International Conference on English Studies & Women Empowerment - July 21-22, 2017, Mysore, Karnataka INDIA

Call for Papers :

International Conference on English Studies & Women Empowerment – 2017 is designed to impart and institute  pioneering trends in the fields of English  Research Studies addressing the Innovative Teaching Techniques, Research on Language, Literature and Translation including their manifold applications along with Women in the advancement of English Language, Literature and Translation and also with a special focus on today's women empowerment , leadership, women studies etc.

Original research papers from Post Graduate Students, Research Scholars , Faculty, Scientists etc.,in the fields of English Language, Literature and Translation and Women Empowerment are invited for presentation at the Conference.

Themes

Track 1 : English Studies 

Literature • Applied Linguistics Research • New Trends in British and American Literature • Fourth World Literature • Literature and Identity • 20th century Indian Writing in English • Language study through Literature Ancient & classical literature • Approaches to literature • Children literature • Comparative literature • Ecocriticism • English language and globalization • Female writing • Indigenous literature • Language, gender and power

Literary criticism • Literature and culture in language learning and teaching • Literature and environment

Literature and globalization • Literature and pedagogy • Medieval literature • Folktales, myths and legends

Postcolonial literature • Posthumanism • Postmodernism • Queer theory • Science fiction • The future of the genre

Translation studies • World literature • Interdisciplinary approaches to literature • Other emerging issues related to literature • Language, Literature and Ideology • Literature and Culture in Language Learning and Teaching

Culture, Communication and Identity • Intercultural Communication • Literature as Articulation of Culture

Women Writers and Images of Women • Representation and Resistance in Post-colonial Literature

Diaspora Identities • Literature as Social Discourse • Literature and Globalization • Contemporary Approaches to Literature • Geopolitical Issues in Literature

Language • Impact of Globalisation on English • English and Technology • Technology in Education • English Teacher Education • Language Skills Development • Teaching Methodology • Materials Design/Adaptation • Sustainable Innovation in ELT Language • Gender and Power • Language in Literature • Narrative Texts and Narrative Coherence • Literary Pragmatics • Literary Semantics • Role of literature in Developing Pragmatic Competence • Discourse Analysis and Culture • English Language and Globalization • Language and Literature for Knowledge and Value in a Globalizing World • Language and Literature for Human Understanding and World Peace 

•Translation • Translation Strategies and methods • Procedures of Translations • Different types of translation its impact on SL & TL • Creative presentation on present day translation (Any area of Translation) • Role of Translation in the current situation

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Track 2 : Women Empowerment

Education • Leadership • Safety • Health • Empowerment • Challenges • Communication studies • Education • History, Law • Linguistics • Political science • Public administration • Psychology • Sociology • Social Work 

Submission of Papers 

Participants intending to present papers before the Conference are requested to submit soft copy of the abstract (neatly typed in MS word format with 1.5 line spacing 12 point Times New Roman font on A-4 size paper) incorporating the motivation, method of solution and important findings of their investigation to eswe2017@gmail.com

Important Dates

Full Papers Submission deadline 15 July 2017 (Extended)

Notification of Acceptance (After review ) Will be served in 2 to 3 working days after the receipt of your Abstract/Paper.

Reg Fee Submission deadline Will be mentioned in the Acceptance Letter

** Listener Participants may kindly write for Registration Form on eswe2017@gmail.com

For all details on submission of papers and registration etc., 

Contact:

Dr.Ratnakar D Bala

Conference Chairman, ICESWE 2017

Email : eswe2017@gmail.com

Mobile : +91 9618777011,  9533421234

http://eswe2017.wixsite.com/conference

International Conference- The Future of Religion and Peace -Johns Hopkins University, October 16-17, 2017

We gladly invite you to attend the International Conference The Future of Religion and Peace which will be held at Johns Hopkins University, in Montgomery County Campus, Rockville, MD, October 16-17, 2017.

The Research Association for Interdisciplinary Studies (RAIS) creates an ample research platform for academics and researchers from all around the world and offers them the opportunity to create lasting relations for future collaborations. RAIS encourages academics and researchers to share their experiences and to contribute to the developing of diverse subjects, offering them the perspective of an interdisciplinary approach.

