The date for the Sahityapost Conference on “Rereading Nepali History through Devkota, Koirala and Parijat” has been postponed to November, as announced by Sahityapost, the organizer of the event. The conference will now take place on November 7–8, 2025 (Kartik 21–22, 2082) in Biratnagar, Morang.
Earlier, the event had been scheduled for September 5–6, 2025 (Bhadra 20–21), with the abstract submission deadline set for July 16, 2025 (Asar 32). The new deadline for abstract submission has now been extended to September 30, 2025 (Asoj 14, 2082).
The conference aims to critically explore how the literary works of Laxmi Prasad Devkota, B.P. Koirala, and Parijat offer alternative readings of Nepali social history. It will feature plenary sessions and individual and group (panel) paper presentations from intellectuals working on the aforementioned domain from Nepal and beyond.
The event is coordinated by Dr. Komal Phuyal and Mahesh Paudyal, lecturers at the Central Department of English, Tribhuvan University, and managed by Aswini Koirala, Editor-in-Chief of Sahityapost.
Scholars from Nepal and abroad with interest in the aforementioned domain may forward their abstracts (in 300–500 words) in Nepali or English for a 15-minute paper, along with a short bio-note (max. 150 words), latest by September 30, 2025. Abstracts are to be sent to Organizing Secretary Shilash Thapa Tamang at shilashthapa1@gmail.com. For any queries or inconveniences, you may contact him at 9765228931.
Registration Fee:
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For Nepali participants: NRs. 5,000
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For Indian participants: INRs. 6,000
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For participants from other countries: USD 75
The papers may cover the following areas of studies:
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History from Below / Fiction and History
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Rethinking the Worldview
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Role of Intellectuals
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Gender, Sex, and Society
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Critique of Political Worldviews
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Progress, Modernity, and Social Change
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Rewriting History through Fiction
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Narrative Strategies of Social Change
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Intellectual Awakening and Public Response
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Global Waves / Second World War
