RCELL International Conference 2027: Literature in the Age of AI. Posthumanism, Digital Humanities and Ecological Futures. 13–14 February 2027, online, Zoom.

RCELL International Conference 2027

Literature in the Age of AI

Posthumanism, Digital Humanities and Ecological Futures

13–14 February 2027, online on Zoom

Organised by RCELL in academic partnership with

  • Karabük UniversityTürkiye
  • Sahrdaya College of Advanced StudiesKerala, India
  • Sri Guru Granth Sahib World UniversityPunjab, India

What does it mean to read, to write and to imagine, now that machines can write too?

Registration and abstract submission are open. Early-bird fee until 31 December 2026.

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An international conversation at the intersection of literature, technology and the future

We live at a moment when the categories that have long organised literary and cultural study (the human, the natural, the written, the creative) are being fundamentally rethought. Artificial intelligence, ecological crisis, and digital culture are not peripheral concerns; they are reshaping what literature means, who makes it, and how it is read.

RCELL International Conference 2027 brings together scholars, researchers, and teachers of literature to examine these transformations across three connected intellectual frameworks: posthumanism, digital humanities, and ecological thought. This is a humanities and English Studies event, focused on culture, meaning, and the literary imagination, not on technical computing.

The conference explicitly welcomes South Asian perspectives, including Indian-language literatures, Dalit and Adivasi ecological narratives, regional literary archives, and postcolonial engagements with climate, technology, and modernity. This is a distinctive intellectual location, not a restriction.

What does AI mean for literature?
Questions of intelligence, creativity, authorship, and interpretation are being asked anew in the age of generative AI, and literary studies has much to contribute to those conversations.
What is the posthuman?
Posthumanism challenges human exceptionalism and asks how literature has always staged the boundaries between the human and the non-human.
Whose ecological future?
Ecological thought demands that questions of justice, extraction, and survival be brought back to literary criticism and the humanistic imagination.

The conference at a glance

Organiser
RCELL, Research Centre for English Language and Literature
Academic partners
Karabük University, TürkiyeDepartment of Western Languages and LiteraturesSahrdaya College of Advanced Studies (Autonomous), IndiaPG Department of EnglishSri Guru Granth Sahib World University, IndiaDepartment of English
Chief Convener
Dr. Madhuri BiteDirector, RCELL; Managing Editor, The Criterion
Academic Adviser
Dr. Vishwanath Bite
Dates
13–14 February 2027 (Saturday and Sunday)
Format
100% online via Zoom Pro; keynotes also streamed on YouTube
Discipline
English Studies and Humanities
Abstract
250–300 words; one online form for registration, payment and abstract
Certificates
E-certificates for all registered participants
Publication
Special issue considered in The Criterion: An International Journal in English (ISSN 0976-8165), subject to peer review

Founding Academic Partners

  • Department of Western Languages and LiteraturesFaculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Karabük University, Türkiye
  • PG Department of EnglishSahrdaya College of Advanced Studies (Autonomous), Kodakara, Thrissur, Kerala, India
  • Department of EnglishSri Guru Granth Sahib World University, Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab, India

The conference is organised by RCELL in academic partnership with these institutions. Further partners will be announced shortly.

Three frameworks for rethinking the human

The conference title names three intellectual fields that are reshaping how we read, write, teach, and think. They are not separate tracks; they converge in questions about what it means to be human in a world altered by technology, ecological precarity, and new ways of knowing.

Posthumanism

A critical reconsideration of the human as the natural centre of culture, ethics, and meaning. Posthumanism asks how literature has always staged the boundaries between the human, the animal, the technological, and the more-than-human. In the age of AI, these questions are no longer abstract: they structure daily life and daily reading.

Digital Humanities

The intersection of computational methods, digital archives, and literary scholarship. Digital humanities asks how we read at scale, how we preserve and interpret textual heritage, and how AI is reshaping the tools and practices of literary criticism, pedagogy, and creative work.

Ecological Futures

Ecocriticism, climate fiction, and environmental humanities ask what literature has to say about the Anthropocene: about extinction, extraction, planetary limits, and the unequal distribution of ecological harm. Literary culture is not a bystander to climate crisis; it is one of the places where we imagine alternatives.

