Associate Editor Applications Invited
OUP invites applications for the position of associate editor for Adaptation presenting an opportunity to keep abreast of trends in current research in the field by playing a valuable part in the manuscript peer review process and contributing strategically to the future success of an established and respected journal. Applications will be assessed on an ongoing basis from 13th June 2025.
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Call for Papers: Adaptation Studies and Generative AI
This special issue of Adaptation invites scholars to contemplate the connections, imbrications and disjunctions of adaptation and generative AI. While the focus of the issue will be on adaptation and GenAI, all contributions that tackle adaptation and AI are welcome. Submission deadline: 31 August 2025.
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Race, Nation and Adaptation
The editors of Adaptation are proud to present this collection of previously published articles on race and adaptation. In recognition of Black Lives Matter and other worldwide, ongoing movements against racism, we would like to expand the scope and depth of our contributions to these critically important discussions.
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Special Issue: Adaptation and the Public Humanities
This special issue, devoted to adaptation and the public humanities, focuses on the ways the once-anodyne term ‘public humanities’ has become more sharply politicized over the past few years. Essays in this issue cover theatrical performances cast for the public good, the costs of encouraging adaptation-induced tourism, the ecological implications of adaptation, and more.
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The Adaptation ECR Prize
2024 ECR Prize Winner
The editors of the journal are pleased to announce that the winner of the Adaptation ECR Prize 2024 is Zoe Yi Zhang for her article 'Remake as resistance: re-narrating Hong Kong Chineseness in The Taking of Tiger Mountain.'
2023 ECR Prize Winner
The winner of the Adaptation ECR Prize 2023 was Justin Muchnick for his article ‘The Brick-Built Sea: Adapting the Odyssey in LEGO.
Previous winners
Browse all previous winners of the Adaptation ECR Prize. Winning articles will be made free to read for a limited time.
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Virtual Issues
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Film Review
Chris Louttit reviews Armando Iannucci's The Personal History of David Copperfield.
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Film Review
Thomas Johnson reviews HBO's nine-episode limited series Watchman (2019).
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The Association of Adaptation Studies
The Association of Adaptation Studies is a group of people drawn from literature and film backgrounds whose aim is to bring together the diverse strands and developments in the field.
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