Topics include, but are not limited to: 

• Theology
• Religious Studies
• Peace Studies
• Human Rights
• Religious Freedom
• Cultural Studies,
• Studies on Intolerance
• Discrimination and Terrorism
• The Separation of State and Religion Studies
• Political Science
• History
• Studies on Globalization
• Ethics
• Legal Studies
• Liberty Studies
• Bible Studies
• Arts and Humanities Studies
• State and Religion
• Religion and Society
• The Politics of Religion
• Interfaith Dialogue
• Culture and Religion
• Research on Persecution and so on.

Deadlines 

Abstract submission:   August 21, 2017

Acceptance Notification: 1 week after abstract submission

Full papers submission: September 15, 2017

Contact us: rais.education@email.com

Beltsville, MD 20705, USA

Vist us For more Details: http://rais.education/the-future-of-religion-and-peace/

DAAD Helmut-Schmidt Scholarship Programme 2018 (Fully funded to Study in Germany)

Deadline:  July 31, 2017 Location: Germany Overview: This programme is designed to further qualify future leaders in politics, law, economics and administration according to the principles of good governance and to prepare them in a praxis-oriented course for their professional life. Very good graduates with a first university degree get the chance to obtain a master’s degree in disciplines that are of special relevance to the social, political and economic development of their home country. The knowledge and experience acquired in Germany should enable the scholarship holders to later contribute to the establishment of democratically oriented economic and social systems aimed at overcoming social differences. In addition, the training at German institutions of higher education should qualify the scholarship holders to become partners in the political and economic co-operation with Germany. With this programme, DAAD intends to contribute to the support of good governance and civil society structures in selected partner countries and regions. Who Can Apply? The scholarship scheme is open to graduates in the field of social sciences, political sciences, law, economics and in public administration from Africa, Latin America, South Asia and Southeast Asia, from countries in the Middle East as well as from the Ukraine . What is Fundable: The scholarships are awarded for selected master´s courses at German institutions of higher education listed below. The study programmes starts in September/October 2018. The courses have an international orientation and are taught in German and/or English. Prior to their study programmes all scholarship holders receive a 6- months-German language course from April 2018 to September 2018. The language courses take place at selected institutes in Germany and not at the universities of the selected master´s courses. The language course is compulsory also for those who attend a master´s course taught in English. The scholarship holders are offered a special tutoring at their host institutions financed by DAAD. Furthermore, there is the possibility to attend networking events. DAAD pays a monthly scholarship rate of currently 750 €. The scholarship also includes contributions to health insurance in Germany. In addition, DAAD grants an appropriate travel allowance and a study and research subsidy as well as rent subsidies and/or allowances for spouses and/or children where applicable. DAAD scholarship holders within the Helmut-Schmidt-Programme are exempted from tuition fees. Requirements: The main DAAD criteria for selection are the following: the study results so far, knowledge of English (and German), political and social engagement, a convincing description of the subject-related and personal motivation for the study project in Germany and the expected benefit when returning to the home country. The latest university degree should have been obtained during the six years prior to the application for the scholarship. Applicants cannot be considered if they have stayed in Germany for more than 15 months at the time of application. All master´s courses have further additional requirements that must be fulfilled by the applicants in any case. Application: Applications have to be submitted in German or English. Please indicate that you are applying for the DAAD Helmut-SchmidtProgramme (Master’s scholarships for Public Policy and Good Governance). Please submit your applications for the selected master`s courses and for the DAAD scholarship to the respective universities only (not to DAAD). The application period at all 8 universities lasts from June 1 st to July 31st 2017. Applications sent to the DAAD will not be forwarded to the respective course/university. They become property of the DAAD and will NOT be returned. The applicant has no right to claim for reimbursement. You are allowed to submit your application for up to two master`s courses listed below. Please fill in the DAAD application form only once making clear which study course is your first and which is your second priority. Please send this same application form and the necessary documents listed below to the two universities of your choice. In case your application is sent to more than two universities or if non-specific priorities are given your application will not be accepted. ​ Furthermore, scholarship  would like to point out that only complete applications can be accepted. The necessary documents are: • DAAD application form for research grants and study scholarships (please fill in electronically and not written by hand) • Motivation letter containing a precise description of the applicant’s academic/professional and personal reasons for choosing this scholarship programme and the universities, two pages maximum • Full curriculum vitae including information about precise field of study and, if applicable, description of job experience • Copies of acquired university degrees (an explanation of the grading system has to be attached) • Copies of the transcript of records • Copy of the school leaving certificate/high school diploma which entitles holders to study at a university in their home country • Recent language certificates (German and English) • Two letters of recommendation by university professors and/or current or former employers of recent date, supplemented by signature, official letterhead, stamp (not in a sealed envelope) If you fail to follow the given procedures, you will be excluded from the application process. The committee selecting the candidates at the end of 2017 consists of professors responsible for the respective study programmes and of representatives from DAAD. All applicants will be informed at the end of the selection process – approx. by the end of December 2017. Website: http://youthenvop.weebly.com/scholarships/daad-helmut-schmidt-scholarship-programme-2018-fully-funded-to-study-in-germany