This conference is a humanities and English Studies event. It is not a technical computing conference. Its central questions concern what literature means (who makes it, how it is read, whose voices it carries, and what imaginative work it can still do) in a world undergoing transformation at a scale we are only beginning to understand.

Contents: four streams of inquiry

Papers are invited across four thematic streams. Choose the stream that best fits your work when you submit your abstract. The sub-themes under each stream are indicative rather than exhaustive: work that engages the stream's central concerns is welcome even if it does not match a listed sub-theme exactly.

Poster of the four thematic streams. I: AI, Posthumanism and the Future of the Human. II: Digital Humanities, AI and New Literary Practices. III: Literature, Ecology and Climate Futures. IV: Postcolonial, Decolonial and Indigenous Futures. 13–14 February 2027, online on Zoom.
The four streams at a glance. Tap the poster to see it full size, or download it. Open each stream below for its sub-themes.

  1. This stream examines what AI, digital technology, and posthumanist theory mean for conceptions of the human, exploring how literature has imagined, critiqued, and theorised the boundaries between the human and the non-human, the organic and the technological.

    • AI characters, machine subjectivity, artificial life, cyborgs and androids in literature and film
    • Posthuman and transhuman imaginaries in fiction and cultural theory
    • Human and non-human boundaries, embodiment, affect, and consciousness
    • AI ethics, surveillance, algorithmic governance, and data cultures in literary representation
    • Automation, labour, precarity, platform capitalism, and inequality in fiction and cultural criticism
    • Speculative fiction and future-of-the-human narratives: science fiction, dystopia, and utopia
    • Biopolitics, necropolitics, and posthumanist governance in contemporary literature
    • Animal studies, zoocriticism, and the literary representation of non-human agency
    • Cyborg feminism, Harawayan technoscience, and feminist posthumanism
    • Transhumanism, life extension, enhancement, and the ethics of technological self-modification
    • Robot narratives, android ethics, and artificial consciousness in fiction and drama
    • Philosophy of mind, consciousness studies, and literary representation of artificial intelligence
    • Disability studies, crip theory, and posthumanism in literary and cultural contexts
    • Ontologies of the digital: virtuality, simulation, and the representation of digital life in fiction
    • Queer posthumanism and the destabilisation of human sexual and gender categories
    Submit to Stream I

  2. This stream explores how digital methods and AI are reshaping literary scholarship, pedagogy, and creative practice, from computational reading to questions of authorship, creativity, and the ethics of AI-assisted research.

    • Computational literary studies, distant reading, and machine-assisted interpretation
    • Digital archives, textual scholarship, preservation, and access
    • AI-assisted literary criticism, research ethics, and the boundaries of scholarly authorship
    • Generative AI, authorship, creativity, and digital textuality
    • Algorithmic culture, platform aesthetics, and literary form in the digital age
    • Interactive fiction, transmedia storytelling, games, and digital narratives
    • Digital pedagogy, AI in the literature classroom, and the future of English Studies
    • AI translation, multilingual cultures, and the digital future of non-English literatures
    • Social media, digital publishing, and the changing forms of literary circulation
    • Hypertext, electronic literature, and the new poetics of the digital
    • Corpus linguistics, stylometry, and machine learning in literary analysis
    • Open access, scholarly communication, and the political economy of academic publishing in the digital age
    • Digital humanities methodology: debates, limitations, and the promise of the digital
    • AI and the arts: machine creativity, collaboration, and the challenge to aesthetic theory
    • Digital memory, loss, and the humanities of the archive in the age of platform capitalism
    Submit to Stream II

  3. This stream addresses ecocriticism, climate fiction, and environmental humanities, exploring how literature imagines ecological crisis, non-human agency, and the futures that remain possible within the Anthropocene.

