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[Appel à articles] Calligraphy Studies

Calligraphy Studies: call for book chapters

The art of calligraphy, with its elegance, precision and expressive power holds a celebrated place among the arts of China, Japan and the Middle East, and is much studied as a result. Western calligraphy using the Roman-script, by contrast, is relatively neglected within academia.

However, given current interest in both drawing research and grapho-linguistics – the study of writing systems – the time is ripe to explore the fascinating intersection of visual art and written language with a scholarly volume on Western calligraphy studies, broadly defined.

To this end, we invite chapter proposals from scholars, researchers and experienced practitioners alike, in order to establish and define the field of Western calligraphy studies, from the early 20th century to the present. Contributions are welcomed from a wide range of scholarly disciplines: art theory, art history, literature, cultural studies, and beyond.

Potential topics may include, but are not limited to:

  • Aesthetics: Analysis of calligraphic form. Contemporary calligraphy performance. Word-image relationships. Cross-cultural influences. Studies of significant calligraphers or works. Abstract / asemic calligraphy. Gestural aspects of writing.
  • Education: Best practice in calligraphy teaching. Pedagogical case studies. Online learning. Criterion used for the assessment of calligraphy. Relationship to penmanship.
  • Materials and technology: Traditional and non-traditional tools and materials. Inter-disciplinary work: letter carving, text art and book arts. Calligraphy–typography relationships. The digitisation of scripts. Digital calligraphy. Experimental work.
  • History, social use and meaning: Social prestige and value: art / craft. Religious aspects: sacred texts, rituals. Historical development of scripts. Modern contexts: tattoos, graffiti. Semiotics of calligraphy in advertising etc. Relationships to literature, poetry etc. Socio-economic contexts and relations to identity: gender, ethnicity, class.

Final chapters should be 5000-8000 words and scholarly in nature but accessibly written for an interested readership too. They need not be previously unpublished research but could be a summary of a position or issue, case study, or an in-depth introduction to a topic. Co-authorship is encouraged.

Informations complémentaires (format des propositions et calendrier) dans ce document.

Dr. Roland Buckingham-Hsiao (WenZhou Business College, China), Dr. Joanna Homrighausen (College of William & Mary, USA)

[illustration : © Mise en Graphie]


OpenEdition vous propose de citer ce billet de la manière suivante :
Karine Bouchy (6 août 2024). [Appel à articles] Calligraphy Studies. CEEI. Consulté le 18 février 2025 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/1253q


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