Palestine Is a Global Issue: Situating the Genocide and Beyond

The journal Middle East Critique is accepting abstracts for a special issue that brings together interdisciplinary contributions on Palestine as a critical space for rethinking colonialism, imperial power, international law, memory, knowledge production and transnational resistance.

Coordinated by researchers from Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon and Bethune-Cookman University, this special issue follows the international conference organised by the Observatory for Palestine Studies (OPal), as an independent publication.

Open to: researchers and academics, PhD students and early-career researchers (strongly encouraged), artists, journalists, activists, and professionals in community work, education, humanitarian action or cultural production.

We welcome both academic articles and creative works, including photography, visual arts, poetry, and creative essays.

Key dates:

15 Oct 2026 · Abstract (250 words) + bio (100 words)

31 Oct 2026 · Notification of invitations for full papers

28 Feb 2027 · Full manuscript (8,000–10,000 words)

Submissions: palestinestudies@iscte-iul.pt

Full call for proposals on the official website

Special issue editors: Giulia Daniele, João Borralho, Sophia Kelsch, Ashley Dell'Orso (Iscte) and Jamil Khader (Bethune-Cookman University)