Conference on Feminist & Gender studies in a global perspective:Interdisciplinary & International, February 8-11, 2018 Pondicherry, India

FEMINIST & GENDER STUDIES IN A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE:

CONCEPT NOTE:

   Since the early 1980s when a number of feminists, including Chandra Mohanty in her essay “Under Western Eyes” urged critics to examine the interplay of the local and the global and to expose the power-relations – both historical and contemporary – in discussions of postcolonial and global feminisms, there has been an increased emphasis on understanding “global feminism” through the intersecting aspects of race, class, gender and through colonialism and anticolonial forms of nationalism. Of late, emerging feminisms and gender studies as interconnecting disciplines, have tried to incorporate the pluralities,temporality and constructedness of all identities in a shifting discourse of changing power and resistance. Identity politics based on such precarious foundations are undermined even more by the rise of nationalism. But the query is how global feminism and gender studies can, continue to offer their valuable critiques given the rise of new nationalisms across the globe, nationalisms that threaten the formation of cross-border collectivities and alignments? And might the growing class, ethnic, and religious tensions within nations impede the solidarity that global perspectives regarding feminist and gender studies seek to forge? Who gets to set the framework for these debates, and which perspectives are elided when we fail to take into account the positionality of the critic? Can global perspectives on feminism and gender alter perceptions of masculinity and male gender? Similarly, in a changing global scenario, how and where do we place indigenous/aboriginal/subaltern women’s narratives and how do new alignments of nationalism represent LGBTQ and sexuality? Finally how does the global become personal? Are there feminisms of everyday life that can address or attend to the larger global issues that construct gender and sexuality? The aim of this conference is to re-view and re-frame these and related questions from a wide range of disciplinary and multidisciplinary fields, such as literature, philosophy, history, sociology and so on.

Themes:

The conference organizers seek papers from scholars exploring various subjects, including (but not limited to) the following:

• Academic institutions and Work places.
• Body politics, masculinity and sexuality studies.
• Civil society and Human rights.
• Diaspora/transnationalism and Translation
• Feminist and Gender theories/Methodologies for a global world
• Indigenous/Aboriginal/Subaltern narratives
• Feminist historiographies
• Literature, art, media, Popular art and Consumerism
• Neoliberalism, feminism and gender
• Social movements, Women’s writing and Political activism

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CONFIRMED SPEAKERS (Till Date):

• Dr. Julia Vivienne Emberley, Ph.D.,FRSC, Professor, Department of English and Writing Studies, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
• Dr. Nandi Bhatia, Professor, Associate Dean (Research and Graduate Studies), Arts and Humanities, Department of English, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
• Dr. Teresa Hubel, Professor and Chair, Department of English and Cultural Studies,Huron University College, London, Ontario, Canada
• Dr. Tracy Isaacs, Professor, Philosophy and Women’s Studies and Feminist Research, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.

