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ArgumentThe discourses of Victorian domesticity have been the subject of quite a few publications over the last decades. These approaches stress the interdisciplinary potential for interpretation of the characteristics of the period and often underline the strands of radical thought which encouraged aspirations for upward social mobility. However, the inquiry into the performance of domesticity and the management of privacy by, for instance, some of the leading figures of the Victorian period remains still rather unexplored, with untapped critical potential.&#160;Bringing domesticity into the big picture and foregrounding paradoxes of historical continuity and disruption, the focus of this special issue will be on the various forms, objects and modes of circulation that have been invested in the Victorians&#8217; unprecedented attachment to domesticity, across a wide range of literary, artistic, cultural and political texts. This issue aims to reclaim texts that have been heavily trespassed by earlier readings structured around the public/private and virtue/vice antinomies, across disciplinary boundaries (literature and history; cultural, gender and film studies; English literature, postcolonialism and transnational contexts). Furthermore, this issue also intends to bring the Victorians to the present by examining post-Victorian revisitation of both earlier texts and leading protagonists in fictional and real-life stories. We welcome contributions from established scholars in Victorian studies and researchers who are newer to the field.&#160;Suggested topics for articles for the special issue include:Practices of reading &#8211; paper and book circulation, the publication of popular fiction and anthologiesPractices of collecting &#160;and the emergence of art galleries and museumsArt and interior decorationGender roles and familial relations&#160;Democracy, party politics and parliamentary reformRevisitations of the empire and imperial expansion in the twentieth- and twenty-first centuries&#160;Contributions beyond the scope of those listed here will also be considered on a case-by-case basis, where a clear argument for strengthening the diversity of the issue can be made.Edited byDr Ana Cristina Mendes (University of Lisbon)Dr Iolanda Ramos (Nova University of Lisbon)How to submitThose interested in contributing should contact Dr Izabella Penier at De Gruyter Open (izabella.penier@degruyteropen.com) in the first instance, with the suggested subject for their submission.All submissions should follow the guidance at the below link: https://www.degruyter.com/view/supplement/s24513474_Instruction_for_Authors.pdfThe deadline for expressions of interest will be 30 Apriland for final manuscript submissions 1 July 2017.&#160;Contributors should note that, as this special issue will be published online in the first instance, it will be possible to include any colour images included in submissions.Editor-in-ChiefToby Miller, University of California, Riverside, USAManaging EditorIzabella Penier, Izabella.Penier@degruyteropen.comEditorial Advisory BoardDeeptha Achar, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, IndiaEce Algan, California State University, 　USAJuan-Antonio &#193;lvarez-Pedrosa, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, SpainJes&#250;s Arroyave Cabrera, Universidad del Norte, ColombiaSarah Banet-Weiser, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, USASusan Bassnett, University of Glasgow, UKChua Beng Huat, National University of Singapore, SingaporeAlessandro Carrera, University of Houston, USADesmond Cheuk-kuen Hui, Hang Seng Management College, Hong KongMiyase Christensen, Stockholm University, SwedenUmberto Curi, Univeristy of Padua, ItalySimon During, University of Queensland, AustraliaRichard Dyer, King&#8217;s College London, UKAnthony Y. H. Fung, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong KongDilip Gaonkar, Northwestern School of Communiction, USAKelly Gates, University of California San Diego, USAGretchen Gerzina, University of Massachusetts at Amherst.Marie Gillespie, Open University, UKRainer Guldin, Universit&#224; della Svizzera Italiana, SwitzerlandYang Guorong, East China Normal University, ChinaJack Halberstam, Columbia University in the City of New York, USADal Yong Jin, Simon Fraser University, CanadaBaron Kelly, University of Louisville, USAThomas Kemple, University of British Columbia, CanadaRoy Kr&#248;vel, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, NorwayThomas Kuehn, Technische Universit&#228;t Dresden, GermanyJack Linchuan Qiu, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong KongVivian Liska, University of Antwerp, BelgiumJoost van Loon, Katholische Universit&#228;t Eichst&#228;tt-Ingolstadt, GermanyAndrey Makarychev, Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies, EstoniaAnna Malinowska, University of Silesia, PolandVerdicchio Massimo, University of Alberta, CanadaEwa Mazierska, University of Central Lancashire, UKRichard Maxwell, Queens College, City University of New York, USADavid Morley, Goldsmiths University of London, UKGraham Murdock, Loughborough University, UKJohn Nguyet Erni, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong KongNikos Papastergiadis, University of Melbourne, AustraliaRich&#233; Richardson, Cornell University, USAAndrew Ross, New York University, USATony Schirato, University of Macau, MacauJyotsna G. Singh, Michigan State University, USAJohn Storey, University of Sunderland, UKGraeme Turner, The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH), AustraliaAim&#233;e Vega Montiel, Universidad Nacional Aut&#243;noma de M&#233;xico, MexicoDavid Walton, University of Murcia, Spain