Call for Papers &#8211; The Mahabharata and Inter-Asian Cultures: Transmissions, Adaptations, Performances and Histories

Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Fwd: 7th A.K. Ramanujan Annual National Paper Reading Contest - 2017

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7^th A.K.RAMANUJAN ANNUAL NATIONAL PAPER READING CONTEST-2017
Call for Papers from M.A. Students to Participate in A.K.Ramanujan Annual National Paper Reading Contest-2017

Attipat Krishnaswami Ramanujan (1929-1993) is one of the foremost Indian poets, linguists, critics and translators. Amongst his well-known works are the Collected Poems (1995), an English translation of U.R. Ananthmurthy's Samskara (1976) and The Oxford Anthology of Modern Indian Poetry which he co-edited with Vinay Dharwadkar.

In 1962, A.K.Ramanujan became an Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago, where he was affiliated throughout the rest of his career. In 1976, the government of India awarded him the title "Padma Shri," and in 1983, he was given the MacArthur Prize Fellowship. Before leaving for the United States in 1959, he had worked in many Indian Universities, including the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara.

Department of English, the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, has been organizing A.K. Ramanujan Annual National Paper Reading Contest, to commemorate one of its most illustrious faculty members, under the aegis of the UGC SAP DRS for six years and has gained popularity and success with participation from across the country.

This contest is organized particularly for the students pursuing Master of Arts in Literature / Comparative Literature / Cultural Studies / Film Studies from various Indian University Departments.

The objectives of this contest are:

− to provide an opportunity to post-graduate students to develop their research aptitude and academic skills,

− to provide an intellectual space to interact with students of other institutions,

− to promote an environment of research and

− to encourage students to hone presentation skills.

This year the theme of the contest is Parallel Cinema in India and it is scheduled during 10 - 11 February 2017.

As opposed to the mainstream commercial Indian cinema, represented especially by popular Hindi cinema (aka Bollywood), Parallel Cinema is known for its serious content, experimentation in terms of technique and narration, rejection of clichéd and stereotyped plots and characters of popular cinemas, and an awareness of social and political issues. The films were made on limited budget and aimed at a niche market rather than a mass market audience.

The movement emerged in Bangla during the same time as the French New Wave and Japanese New Wave, led by internationally acclaimed filmmakers such as Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, Ritwik Ghatak, among others. It gained prominence in the other film industries of India in the nineteen fifties through the sixties and the seventies. Other major film makers like Shyam Benegal, Adoor Gopalakrishnan and Girish Kasaravalli emerged later. Recent film makers like Rituparna Ghosh (Shob Choritro Kalponik), Nagraj Manjule ( Fandry and Sairat), Chaitanya Tamnhe (Court) continue the legacy of this movement in contemporary times. This contest will explore a range of aspects of Parallel Cinema movement in India.

The topics of the contest can fall under broader categories such as:

− Region and Nation in Parallel Cinema in India

− Indian and International Parallel Cinema (Connections and Influences)

− Parallel Cinema in India as a Movement

− Literary Adaptations and Parallel Cinema in India

− Contemporary Socio-political Issues in Parallel Cinema in India

− Representation of marginal Identity through Parallel Cinema

− Social Movements and Parallel Cinema in India

− Ideology and Parallel Cinema in India

− Artists/ Directors/ Institutions of Parallel Cinema in India

− Cinematic Techniques/Innovations/Languages in Parallel Cinema in India

− Parallel Cinema in Regional Languages

− Historical Context of Parallel Cinema in India

− Parallel Cinema in India Today

− Songs in Parallel Cinema and Mainstream Cinema in India

− Ecological Concerns in Parallel Cinema in India.

− Train and River as Metaphors in Parallel Cinema

− Representation of Gender in Parallel Cinema in India

− Politics of awards /international recognition and Parallel Cinema in India

− Parallel Cinema in India and activism

Prizes and Rewards

v The contest would be in two categories:

Team (of 02 students from same department) and individual (01 student)

v The first team prize will be Rs. 2000/- and a trophy.

v The second team prize will be Rs. 1000/- and a trophy.

v The first individual prize will be a gold plated medal.

v The second individual prize will be a silver plated medal.

v All the participants will receive a participation certificate.

· The abstracts of papers (word limit: 300 words) should be sent to akr.apr.drs@gmail.com on or before 15 January 2017.

· The presentation time for each paper presenter will be 20 minutes followed by 10 minutes for questions and discussion.