TYPES OF SESSIONS:

Registrants at The Sahitya can participate in only one session.  The Sahitya’s International Conference on Feminist and Gender Studies in a Global
Perspective encourages the following types of submissions:

• Research Papers: Completed research papers in any of the topic areas listed above or related areas. (15 min presentations followed by Q&A).
• Round Table: Short presentations on any of the themes stated above (5 minute presentations). Session is open to conversation and debate between participants and the audience.
• Panels of Work-in-Progress Reports or Proposals for Future Research: Incomplete research or ideas for future research in order to generate discussion and feedback in any of the topic areas listed above, or related areas. (10 minute presentations).Only for Research scholars.

FORMAT OF PRESENTATIONS:

• Research Paper sessions will consist of three 15 minute presentations and a 5 minute Q & A time in a 60 minute session. The session will be divided equally between the presenters.
• Round Table would be limited to 30 minute presentation with a maximum of 4 presenters and 10 minutes discussion time.
• Panel sessions will provide an opportunity for five presenters to speak in a more open and conversational setting with conference attendees. Each participant will have 10 minutes for presentation.
• Submissions for any of the sessions should include the name, department, affiliation, and email address in addition to a description of the presentation and the title page.

SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL/PAPER:

Before making your submission keep the following ready.

• Title of the submission (be sure to use proper capitalization)
• Topic area of the submission (choose a topic area from the list at the top of this page)
• Presentation format (choose one: Paper session, Round table, Panel session)
• Abstract of 300 words
• Email Address (all acceptance/rejection letters are sent noted through the abstracts portal.
• Registration would open on JULY 31, 2017 (Monday)

DURATION OF THE CONFERENCE:

The conference would begin on 8th February evening (Thursday) at 6 pm and close on 11th morning (Sunday) at 11 am. A local trip is arranged on 11th
afternoon at 12 pm. Those interested may look up the trip information.

IMPORTANT DATES:

• Last date for sending abstract: June 16, 2017 (Friday)
• Notification for selected paper-presenters: July 16, 2017 (Sunday)
• Opening of Registrations July 31, 2017 (Monday)
• Closing of Early Bird registration: October 15, 2017 (Sunday)
• Opening and Closing of Second Registration: October 16, 2017 (Monday) and November 18, 2017 (Saturday)
• Opening and Closing of Third registration: November 19, 2017 (Sunday) and December 1, 2017 (Friday)
• Opening and Closing of Final Registration: December 2 (Saturday) upto December 10, 2017 (Sunday)
• Conference dates: 8-11 February, 2018. (Thursday evening- Sunday noon)

Contact Info: 

Director
Namaste Educational Academy
Pondicherry, India

Contact Email: 

namasteeducationalacademy@gmail.com

URL: 

http://sahitya.namasteeducationalacademy.org/

Fellowships "Digital Humanities", 

Marbach Weimar Wolfenbüttel Research Association

Call For Applications: 

The German Literature Archive Marbach, the Klassik Stiftung Weimar, and the Herzog August Library Wolfenbüttel collect, preserve, and provide access to more than 500 years of German and European cultural history. With the aim of intensifying their partnership, these three institutions have joined together to form a research association, supported by the Federal Ministry for Education and Research. This cooperation provides the framework for research work on three projects entitled Writers’ Libraries, Authors’ Portraits and Text and Frame. Another objective of the research association is to develop a digital research infrastructure. For more information on the association’s research projects go to: www.mww-forschung.de/en/.

The three institutions are calling for applications for several fellowships in the field of Digital Humanities, ideally lasting six months (at least three, a maximum of twelve). The programme is open to all disciplines and is directed towards young scholars (graduates at Master level) from Germany and abroad. Applicants must be working on a project linked to the interests and collections of at least one of the three institutions and make use of methods and techniques from the Digital Humanities (e.g. Markup Methods for Electronic Editions, Stylometry, Topic Modelling, Visualisation). Prior to the application it is recommended to contact the respective collection department for further information on the holdings of interest.

