CFP: Two-Day National Conference on the theme INDIAN ETHOS IN ENGLISH WRITINGS 24th and 25th October 2024(Hybrid Mode)-SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES

CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR

Is Organising a Two-Day National Conference

on the theme

INDIAN ETHOS IN ENGLISH WRITINGS

24th and 25th October 2024

(Online and Offline Mode)

About Central University of Kashmir

The Central University of Jammu & Kashmir was stablished alongside 15 other Central Universities in the year 2009 by an Act of Parliament. Later the university was bifurcated into two Universities: the Central  University of Kashmir (CUK) and the Central University of Jammu (CUJ). Currently, the University has Nine (09) schools with 21 constituent Teaching Departments offering over 45 PG, UG, diploma, research, and Vocational programmes.

About the Department of English

The Department of English is the first department established in the School of Languages (SOL), Central University of Kashmir. The Department provides an intellectually nourishing and conducive atmosphere to the students aspiring to undertake an in-depth study of English Literature as it offers a variety of courses covering all the major genres of English literature and the fundamentals of English language teaching. 

About the Conference

The Two-Day National Conference on Indian Ethos in English Writings aims to embark on an exploratory journey to uncover the nuances of Indian culture and identity as represented in English literature. The event will bring together scholars, writers, and researchers to discuss, debate, and share insights on the intersection of Indian culture and English literature. This confluence of scholars, writers, and researchers will delve into the complexities of Indian English writings, examining how the country's rich heritage and traditions are portrayed in various genres and periods. Through keynote addresses, paper presentations, and interactive sessions, the conference seeks to foster a deeper understanding of India's cultural landscape and literary terrain. By providing a platform for discussion, debate, and creative expression, the event endeavours to unravel the intricacies of Indian ethos in English writings, ultimately contributing to a richer understanding of the nation's cultural identity. Join us in this intellectual sojourn and uncover the essence of India's cultural soul.

Sub-themes / Tracks

1. Indian identity in English literature

2. Cultural nuances in Indian English writing

3. Representation of Indian ethos in English literature

4. Intersection of tradition and modernity in Indian

English writings

5. Indianness in English Language

6. Indian Knowledge System Vis-à-vis English Writings

Target Audience

1. Scholars and researchers in English literature, language and cultural studies

2. Writers and authors of Indian English literature

3. Scholars/students pursuing higher studies in English literature

4. Cultural enthusiasts and literature lovers

Call for Papers and participation

Abstract: 300 words with author/s details (affiliation, email id & mobile number) by or before 27th Sep. 2024

Full Paper: 3000 words by or before 15th Oct.2024

Email Id: ieew2024cukashmir@gmail.com

Category-wise Registration Fee in INR

Early bird registration - Before 2nd Oct.2024

Paper Presentation Only Participation

                Online     Offline Online   Offline

Faculty    1200         2500     900     2000

Scholars    900         2000     600     1800

Regular Registration - After 2nd Oct. 2024

Paper Presentation Only Participation

                    Online    Offline     Online     Offline

Faculty         1500     3000         1200         2500

Scholars        1000     2500         800         2000

Chief Patron

Prof.A.Ravinder Nath

Hon’ble Vice-chancellor, Central University of Kashmir

Chairperson

Prof.Sandhya Tiwari

Head, Department of English; Dean, School of Languages

Coordinators

Dr.E.Krishna Chaitanya, Assoc.Prof., Department of English

Dr.Ihsan-ur- Rahim Malik, Asst. Prof., Department of English

Dr.Ishrat Bashir, Asst. Prof., Department of English

Mr.Sunil Kumar Mannil, Asst. Prof., Department of English

Organising Team

Scholars, students & staff of the Dept. of English RSVP

Dr.E.Krishna Chaitanya -9550916069

Sudeb Mondal – 7074062363

Shahid Nabi – 9682506446

Call For Chapters on - #Indian #Migration During The #British #Empire: A #Literary #Scrutiny- #Springer

 Concept Note:

 

The largest group of Indian overseas immigrants resulted from the export of labour services, with indentured labour emerging as a leading example in this regard. The proliferation of the indentured system was driven mainly by two forces – first and foremost, in the face of strong condemnation on moral grounds from various parties, the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 brought about the abolition of the slave trade throughout the vast British Empire, with some exceptions (Blackburn 1988, 420), which resulted in a labour shortage in the plantation economy of the British overseas colonies. For instance, since the beginning of the 16th century, an era of imperialism brought about the successive annexation of many Southeast Asian countries by British colonialists. These early colonies were sparsely populated, leading the British to set their eyes on India – as a populous neighbouring country, where an abundant labour force with high skills and qualifications prevailed. Moreover, considering the British colonial hegemony in India at that time, it was easier to control and manipulate the Indian immigrants than Chinese or Japanese workers from other non-British colonies.

