Parallel Session 4
- Parallel session 4 is scheduled to be on Friday, 14 November 2025 at 10.00-11.30 (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: Chi P. Pham
PANEL TITLE: Vietnamese Narratives of Animals: Voices and Gazes
| Speaker | Title |
|---|---|
| Chi P. Pham (online) Institute of Literature, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences | Myth and Animal Resistance in Vietnamese Animal Stories: Case of “Raw Fish” and “Giát Market Day” |
| Hoang Thi Quynh Trang Phú Xuân University, Vietnam | The Educational Lessons in Tô Hoài’s Stories for Children |
| Kieu Minh Hung (online) University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Vietnam | Postcolonial ecocriticism in Vietnam: Surveying the short stories of Bùi Ngọc Tấn and Nguyễn Quang Thân |
| Nguyen Thuy Trang (online) University of Education, Hue University, Vietnam | The Fate of Animals During the Pandemic: Reflection and Metaphor in Contemporary Vietnamese Literature |
| Le Thi Huong Thuy (online) Vietnam | Perceptions of water: presentation in contemporary Vietnamese literature (survey of the case of Nguyễn Ngọc Tư) |
| TRINH Dang Nguyen Huong (online) Institute of Literature, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, Vietnam | Floods through the Eyes of Children: Responses to the Natural Disaster in Nguyễn Nhật Ánh’s Children’s Literature |
Venue: S.302, Third Floor, Faculty of Letters Building
Moderator: Natalia Santos
SESSION TOPIC: Anthropocene & Material ecocriticism
| Speaker | Title |
|---|---|
| Rupeng Chen (online) University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom | Remaindered Words of Fire: Mahua Modernism as Pyric Aesthetics |
| Zawiah Binte Mohamad Rasep National University of Singapore, Singapore | Ingesting Divinity: The Emergence of Anthropocentricism through Mythopoeic Perspectives |
| Jessa A. Amarille University of the Philippines Tacloban College, Philippines | Writing Local History and Reimagining Home Post Disaster: A Reading of Dinah Roma’s Weaving Basey (A Poet’s History of Home) |
| Yuliana Meneses Orduño Universitas Sanata Dharma, Indonesia | Nurturing Ecological Correspondendes: Practices of Coexistence Based on Ecocriticism and Transdiscipline |
| Tran Ngoc Hieu Hanoi National University of Education, Vietnam | The Discourse of Human Dwelling in the Anthropocene Epoch in The Tree House (2019) by Truong Minh Quy |
Venue: S.302, Third Floor, Faculty of Letters Building
Moderator: Emma Luana Sophie Lengkong
SESSION TOPIC: Climate change and ecocriticism
| Speaker | Title |
|---|---|
| Neneng Sri Wahyuningsih (online) Universitas LIA, INDONESIA | Climate Fiction and AI Translation: Challenges and Opportunities |
| Zulfi Zumala Dwi Andriani Universitas KH Mukhtar Syafaat, Indonesia | Ecocritical Analysis of Environmental Destruction and Climate Change in Jostein Gaarder’s “The World of Anna |
| Hope Sabanpan Yu (online) University of San Carlos, Philippines | Verses of the Earth: Exploring Climate Change Through Cebuano Poetry |
| Maryanne R. Moll University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines | The Dark Garden: The Failed Promises of Post-Martial Law Philippines And The Power of the Ecofeminine in Reine Arcache Melvin’s Novel The Betrayed |
| Tirzah Zubeidah Zachariah (online) Universiti Selangor, MALAYSIA | A Taste of Satire in ‘Beans without Kor Kor’ |
Venue: S.303, Third Floor, Faculty of Letters Building
Moderator: Gabriel Ephifanio Suwanto
SESSION TOPIC: Postcolonial ecocriticism
| Speaker | Title |
|---|---|
| Maria Vincentia Eka Mulatsih Universitas Sanata Dharma, Indonesia | Ecological Reading of Pramoedya Ananta Toer’s The Girl from The Coast |
| Tammy Angeline S. Macalma (online) University of Santo Tomas, The Philippines | The Sun, the Moon, and the Wormholes: Exploring Ecological Imperialism in Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon |
| Thomas Leonard D. Shaw University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines | Tropes, Tropics, and the Uncanny: Ecocritical Reflections on Select Philippine Short Stories |
| Yosafat Andrew Gabrian Kameo Universitas Sanata Dharma, Indonesia | Walking Through November: A Leopoldian Approach Against Ecological Absence |
| Md Abu Shahid Abdullah (online) East West University, Bangladesh | The Role of Narrative behind Planetary Crisis: A Postcolonial Ecocritical Reading of Amitav Ghosh’s The Nutmeg’s Curse |
Venue: S.304, Third floor, Faculty of Letters Building
Moderator: Arifah Arum Candra Hayuningsih
SESSION TOPIC: Water and ecocriticism
| Speaker | Title |
|---|---|
| M.A Nguyen Thi Dieu Khanh (online) Hanoi National University of Education, Vietnam | Forest Symbolism in The Relationship between Nature and Culture: A Study in The Oral Traditions of Ethnic Groups in the Central Highlands of Vietnam |
| Benedicta Angie Azaria Prasetyo Rahayu, Raden Roro Rachma Amalia Putri, & Jardin Urbania Basundoro Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia | Perceiving the Monsters’ Portrayal of Scottish Kelpie and Indonesian Baru Klinting Folklores Through the Lens of Material Ecocriticism |
| Sanchar Sarkar Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, India | Agency of the Indian Ocean: Marine Ecocriticism in Bibhutibhusan Bandyopadhyay’s Bengali Nautical Fiction |
| John Meir A. Meñoto (online) Mindanao State University- General Santos, Philippines | Resilient Waters: Examining Coastal Livelihoods and Environmental Challenges through Personal Narratives of Fishers in Kalamansig, Sultan Kudarat |
| Lily Rose Tope University of the Philippines, Philippines | Challenging Dominant Cultural Narratives through Animal Myths in Two Southeast Asian Stories |
Venue: S.305, Third floor, Faculty of Letters Building
Moderator: Yoseph Bavo Agung Prasaja
SESSION TOPIC: Media/film and ecocriticism
| Speaker | Title |
|---|---|
| Celine Nugrahani Prabowo Universitas Sanata Dharma, Indonesia | Kinipan: Silenced Resistance of The Dayak Tomun Amid Collapse of Nature |
| Joselito D. De Los Reyes University of Santo Tomas, Philippines | ECO-REEL for ECO-REAL: Narratives and Challenges of Eco-Critical Influencers and Content Creators in the Philippines |
| Mark Louis P. Hernandez & Joveth Jay D. Montaña (online) Mindanao State University General Santos, Philippines | Animating Ecology: Environmental Narratives and Human-Nature Interactions in Studio Ghibli Films |
| Florencia (online) Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia | Plants vs Horrors: A Phyto-criticism of Plants in Indonesian Horror Cinemas |
| Alexandra Francesca A. Bichara University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines | Unsettling Identity: Nonhuman Becomings in Clarissa Militante’s State of Happiness (2022) |