Fellows will receive a monthly stipend (€ 1,200 for graduates, € 1,800 for postgraduates); an additional travel allowance will be granted. The particular institution will support the fellow’s project with its own expertise and in finding suitable accommodation (guest houses may be available). Fellows are expected to contribute to the academic life of the particular institution and to participate in scholarly exchanges. The fellows are required to reside in Marbach, Wolfenbüttel or Weimar respectively. Unless otherwise stated, the general terms and conditions of the individual institutions apply.

Application deadline: July 15 (for a fellowship beginning at the earliest on October 15)

Application documents:

• application form (www.mww-forschung.de/en/scholarships/fellowships-digital-humanities/?men...)
• résumé/curriculum vitae and certificates
• brief description of the research project (2 to 5 pages)
• a letter of recommendation concerning the research project
  (Please request that the letter of recommendation be sent directly to the institution.)

Contact Info: 

Please send your application documents and enquiries to the institution from which you are requesting the scholarship:

Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach | Postfach 1162 | D-71666 Marbach am Neckar

Tel. +49 (0) 7144/848-103 | E-Mail: stipendien@dla-marbach.de

Klassik Stiftung Weimar | Postfach 2012 | D-99401 Weimar

Tel. +49 (0) 3643/545-579 | E-Mail: forschung.bildung@klassik-stiftung.de

Herzog August Bibliothek | Postfach 1364 | D-38299 Wolfenbüttel

Tel. +49 (0) 5331/808-237 | E-Mail: forschung@hab.de

URL: 

http://www.mww-forschung.de/en

1st International Congress on Local History: Concept, Practices and Challenges in Contemporaneity- 28 and 29 September 2017, Portugal

1st International Congress on Local History: Concept, practices and challenges in contemporaneity

Organisation: Institute of Contemporary History FCSH/NOVA

Venue: Cascais Cultural Centre

When: 28 and 29 September 2017

Deadline for proposals: 15 June 2017

Since mid-nineteenth century, local history has aroused the interest of historians and researchers who study the past of a particular region or community with the purpose of restoring their collective and individual memories. At the scientific level, this reality is manifested in the multiplication of master and doctoral thesis on themes related to local history, fostering innovative knowledge and giving birth to a new wave of historians interested in working on such topics.

The 1st International Congress on Local History proposes to create a space of interdisciplinary sharing and reflection, valuing the importance of local history in contemporary historiography, through a critical approach to the concept and opening a debate around research methodologies and practices. Contributing to problematize several issues inherent to a theoretical-methodological consideration, in the contemporary period, this initiative intends to promote an effort for the confluence of visions and solutions that hopefully will help to overcome everyone’s difficulties.

Call for Papers

The opening of this call for papers for all interested in this subject pretends, in addition to the dissemination of local and regional historical studies, to stimulate an attempt to understand the challenges and obstacles met by researchers as well as the creation of an international network involving all those who work in this area.

Proposals for communication on local history in the contemporaneity can be conceived around the following thematic axes, without excluding others correlated:

Theory and methodology of local history;

The role of local cultural associations;

The importance of local history in high school and University curricula;

What does this subject means and represents;

Themes and works involving the history of a region (18th-20th centuries);

Municipalities and Wars.

This call for papers invites the submission of 250/300-word proposals for communications (including title) in Portuguese or English, with a short biography of the author (maximum 100 words). Communications accepted will result in 15-minute presentations.

Please send your proposal to the following email: localhistory.ihc.2017@gmail.com

Working languages: Portuguese and English (there will be no interpretation available)

Deadlines

Submission of proposals: 15 June 2017

Notification of acceptance: 30 June 2017

Registration

Researchers and Regular fee: 25€

Students: 15 €

Organising committee

Ana Paula Pires (IHC-FCSH/NOVA and Stanford university)

Diogo Ferreira (IHC-FCSH/NOVA)

Inês José (IHC-FCSH/NOVA)

João Pedro Santos (FCSH/NOVA)

Mariana Castro (IHC-FCSH/NOVA)

Pedro Leal (FLUL)

Teresa Nunes (FLUL e IHC-FCSH/NOVA)

CONGRESS' WEBPAGE

Contact Info: 