    • Ecocriticism, climate fiction (cli-fi), environmental dystopias and utopias
    • The Anthropocene, Capitalocene, and Plantationocene as literary and critical frameworks
    • Ecofeminism, animal studies, plant studies, and more-than-human agency in literature
    • Blue humanities: rivers, oceans, coasts, and waterscapes in literary imagination
    • Urban ecologies, environmental ethics, sustainability, and the Sustainable Development Goals in literature
    • Environmental justice, climate literacy, and the politics of ecological representation
    • The pastoral, nature writing, and the literary tradition of landscape in the age of climate crisis
    • Solarpunk, cli-fi, and green utopias: literature as ecological imagination
    • Extinction, biodiversity loss, and elegies for the more-than-human world
    • Food studies, agriculture, soil, and the literary politics of eating and land
    • Multispecies justice, interspecies ethics, and the literary re-imagining of ecological community
    • Deep ecology, dark ecology, and the limits of humanist environmentalism in literary criticism
    • The energy humanities: fossil fuels, petrofiction, and the cultural politics of extraction
    • Toxic cultures, chemical landscapes, and the literature of contamination
    • Climate grief, solastalgia, and the affective dimensions of ecological loss in contemporary fiction
    Submit to Stream III

  4. This stream foregrounds postcolonial, decolonial, and Indigenous frameworks, addressing how colonialism, technology, and ecological thought intersect, with particular attention to South Asian, Dalit, and Adivasi perspectives.

    • Colonialism, technology, modernity, and postcolonial technological imaginaries
    • Decolonising the Anthropocene: postcolonial ecocriticism and Southern environmental thought
    • Indigenous and Adivasi ecological knowledge, environmental justice, and land rights in literature
    • Climate colonialism, extractivism, resource conflict, and contested landscapes in fiction
    • Migration, displacement, and ecological precarity in postcolonial narrative
    • Dalit ecologies and Dalit environmental humanities: land, labour, and literary politics
    • South Asian environmental humanities: rivers, forests, monsoons, and the literary landscape
    • AI and Indian languages: digital preservation of regional and multilingual literatures
    • Postcolonial digital humanities: archives, access, and the politics of data in the Global South
    • Afrofuturism, Afropessimism, and decolonial imaginaries in literature and cultural theory
    • Subaltern studies, voice, and the epistemology of postcolonial environmental knowledge
    • Third-World feminisms, ecofeminism, and the gendered dimensions of colonial ecological violence
    • Resistance narratives, social movements, and the literature of environmental activism
    • Postcolonial science fiction, speculative Afrofuturism, and indigenous futurisms
    • Ecolinguistics, language loss, and the relationship between ecological and linguistic diversity
    Submit to Stream IV

Who should take part, and what the conference offers

This conference welcomes participants from across the humanities and English Studies. Whether you are presenting a paper, attending without a paper, or joining to hear the keynote lectures, you are part of the conversation.

Who should participate

  • Research scholars and doctoral candidatesResearchers at all stages working in English literature, cultural studies, comparative literature, digital humanities, or ecocriticism, including those preparing or completing doctoral dissertations.
  • Academic facultyFaculty members from universities and colleges who wish to present research, engage with emerging scholarship, or explore the conference themes in relation to their teaching and writing.
  • Postdoctoral fellowsEarly-career researchers developing work in posthumanism, digital humanities, ecocriticism, postcolonial studies, or adjacent fields who seek a peer-reviewed international forum.
  • Independent scholarsResearchers working outside formal institutional structures who are engaged with the conference themes and whose work meets the scholarly standards of peer-reviewed academic presentation.
  • Participants without a paperParticipants who wish to attend the conference without presenting a paper are welcome to register as Participants (without paper), using the same online form.
  • International participantsThe conference is fully online and welcomes participants from all geographies. South Asian perspectives, including Indian-language literatures and postcolonial frameworks, are particularly encouraged.

What the conference offers

  • A mentored international forumEvery abstract receives feedback from the academic team, so you can present your strongest work to an international audience. All registered participants receive an e-certificate.
  • A publication pathway in The CriterionSelected full papers presented at the conference may be invited to a special issue of The Criterion: An International Journal in English (ISSN 0976-8165), subject to independent peer review and editorial acceptance. Papers accepted for the special issue will receive DOI registration.
  • Four international keynote lecturesFour keynote lectures by international scholars, one for each thematic stream. Each comprises a 30-minute address followed by a 15-minute question and discussion period.
  • An accessible online formatDelivered entirely via Zoom Pro, the conference removes barriers of travel and cost while maintaining the quality of live scholarly exchange. All registered participants receive full access to all sessions across both days.
  • South Asian and global perspectivesThe conference is designed to hold South Asian scholarly voices alongside international scholarship, creating an intellectually productive encounter between different critical traditions.
  • Timely and consequential themesPosthumanism, digital humanities, and ecological futures are among the most pressing areas of contemporary humanistic inquiry. This conference places literary scholarship at the centre of those conversations rather than at their margin.