· Interested departments may depute two participants to constitute a team from the department.

· Those submitting their abstracts may, in consultation with the home departments, book their tickets to avoid last minute booking.

· The home/students' department must ensure that the students are Masters' students. The organizers will require scanned copies of I-cards bearing their student status in the current year.

· The organizers do not, however, take the responsibility or liability of any cancellation. The cancellation fee (if any) will have to be borne by the department/the participant.

· Only if the abstracts are approved will the paper presenters be invited to present their papers in the contest.

· Invites for the contest, Registration forms along with the rules of the contest will be sent by e-mail on acceptance of the abstract.

Warm regards

Conveners Coordinator Head

AKR APR 2017 UGC SAP DRS II Department of English

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

http://sala33.home.amu.edu.pl/

Friday, December 16, 2016

Fwd: SALA-33, Deadline extension

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From: Katedra Orientalistyki <sala33@amu.edu.pl>
Date: Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 2:55 AM
Subject: SALA-33, Deadline extension

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to inform you that we decided to extend the abstract deadline for SALA-33 till 30 December. We do hope that this later date will allow everyone who can and wishes to join us in Poznan in May 2015 to submit an abstract. Thanks to all of you who have already done so.

The 33rd South Asian Languages Analysis Roundtable (SALA-33) will take place at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland, on May 15th-17th 2017.

We invite submission of abstracts for individual presentations, posters as well as workshop proposals.

We welcome submissions concerning research on one or more of the languages of South Asia which may include but do not have to be limited to topics such as:

Descriptive studies;

Comparative and typological studies;

Cognitive and psycholinguistic studies;

Language contact;

Pragmatics and discourse analysis;

Sociolinguistics;

Historical linguistics and language change;

Philology;

Translation studies;

Computational linguistics;

Corpus and quantitative linguistic studies;

Language endangerment, preservation and documentation;

Language learning, acquisition, and teaching;

Language policies;

Minority languages.

Paper presentations will consist of a 20 minute talk followed by 10 minutes for questions and discussion. Paper abstracts should be no longer than 800 words, excluding reference list.

We encourage submission of abstracts from early-career researchers, including postgraduate research students and postdoctoral researchers.

All abstracts must be submitted via Easychair https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sala33

Any questions may be addressed to the organisers by email to: sala33@amu.edu.pl

Further information is available at:

We look forward to seeing you in Poznań

Krzysztof Stroński

Sven Sellmer

Monika Browarczyk

Joanna Tokaj

http://linguistlist.org/callconf/browse-conf-action.cfm?ConfID=260876

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, December 7, 2016

COREL Conference 2017 @ UoH

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Greetings,

On behalf of the Coordinator and Research Scholars Forum at the Centre for English Language Studies, University of Hyderabad, I invite you to the 1st annual COREL -2017 (30-31st March 2017). COREL (Conference for Researchers of English Language) is an annual research scholars' conference organised by the Research Scholars' Forum, Centre for English Language Studies, University of Hyderabad. It is an academic endeavour to bring together research scholars across the nation working in the field of English Language and allied disciplines.

The theme of COREL-2017 is "English Language Studies in contemporary Indian context: Issues and Challenges". I have attached the conference notification, poster and the website link. We need your support to make this event a success. We would be grateful if you can circulate information about the conference and the call for abstracts widely. We wish that this conference can become a platform for early career teachers, researchers and scholars to engage in discussion related to aspects of English language studies at the conference. AMore information about registration and sub-themes is on the website of COREL 2017: http://celscorel.in/

The important dates of the conference are as follows.

Deadline for submission of abstracts	05-01-2017
Confirmation of selection of abstracts	01-02-2017
Closure of early-bird registrations	15-02-2017
Closure of all registrations	05-03-2017
Deadline for submission of full paper	05-03-2017

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

Sunday, November 20, 2016

“Tribes in Transition-2: Reaffirming Indigenous Identity through Narrative” at JMI

CALL FOR PAPER

The Department of English

Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi

Invites abstracts of 250-300 words for the

Three-Day National Conference on

"Tribes in Transition-2: Reaffirming Indigenous Identity through Narrative"

9-11 February, 2017

Concept Note: The term "tribe" - used synonymously today with other terms like "indigenous", "aboriginal", "Adivasi" and "First Nations people" - has a long history that connects diverse communities across the world on the basis of their common worldview. Beginning as part of the colonial vocabulary of administration, the term "tribe" had constructed such communities in terms of the western dichotomy between the civilized and the primitive, and had viewed them either as primitive savages hostile to civilization or as peripheral beings who lived in a primeval world that became an idealized site for an alternative culture. In later years, many creative representations of them in literature, art and narrative cinema had perpetrated these stereotypes, though the motivations behind them may have been different. In more recent times, some writers have invoked the existence of the Fourth World, composed of the world's indigenous people, whose history and ecology have been appropriated by the other two Worlds.

