RIOC 2021

2nd Rupkatha International Open Conference on Recent Advances in Interdisciplinary Humanities, 2021 (Virtual)

August 28-30, 2021

Organized by

Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities
(Indexed by Web of Science, Scopus, ERIHPLUS, EBSCO, UGC)

In collaboration with

The University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
Department of German Studies
&
The University of Talca, Chile
Institute of Humanistic Studies
&
Chitrolekha Journal on Art and Design
Art Full Text (H.W. Wilson) & EBSCO Databases

  • Rupkatha Journal
  • University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
  • University of Talca, Chile
  • Chitrolekha Journal
  • AesthetixMS

Presenting the Most Extraordinary Minds of Contemporary Academy

...

Prof. Tirtha Prasad Mukhopadhyay

Conference Founder & President

University of Guanajuato, Mexico

...

Prof. Albrecht Classen

Conference Chair

University of Arizona

...

Prof. Rolf Goebel

Keynote Speaker

University of Alabama in Huntsville

...

Prof. José María Zamora Calvo

Keynote Speaker (Spanish )

Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain

...

Prof. Miguel Lopez Astorga

Distinguished Speaker

University of Talca, Chile

...

Prof. Carol Martin, PhD

Distinguished Speaker

Tisch School of the Arts, New York University

...

Dr Sarah Dillon

Distinguished Speaker

University of Cambridge

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Mamang Dai

Distinguished Speaker

Poet & Novelist, India

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Dr A David Lewis

Distinguished Speaker

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

About the Conference RIOC 2021

RIOC 2021, the 2nd international scholarly conference sponsored by Rupkatha, seeks to address advances in research in Interdisciplinary Humanities. With this, we respond collectively to the call of our times and try to interact and understand our present and future better and more critically to influence our modes of thinking and interpretation at a crucial phase of our history.

In opposition to the closed-door format of traditional conference halls, Rupkatha shall make the conference Open Access by streaming all presentations and discussions Live. Curation and content archiving shall be done by Rupkatha following international publication standards

The mission of the Conference

RIOC was floated in 2020 as a virtual platform for the latest innovative and critical research in Humanities. The lack of advanced non-Anglocentric discourse in linguistic, philosophical, phenomenological and computational research is regretted. Rupkatha nonetheless resolves to promote all kinds of experimental analyses and novel thinking that emerges in third world or alternative contexts of discourse. The ongoing pandemic will definitely affect our discourse more deeply than ever. We are not sure in what ways the pandemic will shape our future with its collateral damages. This conference can offer a halting point for such reflections. Much responsibility rests on young researchers. For several decades, the academic atmosphere in the Humanities has been dominated by the thick smog of western critical theories which fail to address the local issues and local cultural experience. This is why Rupkatha emphasizes translation studies directed towards, and not out of, the Anglocentric direction. Rupkatha encourages the vernaculars, language consciousness and identity against the linguistic invasion of the internet and cultural imperialism. Whereas other disciplines have progressed through transparency and scientific temperament, the Humanities in many countries have been stuck in quagmires and with stagnant allegiances to pre-existing cultural tomes.
We shall not discourage conventional politics and polemical discourse in criticism. But we should be aware that the neoliberal economy demands uniformity and conformation. Globalization itself, as the instance of Indian global influence demonstrates, can provide us with tools to resist modelling and encourage or preserve difference. In the context of the pandemic and given the uncertainty of the situation we decided to keep the conference open for a wide range of areas. Submissions can be made on any topic listed below but are not restricted to the areas mentioned.

