Prompting contributors to engage their own colonized otherness, the issue seeks contributions that will broaden our understanding of cultures of post-Communist societies through a variety of cultural and literary theories that proved to be of particular relevance to the study of the contemporary age (post-modernism, post-colonial theory, diaspora and globalisation.) The issue will attempt to rekindle the militant relevance and political involvement of cultural studies in the new context of postcommunist Europe from a range of perspectives that include (but are not limited to):
„h Marginalized cultures
„h Cultures of lies
„h Looking Westwards since 1989
„h Tradition, nostalgia and belated communism in post 1989 national identities
„h Cultural Diaspora and de-territorialization
„h Cultural contradictions of post-communism
„h Derrida¡¦s Reflections on Post1989 Europe (The Other Heading)
„h Postcommunist literatures
„h The emergence of new linguistic and discursive paradigms
„h Postcommunism in translation
„h Postcommunism in the West: around Le retour de Marx

We welcome interdisciplinary approaches, ranging across critical theory, literary studies, cultural studies, general and applied linguistics as well as other disciplines in the humanities. Contributors are advised to follow the journal's submission guidelines and stylesheet. The deadline for article submissions is 15 April 2012. The articles should be sent to as attachments to: wordandtext2011@gmail.com. All submitted articles will be peer-reviewed. Accepted articles will be returned for post-review revisions by 1 May and are expected back in their final version by 7 May.