Parallel Session 1
- Parallel session 1 is scheduled to be on Thursday, 13 November 2025 at 13.00-14.30 (GMT+7).
- Please select the room to view the list of presenters assigned in each room.
- The venue for this session is in the Faculty of Letters Building.
- The designated rooms are as follows:
- Room 1: S.202 (Second Floor)
- Room 2: S.203 (Second Floor)
- Room 3: S.302 (Third Floor)
- Room 4: S.303 (Third Floor)
- Room 5: S.304 (Third Floor)
- Room 6: S.305 (Third Floor)
- Room 7: S.307 (Third Floor)
Venue: S.202, Second Floor, Faculty of Letters Building
Moderator: TRAN Ngoc Hieu
PANEL TITLE: Natural Disasters, Catastrophes, and Ecological Anxiety in Contemporary Vietnamese Literature
| Presenter | Title |
|---|---|
| TRAN Ngoc Hieu Department of Philology, Hanoi National University of Education, Vietnam | The Representation of the Great Flood in Vietnamese Literature: A Study of “The Witness of a Death” by Nguyễn Quang Thiều and “Water: A Chronicle” by Nguyễn Ngọc Tư |
| DO Hai Ninh online Institute of Literature, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, Vietnam | Natural Disasters, Survival Instincts, and Psychological Trauma: Reading Narratives of Landslides in Contemporary Vietnamese Literature |
| TRAN Thi Anh Nguyet The University of Danang – University of Science and Education, Vietnam | Migrant Farmers: Reading Vietnamese Literature on Labor Export after 1986 |
| DANG Thi Thai Ha Institution of Literature, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, Vietnam | Eco-Trauma and Eco-Recovery in Contemporary Vietnamese Narratives of Extinction and [Post-] Apocalypse |
Venue: S.203, Second Floor, Faculty of Letters Building
Moderator: Lauren Rebecca Clark
PANEL TITLE: The Affirmative Instrumentality of Literary Forms
| Speaker | Title |
|---|---|
| Sarah Kimmet Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand | The Affirmative Instrumentality of Emet North’s In Universes |
| Orada Lelanuja online Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand | Sineenadh Keitprapai’s Moving with Nature: Exploring Meditative and Spiritual Connections |
| Lauren Rebecca Clark Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand | Bodies of literature, bodies of water, quaking in their (work)boots |
Venue: S.302, Third Floor, Faculty of Letters Building
Moderator: Alexandra Francesca A. Bichara
SESSION TOPIC: Challenging Anthropocentrism
| Speaker | Title |
|---|---|
| Epata Puji Astuti & Andrea Kasih Anggita Simarmata Sanata Dharma University, Indonesia | Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Value Reflected in Papua Children Literature: A Study of Archipelago |
| XU LAN, Zainor Izat Zainal Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia | Environmental Virtue Ethics for the Anthropocene in Barbara Kingsolver’s Prodigal Summer |
| Asima Gogoi (online) Namrup College, Namrup, India | “Images of Hope for Our Troubled Times”: Ecospiritual Imaginaries and Multispecies Kinship in Swarnalatha Rangarajan’s Final Instructions: A Novel |
| Muhamad Marup University of Indonesia | Suara Hewan: Eksplotasi dan Representasi Burung Perkutut dalam Kooong (1975) Karya Iwan Simatupang/Animal Voice: Exploitation and Representation Turtledove Bird in Kooong (1975) |
| Ivan Rey Carl L. Asilum & Regie P. Amamio (online) Mindanao State University – General Santos, Philippines | Literature as an Ecological Vision: Deconstructing Human-Nature Interactions in Selected Novels |
Venue: S.303, Third Floor, Faculty of Letters Building
Moderator: Catherine Diamond
SESSION TOPIC: Environmental Folklore
| Speaker | Title |
|---|---|
| Elisabeth Kivana Damayanti & Nur Rizka Kadir Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia | Reimagining Nyi Roro Kidul: Environmental Values in the Rituals and Folklore of Logending Beach |