In post-Independence India, there has been a great deal of what the anthropologists call "culture contact", resulting in acculturation, displacement and other related changes among the tribal/ indigenous peoples. These changes have triggered aggressive political movements among some tribal groups, sometimes closely aligned with non-tribal ideological elements, which have led to new and experimental narrative forms. While grappling with the issues of tribal/ indigenous identity, culture, history and narrative, the Conference will address relevant questions such as: What is the outcome of the interface between oral tradition and modernity? What is 'tribal imagination'? What is the tribal sense of history? Why do tribal/ indigenous narratives suffer from low visibility within mainstream academia? What is the significance of tribal/ indigenous characters in mainstream narratives? How does the perspective of the 'outsider' differ from that of the 'insider'? Finally, the Conference will try to connect with grassroots workers and activists working on problems of healthcare, education, employment and human trafficking among the tribal/ indigenous communities of India.

The Conference will add a multidisciplinary approach to the existing research on tribal/ indigenous communities in India. While the conventional areas within the disciplines of Literature, Linguistics, History, Sociology and Anthropology will dominate the discourse, new areas from Cultural Studies, Folklore Studies, Film Studies, Art and Aesthetics etc, will also be introduced. Finally, it is hoped that by critiquing existing approaches to tribal healthcare and education in India, the Conference will lay the groundwork for some much-needed changes in government policy towards the Scheduled Tribes.

Important Sub-themes of the Conference:

Oral tradition and modernity

Tribal memory and imagination

Tribal art forms and aesthetics

Tribal versions of the Indian epics

Script movements among tribal groups

Tribal resistance narratives

Approaches to tribal healthcare

Tribal education and employability

Human trafficking in tribal areas

Abstracts of 250-300 words in Microsoft word document should be sent to the Convener at this email: ivyihansdak@gmail.com. It should contain the applicant's full name, institutional details and contact information.

Last date for submission of abstract : 30 November 2016

Last date for intimation of selection : 30 December 2016

The selected (out-station) participants will be provided with food and accommodation during the Conference. TA in accordance with JMI rules will also be provided to the same.

Convener: Dr. Ivy Imogene Hansdak, Assistant Professor, Dept of English, JMI, New Delhi: ivyihansdak@gmail.com

Organizing Committee: Prof. Mukesh Ranjan, Mr. Roomy Naqvy, Ms. Shimi Moni Doley, Mr. A.C. Kharingpam & Dr. Saroj Kumar Mahanand

Dept Office Ph. No.: 011-26981717 (ext. 2952)

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

Poster of GYTI 2017 : Click here.

Friday, November 18, 2016

Fwd: Inviting Entries of Student Projects for GYTI (Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Award) 2017

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From: Prof. Anil K Gupta <anilg@sristi.org>
Date: Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 4:32 PM
Subject: Inviting Entries of Student Projects for GYTI (Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Award) 2017
To: abusaleh@uohyd.ac.in

Dear Abu Saleh,

Greetings from SRISTI, Techpedia

I hope you agree that to promote originality and inattentiveness, it is very useful to make database of student projects at one place. It will not only give greater global visibility to the ideas that you have developed but also may help in greater collaboration among young scholars. In addition, it may help some of you get Gandhian Youngtechnological Innovation (GYTI) award at Rashtrapatibhavan during Festival of innovation hosted by the Office of the President assisted by National Innovation Foundation.

We have already gathered over 2, 00,000 projects across the country. BIRAC and SRISTI have joined hands to supplement Gandhian Youngtechnological Innovation (GYTI) Awards. These awards are given in all fields of engineering and technology including biotechnology and medical devices to outstanding theses submitted by the students. There are 15 awards worth Rs. 15 Lakh each for medical/life sciences related innovations and 100 awards worth Rs. 1 Lakh each for grassroots innovations.

