Call for Papers
King Lear Special Issue
Shakespeare Quarterly has announced a call for papers for a special issue dedicated to King Lear, to be published in late 2028.
The deadline for abstract submission is November 8, 2026. Learn more on the Oxford University Press website.
About Shakespeare Quarterly
Shakespeare Quarterly (SQ) is a leading journal in Shakespeare studies, publishing highly original, rigorously researched essays, notes, and book reviews. Published for the Folger Shakespeare Library by the Oxford University Press (OUP), SQ is peer-reviewed and very selective.
The essays in our published pages span the field and feature readings of Shakespeare’s works influenced by queer and gender studies, premodern critical race studies (PCRS), textual studies, theater history, and archival, new media, and historicist approaches. Our mission, simply put, is to present the best scholarship on Shakespeare.
For additional information about SQ as well as the submission process, please visit the SQ page of the OUP website: Shakespeare Quarterly on OUP