| Wigati Yektiningtyas & Reimundus Raymond Fatubun Universitas Cenderawasih, Indonesia | Green Heroes: How Folklore Can Inspire Eco-Friendly Habits in Children |
| Regie Panadero Amamio (online) Mindanao State University – General Santos, Philippines | Sea Lore and Shifting Tides: A Literary Folkloristic Study of Fisherfolk Narratives and Socio-Environmental Realities in General Santos |
| Ignasi Ribó Mae Fah Luang University, Thailand | Anthropocene Vulnerability and Spectrality in Contemporary Thai Fiction |
| Rangga Kala Mahaswa (online) Centre for Anthropocene Studies and Geophilosophy, Indonesia | The Uncanny Subject in the Anthropocene |
Venue: S.304, Third floor, Faculty of Letters Building
Moderator: Christian Jil R. Benitez
SESSION TOPIC: Climate change and ecocriticism
| Speaker | Title |
|---|---|
| Donny Syofyan Universitas Andalas, Indonesia | We are the leftovers”: Legacies of Ecological Destruction in Tim Winton’s Juice |
| Hope Sabanpan Yu (online) University of San Carlos, Philippines | Verses of the Earth: Exploring Climate Change Through Cebuano Poetry |
| Agnes Anggraeni Yanuar Sanata Dharma University, Indonesia | The Influence of Climate Change on Racial Exploitation Against Indigenous People in Cherie Dimaline’s The Marrow Thieves |
| Angel Mae Batua Arnaiz & John Jay L. Morido (online) Mindanao State University, Philippines | Preserving the Hills: Ecocultural Identity of the Tboli Upland Farmers Amidst Climate Change |
| Pham Thi To Thy (Phạm Thị Tố Thy) (online) Tra Vinh University, Vietnam | Ecocritical Perspectives on Folktales and Rituals: Intergenerational Transmission of Cultural Values in The Southern Khmer Community of Vietnam |
Venue: S.305, Third floor, Faculty of Letters Building
Moderator: Fitrilya Anjarsari
SESSION TOPIC: Environmental, National, Justice ecocriticism
| Speaker | Title |
|---|---|
| Yusuf Arimatea Neno, theresia enny anggraini, & Harris Hermansyah Setiajid Universitas Sanata Dharma, Indonesia | Morphological Analysis and Deforming Tendencies in the Bilingual Book of Keong Mas |
| Reimundus Raymond Fatubun & Wigati Yektiningtyas (online) Universitas Cenderawasih, Indonesia | Whispers of the Ancestral Reef: Ecocritical Readings of Biak’s Sasori Sisumdo Myth and The Rhythms of Ecological Inheritance |
| Famala Eka Sanhadi Rahayu (online) University of Hasanuddin, Indonesia | Green Narratives or Greenwashing? A Comparative Ecological Discourse Analysis of IKN |
| Vae Ann C. Dadia University of Santo Tomas, Philippines | Slow Violence in Two Philippine Disaster Novels |
| Sreejata Paul (online) Shiv Nadar University Delhi-NCR, India | Indigenous Autoecotheory: The Textile Art and Associated Storytelling of Alyen Foning |
Venue: S.307, Third floor, Faculty of Letters Building
Moderator: Purwanti Kusumaningtyas
SESSION TOPIC: Feminist ecocriticism
| Speaker | Title |
|---|---|
| Kaisa R. Aquino Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines | The Fragmented Life of the Revolutionary: Preliminary Notes on the Jungle-Village-City Relations Across Three Novels from Vietnam, Philippines and Indonesia |
| Minanto University of Indonesia, Indonesia | The Woman’s Body and Environment as A Critique of Men’s Sexuality in Cicilia Oday’s Duri dan Kutuk (2024) |
| Kenar Syalaisha Kanayana, Leticia Amora Loviani Br Perangin Angin, & Sultan Mahesadewa Universitas Sanata Dharma, Indonesia | A Saussurean Analysis of Symbols: A Representation of Eco-Feminism in Nenengisme or Neneng Rosdiyana’s Facebook Posts. |
| Elvis A. Galasinao, Jr. (online) De La Salle University, Philippines | Monsters of Us All: The Monster-Human in Barbara Jane Reyes’s Diwata |
| Manal Shakeel (online) Forman Christian College University, Pakistan | Reimagining Nature in Susan Hill’s The Woman in Black |