About the Journal
Lexis. Athener Zeitschrift für Germanistik (ISSN 2654-2129) is the electronic journal of the Department of German Language and Literature at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA). The journal and its monograph series are registered in the Global Index for Continuing Resources under the above ISSN.
The journal publishes scholarly articles and other forms of contributions related to the academic fields represented within the Department. It aims to serve as a platform for theoretical reflection, productive academic dialogue, and the exchange of ideas. It hosts interdisciplinary, comparative, and theoretically grounded approaches across a wide range of fields (such as Literary Theory and Criticism, Cultural Studies, Translation Studies, Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, Language Didactics, etc.).
The journal publishes original articles, interviews, book reviews, and more in German, English, and Greek. The Call for Papers is usually published in the autumn (see Call for Papers). Its content is freely available through Open Access.
The journal also publishes thematic special issues. The respective Calls for Papers are announced without a fixed schedule.
All submitted papers undergo a double-blind peer review process by independent reviewers: manuscripts are first anonymized by the editorial team and then evaluated by two reviewers. Based on the reviews, a decision is made regarding acceptance, revision, or rejection.
Current Issue
Vol. 6 (2025)
Special Issue: Dürrenmatt and Greece
Published:
04-04-2026
