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    Call for Papers

    (Re)imagining ‘Progress’
    Department of Liberal Arts, Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai
    09 & 10 January 2025

    The Department of Liberal Arts at IIT Bhilai is excited to announce the second Graduate
    Research Meet (GRM) on (Re)imagining ‘Progress’. Conventionally the idea of progress is
    understood as a linear trajectory towards improvement, scientific advancements, and socio-
    economic and technological developments. Progress, in contemporary times, can be seen as
    a holistic concept pertaining to not only societal but also individual betterment — more
    as a cultural, economic and psychological reality. Thus, the idea associated with progress
    needs to be contested in the contemporary era marked by global political crises, economic
    inequality and changing sociocultural paradigms and power dynamics to analyse how the
    concept of progress has evolved, its implications and applications.
    In these recent times of global crisis, when regressive, exclusionary and reductive ap-
    proaches are being normalized, reassessing the term progress from an interdisciplinary per-
    spective seems imperative to make the term and the associated ideas, more inclusive. The
    idea is to prioritize both individuals and communities; nations and indigenous cultures; look
    for equity and aspire towards economic, psychological and emotional well-being of individu-
    als and communities by re-assessing the normative and hegemonic narratives. While literary
    and cultural studies often critique the western idea of modernity and its notion of progress as
    unidimensional and linear; sociological studies enumerate that progress for societies, nations
    and individuals holds different connotations from historico-political and cultural perspec-
    tives. Such broader discussions also spearhead to explore the pursuit of progress for both
    the individuals and the nations, which may come up with newer ways of re-imagining progress
    from historical, sociological, economic, and psychological perspectives.
    We welcome papers that explore these themes from historical, sociological, cultural, psy-
    chological, and economic perspectives. The potential scope includes several thematic con-
    cerns, which explore urgent global and national issues with the focus on latest innovative
    and frameworks, but not limited to the following:

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    • Inclusive healthcare systems for equitable access

    • Advancing gender equality through inclusive policies

    • Sustainable development in the age of environmental precarity

    • Promoting mental health and well-being

    • Progress and the post-colonial context

    • Ecocriticism and environmental challenges in South Asia

    • Representations of progress in literature, media, and popular culture

    • Ensuring access to economic opportunities and reducing income disparities

    An academic writing workshop will be held for participants on the second day of the
    GRM.

    Submission Guidelines
    Interested participants are requested to submit an abstract of approx 500 words through the
    submission link below. The abstract should clearly outline the research question, theoretical
    framework, methodology, and key findings (if applicable).
    Submission link: Click Here to Submit

    Important Dates

    ˆ Submission Deadline: 20 November, 2024

    ˆ Notification of Acceptance: 1 - 7 December, 2024

    ˆ Conference Dates: 9 & 10 January, 2025

    For more details on our department and previous conferences, please visit: IIT Bhilai.

    Seminar Committee
    Dr. Rekha Ravindran, Assistant Professor
    Dr. Eslavath Rajkumar, Assistant Professor
    Vinay Kumar, Doctoral Scholar
    Harshit Shrivastava, Doctoral Scholar

    Contact Information
    For any queries, please reach out to us at vinayk@iitbhilai.ac.in.

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