Conference Archive

Rupkatha also intends to diversify into e-publishing and hard format publishing under its banner for effective and wider dissemination of research and reference.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Focal Areas

  • Humanities Today
  • Critical Studies and Translation
  • Gender Studies
  • Performance Studies
  • Postmodernism to Subaltern Perspectives
  • Spanish & Latin American Literatures
  • Education and Language Training
  • Immigration and Diaspora
  • Globalization, Environment and Regional literature
  • Art and Material Culture (Co-hosted by Chitrolekha Journal)

Deadlines for Individual Submission

  • Deadline for Submission of Full Papers: June 30, 2021
  • Commencement of Submission: May 15, 2021
  • Communication of Acceptance/modification: July 31, 2021
  • Registration of Selected Participants: August 01-10, 2021
  • Presentations of Selected Papers: August 28-30, 2021
  • Publication of Conference proceedings: September 2021

Deadlines for Panel Proposals

Panel Proposal Submissions both Institutional and those forwarded by Research Groups should be made by Moderator of Proposed Panel stating Title and Theme of Panel and Abstract of Presentations.

  • Submission deadline: June 09, 2021
  • Communication of Acceptance: June 15, 2021
  • Full Panel Paper Submission Deadline: July 31, 2021
  • Registration of Selected Participants: August 01-10, 2021
  • Presentations of Selected Papers: August 28-30, 2021

Submission of Papers:
Submit your paper via email to:
Pragati Das
In charge of Academic Relations and Research
Email: submission@rupkatha.com

Submission Guidelines

Visit the Submission Guidelines page for detailed guidelines.

Publication of the Proceedings

Papers will be peer-reviewed and published in the Rupkatha Journal, indexed by Scopus and WoS.

Registration & Publication Fees

Registration fees include conference presentation, certificate of participation and publication of papers in the proceedings in the Rupkatha Journal. All fees include GST in compliance with the rules and regulations of the Govt. of India.

AesthetixMS GSTIN: 19AWNPP9309A1Z9
Fees are separate for paper presentation and publication. Authors will have to pay the fees separately at two stages;

  • Acceptance of the First Draft of the paper
  • Acceptance of Final Version
Registration Fees for Paper Presentation
A single presenter from India 1500  INR
Author 1 + author 2 2500 INR
Panel presentation (3 + 1 moderator) from India 3500 INR
Single author from other countries: Author 1 + author 2 50  USD75 USD
Panel presentation (3 + 1 moderator) 150 USD
Conference participants Free
Conference participants with Certificate with hours of participation specified 500 INR/ 15 USD
Publication charge in the Proceedings
Single author from India 2000 INR
Author 1 + author 2 2000 INR
Panel presentation (3 + 1 moderator) from India 3500 INR
Single author from other countries 50  USD
Author 1 + author 2 50 USD
Panel presentation (3 + 1 moderator) 100 USD

*Fee Waivers: 

  • Presenters from designated “Low-income Economies” [ World Bank] may apply for 100% fee waiver and presenters from designated “Lower-middle income economies” may apply for a 50% waiver in fees. Check the list>>

Software Platforms to be used: Zoom

Contact

Pragati Das
In Charge of Academic Relations & Research
For all communications write to submission@rupkatha.com
Whatsapp [Text-only]: +91 8145907105
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RIOC 2021 Organizing Committee

  • Prof. Tirtha Prasad Mukhopadhyay (Univ. of Guanajuato, India-Mexico): Conference Founder and President
  • Prof. Himadri Lahiri: (Formerly Univ. of Burdwan, India) Conference Advisor
  • Prof. Albrecht Classen (Univ. of Arizona, USA): Conference Chair
  • Prof. Miguel Lopez Astorga (University of Talca, Chile): Conference Co-host
  • Tarun Tapas Mukherjee (Bhatter College, Dantan, India): Chief Organizer
  • Dr. Swayamprabha Satpathy (Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan, India): Programme Coordinator
  • Dr. Priyanka Tripathi (IIT Patna, India): Review Coordinator
  • Conference Associates:
    • Prof. Victor Ukaogo (Univ. of Nigeria)
    • Dr. Jeremy De Chavez (Univ. of Macau, China
    • Dr. Jyotirmoy Prodhani (North Eastern Hill Univ, India)
    • Dr. Seema Sinha (Independent Scholar, India)
  • Pragati Das (Bhatter College, Dantan, India): Academic Relations
  • D. R. Rahul (NIT Trichy, India): Public Relations
  • Amit Pandey, Proprietor, AesthetixMS, India (Treasurer)