Call for Papers Issue no.2/2025
HEROS Journal is dedicated to publishing original research that explores the Romanian language, literature, culture, and civilization. It fosters interdisciplinary dialogue by examining the intersections of philological sciences, arts, humanities, and social sciences.
Our issues are both thematic and non-thematic, welcoming contributions from researchers worldwide who engage with Romanian culture and civilization within national or global contexts. HEROS Journal also invites proposals for special issues, offering scholars the opportunity to serve as guest editors for thematic editions.
We encourage submissions that present innovative perspectives on Romania, spanning a wide range of disciplines, including linguistics, literature, visual and performing arts, cinema, history, philosophy, political studies etc.
Authors are encouraged to explore these topics within the framework of Romanian studies, with the possibility of drawing connections to other linguistic and cultural spaces. Contributions may address themes such as identity and its construction, geography, marginality, the Centre, and neighboring regions; freedom and its negotiation, censorship, and totalitarianism; integration, resilience, individuality, and collectivity; exile, diaspora, nationality, and transnationality; gender, ethnicity, and spirituality; dystopia, utopia, and the 'Other'; popular culture, education, and new media; transdisciplinary approaches (including medical and scientific themes); AI and the construction of new worlds in Romanian literature and cinema.
Contributors are encouraged to present novel viewpoints and innovative approaches that highlight Romania's multifaceted cultural and societal dimensions.
Submission Guidelines:
Submissions must meet academic standards and offer fresh perspectives on Romanian culture.
Topics may address national or global dimensions of Romanian studies.
We look forward to your contributions that enrich the discourse on Romania’s past, present, and future.
Hence you are invited to submit articles on every of the topics in Romanian studies listed above by 1st April 2025 to the journal website at https://journals.helsinki.fi/heros, to the section Make a submission.
HEROS Journal also welcomes academic review articles or scientific book reviews.
The journal publishes articles in Romanian, English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish.
The articles in Romanian will be written with contemporary Romanian orthography.
Submission: The manuscript should be both in Microsoft Word format and as PDF, and submitted as an attachment to the journal’s site.
Length: 4000-8000 words including abstract, key words and bibliography
Fonts: Times New Roman 12 (TNR)
Line spacing: 1 (single)
Name of the author(s), affiliation, e-mail address, and ORCID: under the title.
Please remember that each submission must be accompanied by a separate short biographical note on the author(s).
Title: both in the language of the article and in English
Abstract: 300-400 words, both in the language of the article and in English
Keywords: 5, under the abstract, in English
Citations: integrated into the text, placed between quotation marks. Preferably, excessively long citations are to be avoided.
For the writing and citation guidelines, consult the section Author guidelines.
Online ISSN 2984-5068
Journal contact: heros-journal@helsinki.fi
