Resonance 2023

Centre of Excellence – Literature Studies 

and

School of Liberal Arts and Humanities,  Woxsen University

presents

International Conference

on

“Conflict Studies and South Asian Literature”

Date: 9th and 10th August 2023

MODE - VIRTUAL

CONCEPT NOTE

From a broad perspective, “conflict is an actual or perceived opposition of interests, understandings, and values” (Druckman and Paul 2006; Ranjan 2018), encapsulating discords and differences of varied types. In the South Asian context, a geo-socio-political terrain marked by labyrinths of incompatibilities since times immemorial, the idea of conflict expounds on a multitude of contested facets of socio-political, socio-linguistic and socio-cultural life. These differences, discords, hostilities and their impact have been represented in the literature composed by authors in the Indian subcontinent and its diaspora. Be it the unresolvable conflict in Kashmir or the civil war in Sri Lanka, the communal tensions or the hostility between the individual and his immediate societal structure – a multitude of micro and macro conflicts have been depicted in literature. To facilitate a holistic, transdisciplinary understanding of conflicts in the South Asian context, we invite students, research scholars, and academicians to attend and participate in this conference.

Abstracts of original research (word limit – 300) are invited on the following sub-themes though not limited to it:

1. Representations of conflict in South Asian literature across genres
2. Social, and cultural conflicts in disputed territories or borders
3. Conflict, Identity and Nostalgia
4. Translation and Conflict in the South Asian Context
5. Conflict and Interpretation in the South Asian Context
6. Language and Conflict
7. Nation, nationalism and conflicting perspectives
8. Conflict and migration literature
9. Human-environment conflict
10. Violence, Trauma and Conflict
11. Media Representation of Conflict and Trauma in the South Asian Context
12. Conflict, History and Politics

Manuscripts should be submitted to coe.ls@woxsen.edu.in

Deadline: 25th May 2023

Acceptance/ Rejection status: 10th June 2023

Submission Guidelines

Please submit your abstract within 250-300 words and with 5-6 keywords. Full paper (within 6000- 7000 words including references) is to be submitted once the abstract acceptance status is updated to you via email.

Select papers from the conference will be published in a reputed journal.

Your article should follow the mentioned guidelines:

1. Title page comprising the following- Abstract Title, Sub-theme Title, Author’s & Co-author’s Names, Designation & Institutional Affiliation, Correspondence Details
2. Files should be either in PDF or Microsoft Word format
3. Use Times New Roman, 12-Font, 1.5 line spacing, with ‘Justify’ alignment
4. Adhere to Chicago style guide for referencing
5. Incomplete paper and plagiarised work will not be considered for final review

Registration Fees For National Candidates:

Category

Early Registration

Extended Registration

Students (Undergraduate/ Post-graduate/ M.Phil)

Rs. 800

Rs. 1000

Doctoral Students

Rs. 1000

Rs. 1500

Academicians

Rs. 1500

Rs. 2000

Registration Fees For International Candidates:

Category

Early Registration

Extended Registration

Students (Undergraduate/ Post-graduate/ M.Phil)

50 USD

80 USD

Doctoral Students

80 USD

100 USD

Academicians

100 USD

150 USD

For queries, email coe.ls@woxsen.edu.in