Calls For Papers

Science Fiction of the Muslim World

Science fiction has always existed in the Muslim world (Arab countries as well as South and Southeast Asia, where Islam is practiced). Djinns and spirits have always been at the center of speculative fiction. Storytellers from the Muslim world had envisioned future Utopias; for example, Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain wrote a Feminist Utopia in 1905, critiquing… View Article

2026 SALA Annual Conference: Collective Currents in South Asian Collaborations

In light of global ethno-national tensions, the challenges of climate change, increasing disconnection after the Covid-19 pandemic, and other divisive moments, the aim of our 2026 SALA conference is to explore potential ideas and methods of “collaboration.” What does it mean to collaborate in and through South Asia and its diasporas? In a region marked… View Article