Themes and Paper Submission

SUB-THEMES OF THE CONFERENCE 

• Methodological Plurality in Ancient Tradition Studies: Beyond Colonial Frameworks. 

• Epistemic Authority and Ancient Knowledge: Reevaluating Validity and Voices. 

• Ancient traditions and investigating Colonialism and the Transformation of Cultural Memory. 

• Cultural studies of Traditions: Hybridisation and resistance 

• Decolonising Methods: Claiming Indigenous voices and knowledge in Traditional Studies 

• Hybridity, Syncretism and cultural resistance 

• Textuality, Oralities, and Hermeneutics 

• Oral epistemology: Wisdom in Proverbs, Poetry and Literature of Ancient Tradition 

• Ancient Art Forms and Aesthetics: Method and Interpretation 

• Digital Humanities: Reestablishing Traditional knowledge through Academia

• Ethics, Environmental Wisdom, and Sustainable Practices in Tradition 

• The jurisprudence of ancient cultures

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES 

The ICCS Bilaspur Chapter in Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya (A Central University), Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India in collaboration with the International Centre for Cultural Studies has proposed to orgainse this two days International Conference during February 27-28, 2026 at Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. In this regards abstract of 500 words and full papers of not less than 5000 words are invited from scholars, academicians, researchers and policy makers written in Times New Roman with font size 12 and spacing of 1.5 on any ancient traditions of the world across the globe. The authors are instructed to follow the In-Text Citation and References in accordance with the 17th Edition of Chicago Manual Style (CMS). You are requested to send your abstracts and address any queries to our email id: iccsbspic2026@gmail.com. 

The last date for submission of abstract is 30th November, 2025 and full paper 10 January, 2026 respectively. It may kindly be noted here that mere submission of abstracts without full paper submission will not be considered for invitation to the Conference. Therefore, interested resource persons are requested to submit their full paper as per the timeline shared below. 

PLAGIARISM GUIDELINES 

Plagiarism in any form is not accepted and if found more than 10%, the paper will be rejected and will not be allowed for publication/presentation in the conference. 

Note: Quality papers received timely will be published in an edited ISBN book by a reputed publisher to be released in the inaugural session of the conference on 27th February, 2026.