Research scholars form human chain for hike in scholarship

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Research scholars form human chain for hike in scholarship

Bengaluru, Feb 25, 2015, DHNS:

As a symbolic protest against the Central government's apathy towards various issues concerning the hike in research scholarship, around 2,000 students belonging to various institutes formed a human chain near the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) on Wednesday.

Kunal Soni, a research scholar from IISc, said that students from Nimhans, NCBS, Raman Research Institute (RRI) and JNCASR participated in the protest.

The protest started at 2 pm and continued till around 4 pm, with the human chain extending from CNR Rao Junction to MS Ramaiah Hospital on BEL Road.

Innovative ways

The gesture on Wednesday is part of a series of innovative ways that students have come up with to highlight their plight. Students of IISc, for example, organised candlelight vigils and staged a play recently to drive home the point.

A campaign to send Re 1 postcards to the MHRD and Finance Ministry has been planned on Thursday.

Although students had obtained oral permission from the police for the protest from IISc to Mekhri Circle, it was withdrawn at the last minute citing inconvienece to the public as the reason. The protest took place with slight modifications. No outaward incident was reported.

A nearly 50 per cent hike in the research fellowship was announced by the government in October last year. However, a number of issues relating to the dates of implementation still persist. A recent notification from MHRD stated that hikes would be implemented from February 2015.

There is no clarity particularly on this issue as previous notifications from other government agencies had put the dates as October, 2014 and even December, 2014.

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Tuesday, February 24, 2015

The Third Bimal Roy Memorial Lecture by Sanjana Kapoor

Thanks & Regards:

Abu Saleh

PhD Research Scholar @ Centre for Comparative Literature (CCL)

School of Humanities, University of Hyderabad (UoH), India.
Mobile: +91 94 94 24 26 45

Mail: abusaleh@uohyd.ac.in Or abusalehenglish@gmail.com

Fwd: Future events in support of Fellowship Hike Movement

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: IISc, SC, Academic Secretary
Date: Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 5:59 PM

Subject: Future events in support of Fellowship Hike Movement

Dear Friends,

As you must be knowing, Shiva has finally called off the hunger strike with our assurance that we will keep the movement going. To keep this momentum going, there will be researchers 24*7 at Jantar Mantar. We at IISc have planned series of activities (novel protests) in this week. Please go through the details. Please have similar activities at your institutes, especially the human chain and cheque and postcard campaign.

Monday 23^rd Feb 2015: Street Play by Rangmanch, dedicated to all the research scholars, in front of Main Building and poster preparations at 5:30 pm.

Tuesday 24^th Feb 2015: Protest march against the MHRD notifications and posters preparations. Will start from 5pm in front of C and D mess

Wednesday 25^th Feb 2015: Human chain formation from CNR Rao circle to Mekhri Circle starting at 2pm from ATM gate.

Thursday 26^th Feb 2015: Mass cheque signing and postcard writing at 5 pm in front of main building (Each of us will be signing Rs 1 cheque and send it to Finance ministry. Besides we will also send postcards to MHRD and Finance ministry)

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Students' Council
Date: Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 1:58 AM

Subject: Future events in support of Fellowship Hike Movement
To:

Dear friends,

We appreciate your participation in the Fellowship Hike Movement happened so far in IISc. Your active participation has not only helped in getting support of IISc Director and faculty members but has also acted as a source of motivation to students of the entire country. But we need to keep up the momentum of the movement and pressurize the government to meet our demands as quickly as possible. For this we need your sustained support and proactive participation in the future events listed below which we have planned in consultation with many of the student bodies of the country. Similar events will be organized in different universities/institutes of the country.

Monday 23^rd Feb 2015: Street Play by Rangmanch, dedicated to all the research scholars, in front of Main Building and poster preparations at 5:30 pm.

Tuesday 24^th Feb 2015: Protest march and burning of MHRD notifications and posters preparations. Will start from 5pm in front of C and D mess

Wednesday 25^th Feb 2015: Human chain formation from CNR Rao circle to Mekhri Circle starting at 2pm from ATM gate.

The time has come to show our united strength to the government and take this movement to a conclusion. It is your movement which will not only benefit research scholars but also help in improving research standards of the country

IT'S NOW OR NEVER

best regards,

SC Team

Thanks & Regards:

Abu Saleh

PhD Research Scholar @ Centre for Comparative Literature (CCL)

School of Humanities, University of Hyderabad (UoH), India.
Mobile: +91 94 94 24 26 45

Mail: abusaleh@uohyd.ac.in Or abusalehenglish@gmail.com

"Regions, Neighbourhoods, and Imaginations of Space" @ CRS, UoH

Dear Research Scholars,

We are happy to announce that as part of the Centre for Regional Studies Silver Jubilee celebration, the Centre will organize a 2-day National Seminar titled "Regions, Neighbourhoods, and Imaginations of Space," which is to be held on 23-24 March 2015." On 24^th March we have scheduled presentations by students of their work. A brief concept note is enclosed for your perusal.