For any inquiries, please contact the organising committee

Contact Email: 

localhistory.ihc.2017@gmail.com

URL: 

http://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/en/scientific-meetings/call-for-papers/item/41861-1st-international-congress-on-local-history

International and Interdisciplinary conference, Kolkata, India, Dates: January 7-9, 2018

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Call for Paper and Panel Proposal

India Conferences:

International and Interdisciplinary

Kolkata and Jayanti Hills, India

International and Interdisciplinary Conference

Kolkata, India

Dates:  January 7-9, 2018

Topic: Person,Culture and Identity

Venue: Derozio Memorial College, Kolkata, India

Directed and organized by the Institute of Cross Cultural Studies and Academic Exchange, Society for Indian Philosophy and Religion Elon, NC, USA in collaboration with Derozio Memorial College, Kolkata,India

Subtopics:  Concept of Person and Personal Identity,  Society and Media, Society and Women Empowerment, Language and Cultural Identity, E-Culture, Sociology of Culture, Semiotics of Culture, Cultural Relativism, Culture and Ethnology, Cultural Diplomacy, Folk Culture, Material Culture, Culture of War, Transfer of Culture, Morality: Nature or Culture, Culture and Morals, Culture and Global Ethics, Theology of Culture, Globalization of Culture, etc.

Acceptance of proposal will be mailed within 2 weeks or earlier to participants

Email your abstract: chandanachak@gmail.com

Copy to: Iccsaexchange@gmail.com

Advisory Board: Yolanda Espina(Portugal), Tommi Lehtonen(Finland), Debkumar Mukhopadhyya (India),Deven Patel(USA),Nina Petek(Slovenia), Rizwan Rahman( India)Ming Shao(China),Dibyendu Talapatra(India), Richard Vulich(USA)Su Chen Wu(Taiwan),Yanling Xu(China)

Scholars from different corners of the world join our conferences. The Cambridge Scholars Press has published seven books co-edited by members of our advisory board from selected papers from our last conferences. We also publish papers in our Journal of Indian Philosophy & Religion if the theme of the paper is in the area of publication of the Journal.

Scholars can bring their students to join the undergraduate competition and “Encounter India program”.

Undergraduates can submit papers for international competition. Best 2 papers selected will be awarded a discounted short trip inside India along with free tickets to cultural programs.

Jayanti Hill conference( January 10-12,2018)

International and Interdisciplinary Conference

Topic:  Envioronmentalism, Globalism and Morality

January 10-12,2018 Jayanti Hills ,India.

Please  submit abstract (150words)by email

Sponsored and organized by the Institute of Cross Cultural Studies and Academic Exchange, Elon, NC, USA in Collaboration with Maynaguri College, India

Acceptance of proposal will be mailed within 2 weeks or earlier to participants

Email your abstract: chandanachak@gmail.com

Copy to: Iccsaexchange@gmail.com

Subtopics:

Environment and Economic Jusitice,Ecosystem and Sustainability, Enviornmental Ethics, Global warming,Climate Change and Biodiversity,Environmental Ethics,Green Ideology,Environmentalism, Feminism and Multiculturalism, Vegetariansim, Environmentalisn and Animal Advocacy, Gender, Race and Sextuality: Environmentalism in American Popular Culture, Environmental and Social Responsibility, Global Capitalism, Justice Globalism, Economic Globalism, Envioromental Globalism and Social Globalism, Democratic Roots of Globalism,Nationalism VS Globalism, Culture and Global Ethics, Global Village,Ethics,Morality and Society, Morality and Moral Controversies, Faith,Morality and Environment Subtopics are suggestive only. Conference organizers are open to other relevant topics addressing the theme

Contact Info: 

Dr. Chandana Chakrabarti

Institute of Crss Cultural Studies and Academic Exchange

Elon, NC 27244, USA

Contact Email: chandanachak@gmail.com

URL: https://sites.google.com/a/lclark.edu/fritzman
Web pages: http://www.facebook.com/societyforindianphilosophyandreligion?ref=hl*.
 http://iccsa.wordpress.com/upcoming-events/
 https://sites.google.com/a/lclark.edu/fritzman/ .