Plant Pedagogy: Words Beyond Walls

Series Editor— Prof. Douglas Vakoch

Editors—  Dr Subhashis Banerjee, Assistant Professor, Department of English, Nagaland University, India and Dr Tanmoy Bhattacharjee, Assistant Professor, Department of English, Women’s Christian College, Kolkata, India

Prospective Publisher— Bloomsbury (Critical Plant Studies Series)

We are pleased to announce the forthcoming edited volume Plant Pedagogy: Words Beyond Walls – From Vegetal Ontology to Ecological Pedagogy, with possible publication by Bloomsbury in the Critical Plant Studies Series. This collection invites original research papers from academics and researchers worldwide, engaging with the emerging discipline of environmental humanities, particularly pedagogy in higher education institutions in India and abroad. Moving beyond metaphorical or ornamental uses of nature in educational discourse, Plant Pedagogy: Words Beyond Walls advances a framework in which vegetal life becomes a guiding principle for rethinking cognition, learning environments, and knowledge transmission.

Sub-Themes—

Pedagogy of Plant Sentience

Pedagogy of Ecological Cognition

Pedagogy of Multi-Disciplinary Learning

Pedagogy of Vegetal Philosophy

Pedagogy of Arboreal Knowledge Systems

Pedagogy & Systems Theory

Pedagogy & the Sustainable Development Goals

Pedagogy & Integral Theory

Pedagogy & Posthuman Practices

Pedagogy & Vital Materialism

Pedagogy & Agency Beyond the Human

Pedagogy & the Political Ecology of Things

Submission Guidelines

1. Scholars, researchers and academicians are invited to submit abstracts in English (maximum 500 words) along with a short bio-note (maximum 100 words) by 30th June, 2026. Submissions must be sent via email in two separate MS Word files: one containing the abstract and the other containing the bio-note.

2. The submission of full papers will be strictly governed by the theme of the project and the dominant critical series of the publishing house. Full papers, aligned with the standards and guidelines followed by Bloomsbury, will be solicited only from potential contributors whose abstracts are shortlisted by the review board.

3. The tentative title of the abstract should appear in bold, written with both capital and small letters, in font size 12, and centred at the top of the first page. Directly below the title, on the second line, only the author’s full name (for example, Nihar Ranjan Biswas) should be provided, without any honorifics such as Dr or Prof., and without including affiliation, address, contact number, or email.

4. The parameters for the full paper, ranging between 4000 and 5000 words, which must align with the formatting and submission standards followed by Bloomsbury, will be communicated to authors whose abstracts are shortlisted.

5. The bio note should not exceed 100 words and must include your name with the appropriate honorific (Dr/Prof.), followed by your designation, institutional affiliation, research interests, and contact details.

Things to Remember

➢ Last Date for submission of Abstract: 30th June, 2026

➢ Intimation of acceptance of the Abstract: 31st July, 2026

➢ Last Date for submission of the Full Paper: 31st October 2026

➢ Send your abstract with your bio-note to: blooms.plant@gmail.com

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