Department of Literature and Languages, Easwari School of Liberal Arts, SRM University-AP, is organising Second International Conference on Breaking Barriers: Reimagining Centre – Margin Dynamics from Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Dec 17 & 18, 2025.
Breaking Barriers : Reimagining Centre – Margin Dynamics from Interdisciplinary Perspectives is an international academic conference that invites critical reflection on the enduring binaries of centre and
margin in our contemporary world. The conference seeks to interrogate how entrenched hierarchies of
power continue to influence structures of governance, identity, knowledge, and belonging. As global
socio-political shifts expose the fractures of centralized authority, from geopolitical crises and
algorithmic surveillance to gender-based violence and climate collapse, this conference asserts the
urgency of thinking from and with the margins.
KEY THEMES
- Intersectionality and Multilayered Marginalization
- Power and Knowledge: Epistemic Decolonization
- Techno-politics and Digital Hierarchies
- Borders, Migration, and Statelessness
- Cultural Appropriation and the Politics of Visibility
- Resistance, Solidarity, and New Social Movements
- Art, Media, and Performance from the Margins
- Documenting Marginalized Dialects and Language Varieties
- Language Revitalization Through Digital Platforms
- Code-mixed Language in Social Media and NLP
- Code-switching and Multilingual Practices in Everyday Life
- Bias in Large Language Models (LLMs)
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Dr Raj Kumar, Professor, Delhi University
Dr Michael Pretes, Professor, University of Alabama
Dr Anna Bernard, Professor, King’s College London
Dr Angshuman Kar, Professor, Burdwan University
Dr Sipra Mukherjee, Professor, West Bengal State University
Abstract Submission Deadline: October 10, 2025
Full Paper Submission: October 31, 2025
Early Bird Registration ends: November 15, 2025
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Abstracts (250–300 words) outlining the central argument, methodology, and contribution to the theme should be submitted to: http://bit.ly/4ojrLmB
For any further information, please visit: https://srmap.edu.in/breaking-barriers/ or write to: event.ll@srmap.edu.in