Call for papers

We invite abstracts from researchers, scholars, doctoral candidates, postdoctoral fellows, and academic faculty working across English Studies, comparative literature, cultural studies, digital humanities, ecocriticism, and related fields. Interdisciplinary work is welcome.

  1. Read the call for papers and choose your thematic stream (I to IV)
  2. Prepare your abstract (250 to 300 words), keywords and a short biography
  3. Pay the registration fee using the payment link or QR code in the form
  4. Complete the form with your payment ID and abstract, and submit
  5. Receive feedback on your abstract and revise it if needed

One form, one step

Registration, fee payment and abstract submission are completed together in a single online form. If your abstract is not ready yet, please complete the form once it is, before the deadline.

Abstract requirements

Word count250 to 300 words
Keywords4 to 6 keywords
Author informationFull name, affiliation, email, country
BiographyUp to 75 words
StreamSelect one thematic stream (I to IV)
AI disclosureDeclare any generative AI use

Co-authored papers

Every author registers and pays separately, using the same form. The lead author submits the abstract; each co-author (up to two) gives the paper title and the lead author’s name and email, so we can link you to the paper. Each person may present up to two papers, each registered separately.

Presentation format

Each paper presentation runs for 5 to 10 minutes, depending on the number of papers in the session, followed by a shared discussion. Presentations are delivered live on Zoom. Presenters send their slides and a short backup video recording before the conference, which is played if a connection fails. Sessions may be recorded, and keynote sessions are streamed live on YouTube.

Register and submit your abstract

Submission checklist

  • Registration fee paid, with your payment ID
  • Title of your paper
  • Abstract: 250 to 300 words (excluding title and keywords)
  • 4 to 6 keywords
  • Full name, institutional affiliation, country and email
  • Co-author details (if any)
  • Selection of one thematic stream (I to IV)
  • Short biography: up to 75 words
  • Declaration of originality and AI-use disclosure

On AI disclosure

Please disclose any use of a generative AI tool (such as ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, or similar) in preparing your abstract, even for language editing. Disclosure does not affect your submission; transparency is what matters. The same expectation applies to your presentation and to any later full paper.

Guidance, not rejection

Every abstract is read by the academic team. You will receive feedback within 15 days of submission (within 7 days for submissions after 31 December). If your abstract needs strengthening, you will receive specific suggestions and can send a revised version by replying to the feedback email. Publication in The Criterion is a separate, selective process with independent peer review.

Academic integrity

By submitting, you confirm that your abstract, and any later full paper, is your original work, discloses any use of generative AI, and relates to the conference theme. Registration fees are not refunded where this declaration is breached.

South Asian perspectives welcome

The conference explicitly encourages submissions engaging with Indian-language literatures, Dalit and Adivasi ecological narratives, regional literary archives, postcolonial climate thought, AI and Indian languages, and South Asian digital humanities.

Keynote lectures

Four international scholars will deliver keynote lectures, one for each thematic stream. Each keynote comprises a 30-minute lecture followed by a 15-minute discussion. Further speakers will be announced after written confirmation.

  • Stream I

    Dr. María Ferrández-Sanmiguel

    Associate Professor, University of Zaragoza, Spain

    “The Posthumanist Heroine’s Journey”

    Her research centres on contemporary US speculative fiction, with special attention to trauma and the posthuman. She co-edited The Posthuman Condition in 21st Century Literature and Culture (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025).

    Saturday 13 February

  • Stream II

    Dr. Dana J. Gavin

    Director of the Writing Center, Dutchess Community College, New York, USA

    “Teaching and Learning in the Age of AI: The Only Way Forward Is Through”

    Author of Generative AI and the Future of the Humanities: Reading, Writing, Teaching, Labor (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025) and an inaugural SUNY AI for the Public Good Fellow (2025–2026).

