Thursday, April 3, 2014

National Seminar on "Can Dalit Literature be a Core/Compulsory Course in Literature Departments?": In Honour of Prof. M. Sridhar

SEMINAR SCHEDULE

 

Department of English

University of Hyderabad

 

National Seminar on

“Can Dalit Literature be a Core/Compulsory Course in Literature Departments?”: In Honour of Prof. M. Sridhar

at

School of Humanities’ Auditorium

University of Hyderabad

 

3rd April, 2014

DAY 1

INAUGURAL SESSION: (9:30 -11:00)

 

Chief Guest: Prof. Ramakrishna Ramaswamy, Vice-Chancellor

 

Chair: Prof. Amitabha Das Gupta, Dean School of Humanities

 

Seminar Coordinator: Dr. D. Murali Manohar, Head, Department of English 

 

Guest of Honour: Prof. M. Sridhar, Former Professor, Dept. of English, HCU

 

Keynote Speaker: Prof. T. Nageswara Rao, Dean, School of English Literary Studies, EFLU

 

TEA BREAK (11:00 – 11:30)

 

 

SESSION 1 (11:30 – 1:00)

CHAIR: Prof. T. Tirupathi Kumar, EFLU

 

K. Suneetha Rani:                   Teaching Dalit Literature as an Optional Course: Issues of Politics and Pedagogy

 

J. Bheemaiah:                          Texts and Context: Can’t Dalit Literature Merit a Core Course?

 

Suresh Kurapati:                     The challenges of teaching Dalit literature in MA English Programme as a core course

 

LUNCH (1:00-2:30)

 

SESSION 2 (2:30 – 4:00)

CHAIR: Dr. Siddharth Satpathy, HCU

 

Panchanan Dalai:                    The ‘Other’ University Wits: Taking Dalit Literature to the Students’ Desks

 

D.Murali  Manohar:                Designing a Core/Compulsory course on “Dalit Literature” in English Departments across the Country: A Model Proposal

 

Subba Raju:                             Dalit literature as a Core Course: A Few Insights     

 

 

Followed by Tea & Film

 

 

 

 

SEMINAR SCHEDULE

 

Department of English

University of Hyderabad

 

National Seminar on

 

“Can Dalit Literature be a Core/Compulsory Course in Literature Departments?” In Honour of Prof. M. Sridhar

at

School of Humanities’ Auditorium

University of Hyderabad

 

4th April, 2014

DAY 2

 

SESSION 1 (9:30 -11:00)

CHAIR: Dr. J.  Bheemaiah

 

B. Tharakeswar:                      Teaching Dalit Literature in the Departments of Kannada and English: Questions of Representation, Resistance, Appropriation

 

Darla Venkateswara Rao:       Dalit Literature as an Optional Course in Telugu Department: Need for Transformation into a Core Course

 

Dodda Seshu Babu:                Why can’t Dalit Literature be Core Subject in the Hindi Department?

                                               

 

TEA BREAK (11:00 – 11:30)

SESSION 2 (11:30 – 1:00)

CHAIR: Prof. K. Suneetha Rani

 

Gogu Shyamala:                      Using Pristine Dalit Indigenous Community Resources to New Paths…

 

G.V. Ratnakar:                        Dalit Literature is growing in Research

 

K. Babu Shankar Rao:            Difference: An Essential Criterion for Inclusion

 

LUNCH (1:00-2:30)

 

SESSION 3 (2:30 – 4:00)

CHAIR: Dr. Soumya Decchamma, HCU

 

Shivaram Padikkal:                 Some Moments in the History of Dalit Literature in Kannada

 

Vinodini:                                 Telugu Dalit Literature

 

Omprakash Kamble:               Emergence of a Radical Dalit Voice as a Critical Discourse in Post-Ambedkarite Maharashtra: A Debate Comparing Mainstream Marathi and Dalit Literature in Asmitadarsha (1970)

 

VALEDICTORY SESSION (4:00p.m)

Valedictory Speaker:              Prof. Alladi Uma, (Former Professor, Dept. of English, HCU)

 

 

Followed by Tea and Film Show


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