- Reflections on nature and the human condition within Asian literary traditions.
- Analyses of nature, technology, and modernity, and their implications for health and displacement in Asian contexts.
- Intersections between environmental and medical humanities focus on Asian narratives that address the health implications of degradation.
- Explorations of gender and nature within the framework of feminist ecologies in Asian contexts.
- Investigations into the portrayal of animals and anthropomorphism in Asian literature and cinema.
- Cross-cultural and interregional narratives of ecology, crisis, and movement, including Forrester (forest-based) fiction that envision alternative ecological futures.
- Discussions on the dynamics between ecology, globalization, and their impacts on health, migration, and the environment in Asian comparative literature and film.
- Insights into the post-COVID landscape through world literature and cinema, with a lens on ecological activism.
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Tuesday, February 20, 2024
CFP: Intersecting Ecologies: Navigating Crises, Traumas, and Movements in Asian Comparative Literature and Film _ October 10- 12, 2024,
Call For Applications: Inlaks Shivdasani #Scholarships for Indian Students to Study in USA, UK, and European institutions in a full-time Masters, MPhil, or Doctoral programme.
- Computer Science
- Engineering**
- Fashion Design
- Film and Film Animation***
- Hospitality and Tourism
- Indian Studies without Contemporary Relevance
- Management Studies (i.e. MBA)
- Medicine, Dentistry, and related therapies
- Music****
- Public Health
Sunday, February 18, 2024
CFP: International Seminar on #Foucault and #Postcolonial Governmentalities in South Asia-24-25 May, 2024- ILSR, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
This seminar hinges on South Asian governmentalities (Legg and Heath, 2018), as experienced in postcolonial South
Asian nation states. They were erstwhile colonies, liberated through
intense anti-colonial struggles against the British, a move that
involved totalizing discourses of autonomy and nation-making. The
newly born nations, supposed to be democratic guardian states, however,
adopted the sovereign logic of governmentality and gradually most
postcolonial nation states in South Asia, engulfed in
internecine conflicts, diluted its nourishing roles to legitimize
structural authoritarianism. They often demonstrate autocratic
tendencies, evolving into absolutist state-machines, adopting
culturalist disciplinary technologies to govern its citizens. There are
occasional signs of carceral despotism, liquidating norm-deviant
voices, adopting bio-political control in the name of national
integration, identity and securitization. All these
governmentality-oriented
highhandedness demand a fresh Foucauldian analysis of normative
categories such as power, civil society, territoriality, identity, state
control, security, etc in the South Asian contexts. Postcolonial
scholars, so far, have primarily looked into the perspectival reservoir
of indigenous thinkers (quite understandably and legitimately so) but a
larger Foucauldian critical hermeneutics can offer fresh
analytical tools to understand the postcolonial biopolitical predicament. This proposed Kolkata chapter of
the World Foucault Congress will look into the postcolonial governmentality question through the
Foucauldian lens.
