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Brief Encounters , Issue 11 - Call for Proposals

Posted by Nina Yuko Cutler on 2025-11-19

Call for Proposals Brief Encounters Issue 11 Architectures of Power Brief Encounters issue 11 examines architectures of power and invites considerations of how power can be both a weapon that destroys and a tool that builds; how it corrupts yet energises; how it obliterates yet disrupts. Hannah Arendt speaks to the generative aspects of power, grounded in collective [...]

Issue 9 of Brief Encounters is LIVE!

Posted by Millie Riddell on 2025-11-13

We are pleased to announce the publication of Issue 9 of Brief Encounters. Now in its ninth year, Brief Encounters remains committed to the exploration of academic encounters across diverse disciplines.The articles, creative submissions and reviews in this issue explore the idea of solidarity: how it might be practised by researchers, academics and administrators across [...]

Brief Encounters Special Issue – A Collaboration with Al-Aqsa University, Gaza

Posted by Brief Encounters Special Issue Editorial Team on 2025-06-22

To amplify the voices of students and academics in Gaza, Brief Encounters is collaborating with the English department at Al-Aqsa University to produce a special issue centred on the theme of Pedagogical Resilience, Challenges and Adaptive Strategies. Dr Ahmed Kamal Junina, Head of the English department and Assistant Professor in Applied Linguistics at Al-Aqsa University, joins [...]

[Now closed] Brief Encounters, Issue 9 – Call for Papers and Peer Reviewers

Posted by Brief Encounters Editorial Team on 2024-11-22

Brief Encounters – CHASE Postgraduate JournalIssue 9 – Call for Papers and Peer Reviewers Please note that the call for papers has now closed. However, we are still taking expressions of interest for peer reviewers. The Editors of Brief Encounters are pleased to open a call for papers for the journal’s ninth issue and warmly invite research students and staff at CHASE-affiliated [...]

Issue 7 of Brief Encounters is LIVE!

Posted by Augusta Ivory-Peters on 2023-07-19

We are pleased to announce the publication of Issue 7 of Brief Encounters. Now in its seventh year, Brief Encounters remains committed to the exploration of academic encounters across diverse disciplines. The articles and creative submissions in this issue serve as a conduit for the exchange of ideas, fostering a diverse array of academic encounters that bridge disciplines, explore [...]

Announcing the winner of the Cover Art Competition

Posted by Augusta Ivory-Peters on 2023-05-01

We are delighted to announce that Craig Ryder has won the Cover Art Competition for Issue 7 of Brief Encounters. Craig is a digital anthropologist whose PhD research at SOAS investigates the widespread proliferation of social media in Sri Lanka and tries to find out how people use social media for political participation. Craig uses cutting-edge data visualisation techniques to map [...]

Brief Encounters, Issue 7 - Cover Art Competition

Posted by Augusta Ivory-Peters on 2023-02-17

The Editors of Brief Encounters warmly invite research students and staff at CHASE-affiliated institutions to enter the cover art competition for Issue 7. The deadline to submit artwork for consideration is Sunday, 30 April 2023. The cover art competition is open to multiple genres including painting, printmaking, mixed media, photography, and digital media. Any artwork submitted [...]

Brief Encounters, Issue 7 – Call for Papers

Posted by Augusta Ivory-Peters on 2023-02-17

The call for papers for Brief Encounters, Issue 7 is now closed. The Editors of Brief Encounters are pleased to open a call for papers for the journal’s seventh issue and warmly invite research students and staff at CHASE-affiliated institutions to submit a short article, review, or creative piece of work for publication. The deadline for submission of an abstract is Friday, 30 September [...]

Brief Encounters on Janeway

Posted by OLH Tech on 2023-01-18

Brief Encounters has migrated to Janeway.