We invite M.Phil. and Ph.D. scholars to submit a 350-word "Abstract" of their presentation. A committee will select a maximum of 10 submissions for presentation as a POSTER. During the seminar, the POSTER will be on display, and the lead author of the POSTER will present the work in five minutes.

Important Deadlines:

Abstract Submission (350 words) 27 February 2015

TO psss@uohyd.ernet.in OR arvss@uohyd.ernet.in;

Acceptance of the Abstract 2 March 2015

Submit Poster 21 March 2015

Oral presentation 5-minutes 24 March 2015

Please participate actively, and also encourage your friends to submit an Abstract.

With Best Wishes,

Arvind

Thanks & Regards:

Abu Saleh

PhD Research Scholar @ Centre for Comparative Literature (CCL)

School of Humanities, University of Hyderabad (UoH), India.
Mobile: +91 94 94 24 26 45

Mail: abusaleh@uohyd.ac.in Or abusalehenglish@gmail.com

Saturday, February 21, 2015

Bhasha 2015 @ University of Hyderabad

Trailor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJdzKuk5zWA

Poster:

All are invited.

Thanks & Regards:

Abu Saleh

PhD Research Scholar @ Centre for Comparative Literature (CCL)

School of Humanities, University of Hyderabad (UoH), India.
Mobile: +91 94 94 24 26 45

Mail: abusaleh@uohyd.ac.in Or abusalehenglish@gmail.com

Friday, February 20, 2015

UGC-DSA International Seminar ‘Imagining the East: New Research, New Pathways @ UoH

Thanks & Regards:

Abu Saleh

PhD Research Scholar @ Centre for Comparative Literature (CCL)

School of Humanities, University of Hyderabad (UoH), India.
Mobile: +91 94 94 24 26 45

Mail: abusaleh@uohyd.ac.in Or abusalehenglish@gmail.com

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Thursday, February 19, 2015

National Young Researchers’ Seminar on (Re)-Imagining World Literature

CALL FOR PAPERS

National Young Researchers' Seminar on

"(Re)-Imagining World Literature"

Under the University of Bergamo for Interzones Related Activities

Organised by

Centre for English Studies

School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies

Jawaharlal Nehru University

New Delhi – 67

20-21th March, 2015

We find ourselves at a juncture in history where postcolonial as a category raises more questions than answers. The neo-colonial tendencies of globalization constantly put to question the very notion of cultural studies, and in particular, literary studies. What is it that we are still battling with out there? Media, Internet, movies and television have made everyone (hypothetically) across global more conscious of their perceptions and actions, than ever before. When the binaries of east-west, black-white, oriental-occident have all been put to test and interrogated at length, why do we still find ourselves trapped in the same precarious position, or are we simply trapped in the politics of language and the culture it carries within itself?

Despite much of this outwardly inclination towards a global culture, a nuanced understanding of this transnational neo-colonial enterprise belies a conniving colonial interest on the one hand and a fearful suspicion of its homogenizing and effacing effect by natives of the receiving cultures, on the other. The authorial centre of both literary and political power is still inclined towards the west. However, at the same time this centralization of power is vigorously contested continuously.A range of responses have emerged with regard to the changes ensued in politics both at the macrocosmic, global arena and subsequently, at the national level. As has been often argued, famously by Homi Bhabha, English that was once a language of colonization and conversion is now being used by the native speaker to articulate their own critique of colonial structures, his identity and also his views on the corporate vicissitudes of global culture.

While on the one hand, there is a questioning of the canon and inclusion of world literatures in universities all over, at the same time there continues to be a bias in reading a few of these literatures under an over encompassing ideological frame. For example,literature from the African continent are all slotted conveniently into onecategory — in complete rejection of the nuanced differences in their culture and politics— as also the literature emerging out of South America and Southeast Asia. At the same time literature written in America and Britain is put under sufficient scrutiny to check for instances of not only racial prejudices and colonial authoritarianism, but also the positive forces of universalism. However, while these guards are in place via literary criticism, stereotyping, eroticization, gender bias and social/cultural/racial categorization are practices that still exist in literatures world over.

Given the changing political environment of the world and even more insidious and invisible modes and routes of neo-colonization it is imperative to question the status of English literature in the world today. More importantly because English as a global language has provided a global platform to people around the world to make their local issues global and subsequently have the global take notice of the local. It is with the introduction of varied responses to English literature around the world that we seek to understand the importance of the same and try to understand to what extent we benefit and lose from it. This conference will try to question some of the intercultural exchanges that happen every moment in the field of "World literatures" and question the very categories that it implies.

