The Department of English at Onda Thana Mahavidyalaya, Bankura, West Bengal, announces an upcoming international, interdisciplinary conference examining AI's impact on literature (Hybrid Mode). 

The conference will take place on Friday and Saturday, 29-30 August 2025,  on the main campus, near the National Highway. 

We invite abstracts of 150-200 words, plus up to six keywords, by 20 August 2025. Decisions to invite candidates will happen shortly after the due date to ensure adequate time for participants to make travel plans as needed. The letter of acceptance will be sent on 21 August 2025. Final chapters for publication must be sent before 05 November 2025. Please follow the formatting guidelines below. 

Call for Papers

The primary aim of this conference is to explore the word ‘Literature’ in the age of AI. Etymologically, the Latin word litteratura is derived from littera (Latin), meaning the ‘smallest element of alphabetical writing’ (Klarer 1). The word ‘literature’ then means any writing, e.g., a medical prescription, usage instruction written on the bottle of shampoo or maybe a cautionary warning on the packet of cigarettes. To specify the particular type of literature, we use the term ‘Creative Literature’ (called the Literature of Power by Rees).

The genre-based writings since the time of Plato, included in the domain of Creative Literature, have been largely the product of the creative imagination of man. Whether it is the Muses’ inspiration or human labour, literature has been exclusively anthropogenic. With the rise of AI (Artificial Intelligence), writing by ‘synthetic’ intelligence is getting popular. Terms such as AI Literature, AI Fiction, and Affective Computing came into existence.  

Advanced AI tools such as Chat GPT, Jenni AI, Copymatic, and Google’s Bard, among many others, boast of their powerful algorithm to write a short story or short fiction in seconds. This technological miracle has resulted in dystopian anticipations about the end of the era of the 'human author.'

The topics may include, but are not limited to

1. AI Fiction 

2. Posthumanism and Literature

3. AI and gender

4. AI and the 'death' of the Author 

5. Future of Literature 

6. Transliterary spaces and the AI

7. AI and the Post-truth 

8. AI and Translation Literature 

9. AI and World Literature 

 10. Cyborg Literature and Transnational Spaces 

Please note that there is no processing or publication fee. Select articles will be published by a reputed international publisher. 

Instructions to the presenters

• For Abstract Word Limit: 150 to 200 words
• Full paper within 2000 to 2500 words
• File Format- MS Word and PDF
• Font- Times New Roman, Font -Size -12, Line spacing- 1.5

Registration Fee- 

For faculty- INR500 

For researcher- INR400

For Foreign delegates- INR1500

Refreshments, lunch, and a seminar kit will be provided. No T.A., lodging, or any kind of bursary will be provided. 

LINK FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION AND REGISTRATION- 

https://forms.gle/G3B56pQKVPp1R4Uc9

For any query, contact- 

Dr. Sourav Kumar Nag

Assistant Professor, 

Department of English,

Onda Thana Mahavidyalaya, 

West Bengal

9474141040