Blue Humanities, Liquid Media and Planetary Futures: Fluid Perspectives on Culture and Society

The Postgraduate Department of English and Centre for Research, Baselius College, Kottayam (Autonomous), Keralam invites research scholars, academicians, faculty members and students to participate and present research papers at the Two-Day National Seminar on :“Blue Humanities, Liquid Media and Planetary Futures: Fluid Perspectives on Culture and Society” 

 Dates: 14 & 15 January 2027 

 Mode: Hybrid 

In association with: Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam

The Postgraduate Department of English and Centre for Research, Baselius College Kottayam (Autonomous) is conducting a two-day National Seminar on "Blue Humanities, Liquid Media and Planetary Futures: Fluid Perspectives on Culture and Society" on 14th & 15th January 2027 in association with Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam. The seminar aims to cultivate new ways of thinking about water—not merely as a natural resource or geographical entity, but as a cultural, ecological, political and philosophical presence. At the same time, it seeks to understand contemporary media as dynamic spaces of circulation in which identities, narratives, knowledge and cultural practices continuously transform.

Thrust Areas

Submissions of original academic papers pertaining to, but are not limited to, the following areas:

• Water as Space, Place and Environment
• Water, Literature and Cultural Representation
• Oceans, Rivers and Seas: Oceanic Narratives and Storytelling
• Maritime Cultures, Histories and Colonial Encounters
• Indigenous Water Knowledge, Memory and Heritage
• Water, Ecology and the Anthropocene
• Water, Vulnerability, Displacement and Collective Trauma
• Ecological Grief, Memory and Loss
• Sacred Waters, Rituals and Cultural Practices
• Water, Regional Identities and Communities
• Gender, Sexuality and Queer Aquatic Spaces
• Water, Body and Embodiment
• Water, Technology and Digital Cultures
• Virtual Oceans, Cinema and Digital Storytelling
• Graphic Narratives and Aquatic Worlds
• Planetary Futures, Posthumanism and Blue Humanities

Original research papers are invited on themes related to the topic of the seminar.

 Guidelines to Submit the Abstract:

• Name of the Paper presenter, Designation, Department, Organization/University affiliated to
• Title of the Paper in bold
• Font Size 12, Times New Roman, Word limit-300 words
• Keywords

Email abstracts to: englishdeptnationalseminar@gmail.com

Full papers in MLA 9th edition format are to be submitted on or before 6th January, 2027.

Selected papers will be published as book chapters in an ISBN publication.

Registration Fee:

• STUDENTS — Participation: ₹200; Presentation: ₹500
• RESEARCH SCHOLARS — Participation: ₹500; Presentation: ₹750
• FACULTY — Participation: ₹500; Presentation: ₹1000

Important Dates:

• Last date for the submission of abstracts (300 words): 5th December, 2026.
• Intimation of selected papers: 8th December, 2026.
• Last date for the submission of full paper (2500-3000 words): 6th January, 2027.

Contact Details:

• Mr. Steve Vincent (Head of the Department): 9387607154
• Ms. Chithra Mary Philip (Coordinator): 8921224362
• Ms. Susanna Thomas (Coordinator): 9567921201