CFP for publication or other deadlineApril 9, 2027
'Gender and Nation' Special Issue of Hypatia (43.3), Summer 2028
Hypatia invites philosophical submissions examining gender, nationalism, feminist resistance, citizenship, belonging, and intersectional structures of contemporary nation-building.
Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy
"Gender and Nation."
The issue also marks the 30th anniversary of Nira Yuval-Davis' influential book, Gender and Nation. The editors invite contributors to assess its enduring legacy and reengage with questions of gender and nation in light of the resurgence of nationalist politics and the global shift to the right.
Topics of Interest
Contributions may address, but are not limited to:
How nationalisms and ideas of "the nation" are gendered, classed, and racialized, and the intersectional injustices underlying patriarchal nationalist projects
The impact and enduring legacy of Yuval-Davis' Gender and Nation and developments in feminist scholarship on gender and nationalisms over the past 30 years
Philosophical frameworks for theorizing the gendered construction of "the nation," including affect theory, new materialism, and disability studies
Feminist resistance to patriarchal nation-building across diverse social, geographical, and political contexts
Feminist engagements with nationalist movements resisting colonial occupation or oppressive state policies
Diasporas, exiles, and stateless communities and their implications for concepts of nationhood
The possibility and meaning of feminist nationalism
The gendered roles of family, religion, and the state in nationalist projects
Gendered harms and injustices associated with patriarchal conceptualizations of the nation, including sexual violence, denial of reproductive rights, forced institutionalization, illicit adoption, and criminalization of marginalized gender and sexual identities
Contemporary "anti-gender" movements and their mobilization of nationalism, as well as feminist and queer/trans resistance
Digital infrastructures, including social media, algorithmic classification, and digital citizenship, and their role in reshaping gendered nation-building
White nationalist appropriations of feminist language concerning women's liberation and progress to mark racially marginalized groups as outsiders to the nation
Feminist challenges to racialized nationalist rhetoric, particularly concerning Muslim minority communities
Contributors working across relevant disciplines, including philosophy, gender studies, sociology, literature, politics, and disability studies, are invited to address these questions philosophically. Contributions may draw on frameworks including critical race theory, crip theory, queer theory, and postcolonial theory.
The editors welcome work from diverse social, cultural, and geographical contexts, including decolonial, Indigenous, queer of colour, trans, and Black feminist perspectives.
Submission Types
Submissions must be written in English and prepared for anonymous review.
The journal accepts:
Traditional articles: up to 10,000 words, excluding footnotes and references
Musings: 4,000 words, including footnotes but excluding references
Musings are not simply short research articles. They may be more personal or concerned with current issues than full-length academic articles and are typically less rooted in particular bodies of literature. They should catalyse philosophical reflection on important issues in feminist philosophy.
Submissions should be accessible across relevant disciplines and attentive to concrete social and political phenomena.
Deadline
Submission deadline: 9 April 2027
How to Submit
Please submit original manuscripts electronically through the Cambridge University Press online submission and review system ScholarOne. Manuscripts must be prepared for anonymous review.
For more information, consult the journal's Manuscript Preparations Guidelines.
Contact
Questions about the special issue may be directed to the guest editors: