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Call for papers for EJES Volume 26 (2022) The editors of EJES are issuing calls for papers for the three issues of the journal to be publishedin 2022. Potential contributors are reminded that EJES operates a two-stage review process.The first is based on the submission of detailed proposals (up to 1,000 words) and results ininvitations to submit full essays from which a final selection is then made. The deadline foressay proposals for this volume is 30 November 2020, with delivery of completed essays inthe spring of 2021 and publication in Volume 26 (2022).ProcedureEJES operates a two-stage review process.Contributors are invited to submit proposals for essays on the topic in question by 30November 2020.Following review of the proposals by the editorial board panel, informed by externalspecialists as appropriate, the guest editors will invite the authors of short-listedproposals to submit full-length essays for review with a spring 2021 deadline.The full-length essays undergo another round of review, and a final selection as well assuggestions for revisions are made. Selected essays are then revised and resubmitted tothe guest editors in late 2021 for publication in 2022.EJES employs Chicago Style (T&#38;F Chicago AD) and British English conventions for spelling. Patriarchal backlashes to feminism in times of crisis“Plus ça change, moins ça change.”Guest editors: Florence Binard (University of Paris) and Renate Haas (University of Kiel)Susan Faludi’s bestseller Backlash was first published in 1991, nearly 30 years ago, and yet itsmessage seems to resonate more clearly than ever. It highlighted the pervasive and prevalentreaction of patriarchy (defined broadly as a system of society based on male domination) to theadvance of women’s rights. Faludi analysed glossy magazines, movies, TV programmes, theNew Right’s war on women, and the neofeminist stance as well as “polished” political discourseand showed that whatever the medium/organ/channel, women from all walks of life wereopenly or insidiously coaxed and cajoled into fulfilling their so-called natural role ashomemakers.Since then, new technologies and their channels of dissemination have proven to be useful toolsfor women and feminists to spread their views. But these means of communication are also thevehicles for antifeminist propaganda which is damaging to women’s rights. The achievementsof the past are under threat in a growing number of countries if they have not already beenreversed. This includes the right to contraception, abortion, education, work, etc. “Freedom of”and “freedom to” remain never-ending battles for women all over the world.This special issue asks what has happened in Europe between the publication of Faludi’s bookand the present in terms of backlash.Researchers from the different parts of Europe and all disciplines included in ESSE are invitedto submit essay proposals. Some of the topics might include:Identifying “true” feminist politics in contemporary societyUniversal rights versus group rightsAccusations of cultural appropriation/state multiculturalism vs women’s rightsUntruths used and abused in the current social discourseVisual discourse in advertisementAnti-feminist governmental practicesInternet trollsDetailed proposals (up to 1,000 words) for full essays (7,500 words), as well as a short biography (max. 100 words) should be sent to the editors by 30 November 2020: Florence Binard (fbinard@eila.univ-paris-diderot.fr) and Renate Haas (haas@anglistik.uni-kiel.de). 