Special Issue of the Journal of the Short Story in English (JSSE 88, Spring 2027) and another publication
Deadline for abstract submissions: 15 November 2025
Guest Editors
Xavier Lachazette (Le Mans Université, France), Jaine Chemmachery (Sorbonne Université, France) et Nicole Cloarec (Université de Rennes, France)
Presentation
Following “How Good Maugham Was: A Critical Reassessment”, the W. Somerset Maugham conference that we organised last March in Le Mans, we are planning two publications.
One will be dedicated to Maugham’s short stories, and published in Issue 88 of the Journal of the Short Story in English (Spring 2027).
The other will focus on any other aspect of Maugham’s life or multifaceted works (novels, theatre, essays, travel diaries, etc.), to be published in a separate volume.
In addition to the presentations from the abovementioned conference, we are issuing a call for articles on any aspect of Maugham’s works or life.
Framework Text
The full framework text for our conference is still available on our SciencesConf website.
It will help prospective contributors understand the literary reassessment of Maugham’s works and life that these publications aim to achieve.
Practical Details
• Proposals (300-400 words) should be sent to maugham-le-mans@sciencesconf.org by 15 November 2025, together with a short bio-bibliography (100-150 words).
• Full articles will be due by 15 January 2026 and should be between 45,000 and 48,000 characters (spaces included).
• The style sheet and guidelines for authors are available on the JSSE website: https://journals.openedition.org/jsse/234.
Contact
We will be more than happy to answer any questions about article ideas or to provide additional information.
Please use the following alias to contact all three of us: maugham-le-mans@sciencesconf.org.