Two-Day International Conference: Environmental Humanities: A Multidisciplinary Dialogue on Ecological Agency and Crisis

 

🌿 CALL FOR PAPERS

🌎 Two-Day International Conference on

Environmental Humanities: A Multidisciplinary Dialogue on Ecological Agency and Crisis

🗓 Dates: April 22–23, 2026
🏛 Venue: Women’s Christian College, Kolkata, India
💻 Mode: Hybrid (Online & Offline)

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🔍 About the Conference

The Department of English, Women’s Christian College (affiliated to the University of Calcutta, India) invites scholars, students, and researchers to participate in an international conference exploring the evolving field of Environmental Humanities.

This academic dialogue seeks to reimagine the intersections between ecology, culture, literature, and human–nonhuman agency. It aims to address the urgent questions surrounding environmental crises, sustainability, and ecological consciousness through interdisciplinary perspectives.

The conference is organized in collaboration with:

• The University of Notre Dame, Australia

• Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania

• Spadina Literary Review, Canada

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🧭 Conference Themes (Include but Not Limited To):

1. Environment, art, and literature

2. Gender, sexuality, and LGBTQIA+ identities in environmental contexts

3. Creative ecological practices and cultural agency

4. Environmental film, media, and popular culture

5. Utopia/dystopia and the environment in literary and cinematic works

6. Ecocriticism, phytopoetics, and semiotics of nature

7. Environment, posthumanism, and globalisation

8. Indigenous, folk, and oral knowledge systems and ecology

9. Religion, spirituality, and environmental consciousness

10. Environmental humanities in the Global North & South

11. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and literature

12. The role of ecological agency in theory, art, and activism

(Complete list available in the official brochure)

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📝 Abstract Submission Guidelines

• Abstract: Maximum 300 words

• Include: 5 Keywords + Short Bio-note (80 words)

• Format: Times New Roman, 12 pt, 1.5 spacing, bold title, no honorifics

• Submit to: 📧 natlitcon.wcc@gmail.com

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📆 Important Dates

• Deadline for Abstract Submission: November 30, 2025

• Date of Acceptance & Registration Link: December 31, 2025

• Deadline for Registration: January 10, 2026

• Deadline for Full Paper Submission: May 22, 2026

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💰 Registration Fees

Indian Participants:

• Faculty Members: ₹2000

• Research Scholars/Students: ₹1500

• Participation without Paper: ₹500

Foreign Participants:

• $35 USD

Registration fees to be paid via Internet Banking (non-refundable).

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📚 Publication Opportunity

Selected papers will be considered for publication in an edited volume under either Lexington Books (Imprint of Bloomsbury) or Brill’s African and Asian Anthropocenes Series, following peer review and publisher approval.
The volume will be jointly edited by John C. Ryan (Editor-in-Chief) and the HOD, Department of English, Women’s Christian College, Kolkata.

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💳 Payment Details

Bank Name: State Bank of India
Branch: Kalighat
Account Name: Women’s Christian College Staff Welfare Fund
Account No.: 11140388874
IFSC: SBIN0001722
SWIFT Code (for foreign participants): SBININBBFXD

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⚠️ Important Information

• No TA/DA or accommodation will be provided for outstation participants.

• Certificates will be issued only to those who present their papers.

• For clarifications, contact: natlitcon.wcc@gmail.com

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🌿 Join this international academic dialogue to explore how literature, art, and culture can help us rethink the relationship between humanity and the environment.

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