[KineJapan] [CFP] Call for Chapters: Classroom Companion on Anime Studies

[Smith,Christopher]

Dear Colleagues,
With apologies for cross posting, I would like to draw your attention to the below call for chapters.

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The field of Japanese anime studies is growing and vibrant. Anime is increasingly understood as a cultural object deserving sustained scholarly attention, and anime is also increasingly finding its way into higher education classrooms in a variety of contexts. Crucially, while anime is often taught by non-specialists in the field (e.g., in composition or communication classes), there is as of yet no textbook to assist instructors in anime interpretation. While there are several excellent books discussing anime theory and history, as well as related fields like anime fandom studies, there is no single source text instructors might turn to for interpretive guidance or assign to students to guide class discussion.
This edited volume seeks to fill this gap. We seek up to twenty chapters, each analyzing a different anime, with an intended audience of undergraduate students and instructors. Chapters should primarily be close readings of a given anime, rather than historical, and be accessible to an informed but broad audience to maximize classroom utility. Eschewing any claims to authoritative representation, this volume seeks to provide diverse analytical perspectives that open up anime to classroom discussion. Therefore, chapters should be:

  *   Between 4,000-5,000 words
  *   “Analytically sophisticated but theoretically straightforward” so as to be accessible to a broad base of undergraduate students
  *   A close reading of a single anime, or at most a few closely related texts (e.g., an anime series and its concluding film)
  *   Analyses of reasonably well-known anime that instructors could assign to students in English
  *   Primarily concerned with an anime, rather than related non-anime texts (e.g., an anime’s source manga or light novel)

Within this framework, we invite chapters from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, such as cultural studies, disability studies, gender studies, environmental studies, etc.
Please send a chapter abstract of 250 words by October 15, 2026, along with a 100-word bio. After notification of acceptance, full chapters will be due mid-2027.
Abstracts or inquiries can be submitted to Christopher Smith, University of Florida: csmith2 at ufl.edu<mailto:csmith2 at ufl.edu>



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Christopher Smith
Associate Professor, Modern Japanese Literature
Undergraduate Coordinator, Japanese
University of Florida
csmith2 at ufl.edu
+1 (352) 294-3938
http://www.languages.ufl.edu
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