Original scientific paper proposals are invited, focusing on but not limited to the following areas of
research:
- Foucault, Postcolonial State and Governmentality
- Foucault, South Asian biopolitics and bio-sociality
- Gender and Sexuality in the Global South and Foucault
- Foucault and Postcolonial Literary, cultural Agenda
- Prison Reform, Incarceration in South Asia and Foucault
- Foucault and Postcolonial Nationalist Discourses
- Foucault and Postcolonial Human Rights
- Violence and Postcolonial Discourse of Power
- Foucault and the Question of Identity
- Foucault and the Question of Caste, Race and Religion in South Asia, etc
- Foucault, Neoliberalism and Subalternity
- Foucault, Anthropocene and Critical Animal Studies
- Foucault and Psychoanalysis
Method of submission of proposal:
Submit an abstract (300 words maximum) with a short bio-note (150 words) within March 10, 2024 to
foucaultcongresskolkata@gmail.com
Selection results will be communicated within 25 March, 2024
Selected abstracts will be asked to submit a full paper of 3000-4000 words (for a presentation of 15-
20 minutes) within 15 May 2024
Confirmed Invited Speakers:
Deana Heath, University of Liverpool
Srila Roy, University of the Witwatersrand
Anup Dhar, Ruhr University Bochum
Sreenanti Banerjee, University of Bristol
Jonathan Saha, Durham University
Convenors:
Anindya Sekhar Purakayastha, ILSR, Kolkata
Subhendra Bhowmick, Sidho Kanho Birsha University
Mursed Alam, Gour College, University of Gour Banga
Selected candidates will be informed about the registration process in due course of time. For any
queries reach us at foucaultcongresskolkata@gmail.com
Submit an abstract (300 words maximum) with a short bio-note (150 words) within March 10, 2024 to
foucaultcongresskolkata@gmail.com
Selection results will be communicated within 25 March, 2024
Selected abstracts will be asked to submit a full paper of 3000-4000 words (for a presentation of 15-
20 minutes) within 15 May 2024
Selected candidates will be informed about the registration process in due course of time. For any queries reach us at foucaultcongresskolkata@gmail.com
Call For Articles: Postcolonial Interventions (ISSN 2455-6564) Call for Papers Vol. IX, Issue 2 (June 2024)
Saturday, February 17, 2024
Call for Articles: Inaugural Issue of Creativitas: Critical Explorations in Literary Studies
Inaugural Issue of Creativitas - Critical Explorations in Literary Studies (A Double-blind Peer-reviewed Journal of English Studies).
[We are in the midst of registering the journal under ISSN. However, as per guidelines, an issue has to be published prior to acquiring an ISSN. So, the inaugural issue will be published without an ISSN.]
Creativitas, an up and coming journal in the field of English Studies, invites scholars, researchers, and practitioners to submit original and innovative contributions for its inaugural issue. The journal aims to provide a platform for critical explorations in literary studies, fostering interdisciplinary discussions and pushing the boundaries of traditional approaches to literature.
Creativitas seeks submissions that engage with a broad spectrum of topics within literary studies. The theme for the inaugural issue is intentionally broad, allowing for a diverse range of perspectives and methodologies. We welcome papers that delve into, but are not limited to, the following areas:
· Literary Criticism and Theory
· Comparative Literature
· Postcolonial Studies
· Genre Studies
· Cultural Studies
· Digital Humanities and Literature
· Eco-criticism
· Intersectionality in Literature
· Memory Studies
· Global Perspectives in Literary Studies
· Adaptation Studies
· Narratology
· Experimental Literature
· Comic Books and Other Graphic Narratives
· Literature and Film
· Literary Translation Studies
· Historical Approaches to Literature
Submission Guidelines: Authors submitting manuscripts to Creativitas for the inaugural issue are required to adhere to a comprehensive set of guidelines to facilitate the double-blind peer-review process. The journal follows the MLA Eighth Edition format, and authors are expected to submit an abstract for initial selection before the full manuscript.
Abstracts should be around 300 words long (with a maximum of five keywords), and should be sent to creativitasjournal@gmail.com with a copy of it sent to sapientia2024@gmail.com. The mail should bear the subject “Abstract Submission for Creativitas Inaugural Issue”.
Upon approval, authors can proceed with the full manuscript submission. Manuscripts must strictly adhere to the MLA Eighth Edition format guidelines. This includes proper citation style, page formatting, and referencing conventions.
Note: Authors submitting manuscripts to Creativitas for the inaugural issue are instructed to carefully anonymize their articles. To ensure a double-blind peer-review process, authors should remove any personal information, including names, affiliations, and acknowledgments, from the manuscript. Additionally, the document should not contain any metadata that may reveal the author's identity. Authors are encouraged to replace self-references in the text with generic terms (e.g., "the author") and ensure that any potentially identifying information is temporarily omitted.
Manuscripts, once prepared (according to the MLA Eighth Edition format) and anonymized, should be submitted as a Microsoft Word document via email to should be sent to creativitasjournal@gmail.com with a copy of it sent to sapientia2024@gmail.com, with the subject line: "Manuscript Submission for Creativitas Inaugural Issue".
The editorial team at Creativitas is committed to ensuring a fair and rigorous double-blind peer-review process. Authors are encouraged to reach out to the editorial team at sapientia2024@gmail.com for any clarification or assistance regarding the submission guidelines.
