformed these practices without 
replacing their historical forms. Platform governance, algorithmic 
filtering and automated content removal now coexist with book bans, 
restricted archives, state control of the media, political interference 
in research and the suppression of artistic or oppositional expression. 
Censorship may be overt or informal, imposed externally or internalised 
through self-censorship. It raises fundamental questions about 
authority, legitimacy, resistance and the unequal distribution of 
expressive freedom.

This Collection welcomes research examining censorship as a historical, 
political, cultural and social phenomenon. We encourage contributions 
from across the humanities and social sciences, including history, 
literature, philosophy, political science, sociology, anthropology, law, 
education, publishing, media and communication studies, religious 
studies, art history and film studies.

We invite papers engaging with topics including, but not limited to:
     •    Censorship, government and political power
     •    Censorship in democratic and authoritarian societies
     •    Propaganda, information control and public opinion
     •    Histories and theories of censorship
     •    Literature, publishing and translation
     •    Academic freedom and knowledge production
     •    Artistic and cultural expression
     •    Archives, heritage and public memory
     •    Religion, morality and cultural authority
     •    Colonial and postcolonial censorship
     •    Self-censorship and cultures of silence
     •    Digital censorship and resistance

We particularly welcome comparative and interdisciplinary research that 
examines how censorship is produced, legitimised, negotiated and 
resisted across different political, historical and cultural contexts, 
and how it intersects with broader structures of inequality, authority 
and resistance. Contributions highlighting under-represented regions, 
languages, communities and forms of expression are especially encouraged.

Guest Editors: Stephen Andriano-Moore, Mulatu Alemayehu Moges and Hans Tung

Link to CFP: https://www.nature.com/collections/hbjbgffeab 
<https://www.nature.com/collections/hbjbgffeab>

Submission Guidelines: 
https://www.nature.com/palcomms/author-instructions 
<https://www.nature.com/palcomms/author-instructions>

We do not impose strict word length limits, but request that articles 
should be no more than approximately 8000 words (excluding abstract, 
tables, figure legends and references). No payments from authors are 
required nor accepted.

*Contact*
S.AndrianoMoore[at]xjtlu[dot]edu[dot]cn

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