Sixth International Deleuze and Guattari Studies in India Collective Conference 2025  

February 17-20, 2025

METAMODELING THE FUTURE:

PHILOSOPHY IN THE AGE OF INTELLIGENT MACHINES

Organized by:  School of Liberal Arts and Humanities, Woxsen University – Hyderabad, India 

In collaboration with:  Deleuze and Guattari Studies in India Collective

                                              Venue: School of Liberal Arts and Humanities, Woxsen University, Hyderabad, India

The last date for registration for the international conference and international camp has been extended to 28 January 2025.

School of Liberal Arts and Humanities, Woxsen University organizes the Sixth Deleuze and Guattari Studies in India Collective Conference in India in collaboration with Deleuze and Guattari Studies in India Collective, to be scheduled from 17-20 February 2025. This conference comprises of two events – two days international camp focusing broadly on the philosophical system of Deleuze and Guattari (17-18 Feb 2025) and specifically on the theme ‘Philosophy’s Infinitude: Chaos, Machine, Virtual’ and the two days international conference on the theme ‘Metamodeling the Future: Philosophy in the Age of Intelligent Machines’ (19-20 Feb 2025).

Here is the plan of the program:

 Two days International Camp on the theme ‘Philosophy’s Infinitude: Chaos, Machine and Virtual

17-18 Feb 2025

    

Instructors and Themes 

1. Joff PN Bradley, Teikyo University, Japan  –  Gilles & Felix’s Excellent Adventure: On stupidity, unthought & open system
2. Ian Buchanan, University of Wollongong, Australia –  Affect and Assemblage Reconsidered 
3. Felicity Colman, University of the Arts, London – Becoming quantum: small data matters & The Ultimate BWO: Machine Learning and the neural archivist of death 
4. Gary Genosko, Ontario Tech University, Canada – The Machinic Subject in Guattari’s Chaosmosis and the Case of Orality
5. Chantelle Gray, University of Johannesburg, South Africa – The synthesiser, Metamodelisation and the Constraint Regimes
6. Jay Hetrick, University of Sharjah, UAE – To be announced
7. Alex Taek-Gwang Lee, Kyung Hee University, South Korea –  Deleuze and Bergsonian Marxism & The Schizoanalysis of Urstaat
8. Sebastian Hsien-hao Liao, National Taiwan University, Taiwan – Wu: Deleuzian Counteractualization and Chinese Taoist/Channist Approach to the Virtual
9. Manoj NY, Woxsen University, Hyderabad, India – Foucault, Deleuze and Posthumanism 
10. Daniel Smith, Purdue University, USA – Deleuze and Guattari on the ‘Apparatus of Capture’: Technologies of the State from Writing to AI”
11. George Varghese K, President, DGSIC – Structure, Machine and Abstract Machine
    
    Two days International Conference on the theme ‘Metamodeling the Future: Philosophy in the Age of Intelligent Machines’
                                                                                  19-20 Feb 2025

Confirmed Plenary Speakers:

1. Eva D Bahovec, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia – Are Intelligent Machines Male or Female? 
2. Joff PN Bradley, Teikyo University, Japan – Hikikomori (social reclusivity), loneliness, autism, collapse of desire: On Japanese subjectivity
3. Ian Buchanan, University of Wollongong, Australia – The body without organs and the algorithm
4. Felicity Colman, University of the Arts, London – The void of human perception: AI-Generated systems and quantum modality
5. Gary Genosko, Ontario Tech University, Canada – The Prospects of Polyphonic Federalism in Guattari’s Chaosmosis
6. Chantelle Gray, University of Johannesburg, South Africa – Do Deleuze and Guattari have an organology?
7. Meenu Gupta, Panjab University, India – To be announced
8. Jay Hetrick, University of Sharjah, UAE –  Beyond Stupid: The Strange Machines of Yuko Mohri
9. Tatsuya Higaki, Osaka University, Japan – To be announced
10. Alex Taek-Gwang Lee, Kyung Hee University, South Korea – Guattari’s Leninism
11. Sebastian Hsien-hao Liao, National Taiwan University, Taiwan – Our Obligations to Rocks: The Need to Radicalize Posthumanism in the Age of AI
12. Chun-Mei Chuang, Soochow University, Taiwan – The Gravity of Life: Metamodelling A Trans-Species Quantum Mechanosphere
13. Manoj NY, Woxsen University, Hyderabad, India – To be announced
14. George Varghese K, President, DGSIC –  Between Guattari and Lacan: Psychosis as an Abstract Machine

 

Chief Patron

Raul V Rodriguez
Vice President
Woxsen University

Advisors

Conference Conveners

Dr Manoj NY
School of Liberal Arts and Humanities
Woxsen University, Hyderabad, India
Gen Secretary
Deleuze and Guattari Studies in India Collective

Dr Ravikant Kisana
Associate Dean – Academic Affairs
School of Liberal Arts and Humanities
Woxsen University

Conference Co-conveners:

1. Ratnpriya, SoLH
2. Dheeraj Rayalu Tadi, SoLH
3. Dibyangana Biswas, SoLH
4. Jyotsana, SoLH

Conference Theme

Originally developed by Félix Guattari to position schizoanalysis as an alternative to psychoanalysis—which he deemed dogmatic, repressive, and authoritarian, — “metamodelization” has emerged as a central, influential concept in continental philosophy. Unlike the straightforward technical or empirical modeling of a rigid system or phenomenon, it represents a reflexive, layered, and mobile modeling process that serves as a framework for understanding the complex and dynamic relationships among systems, subjects, and their environments. Metamodelization accounts for the forming and deforming, molding, and plasticity of systemic autopoietic processes. For Guattari, metamodelization is driven by desire, difference, and a future-oriented dynamism, making it both combative and revolutionary.

