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International Journal Of English and Studies (IJOES )
An International Peer Reviewed English Journal

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

On

'The Plant Turn'

Vegetal Poetics and Politics

πŸ“… 27 & 28 November 2025

πŸ“‘ Hybrid Mode

πŸ› Organised by

the PG Department of English and IQAC, Christ Nagar College, Maranalloor in Collaboration with Centre for Australian Studies, University of Kerala

πŸŽ“ Advisory Committee

Rev. Fr. Cyriac Madathil CMI
Director & Manager

Dr. Jolly Jacob
Principal

Prof. (Dr) Devakumar P. S.
Academic Director

πŸ‘₯ Convenors

Prof. (Dr) Suja Kurup P. L.
Professor, Institute of English
Director
Centre for Australian Studies and School of English & Foreign Languages
University of Kerala

Prof. (Dr) Chitra V. R.
Professor & Head
PG Department of English

✍ Editors

Reshmy R

Assistant Professor
PG Department of English
Devika Gopinath

Assistant Professor
PG Department of English
Conference Proceedings - Contents

πŸ“š CONTENTS

International Conference Proceedings

S.No Author(s) Paper Title Pages
1 Ms. Salma Begum Ecological Thought and Colonial Landscapes in Henry David Thoreau's Walden and Amitav Ghosh's The Great Derangement 1–7
2 Krishna Priya CS Alcohol, Weed and Vegetal Agency: Exploration of Plant Derivatives as the Masters of Human Consciousness 8–13
3 Sufy S Fredy Eywa as a Living Vegetal Archive: Memory, Ecology, and Continuity in Avatar 14–23
4 Surya Joy Plant Memory and Vegetal Consciousness as Channels to Resistance and Change in the Anthropocene 24–31
5 R. Vijayalakshmi
Dr. Marie Josephine Aruna
Resisting the Outsiders: Land, Identity, and Colonial Intrusion in Mamang Dai's The Black Hill 32–40
6 Abhirami A H The Collapse of Biodiversity: Analysing Extraction, Toxicity and Mutation in Aavasavyuham 41–47
7 Dr. Theresa Thomas Patterns of Biopiracy and Environmental Exploitation in the Global South: An Analysis of Leslie Marmon Silko's Gardens in the Dunes 48–55
8 Maanasa Merlyin Mathew
Aksara A. L
Beyond the Passive Green: Phytopoetics, Vegetal Autonomy, and Ecological Resistance in Princess Mononoke 56–64
9 M. S. Gopika
Dr. Marie Josephine Aruna
Metamorphosis of the Self: From Gendered Identity to Ecological Consciousness in Han Kang's The Vegetarian 65–72
10 Khushaal Mishra Guava Power: Vegetal Intervention and Social Transformation in Desai's Narrative 73–80
11 G. Jemimah
Dr. Suresh Frederick
Arboreal Memory and Ecological Renewal: An Ecocritical Study of Biodiversity and Conservation in David Malouf's Fly Away Peter 81–89
12 Dr. Tania Shri Green in the Grey: Urban Flora and the Saga of Survival in the Anthropocene 90–101
13 Dr. Susy Antony Environmental Trauma across Cultures – An Exploration of Oodgeroo Noonuccal's "We Are Going" in Connection with Chief Seattle's Speech 102–108
14 Paul Mathews Alien Plants and Displaced People: Reading Paul Harris Daniel's Red Tea in the Plantationocene 109–118
15 Ms. Poyir Taipodia Plant–Human Interconnectedness and Environmental Challenges in Sarah Joseph's Budhini: An Ecocritical Study 119–128
16 Malavika M Nair
Niya V Raj
Beyond Pastoral Consolation: Nature's Indifference and the Collapse of Human Exceptionalism in Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard 129–134
17 Ms. Anuvindha Shaji The Gift of Attention: Reciprocity with the Plant World in Select Works of Mary Oliver and Robin Wall Kimmerer 135–143
18 Rakhi Mondal The Sacred Grove and the Spirit of Resistance: Ecological Guardianship in Contemporary Indian English Writing 144–153
19 Mr. Jagadheesh Chandran J. Sacred Ecology and Plant-Human Reciprocity in the Bhagavad Gita 154–164
20 Devika Gopinath The Politics of Rootedness: Land, Memory and Resistance in The Living Mountain by Amitav Ghosh 165–175
21 Reshmy R
Surya Krishna S. J.
Rooted Justice: Plant–Human Relationships and Ecological Ethics in Perumal Murugan's Seasons of the Palm and Poonachi 176–188
22 Anitha A O
Dr. Deepa P
Man-Plant Interconnectedness and the Restoration of Life-Force Energy: A Dōgenian Reading of the Shōbōgenzō 189–200