Call for Book Reviews

15.05.2025

Nesir: Journal of Literary Studies publishes research articles in the fields of literary theory, literary history, comparative literature, and Turkish literary studies. Each issue also includes book reviews that critically engage with a work’s main arguments, originality, and its place within the relevant scholarly literature.

Below is a list of suggested titles for review. However, this list is by no means exhaustive; reviews of other high-quality works on related subjects are also warmly welcomed:

Alsancakli, Sacha, and Philip Bockholt, eds. Texts as Living Objects: Dhayls and Knowledge Transmission in the Islamic World. Brill, 2026.
Armağan, Yalçın. Şiirin Dolaşımı. Epona Yayınları, 2026.
Arslan, C. Ceyhun. Osmanlı Kanonu: Arap ve Türk Edebiyatlarının Oluşumu. Translated by Senem Özden Gerçeker. Koç Üniversitesi Yayınları, 2026.
Bockholt, Philip. Türkische Übersetzungen aus dem Arabischen und Persischen: Akteure, Adaption und Rezeption in der Frühen Neuzeit. De Gruyter, 2026.
Brinkmann, Stefanie, ed. Marginal Matters: Explorations into Commenting and Glossing Techniques in Arabic Manuscript Cultures. Brill, 2026.
Elias, Jamal J., ed. What Makes Islamic Literature Islamic? University of Pennsylvania Press, 2026.
Keegan, Matthew L. Before World Literature. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2026.
Tekgül, Nil. Osmanlı İmparatorluğu’nda Duygular: Erken Modern Çağda Siyaset, Toplum, Aile. Translated by Bahar Tırnakçı. Koç Üniversitesi Yayınları, 2026.
Cengiz, N. Buket. 1960'lardan Günümüze Edebiyatımızda Kent Hakkı Romanları. Translated by Mehmet Zekir Giritli. Koç Üniversitesi Yayınları, 2025.
Czygan, Christiane. Devletin Nizamı: Yeni Osmanlılar, Fikirleri ve Hürriyet Gazetesi (1868–1870). Translated by Umut Döner. Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları, 2025.
D’hulster, Kristof. Ottoman Poets and Poetics in the Sixteenth Century. Edinburgh University Press, 2025.
Eskin, Şerif. Osmanlı Modern Yazılı Kültüründe Edebiyata Yüklenen Anlamlar. Dergâh Yayınları, 2025.
Rahimi Bahmany, Leila. Azeri Turkish Narratives in Twentieth-Century Iran. Edinburgh University Press, 2025.
Sariyannis, Marinos. Ottomans and the Supernatural: Nature and the Limits of Knowledge in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire. Oxford University Press, 2025.
Şen, Ahmet Tunç. Forgotten Experts: Astrologers, Science, and Authority in the Ottoman Empire, 1450–1600. Stanford University Press, 2025.
Uslu, Mehmet Fatih. Çok Uzak Çok Yakın: Osmanlı’dan Türkiye’ye Modern Ermenice Edebiyat. Aras Yayıncılık, 2025.
Anonymous Authors. One Thousand and One Kisses. Translated by Burcu Karahan. Translation Attached, 2025.
Bockholt, Philip, Hülya Çelik, Ludwig Paul, and Ani Sargsyan, eds. Elsine-i S̱elās̱e: A Cultural Analysis of Transmission and Translation in the Ottoman Empire. V&R Unipress, 2025.
Kearney, Richard. Touch: Recovering Our Most Vital Sense. Columbia University Press, 2021.
Kanter, Beyhan. Kurmaca Bedenler: Türk Romanında Bir Söylem Biçimi Olarak Beden (1923–1980). Kesit Yayınları, 2019.
Köse, Elifhan. Sessizliği Söylemek: Dindar Kadın Edebiyatı, Cinsiyet ve Beden. İletişim Yayınları, 2014.

Submission and Review Process

Length: Between 600 and 2000 words. In exceptional cases, the upper limit may be extended to 3000 words with editorial approval.

Style Guide: Chicago Manual of Style, 18th edition. Book reviews should follow the Author-Date system.

Deadlines:
March 1 for the April issue
September 1 for the October issue

For submission details, please consult the Book Review Guidelines.

Editorial Contact: Reviews will be evaluated by our book review editor, Elif Sezer-Aydınlı. Please send your review proposals and completed texts to:
editor@nesirdergisi.com and elif.sezer@sabanciuniv.edu

We strongly encourage contributors to contact the editor regarding the book they intend to review before submitting their work.

We look forward to receiving thoughtful and critically engaged reviews.