As its influence has deepened, philosophy itself has come under the sway of its own metamodelization, reshaping both its internal form and function. Yet notably, the metamodelization of philosophy parallels similar processes within capitalism, to which philosophy is now irrevocably bound. Philosophy mirrors the rampancy and fascism of planetary cybernetic capitalism. Today’s algorithmic capitalism is characterized by digitalization, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and surveillance, and philosophy has fallen under its seduction. This “quaternity” has transformed early capitalism—rooted in industrial production and physical goods—into a phenomenon aggressively powered by data extraction, algorithmic decision-making, and labor automation. As a result, every aspect of modern life, from labor markets and consumer habits to privacy and morality, has been redefined, introducing new ethical, social, and economic challenges.

In this context, it becomes evident that philosophy’s established frameworks—centered around concepts like subject-object opposition, consciousness, agency, reason, rationality, dialectics, spirit, and contradiction—struggle to capture these evasive and invasive processes. Only a metamodeled philosophy, capable of generating new concepts and embracing inter-, trans-, and multidisciplinary perspectives, can fully address the challenges posed by contemporary capitalism.

Fortunately, Guattari and Deleuze provide a theoretical path in this direction. Yet further experimental work is needed to advance the metamodelization of philosophy, and this conference aims to foster a transversal, exploratory dialogue toward that end. We are aiming to undermine the discipline of philosophy to remodel it afresh.

Themes of the conference  (not limited to those listed below):

• Artificial Intelligence and Neurocapitalism
• Surveillance and Identity
• Algorithmic Cultures of Oppression
• Apparatuses of Capture and Control Societies
• Machines and Body in AI
• Desiring Machines and AI
• Becoming Machine and Posthuman futures
• Capitalism, AI and BWO
• Time, Memory and Desire
• Networks and Integrated World Capitalism
• Contemporary Necropolitics
• Deleuze, Guattari and Transdisciplinarity
• Post/Trans/Antihumanism
• Art, Cinema and Literature
• Postcolonial Differentials and Ethnic Issues in Asia
• Pandemic, Illness and the New Biopolitical Regimes
• Deleuze, Guattari and the Crisis of Capitalism
• Diagrams of Caste, Culture and Indian Society
• Ecosophy and Anthropocene
• Deleuze and the Ontological turn
• Deleuze and New Technology
• Borders and Becomings
• Planetary Thinking and Sustainability

Conference Registration Fee

International Participants: 120 US $
International Students: 100 US $
Teachers/Academics: 4000 INR
Students/Research Scholars: 2500 INR

Camp Registration Fee

International Participants: 120 US $
International Students: 100 US $
Teachers/Academics: 4000 INR
Students/Research Scholars: 2500 INR

Accommodation Information

While we are unable to provide direct accommodation, we recommend options in Sangareddy (closer to Woxsen University) and Gachibowli, Hyderabad. Participants can select accommodations based on their preferences and convenience.

Distance and Transport

• Woxsen University is located in Kamkole, approximately 76 km from Gachibowli and 35 km from Sangareddy.
• A complimentary shuttle service will be available daily between the conference venue and pick-up points in Sangareddy and Gachibowli (morning and evening).
• Participants from Hyderabad can also board the bus at these pick-up points. Finalized pick-up and drop-off details will be shared after the registration process is complete.

Recommended Places for Accommodation: 

Sangareddy (which is almost 35 Kilometres away from Woxsen University)

• Redla’s Inn   (Standard Accommodation)
  Location: X Road, Sangareddy, Hyderabad
  Approx. Costs:

• Single Occupancy: ₹2800
• Double Occupancy: ₹3300
• Triple Occupancy: ₹4400

• Trishul (Budget Accommodation)
  Location: X Road, Sangareddy, Hyderabad
  Approx. Costs:

• Double Occupancy: ₹2500
• Triple Occupancy: ₹3500
• Five-person Sharing: ₹6000

Gachibowli (which is approximately 75 kilometres away from Woxsen University)

Budget Accommodation:

• OYO Jahnavi Townhouse
  Ward 104 Kondapur, Raghavendra Colony, Serilingampalle (M), Hyderabad, Telangana 500084

• OYO White Rivera
  Plot No. 137/B, Rajendera Nagar Mandal, opp. RTA Office, Raghavendra Colony, Hafeezpet, Kondapur, Telangana 500084

• OYO Rio Kondapur
  Raja Rajeshwara Nagar, Raja Rajeshwari nagar, Kondapur, Hyderabad, Telangana 500084

Standard Accommodation:

• Hotel Silver Cle
  Plot 6 & 8 Vittal Rao Nagar Gafoor Nagar, Madhapur, Hyderabad, Telangana 500081

• Hotel Kyzen Hi Tech City
  Plot no.16, Jaihind Enclave, Madhapur, near Bantia furnitures, HITEC City, Hyderabad, Telangana 500081

Dates to Remember

Conference Schedule 

The conference schedule will be updated here soon