    Saturday 13 February

  • Stream III

    Dr. Marco Caracciolo

    Associate Professor of English, Ghent University, Belgium

    “Embodiment and Illness in Anthropocene Fiction”

    His work draws on cognitive science, the philosophy of mind and the environmental humanities to explore the forms of experience afforded by narrative in fiction and other media. His most recent book is Figures of Complexity in Contemporary Fiction (Edinburgh University Press, 2026).

    Sunday 14 February

  • To be announced

    Stream IV

    Keynote speaker

    Postcolonial, Decolonial and Indigenous Futures

    Follow the official WhatsApp group for the earliest keynote announcements.

    Sunday 14 February

Programme

The full programme will be published after the registration deadline. The outline below shows the planned shape of both days.

Times are given in India Standard Time (IST).

  1. Inaugural session

    Welcome address, greetings from the Patrons of our partner institutions, the address of the Director, RCELL, and a virtual lamp-lighting ceremony.

  2. Keynote lecture 1 (Stream I)

    “The Posthumanist Heroine’s Journey”. Dr. María Ferrández-Sanmiguel, University of Zaragoza, Spain. 30-minute address and 15-minute discussion.

  3. Keynote lecture 2 (Stream II)

    “Teaching and Learning in the Age of AI: The Only Way Forward Is Through”. Dr. Dana J. Gavin, Dutchess Community College, USA. 30-minute address and 15-minute discussion.

  4. Paper presentation sessions

    Stream I (AI, Posthumanism and the Future of the Human) and Stream II (Digital Humanities, AI and New Literary Practices). 5 to 10 minutes per paper.

  5. End of day one

    Social networking channel open for participants.

Session times, chairs and paper titles will be published after the registration deadline. Registered presenters will receive their session allocation, Zoom instructions, and guidance for sending slides and the backup video well before the conference.

Registration and fees

Registration, fee payment and abstract submission are completed together in one online form. There are two ways to take part: as a paper presenter, or as a participant without a paper.

Paper presenter

Register, pay and submit your abstract in one step. Receive feedback, present your paper at the conference, and become eligible for full-paper publication consideration in The Criterion.

  1. Open the registration form
  2. Pay the fee using the link or QR code in the form
  3. Enter your payment ID and abstract, and submit
  4. Receive feedback and revise if needed
  5. Send your slides and backup video by 8 February 2027
  6. Present and receive your e-certificate

Participant (without paper)

Attend the full conference, hear all keynotes and paper presentations, and take part in the discussions. No abstract is required.

  1. Open the registration form and choose Participant without Paper
  2. Pay the fee using the link or QR code in the form
  3. Enter your payment ID and submit
  4. Receive the Zoom and YouTube links before the conference, by email and WhatsApp
  5. Attend and receive your e-certificate

Find your fee

Where are you based?
How will you take part?

Every author of a co-authored paper registers and pays separately. The date of payment decides the rate. All deadlines are 11:59 pm IST.

Your fee today

₹1,000

Early-bird rate, if you pay by 31 December 2026. From 1 January the fee is ₹1,200.

Pay ₹1,000 with Razorpay Open the registration form

After paying, you return to the form to enter your Payment ID. You can also pay from inside the form, where the same link and a QR code are shown.

Registration

Registration closed on 31 January 2027. Registered participants receive the Zoom and YouTube links by email and WhatsApp. For queries, write to conference@rcell.co.in.

See all fees
Registration fees per person. Deadlines are 11:59 pm IST.
CategoryEarly bird (by 31 Dec 2026)Late (by 31 Jan 2027)
Paper presenter, India₹1,000₹1,200
Participant without paper, India₹500₹600
Paper presenter, internationalUSD 25USD 30
Participant without paper, internationalUSD 15USD 20

Indian participants pay through Razorpay (UPI, cards or net banking); international participants pay by card in US dollars, also through Razorpay. Fees are non-refundable except for duplicate payments; please read the Cancellation and Refund Policy.

