Portuguese Studies Review:

Mutual Regards I and II: The World through Lusophone Eyes and Portuguese-speakers through the Eyes of Others

The extended deadline (to accommodate all potential participants) for individual paper expressions of interest (with title and brief abstract) is 30 October 2022. The final deadline for submitting completed papers whose proposals have been approved is 15 February 2023. The ideal deadline for Focus Issue / Edited Volume expressions of interest (with tentative list of participants) is 15 January 2023. For complete information visit http://www.maproom44.com/psr/calls.html

(A) Mutual Regards I: The World through Lusophone Eyes and Portuguese-speakers through the Eyes of Others -- The Era of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars

We seek papers, batches of papers, or Issue / Volume proposals that endeavour to tackle issues pertaining to 'lived lives', 'intimate lives', and 'group perceptions'. We wish to prioritize research that drills under the surface of already published literature and highlights in imaginative ways the unusual, striking, dramatic, or -- by contrast --- the surprisingly banal and all-too prosaic, in terms of direct or indirect experiences shaping the lives and choices of individuals and specific groups caught up in the turmoil of transformative historical events. We seek, among other, to highlight in every way possible 'ordinary' individuals, women / youth / children, the poor, workers, farmers, the urban lower classes, sailors, soldiers (above all privates and NCOs or equivalent), artisans, veterans, etc., their reactions to events, and their ways of coping with challenges and consequences. This includes of course, both perceptions of the above individuals and groups by social, cultural and geographical peers or differently positioned Others, and of various Others by the above individuals and groups. There is no geographical limitation: perceptions of any part of the Lusophone or Portuguese-influenced geographical domain by the 'rest of the World' and vice versa will be considered pertinent.

The papers should preferably feature analysis and conclusions reflecting:

• unknown or little known diaries (literary, simple civillian, military)
• neglected memoirs and narratives
• personal or intimate letters
• commercial records facilitating curious glimpses of private lives
• neglected or little known field dispatches, reports, memoranda
• fly-sheets, pamphlets, broadsheets, and 'foreign correspondent' or 'social chronicle' journalism
• period art, field sketches, militaria and 'trophies' in public (museums, archives, libraries) and private collections
• travel and early 'tourist' literature
• poetry, music and songs (in so far as they mediate the type of 'experiences' we seek to highlight)
• caricature, humour, political satire, pasquils, political propaganda
• documents soliciting support, care, pensions, rewards, etc.

(B) Mutual Regards II: The World through Lusophone Eyes and Portuguese-speakers through the Eyes of Others -- The First World War Era (including the October Revolution and its Immediate Post-1918 Ideological Sequels*)

We seek papers, batches of papers, or Issue / Volume proposals that endeavour to tackle issues pertaining to 'lived lives', 'intimate lives', and 'group perceptions'. We wish to prioritize research that drills under the surface of already published literature and highlights in imaginative ways the unusual, striking, dramatic, or -- by contrast --- the surprisingly banal and all-too prosaic, in terms of direct or indirect experiences shaping the lives and choices of individuals and specific groups caught up in the turmoil of transformative historical events. We seek, among other, to highlight in every way possible 'ordinary' individuals, women / youth / children, the poor, workers, farmers, the urban lower classes, sailors, soldiers (above all privates and NCOs or equivalent), artisans, veterans, etc., their reactions to events, and their ways of coping with challenges and consequences. This includes of course, both perceptions of the above individuals and groups by social, cultural and geographical peers or differently positioned Others, and of various Others by the above individuals and groups. There is no geographical limitation: perceptions of any part of the Lusophone or Portuguese-influenced geographical domain by the 'rest of the World' and vice versa will be considered pertinent.

* Note: The bracketed clause in the unit title -- before the question arises -- of course includes for instance perceptions of the October Revolution in and by Portuguese-language media or sources of any kind, anywhere in the world, as long as captivating 'personal'-level stories or impressions can be highlighted, in conjunction. Conversely, analysis involving perceptions of Portugal and any other part of the Lusophone domain by personalities directly or indirectly caught up in the October Revolution and associated historical processes and movements would be equally welcome.

The papers should preferably feature analysis and conclusions reflecting:

• unknown or little known diaries
• neglected memoirs
• personal or intimate letters
• commercial records facilitating interesting glimpses of private or military lives
• neglected or little known field dispatches, reports, memoranda, maps, etc.
• broadsheets and 'foreign correspondent' or 'social chronicle' journalism
• period art, field sketches, militaria and 'trophies' in public (museums, archives, lilbraries) and private collections
• war journalism, period photographs, emergent cinematography
• travel and 'tourist' literature
• poetry, music and songs (in so far as they mediate the type of 'experiences' we seek to highlight)
• caricature, humour, political satire, propaganda
• political party, movement, or association literature
• documents soliciting support, care, pensions, rewards, etc.