If you have already been awarded Ph. D.,you are welcome to share soft copy of abstract or even full text of your thesis which will be of immense value to your juniors. We would like to request you to send your nomination for GYTI Award if it is a recent thesis (Say, submitted within the last two years i.e. between 2014-2016).

We would also request you to promote GYTI and Techpedia among your friends, faculty members, other departments and institutions nearby. You may also like to share the attachment via social network like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and Whatsapp as well. In fact, we will encourage you and will appreciate if you would promote the Competition through social media, in your network.

For any queries, please connect with our team Techpedia at +91 9099258492, gyti.techpedia@sristi.org.

Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Award 2017

Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Awards | Teaser

Thanking you and with best wishes,

Prof. Anil K. Gupta

Coordinator, SRISTI

Founder, Honey Bee Network

Professor, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

P.S. GYTI 2017 Award function will be held at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

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

Imaging the Differently Abled: Reading and Translating the Indian Short Story

Imaging the Differently Abled: Reading and Translating the Indian Short Story

Centre of Advanced Study, Department of English

Jadavpur University

18-20 January 2017

Representations of disability have been ubiquitous in Western literature and popular culture as theme, metaphor or lived experience. In India disability studies is still an emergent area of scholarship. There is a lot of debate regarding the use of the term 'disabled', hence the title with the use of 'differently abled'. This conference proposes to explore the representation and translation of the differently abled in the Indian short story. The intention is to locate short stories, canonical or otherwise, in the regional languages, especially in the languages from the Eastern and North-eastern states of India (although not limited to these) that deal with the representation of the differently abled and also to engage in the translation of such stories.

Disability Studies grew in the United States in the 1990s. Disability scholars such as Lennard J. Davis and Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, for example choose to transcend the biological determinant of the phenomenon (the 'medical' model of disability which traces its roots to the nineteenth century) and prefer to define it in social, cultural, and political terms (the 'social' model). According to them, a disabled person's so-called incapacity to perform normative life functions is to be attributed not to a clinically diagnosed physical or mental condition, but rather to a disability-hostile socio-cultural environment that prevents disabled people from realizing the fullness of their potential. They further interpret disability within a multicultural context as a manifestation of the diversity of the human condition and not as an undesired biological ailment to be cured and corrected through medical intervention. Disability is thus now understood as a culturally constructed phenomenon rather than a biological one.

Since the host university is situated in the Eastern part of India, the conference will focus on the regional languages in this part of the country. Nonetheless interesting papers from all over the country, dealing with representation and translation of disability in any of the languages in India would be most welcome. The stories chosen for discussion do not necessarily have to be authored by the differently abled. The paper for presentations at the conference will be in two broad sections – on disability studies in general including the representation of the differently abled in short stories, folktales or folklore and also children's literature, from regional Indian languages and on the hermeneutical problems that emerge in the process of translating such stories from the regional languages into English.

The conference intends to be a mix of academic presentations, panel discussions, and performances by the differently abled. Papers could be on any of the themes given below or on any related subject:

· Theories of disability

· Cultural representations of the differently abled in the short story, folktales and local folklore and its theoretical connotations

· Disability and gender, class, sexual or ethnic identity

· Disability and narrative structure

· Problematics of translating a text of disability

· How cultural markers determine the representation of the differently abled in the regional short story

· Representation of disability in folktales and folklore

· Disability in literature for children

· The subtexts that emerge through the process of translation of such texts

Please send abstracts of not more than 500 words and a short bio-note to the conference coordinators at rtda17@gmail.com by 15^th December, 2016. Kindly note that reimbursement of travel for outstation participants will not be possible; however if funds permit, accommodation to outstation participants may be provided.

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

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Fwd: [iaclals] CFP- FORTELL July 2017 issue No. 35- SPECIAL ISSUE on ASSESSMENT: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES

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ANNOUNCEMENT

Call for papers

for

FORTELL, Issue 35 (July 2017)

ISSN No: Print 2229 – 6557, Online 2394-9244

SPECIAL ISSUE

ASSESSMENT: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES

The 21^st century has brought the realization to educators and State education boards worldwide that the proficiency of students cannot be captured through mere summative tests and stressed the need to evaluate and assess student performance continually and systematically in a variety of ways resulting in valid ability related inferences. Mere testing has given way to assessing students through assignments, term papers, projects and the like. The mandate of a Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) has given the term 'evaluation' a different hue and shape. It is not by chance that the last letter of that acronym, CCE, is not A, for assessment, or T for testing but 'E' and that too, E for evaluation and not examination. It is true that globally, substantive research is being carried out in the domains of assessment for and as learning. Attempts are being made to document the varied shapes, sizes and forms of CCE. However, there is little documented evidence in the Indian context of such research and there is a long road ahead. This special issue on Assessment: Issues and Challenges is an attempt to fill this gap. We invite teachers and research scholars to share their research and views that deal with varied aspects of formative assessment, classroom evaluation or testing at all primary, middle and tertiary levels. Contributions that showcase innovative research, critical thinking and creative approaches would be given special preference. Along with articles on the above-mentioned theme, general articles are invited as well.

