15th March, 2024
Introduction
FLAME University is excited to announce Convergence 2024: A Multidisciplinary Symposium. The symposium invites undergraduate students from diverse disciplines to submit posters that explore the themes of transitions, sustainability, self/identity, and networks.
Please note: The possibilities suggested under each theme are meant to be indicative, and not exhaustive. We encourage creative engagement with these broad ideas.
Individuals can submit their abstract to
Selected presenters will be notified by February 7, 2024. They will be invited to showcase their work, engage in discussions, and connect with fellow researchers at Convergence 2024. Their travel and accommodation costs will be covered by the organizers.
Conference Themes
Transitions: This covers shifts in political structure, societal organization, or technology across history and in the present. Possible proposals could include those focussing on the study of frameworks to theorize such changes in socio-political, economic, or intellectual history as well as ways of thinking about the impact of such shifts. Philosophical studies of time and change would also be part of this
Sustainability: This is oriented towards contemporary and past approaches to environmental sustainability as well as cultural sustainability, and could include projects from a variety of disciplines, including (but not limited to) facilitation of sustainable practices (through technology or policy), philosophical approaches, questions which try to balance sustainability with other kinds of concerns, international relations.
Identities: This could encompass a variety of ways to approach notions of self. These would range from the different ways in which identities are constructed and the limits of the self to various approaches in consciousness studies and examinations of the notion of self (or indeed, non-self) in intellectual traditions other than the ones we normally operate in.
Networks: This theme, broadly conceived, would include the use of the idea in technology, social sciences, intellectual history, and philosophy.
Submission Guidelines
Submit a 200-300 word abstract that clearly states the significance and potential impact of your work. Highlight how your research aligns with one or more of the specified themes. Provide four keywords that succinctly capture the essence of your research. These keywords will help categorize and identify your poster within the symposium. Please make sure to include the name of your institution.
Travel & Accommodation Support
Selected presenters will be notified by February 7, 2024. They will be invited to showcase their work, engage in discussions, and connect with fellow researchers at Convergence 2024. Their travel and accommodation costs will be covered by the organizers.
Important Dates
| Abstract Submission | 31st January, 2024 |
| Notification for selected presenters | 7th February, 2024 |
| Symposium Date | 15th March, 2024 |