CfP: Workshop on Law, Literature, Language, and Culture – A Digital Ethnography Approach at Symbiosis Law School, Pune [Feb 26; Hybrid]

About the Institute

Symbiosis Law School, Pune, established in 1977, is among India’s top-ranked law schools. The institution is known for its strong research culture, international collaborations, and commitment to socially engaged legal education.It

houses premier research centres such as the Symbiosis Centre for Advanced Legal Studies and Research (SCALSAR), which promotes interdisciplinary legal scholarship.

About the Workshop

The Workshop on Law, Literature, Language, and Culture: A Digital Ethnography Approach examines law as a cultural, narrative, and linguistic practice rather than merely a formal institutional system.

It foregrounds how legal meanings are produced, negotiated, and contested through literature, language, oral traditions, memory, and digital media.

The workshop draws on contemporary scholarship in digital ethnography, exploring online and mediated spaces—such as social media, digital archives, vernacular storytelling platforms, and activist documentation—as significant sites of legal consciousness, representation, and justice-making.The

workshop particularly encourages engagement with voices and narratives of indigenous, marginalised, and underrepresented communities.

Workshop Theme

Law, Literature, Language, and Culture: A Digital Ethnography Approach

Who Can Submit?

Submissions are invited from:

• Academicians and faculty members
• Independent researchers
• Doctoral researchers
• Students of law, humanities, and social sciences
• Scholars and practitioners working on issues related to Dalit, tribal, queer, and linguistic minority communities

Submission Categories

• Extended Abstracts: 1,000–1,200 words
• Working Papers: 3,500 words
• Full Papers: 5,000 words

Full paper submissions are strongly encouraged. Working papers will also be considered for presentation.

Submission Guidelines

• Submissions must clearly outline:
  • Research question
  • Theoretical or conceptual framework
  • Methodology or analytical approach
  • Relevance to the workshop theme
• Interdisciplinary approaches drawing from law, literature, sociology, anthropology, linguistics, cultural studies, and media studies are encouraged
• Selected participants will present their papers on 26 February 2026
• Selected papers may be considered for publication in Scopus-indexed journals, subject to editorial review

Important Dates

• Submission Deadline: 21 February 2026
• Notification of Acceptance: 21 February 2026
• Registration Deadline: 22 February 2026
• Workshop Date: 26 February 2026

How to Register?

Interested candidates can register online via the link given at the end of the post.

Registration Fees

• Academicians / Faculty: ₹1,180
• Independent Researchers / Doctoral Scholars / Students: ₹590

Registration fees include GST. Fees are waived for Symbiosis faculty and students. Awards will be presented for Best Paper and Best Presentation.

Contact

For queries regarding submissions or registration, please contact:

• Email: lcj@symlaw.ac.in
• Dr. Sanchari Basu Chaudhuri: +91 89204 44087
• Dr. Tania Patel: +91 96180 79268
• Dr. Mohit Joshi: +91 76651 68591

Click here to Register.