The Centre for English Studies, School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, JNU is pleased to invite research papers from young researchers for a seminar focussing on new research in these and associated fields. The seminar will be conducted on a panel-respondent model, where we hope to invite experts on the various focus areas to critique the papers presented. Papers of about 3000 words must be submitted in advance so that the concerned respondent will be able to formulate their critique so that the exchange of ideas in this area can be maximized. Given the format of the seminar, we are looking to engage with participants with research experience so that discussion may be taken to the next level, critically and creatively.

Abstracts must be submitted by 28th February to <sap.ces@gmail.com> to be considered. Authors of abstracts selected for the Seminar will be notified about their acceptance by 3^rd March. The deadline for full papers will be 15th March. Papers can be structured around, though not restricted to, any of the following focus areas, or related fields:

Theoretical Turns

Comparative Studies and Translations

Cultural Studies and Globalisation

Postcolonial Exotic

Nation and nationalism(s)

Universalism and Nativism

Diaspora and Essentialism

Transcultural Studies

Thanks and regards

Davidson

Centre for English Studies

School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies,

Jawaharlal Nehru University,

New Delhi - 67

Thanks & Regards:

Abu Saleh

PhD Research Scholar @ Centre for Comparative Literature (CCL)

School of Humanities, University of Hyderabad (UoH), India.
Mobile: +91 94 94 24 26 45

Mail: abusaleh@uohyd.ac.in Or abusalehenglish@gmail.com

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

UGC NET holders ask varsities to end practice to appoint non NET PhD holders

The University Grants Commission (UGC) National Eligibility Test (NET) rank holders have urged universities and colleges to end the practice of appointing PhD holders without NET qualification as teachers alleging large-scale irregularities in the award of doctorates.

The UGC has prescribed NET as the qualification for teacher appointments. However, PhD holders are exempted from it. "The state Higher Education Department had issued an order exempting researchers without proper coursework from NET qualification. This is a blatant violation of UGC regulations on teachers' appointments," said P Sreejith of UGC Qualified Group - an association of UGC NET rank holders.

The UGC Qualified Group has written to the Governor urging him to revoke the government order which stated that all candidates who obtained PhD on or before 10-7-2009 and who have registered before this period for PhD can be exempted from NET qualification. "We are basically opposed to the way in which weightage is given to PhD holders for publication of research papers in reputed journals.

Usually such papers are ghost written by research guides. Therefore, giving weightage for such a malpractice cannot be justified," he said.

"Giving weightage to PhD holders for published research material puts NET qualified candidates at a disadvantage. Besides, more and more people are misusing PhD as a way to get relaxation from NET qualification," the UGC Qualified Group alleged, reported New Indian Express.

International Conference on Komagata Maru Incident, Feb 18-19, Jadavpur University

CENTRE FOR CANADIAN STUDIES

DEPARTMENT OF COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY

International Conference

MIGRATIONS, BOUNDARIES, TRANSGRESSIONS: COMMEMORATING THE KOMAGATA MARU INCIDENT

February 18-19, 2015

SCHEDULE

VENUE: Buddhadeva Bose Sabhaghar, UG Science Building, 3^rd Floor, Jadavpur University

DAY 1: 18^th FEBRUARY, WEDNESDAY

11.00 AM - 12.00 NOON: INAUGURAL SESSION

Chair: Professor Kavita Panjabi, Head, Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University

Welcome Address: Professor Suchorita Chattopadhyay, Coordinator, Centre for Canadian Studies, Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University

Keynote Address: Dr. Julie B. Mehta, Department of English and Canadian Studies Programme, University of Toronto

12.00 NOON – 12.15 PM – TEA

12.15 PM – 1.45 PM: SESSION I

Chair: Dr. Julie B. Mehta, Department of English and Canadian Studies Programme, University of Toronto

Route to Roots in Wayson Choy's The Jade Peony (1995) - Dr Amit Singh, Department of English, Ambedkar University, Delhi

True Grit: Readings of Diamond Grill and Disappearing Moon Cafe - Sm. Annapurna Palit, Department of English, Desbandhu College for Girls, Kolkata

Framing the agony of immigration: Exploring Canadian Documentary Films - Sm. Rituparna Mondal, Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University

Crossing the Bar: Imaging the "turbaned tide" by the river of dissent - Sri. Dheeman Bhattacharyya, Centre of Comparative Literature, Bhasa-Bhavana, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan

1.45 PM – 2.30PM – LUNCH

2.30 PM – 3.45 PM: SESSION II

Chair: Professor Kunal Chattopadhyay, Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University

"A divided Man" – Sharon Pollock's Hopkinson and Canadian theatre – Sri. Atreya Banerjee, Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University

Forging an Alternative Salish "History": The Role of Memory and Remembrance in Lee Maracle's Ravensong - Sm. Urmi Sengupta, Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University

The Komagata Maru and its aftermath: An insight into Gadar Struggles - Sm. Rohini Chakraborty, Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University

3:45PM - 4.00 PM: TEA

4.00 PM -5.00 PM: SESSION III: Storytelling Session On a Promised Land by Susmit Sen

Chair: Sri. Dheeman Bhattacharyya, Centre of Comparative Literature, Bhasa-Bhavana, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan

Story Tellers: Sri. Susmit Sen, Sm. Rituparna Mondal, Sm. Shraddha Mukherjee, Sri. Apu Nandy

Musical Accompaniment: Sm. Aishwarya Bhattacharyya

DAY 2: 19^TH FEBRUARY, THURSDAY

11.00 AM – 12.30 PM: SESSION IV

Chair: Dr. Nilanjana Deb, Department of English, Jadavpur University

Negotiation of Home and Homelessness: The Immigrant in Uma Parameswaran's Poetry- Sm. Minakshi Kaushik, School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi

Homogenising the Canadian Populace: Exploring CBC's Attempt at Establishing National Unity- Sm. Angana Das, Department of Comparative Literature and Madhurima Ganguly, Department of Film Studies, Jadavpur University

Twin disasters: influence of "Komagata-Maru" and "Air-India" on literature – Sm. Ragini Chakraborty, Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University

Cereus Blooms at Night: A study on the language of Repression in 'queer diaspora' - Sm. Manidipa Singha, Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University

A History of Denial: An analysis of Anita Rau Badami's fiction – Sri. Apu Nandy, Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University

12.30 PM – 12.45 PM – TEA

12.45 PM – 1.45 PM - SESSION V: PLENARY

Chair: Professor Suchorita Chattopadhyay, Coordinator, Centre for Canadian Studies, Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University

Speaker: Dr. Harish C. Mehta, Historian of U.S. Foreign Relations, Southeast Asia, the Vietnam Wars, World History, and Human Rights in History, University of Toronto

Has Canada Really Become "Too Asian"? : Race, Identity and Immigration Politics

1.45 PM – 2.30 PM – LUNCH

2.30 PM – 4.30 PM: SESSION VI

Chair: Dr. Sayantan Dasgupta, Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University

লা মালিনচে- ইতিহাস থেকে মিথ হয়ে নারীর যাত্রা, নির্মানের ভেতরের বিনির্মান - Sm. Shraddha Mukherjee, Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University

Piscine Molitor Patel loves Canada. Do the Roma and Somali? – Sm. Pinaki Kotecha, Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University

Contemporary racism: A discussion on Western Eyes - Sri. Ritesh Agarwal, Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University

Magic and Medicine: The Diasporic Worldview in The Magic of Saida- Dr Bhoomika Meiling, Department of English, Ambedkar University, Delhi

Birth of the Union: A Reading of Canada's Immigrant Farm Labour – Sm. Shreemoyee Chakraborty and Sm. Sreejita Mitra, Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University

4.30 PM - 4.45 PM: SESSION VII: Poetry Reading Session That Place Called 'Home'

Chair: Sm. Shraddhanjali Tamang, Department of Film Studies, Jadavpur Univeristy

Participants: Sm. Rituparna Mondal, Sm. Shraddha Mukherjee and Sm. Urmi Sengupta

Musical accompaniment: Sri. Apu Nandy and Sm. Aishwarya Bhattacharyya

4.45PM – 5.30 PM: VALEDICTORY SESSION

Chair: Dr. Debashree Dattaray, Deputy Coordinator, Centre for Canadian Studies, Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University

Valedictory Address: Professor Himani Bannerji, Professor Emeritus and Senior Scholar, Department of Sociology, York University

Vote of Thanks

Thanks & Regards:

Abu Saleh

PhD Research Scholar @ Centre for Comparative Literature (CCL)

School of Humanities, University of Hyderabad (UoH), India.
Mobile: +91 94 94 24 26 45

Mail: abusaleh@uohyd.ac.in Or abusalehenglish@gmail.com

Bhasha 2015 @ UoH

Thanks & Regards:

Abu Saleh

PhD Research Scholar @ Centre for Comparative Literature (CCL)

School of Humanities, University of Hyderabad (UoH), India.
Mobile: +91 94 94 24 26 45

Mail: abusaleh@uohyd.ac.in Or abusalehenglish@gmail.com