 

Transporting labour from British India to the British settlements in Southeast Asia served two purposes, alleviating the population pressure, as well as the domestic class and ethnic conflict in India, and serving as a source of labour for the colonies in Southeast Asia. An apprenticeship system was adopted with the emancipation of slaves that required all enslaved persons to be transformed into “apprentices”, and to continue labouring for their former masters for a period of four to six years in exchange for provisions. It was essentially slavery by another name (Burn 1937; Green 1976), although this new system came with some inherent flaws that led to its later abandonment. The former slaves had a stronger sense of legal and self-protection, and so refused to do their work, protesting the system of gradual emancipation, and demanding immediate and full liberation. To fill the labour “vacuum”, Hugh Tinker noted, The British Empire recruited nearly 15 million Indians from inland cities in northern India and the coastal cities of Eastern India and shipped them to the overseas British colonies as far away as Natal, Mauritius, Guyana, Trinidad, Suriname and Fiji to replace the former slaves on the sugar plantations. Nearby were places like Malaysia and Sri Lanka in Southeast Asia where Indians were forced to grow tea, pepper, coffee, rubber and palm oil, and to work in tin mining and logging for roads (Tinker 1974, 77).

 

In nature, they were indentured labour, known more commonly as Coolies or Piglets, and served as cheap labour, subject to the interests of the British colonialists, and with the typical characteristics of colonial subjects. Concerning the source of indentured labour, the early immigrants were Tamils from the Madras region of India, or Eastern Indians from the present-day Bangladesh. In the later period, the majority of immigrants were farmers from the north, such as from the Gangetic plain in Uttar Pradesh. In other words, the indentured laborers came mainly from the coastal areas of south India from the very beginning but were

 

Exploring Indian Migration during the British Colonial Period to Different Parts of the World

 

Indian migration during the British Raj represents a complex and multifaceted historical phenomenon that deserves in-depth exploration. This migration spanned several centuries and was characterized by the movement of millions of Indians to various corners of the world. While economic reasons often took precedence, the motivations behind this migration were diverse, encompassing a myriad of factors. To gain a comprehensive understanding of this historical event, we invite scholars, researchers and academicians, to submit chapters for this research project that delve into Indian migration during the British colonial era.

 

The project will address the following with reference to literature:

 

• Literary representation of Indian migration to South Africa during the British Raj
• Literary representation of Indian migration to East Africa during the British Raj
• Literary representation of Indian migration to West and North Africa during the British Raj
• Literary representation of Indian migration to Caribbean Islands during the British Raj
• Literary representation of Indian migration to Middle, East, and South Asia during the British Raj
• Literary representation of Indian migration to the Western World during the British Raj

 

This edited book adopts a comparative approach, filling a gap in existing literature. While other works focus on specific regions or offer historical or sociological perspectives, our project provides a comprehensive literary study.

 

Editors:

 

Dr. Shubhanku Kochar

 

Dr. M. Anjum Khan

 

Submission Guidelines:

 

• Email a 200-word chapter proposal and a 100-word author's bio-note to the editors by 15th December 2023.
• Acceptance notifications will be sent by 31st December 2023.
• Full chapters due by 30th April 2024.

 

Contact:

 

Email proposals to shubhankukochar@outlook.com and anjumkhanrs@gmail.com

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MAHABHARATA EPIC ACROSS ASIA ANCIENT INDIAN KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM TRANSCENDING SPATIOTEMPORAL BOUNDARIES _EFLU HYDERABAD

INDIAN COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH (ICSSR) 

SPONSORED 

AZADI KA AMRIT MAHOTSAV

 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 

ON 

MAHABHARATA EPIC ACROSS ASIA ANCIENT INDIAN KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM TRANSCENDING SPATIOTEMPORAL BOUNDARIES 

ORGANIZED 

BY THE 

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN LANGUAGES UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

 Research Cluster EPICS ACROSS ASIA

 The Department of English Literature ON 29, 30, and 31 May 2023 

Patrons Prof. E. Suresh Kumar Honourable Vice Chancellor The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad 

& 

Dr. J K Bajaj Chairperson Indian Council of Social Science Research About the University The English and Foreign Languages University.

Call for Papers:

About the Conference The greatest event of our age is the meeting of cultures, meeting of civilizations, meeting of different points of view, making us understand that we should not adhere to any one kind of single faith, but respect diversity of belief. Our attempt should always be to cooperate, to bring together people, to establish friendship and have some kind of a right world in which we can live together in happiness, harmony and friendship. Let us therefore realize that this increasing maturity should express itself in this capacity to understand what other points of view are’? Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. The main aim of this conference is not to establish any truth rather to confirm our perpetual journey to explore truth. This conference will explore Mahābhārata and the intellectualhistorical genres and matters discussed in it in new ways in the light of recent thinking and research on this epic. Mahābhārata has diffused into not only Indian life but also in the life of entire South Asia to such an extent that every aspect of life in this region is influenced by it directly or indirectly. Contrary to popular belief that it is a Hindu religious text, it has been adopted and adapted by almost all cultures, communities and have attracted scholars from all religions and regions. The discussion and analysis of the philosophical and theological texts that form an integral part of Mahābhārata have received a considerable critical attention from the scholars around the world. Furthermore, creative writers from different cultural, religious and ethnic backgrounds across time and space have adapted sometimes just a fragment and sometimes the whole of Mahābhārata for their creative writings that expended the epic and added to its ever-expanding meaning. For instance, Angelika Malinar’s Rājavidyā: Das königliche Wissen um Herrschaft und Verzicht. Studien zur Bhagavadgītā examines many themes and complications of epic philosophy and theology, particularly as refracted through the prism of the Bhagavad Gītā. The Nārāyaṇīya Studien of Peter Schreiner, Angelika Malinar, et al., base their arguments on the doctrines of the Gītā and include the philosophy of Vaiṣṇava Purāṇas, on the other hand Johannes Bronkhorst’s Greater Magadha: Studies in the Culture of Early India analyze texts and explore the historical development usually regarded as anterior to the Mokṣadharmaparvan. These works and some others raise a number of themes and ideas that will help in investigation and interrogation of issues related to philosophy, gender, caste, history, geography, ethics, and many more in the Mahābhārata. Mahābhārata Across South Asia The Mahabharata spread through the sub-continent and in all of South East Asia. In Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, and Indonesia, the Mahabharata gave birth not only to important literary works, but also to theatrical expressions intimately linked to national cultures. In the Malay version, Hikayat perang Pandawa jaya, the epic remains close to the Panji cycle and serves as support to shadow theatre. The Javanese version of the Mahabharata, called Bharatayudha (The Bharata War), and the Arjunavivaha (Arjuna’s Wedding), is used in live theatre (wayang wong or orang) as well as in puppetry and shadow theatre. In Bali, each episode gives rise to independent performances where we find the same titles of Bharatayudha and Arjunavivaha, etc. In all of these countries, the Mahabharata contributes in creating a communication between different religious ideals and synthesizes cultural values. Mahabharata and stories based on this epic are extremely popular in Muslim-majority Indonesia because the Hindu epics are part of the country’s culture. For centuries, many parts of the Indonesian archipelago were majority-Hindu. By the 7th century CE, Hindu-Buddhist kingdoms dominated both Java and Sumatra — Indonesia’s two most populous islands. References to the epics are everywhere in Java — the language, the street signs, the political commentary. In Jakarta, many buses are painted with lurid advertisements for an energy drink called Kuku Bima, which promises Bhima-like endurance. An enormous statue of Krishna leading Arjun into battle dominates the roundabout in front of the Monas, the country’s main nationalist monument. There is a nationwide charitable foundation for twins named the Nakula and Sadewa Society. And one of the country’s bestselling novels, Amba, uses the story of Bhishma and Shikhandi (a later incarnation of Amba) to talk about Indonesia’s purges of communists in the mid-1960s. Wayang kulit, a form of shadow-puppet theatre that features tales from the Mahabharata and the Ramayana, can draw tens of thousands to performances in rural Java. There are Malay versions of the Mahabharata, some of which probably entered Malay as abbreviated prose renditions of the Old Javanese Bhratayuddha. The earliest, Hikayat Perang Pandawa Jaya, ‘The tale of the war of the victorious Pandawa’, was composed sometime between the late 14th and early 16th century, and is mentioned in the Bustan al-salatin of Nuruddin al-Raniri composed in Aceh in 1638. 

Sub themes: 

1. Mahābhārata during ancient period 

2. Mahābhārata during colonial period 

3. Mahābhārata during Mughal period 

4. Mahābhārata and Buddhism 

5. Mahābhārata and Jainism 

6. Mahābhārata and tribal cultures 

7. Linguistic study of Mahābhārata 

8. Mahābhārata and ethics 

9. Mahābhārata and philosophy 

10. Mahābhārata outside India 

11. Sociological study of Mahābhārata 

12. Mahābhārata’s adaptations in other languages 

13. Contemporary adaptations of Mahābhārata 

14. Mahābhārata in other art forms like drama, painting, puppet shows etc. 

15. Mahābhārata and Cinema 

16. Mahābhārata in Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Burma, Malaysia and other countries

 17. Philosophy of Gita 18. Different aspects of Gita

Important Information: 

 Last date to submit Abstract: 25 May 2023

 

Last Date to Submit Full Paper for Publication: 31 July 2023 

Conference Email Id: azadikaamritmahotsaveflu2023@gmail.com All inquiries should be sent to the conference email id or 8897048598 (Dr. Jai Singh) 

 Submit abstracts through the Google Form Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdt_ttpBFkypWH_7Hwdf5L0mhU-pNVSE5Cp_UpGOvHD6Nd_w/viewform?usp=sf_link 

 Registration Fee: 

 Rs 4500 with Accommodation Rs 1500 without Accommodation (Conference Lunch will be provided) Rs 500 for Online Presentation Deposit registration fee online in the following account: Name of account holder: The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad Account number: 62122901303 IFSC Code: SBIN0021106 Name of the Bank: State Bank of India, EFL University Branch, Hyderabad In case of any difficulty in depositing the Registration Fee please contact: 8897048598 (Dr. Jai Singh) 

PUBLICATION: Papers will be submitted to Peer Reviewed Journals with ISSN Number, processing charges if any will be paid by the participant directly to the Journal.