Call for Papers: International Conference on Culinary Narratives
Shri Shankarlal Sundarbai Shasun Jain College for Women, Chennai
30th October 2026
Food is never just food. Every plate is political; it governs our senses and carries layered meanings. From shaping individual identities to driving aesthetic trends (like Instagram-worthy meals), every bite has a history.
If you’re fascinated by the stories of what we eat, what it’s called, who eats it, and how it reaches us, we have an exciting opportunity for you!
The Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), Department of English (Shift I) & Department of B.A. English (Shift II) at Shri Shankarlal Sundarbai Shasun Jain College for Women, in collaboration with LangLit: An International Peer-Reviewed Open Access Journal, is organising an International Conference on Culinary Narratives: History, Language, Politics, and Aesthetics of Food.
This conference will serve as a platform to trace the history of cuisines as registers of migration, conflict, and exchange, as well as an inquiry into the linguistics of taste.
Event Details
• Date: 30th October, 2026
• Time: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
• Mode: Hybrid Mode (Online & Offline options available)
Sub-Themes
We invite insightful papers that fall under the following categories (but are not limited to) -
• Class, caste and taste
• National cuisines and “authentic” food
• Hybrid kitchens
• Festivals, fasts and feast
• Food on screen
• Advertising and appetite
• Food and resistance
• Sensory anthropology
• Who cooks, who eats
• Gender, labour in the kitchen
• Food as memory and identity
• Diaspora, migration, and food
• Food and culture
• Nostalgia cooking
• Food and visual politics
• Food justice
• Health, diet, and morality
Submission Guidelines
• Abstracts: 350 words or less.
• Full paper: 2500-3000 words.
• Email Submissions to: seic2026@shasuncollege.edu.in
• Format: MS Word, Times New Roman, font size 12, Double spacing. Title and Subheadings should be font size 14. Follow MLA 9th edition.
• Header Format: Paper title, Author(s) Name and Affiliation, Contact Number, and E-mail address must be in ALL CAPS, bold and centred (Times New Roman, font size - 12).
• Presentation Format: 5-7 mins per paper; PPT should not be more than 10 slides.
• Note: Procedures for publication will be shared in a designated WhatsApp Group. Each author and co-author needs to register and pay separately.
Registration Fees
Category Offline Online
Participation Rs. 100 Rs. 100
Presentation Rs. 350 Rs. 250
Publication (Post-acceptance) - Rs. 800 (Overall)
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