Publication opportunity

A special issue of The Criterion: An International Journal in English (ISSN 0976-8165) is planned in connection with this conference. Selected full papers may be invited for submission, subject to the journal's independent editorial assessment and peer-review process.

The Criterion logo: a quill in an inkpot

The Criterion: An International Journal in English

ISSN 0976-8165. Founded 2010. English literature, literary theory, critical studies. www.the-criterion.com

Selected full papers may be invited for consideration in the planned special issue of The Criterion, subject to the journal's independent editorial assessment, peer-review process, ethical policies, and revision requirements. Conference presentation does not guarantee publication. Invitations will be extended post-conference to selected presenters only. Full papers will be accepted only after completing the journal's standard peer-review process. Papers accepted for the special issue will receive DOI registration.

What to expect

  • Conference presentation is not equivalent to journal publication.
  • Only selected presenters will be invited to submit full papers after the conference.
  • Submitted full papers undergo independent peer review, separate from the conference abstract review process.
  • DOI assignment applies to papers accepted in the special issue after successful peer review.
  • Publication decisions rest with the editors of The Criterion.
  • The invitation for optional full-paper submission is expected by 28 February 2027.
  • Optional full-paper submission deadline: 30 April 2027.

Plagiarism and originality

All submitted abstracts and full papers must be the original work of the named author or authors. Plagiarism, self-plagiarism, and undisclosed AI generation are grounds for rejection at any stage. Authors must disclose all AI assistance used in preparing their work.

Key dates

All dates are in India Standard Time (IST). Add the deadlines that matter to you to your own calendar.

  1. 15 Oct2026

    Registration and abstract submission open

  2. 31 Dec2026

    Early-bird deadline

    Registration, payment and abstract, by 11:59 pm IST.

  3. 31 Jan2027

    Final registration deadline

    The form closes at 11:59 pm IST.

  4. 8 Feb2027

    Slides and backup video due

    For paper presenters.

  5. 10–11 Feb2027

    Technical rehearsal

  6. 13–14 Feb2027

    Conference days

    Online, on Zoom; keynotes streamed on YouTube.

  7. By 21 Feb2027

    E-certificates issued

  8. By 28 Feb2027

    Invitations for selected full papers

  9. 30 Apr2027

    Full-paper submission deadline

    For invited papers only.

Common questions

Who can participate?

Researchers, scholars, doctoral candidates, postdoctoral fellows, and academic faculty working in English Studies, comparative literature, cultural studies, digital humanities, ecocriticism, and related humanities fields are welcome to present. Anyone interested in the themes may register as a participant without a paper. South Asian perspectives are particularly encouraged.

How do I register and submit my abstract?

Open the official registration form. Pay the registration fee using the payment link or QR code at the top of the form, then complete the form with your payment ID, your details and your abstract, and submit. Registration, payment and abstract submission happen together, in one step.

My abstract is not ready yet. Can I pay now and send it later?

Please complete the form only when your abstract is ready, and submit everything together before the deadline. To receive the early-bird fee, pay and submit the form by 31 December 2026. Abstracts are not accepted by email.

How long should the abstract be?

Abstracts should be 250 to 300 words, excluding the title and keywords. Please include 4 to 6 keywords, a short biography of up to 75 words, your affiliation and country, and your choice of one thematic stream.

What happens after I submit?

You will receive an acknowledgement, and feedback on your abstract within 15 days (within 7 days for submissions after 31 December). If changes are suggested, simply reply to the feedback email with your revised abstract.

My paper has co-authors. How do we register?

Every author registers and pays separately, using the same form. The lead author submits the abstract; each co-author (up to two) gives the paper title and the lead author’s name and email, so we can link you to the paper. Each person may present up to two papers, each registered separately.

How do international participants pay?

International participants pay by debit or credit card in US dollars, through the secure Razorpay payment link shown in the registration form. If your card does not work, please write to conference@rcell.co.in and we will suggest another way to pay.

How long is a paper presentation?

Each presentation runs for 5 to 10 minutes, depending on the number of papers in the session, followed by a shared discussion. Presenters also send a short backup video recording with their slides by 8 February 2027, which is played if a connection fails. Keynote lectures run for 30 minutes, followed by 15 minutes of discussion.

