Events

Creativitas: Critical Explorations in Literary Studies, in collaboration with the Department of English, Serampore Girls’ College, successfully organised the two-day online international conference, Ecologies of Tomorrow: Environmental Humanities, Literature, and Culture in the Twenty-First Century, on 7–8 October 2026. The conference brought together scholars, researchers, and academics to explore the intersections of literature, culture, ecology, and the environmental challenges shaping our contemporary world.

With 143 paper presentations represented in the programme, the conference received an encouraging response from the academic community, fostering interdisciplinary dialogue across geographical and institutional boundaries. The presentations engaged with diverse concerns within the Environmental Humanities, including ecocriticism, climate change, environmental justice, posthumanism, decolonial thought, and the complex relationships between human and more-than-human worlds. The online format enabled participants from diverse academic contexts to share their research and exchange critical perspectives on the ecological questions of our time.

The conference featured a keynote address by Prof. (Dr.) Ranjan Ghosh, Professor of English and Head of the Department of English at the University of North Bengal, titled “Plastic Ecology.” The programme also included four plenary lectures by distinguished scholars: Dr. Nikoleta Zampaki, Ms. Kaushani Mondal, Prof. Dr. Pramod K. Nayar, and Dr. Anandarup Biswas. Their contributions opened up important conversations around more-than-human intimacies, climate subalternity, ecological loss, and decolonial approaches to belonging and planetary futures.

The two-day programme comprised multiple parallel presentation sessions facilitated by designated chairs and moderators. The conference was supported by a Book of Abstracts and a detailed schedule, ensuring accessible documentation of the scholarly contributions.

The successful completion of Ecologies of Tomorrow marks a significant milestone in the academic initiatives of Creativitas. The organisers extend their sincere gratitude to the keynote and plenary speakers, presenters, session chairs, moderators, institutional collaborators, and attendees for their invaluable contributions. The conference reaffirms the journal’s commitment to fostering international scholarly exchange and advancing critical, interdisciplinary engagement with literature, culture, and the environmental humanities.

We are delighted to announce the signing of a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for Academic Collaboration between Creativitas: Critical Explorations in Literary Studies and Serampore Girls' College, affiliated to the University of Calcutta.

This MoU marks the beginning of a long-term academic partnership aimed at promoting research, teaching-learning, scholarly exchange, publications, seminars, and wider academic engagement in the Humanities, Literary Studies, and Cultural Studies. The collaboration provides a framework for a range of future initiatives, including international conferences, student-centric publications, seminars, webinars, workshops, student development programmes, extension lectures, invited talks, faculty exchange, joint research, and capacity-building activities. Each initiative will be developed through mutual consultation and appropriate academic planning.

The first major initiative under this MoU will be the two-day online international conference, Ecologies of Tomorrow: Environmental Humanities, Literature, and Culture in the Twenty-First Century, to be held on 7–8 October 2026. While this conference marks the beginning of our collaborative programme, it is only the first step in what we envision as a sustained and meaningful academic relationship over the next three years.

We extend our sincere gratitude to Dr. Soma Roy, Principal, Serampore Girls' College, for her support, confidence, and commitment to this academic partnership. We also express our heartfelt thanks to Dr. Suranjana Bhadra, Associate Professor, Department of English, for her valuable academic engagement and contribution towards building this collaboration.

At Creativitas, we deeply value partnerships that create opportunities for sustained intellectual exchange and meaningful academic participation. We look forward to working closely with Serampore Girls' College to develop a vibrant programme of collaborative initiatives over the coming years. We are excited about this new chapter—and about everything that lies ahead.

Creativitas: Critical Explorations in Literary Studies successfully hosted its inaugural academic event, a book talk featuring Professor Ranjan Ghosh's The Plastic Tagore, published by Oxford University Press. The event brought together academics, students, and literary enthusiasts in a vibrant intellectual exchange.

The evening commenced with a welcome address by one of Creativitas' founders, who introduced the publication's mission to advance rigorous research in English studies while fostering intellectual pluralism. Professor Ghosh then presented his innovative scholarly examination of Rabindranath Tagore through contemporary theoretical frameworks, offering fresh interpretative approaches to Tagore's intellectual legacy.

Following the presentation, Dr. Pinaki Dey, Associate Professor of English and graphic designer, engaged Professor Ghosh in an illuminating dialogue that expertly navigated the complexities of the text. The discussion highlighted how Tagore's contributions continue to be recontextualized within our present intellectual landscape.

The event featured a lively Q&A session, allowing audience members to participate in the scholarly discourse. The program concluded with a book signing session, providing attendees an opportunity to interact personally with the author.

This collaborative effort between Creativitas and Alliance Française du Bengale exemplified both organizations' commitment to promoting cross-cultural intellectual exchange. The successful execution of this event marks an auspicious beginning for Creativitas in its mission to create spaces for meaningful academic dialogue and advance diverse scholarly investigations in literary studies.