MELOW International Conference 2024

The 25th MELOW International Conference on Echoes of the Earth: Interplay of Literature and Landscape will be held at Kathmandu University, Nepal, from September 27 to 29, 2024.

The September 2024 MELOW International Conference will explore the relationship between literature and landscapes, investigating both the depiction of landscapes in literature and literature's role in enhancing our understanding of landscapes.

Important Dates

• Announcement/Call for Abstract: 15 April 
• Abstract Submission: 20 May 2024
• Notification to Authors: 15 June 2024
• Full-length papers due (those competing for the ISM Award*): 1st Aug 2024
• Full-length Paper Due (those who wish to publish in the MELOW journal): 1 Sept 2024
• Programme to be finalized: 10 Sept 2024
• Conference Date: Asoj 11 to 13, 2081 (September 27 to 29, 2024)

The conference will address the following sub-themes:

1. Theoretical considerations
2. Environment, indigeneity, and spirituality
3. Forests and fantasies, woods, and wilderness
4. Landscapes –urban and rural: aesthetics and identity
5. Low-lying locations: plains and possibilities, deserts and desolation
6. Mountains, mountaineering, mystery and menace 
7. Water bodies: rivers and reflections, oceans, and odyssey

The thrust of each panel will be on Literature and its relationship with Nature.

For more information

• Website: www.melow.in
• Email: melusmelow@gmail.com