Is the conference fully online?

Yes. The conference is held entirely online, on Zoom. Keynote sessions are also streamed live on YouTube. Zoom details are sent to registered participants before the conference.

Will sessions be recorded?

Yes. Conference sessions may be recorded, and keynote, inaugural and valedictory sessions are streamed live on YouTube. By registering and taking part, participants consent to this.

Will I receive a certificate?

Yes. E-certificates are issued to registered participants by 21 February 2027. Certificates are digital (PDF) only.

Does presentation guarantee publication?

No. Selected full papers may be invited for a special issue of The Criterion: An International Journal in English after the conference, subject to the journal’s independent editorial assessment and peer review. Invitation does not guarantee acceptance. Papers accepted for the special issue receive DOI registration.

Do I need to disclose AI use?

Yes. Please disclose any use of generative AI tools (such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, Claude, or similar) in preparing your abstract, presentation, or full paper, including use for language editing. Disclosure is a matter of transparency and does not affect your submission. Undisclosed AI use is a breach of research ethics.

What is the refund policy?

Registration fees are non-refundable. The only exception is a duplicate payment made by mistake, which is refunded after deducting the payment gateway charges. No refund is made where the academic integrity declaration is breached. Please read the full Cancellation and Refund Policy.

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Organising committee

RCELL International Conference 2027 is organised by RCELL with its three Founding Academic Partners. Partner institutions are listed alphabetically.

Chief Convener

Dr. Madhuri Bite

Director, RCELL

Academic Adviser

Dr. Vishwanath Bite

Academic Adviser, RCELL

Department of Western Languages and LiteraturesKarabük University, Türkiye

Patron
To be announced
Institutional Convener and Faculty Coordinator
Prof. Dr. Abdul Serdar ÖztürkHead, Department of Western Languages and Literatures

Organising Committee

  • Asst. Prof. Dr. Pelin Gölcük Mirza
  • Asst. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Canlı
  • Dr. Zeliha KuruducuSchool of Foreign Languages

PG Department of EnglishSahrdaya College of Advanced Studies (Autonomous), Kerala, India

Patron
To be announced
Institutional Convener
Prof. (Dr) Sanil Raj JDean of Research and Dean of Student Affairs
Faculty Coordinator
Ms. Sheena Sarah WinnyHead, PG Department of English

Organising Committee

  • Dr. Joy K LPrincipal
  • Ms. Gowri LakshmyAssistant Professor, PG Department of English

Department of EnglishSri Guru Granth Sahib World University, Punjab, India

Patron
Prof. (Dr.) Prit Pal SinghProf. (Dr.) Prit Pal SinghVice-Chancellor
Co-Patron
Prof. (Dr.) Sukhwinder Singh BillingProf. (Dr.) Sukhwinder Singh BillingDean Academic Affairs
Institutional Convener
Dr. Ankdeep Kaur AttwalDr. Ankdeep Kaur AttwalAssociate Professor and Head, Department of English
Faculty Coordinator
Ms. Jaspreet KaurAssistant Professor of English

Organising Committee

  • Dr. Baljeet KaurAssistant Professor of English
  • Ms. Parneet KaurAssistant Professor of English
  • Mr. Vinay KumarAssistant Professor of English

Conference Associates

Research scholars and faculty who help run the online sessions.

  • Mr. Aniket KambleResearch Scholar, Department of English, Shivaji University, Kolhapur
  • Ms. Parampreet KaurAssistant Professor of English, Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University, Fatehgarh Sahib
  • Ms. Simardeep KaurAssistant Professor of English, Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University, Fatehgarh Sahib
  • Mr. Amar PatilResearch Scholar, Department of English, Shivaji University, Kolhapur
  • Mr. Pranav TatteResearch Scholar, Department of English, Government Vidarbha Institute of Science and Humanities, Amravati
  • Ms. Gauri WandeResearch Scholar, Department of English, Government Vidarbha Institute of Science and Humanities, Amravati

Contact

Dr. Madhuri BiteChief Convener, RCELL International Conference 2027
Director, RCELL; Managing Editor, The Criterion
Dr. Vishwanath BiteAcademic Adviser, RCELL

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