FORTELL, a peer-reviewed journal of the Forum for Teachers of English Language and Literature, is published bi-annually in January and July by FORTELL, New Delhi. Copyright for the individual contribution rests with the author. However, FORTELL Journal should be acknowledged as the original source of publication in a subsequent publication. FORTELL retains the right to republish any of the contributions in its future publications or to make it available in electronic form for the benefit of its members.

GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION

Soft copies of articles/research papers (2000-2200 words), reports (500 words), book reviews, (500-600 words), language games/activities (300-400 words) and letters to the editor (100-150 words) should be sent along with a photograph and a brief bio note of about 25-30 words to the Co-ordinating Editor at amrit.l.khanna@gmail.com and fortell.journal@gmail.com.

The contributors should clearly indicate their name, email ID and phone number. Contributions should conform to the sixth edition of the APA style sheet in format, citations and bibliography. Contributors should give a declaration that the paper is original and does not violate the copyright law and it has not been published in any form elsewhere before. Please look up the website http://www.fortell.org/ regarding guidelines for submission of the manuscript.

Guest Editors: Geetha Durairajan & Prem Kumari Srivastava

Geetha Durairajan is Professor, Department of Materials Development, Testing and Evaluation, EFL University, Hyderabad.

Prem Kumari Srivastava is Associate Professor, Department of English, Maharaja Agrasen College, University of Delhi, New Delhi

Last date for submission: April 30, 2017

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

http://englishdu.ac.in/index.php/news/call-for-papers-the-mahabharata-and-inter-asian-cultures-transmissions-adaptations-performances-and-histories/

Fwd: [iaclals] Call for Papers: International Conference The Mahabharata and Inter-Asian Cultures: Transmissions, Adaptations, Performances and Histories

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Call for Papers – The Mahabharata and Inter-Asian Cultures: Transmissions, Adaptations, Performances and Histories

November 11, 2016

Call for Papers: International Conference

The Mahabharata and Inter-Asian Cultures: Transmissions, Adaptations, Performances and Histories

The long history of the Mahabharata and its cultural assimilations is spread across not only South East Asia but across Asian regions and is a living reminder of a shared consciousness and is reflective of a syncretic Asian culture. As a travelling text it circulated, since ancient times, through maritime links across monsoon Asia. It is a strong reminder of an Asia that was interconnected through trade, religion, manuscript, art, architecture, performance, and not the least, through people to people contact. Before the coinage of terms such as cosmopolitanism, universalism, and globalisation, this master text and its epical narrative spoke across the gap of ethnicity, race, religion and culture. In fact, such is its deep embedment across several Asian regions that even the deep historical rupture created by European colonialism, a timewhen colonised Asian regions became fragmented and inward looking, did not erase the legacy of the Mahabharatawhich lay like a rich seam and kept alive the connections between a pre and postcolonial Asia.

This international conference seeks to bring together

Litterateurs
Linguists
Art historians
Archaeologists
Philosophers
Historians
Performers
Filmmakers
Sociologists
Religious studies experts
Researchers

Willing to comment, interrogate, dialogue and discuss the emergent field of Asian studies and the complex dynamics of cross cultural exchanges through a singular text.

Dates of the conference: 6, 7, & 8^th April, 2017

Abstracts containing not more than 500 words on topics pertinent to the theme are invited for submission by 10^th December 2016. The selected presenters will by intimated by 10^th January, 2017, and will be expected to submit working drafts of their full papers by 28^thFebruary, 2017. The abstracts can be mailed to asharma99@gmail.com

No TA/DA will be paid to the outstation participants. Accommodation at the University Guest Houses can be arranged on request at a nominal cost.

Convenors

Professor Christel R Devadwason

Dr. Anjana Sharma

Dr. Haris Qadeer

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