Important dates:
· Deadline for Submission of Abstract – 01.03.2024
· Notification of Acceptance of Abstract – 05.03.2024
· Deadline for Submission of Full-length Manuscript – 15.04.2024
P.S. In the on-going process of registering Creativitas for an ISSN, it's important to note that, according to guidelines, an issue must be published prior to obtaining the ISSN. Consequently, the inaugural issue of Creativitas will be released without an ISSN. While this initial publication won't have the ISSN, it represents a crucial step in establishing the journal and facilitating academic discourse.
sapientia2024@gmail.com
creativitasjournal@gmail.com
CFP: 4th International Conference of the Indian Association for South Asian Studies (IASAS) on #Subalterns in South Asia, 21-22 June, 2024
We are accepting abstracts for the Indian Association for South Asian Studies (IASAS) International Conference, which will take place at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha from June 21-22, 2024. Researchers and scholars from across the disciplines will participate in this two-day conference that will be concentrating on South Asian studies. The central theme for the above is ‘Subalterns in South Asia:.
The term "subaltern," popularized by Antonio Gramsci, conceptualized subaltern groups as those excluded from hegemonic power, encompassing peasants, workers, and other marginalized factions. However, in Subaltern Studies led by Ranajit Guha, the term broadens to denote the quality of being subordinate in South Asian society, irrespective of its manifestation in class, caste, age, gender, or office.
The collective, initially comprising scholars such as Shahid Amin, David Arnold, Partha Chatterjee, David Hardiman, Gyanendra Pandey etc., aimed to give voice to the historically marginalized. Subaltern Studies encompassed diverse subjects, including history, politics, economics, and sociology of subalternity, along with associated perspectives, ideologies, and belief systems. The initiative aimed to counter elitist historiography by allowing subaltern voices to emerge within its pages, representing and amplifying the voices of the oppressed.
The theory posited that the elite in India did not merely have a hegemonic role but played a dominant one, enabling the subaltern to be seen as independent historical actors. This perspective countered the notion that the subaltern were passive recipients of elite guidance, emphasizing their independent agency within the political system.
In line with the subaltern understanding, this conference extends a warm invitation to panels and paper submissions that specifically emphasize non-elite discourses. The conference aims to spotlight and explore narratives, perspectives, and voices that have traditionally been marginalized or overlooked in favour of dominant, elite perspectives. Connecting historical studies to disciplines like gender studies, cultural studies, sociology, economics, demographics, politics, psychology, and others are also welcome. By prioritizing non-elite discourses, we aspire to create a space for critical discussions and insights that challenge established norms and contribute to a richer understanding of the diverse, often unheard, voices in South Asian societies.
The conference hopes to be able to encourage more research by generating new perspectives by exploring new as well as alternative and evolving research ideas and methods.
IASAS 2024 conference welcomes panels and papers in English or in Hindi on any theme of South Asian Studies employing interdisciplinary and theoretical perspectives inspired from History, Philosophy, Political Science, Anthropology, Ethnography, Sociology, Psychology etc. Hence, the conference aim is to bring historians and social scientists into conversation with each other. We encourage submissions from research students, early career scholars, faculty members, and independent social scientists whose research falls under the spectrum of South Asian Studies. The conference hopes to generate new perspectives by exploring new as well as alternative and evolving research ideas and methods.
In the Subject window of your e-mails, please type the following words: IASAS Bhubaneswar 2024.
Email: iasasconference@gmail.com
Delegates fees:
For paper presenters:
- Faculty Members: 6000 INR (with hostel room accommodation single occupancy for two days)
- Faculty Members :5000 INR (without accommodation)
- Research Students:5000 INR (with hostel room accommodation single occupancy for two days)
- Research Students : 4000 INR (without accommodation)
- Guests and Listeners: 2500 INR
Note:
- The organizing committee is not in a position to provide participants with financial support.
- All participants are advised to seek funding through their respective institutions or other sources.
- The venue of the conference is Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
Centre for Alternative Studies in Social Sciences, New Delhi
Indian Association for South Asian Studies, New Delhi
Email: iasasconference@gmail.com