[Commlist] Call for Chapters: The Legacy of Buffy the Vampire Slayer

*Call for Chapters: The Legacy of /Buffy the Vampire Slayer/*
Editor: Natalie Le Clue

Into every generation a slayer is born. Thirty years ago, these words 
introduced Buffy Summers to the world and carried her into a cult-like 
status that endures to this day.

/Buffy the Vampire Slayer/ (1997–2003) remains one of the most 
extensively analysed television texts. It has been widely celebrated for 
its storytelling, hybrid genre, and engagement with questions of power, 
identity, and emotion. Despite the depth of existing scholarship, the 
series continues to generate new interpretations as media landscapes, 
audiences, and theoretical frameworks evolve.

This edited collection, /Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Legacy of 
Buffy the Vampire Slayer/, seeks to provide a platform for scholars from 
diverse disciplines to explore the enduring impact, narrative 
complexity, and contemporary relevance of the series. Contributions are 
invited from media studies, television studies, cultural studies, gender 
studies, sociology, literature, and related fields.

Chapters may address (but are not limited to) narrative strategies, 
character development, thematic concerns, audience engagement, 
historical context, and the ongoing influence of the series in 
contemporary media culture. Both theoretical and empirical approaches 
are welcome.

Topics may include, but are not limited to:

  * Narrative innovation
  * Serial storytelling
  * Genre hybridity
  * Gender, identity, and representation
  * Emotional and moral complexity
  * Trauma, grief, and resilience
  * Character development and transformation
  * Memory, nostalgia, and afterlives of the series
  * Fanfiction, creative authorship, and collaborative storytelling
  * Audience interpretation and meaning-making
  * Cult television
  * Generational readings
  * Shifting interpretations over time
  * Relevance to contemporary anxieties
  * Buffy and philosophy
  * Buffy and mythology and folklore

*Submission Details*
Abstracts of 250–300 words, along with a short biographical note, should 
be submitted by *30 May 2026*. Abstracts should clearly outline the 
chapter’s focus, theoretical framework, and contribution to existing 
scholarship.
Full chapters should be between 6,000 and 8,000 words.

*Timeline*

  * Abstract deadline: 30 May 2026
  * Notification of acceptance: 08 June 2026
  * Full chapter deadline: 30 November 2026

*Contact*
Submissions and enquiries should be sent to: (buffybook1 /at/ gmail.com)
No payment or submission fees are required from contributors at any 
stage of this project.

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