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Tuesday, June 13, 2017

National Conference on Postcolonialism: Indian Response & Transforamation, Aug 22 – 23,2017. Amity University.







CALL FOR PAPERS
Amity Law School, one of the pioneer legal institutions in India, is organizing two days national conference on POSTCOLONIALISM: INDIAN RESPONSE AND TRANSFORMATION- AUG 2017.This conference intends to bring together Academicians, Researchers, Professionals, Industry Experts and Enthusiasts to discuss about India’s specific responses to colonialism and to analyse the postcolonial understanding of the same. To discuss the Interdisciplinary approach, how it is inculcating profound understanding of the yester times in the era of rapid change and growth. This conference aims at providing a platform for academia for advancement and promotion in research in emerging areas. 








About The Conference:


The objective of this Interdisciplinary two days National Conference on “Postcolonialism: Indian Response and Transformation” is to trace India’s specific responses to colonialism and to analyse the postcolonial understanding of the same. To landmark the intellectual developments of the Postcolonial Indian times and to critically analyse the different school of thoughts of the period of transformation which realised in current era. To trace the socio- political intricacies of contemporary Indian times and to identify the indigenous legal patterns and traits of society. To analyse the period of transformation and to look over the changing status of growth and to identify its impact on present juncture. To have a better understanding of India’s specific responses to colonialism and postcolonialism among researchers, students and the masses.






Main Theme: 
Postcolonialism: Indian Response and Transformation

Sub-themes

1.Postcolonialism: Perspectives from History and Literature
  • Postcolonialism: Responses from the Colonies (India & Africa)
  • Hannah Arendt and Mahatma Gandhi’s reflections on violence and non-violence
  • Dehumanisation of the Colonies and the Wretched of the Earth
  • Postcolonialism and the hybrid spaces: Destruction and construction of new spaces
  • Answer in Master’s Language: Writing as Translation?
  • Subaltern History: A Conceptual Crisis?
  • Vernacular modernity: A counter thesis to European Modernity?
  • The Aryan Hypothesis: Scam of colonial Historiography?
  • Hinduism: The Making of Christian Other in Ninetieth century
  • Propaganda in the colonies: Responses from India and Africa 






2.Postcolonial Socio-Political responses from India
  • From Bio-power to Queer theory: politics of sex, gender and desire
  • Desiring-production: Anti-Œdipus (1972): a frame beyond Freudo-Marxism ?
  • From Accidental Nationalism to Flag Nationalism: The secular India
  • Castes of Mind and the Non-cast Hinduism
  • From Oriental Despotism to Democracy: Responses from India and Pakistan
  • The European Other: Idea of Tribe, Indigenous and the aboriginal
  • The Banality of Power and the Aesthetics of Vulgarity in the Post colony
  • Loss and Recovery of Social Self Under Colonialism






3.Post-Colonial Legality in India
  • Codification and Textualization of Colonial Indian Laws
  • The Euro-centric bias of the Indian Colonial Laws and Legislations
  • ‘The Legal Others’ within the Colonial Laws: The Indigenous People, the Tribal and the
  • Adivasis
  • Post-Colonial Criminal Laws in India
  • The Adoption of the Western Concept of Development in India in context of the Land
  • Acquisition Laws
  • Introspection and Rethinking the Human Rights Discourse in India
  • The Violence and the Silences in the Language of the Indian Laws
  • The Right to Equality in Post-colonial India: Reality or Myth?
  • The Archaic Colonial Personal Laws in Post-Colonial India: A relic of the Past?




4.Indian Economic Transformation: Colonial and Postcolonial Times
  • Poverty and Famine in colonial India: Through the lances of The Entitlement Approach
  • From Asiatic mode of production to the Political Economy: Indian Economical
  • transformation
  • Economic Growth versus Development debate: Response from Indian Sub-continent
  • Indentured Laborers and the making of India Diaspora
  • Structural adjustment program (SAPs): Poverty Reduction or Neo-colonialism? Changes in Macro-economic variables in pre-and post-economic reforms the world-systems perspective: A way ahead





NOTE:
The sub-themes are only indicative. Participates can present papers on other interdisciplinary sub-themes, not indicated above but closely connected with the theme of the conference. 




IMPORTANT DATES:
Last Date for Submission of Abstract: 30th June 2017
Full Paper Submission (Soft Copy): 21st July 2017.
Last Date for Registration: 10th July 2017
Notification of Acceptance/Improvisation: Within five working days of the submission of abstract/Paper

VENUE: Amity Law School, Amity University, Noida








Contact
Dr. Tripti Srivastava
Email: tsrivastava1@amity.edu
Mobile: 9868034431

Mr. Bhavya Nain
Email: bnain@amity.edu
Mobile: 9810005476

Ms. Swati Kaushal
Email: skaushal@amity.edu
Mobile: 9910418599


For further details, click HERE (http://amityconference.weebly.com/)








International Seminar & Workshop on Anglo-Indian Studies (4-5 August 2017) Indian Institute of Technology Madras


International Seminar & Workshop on Anglo-Indian Studies (4-5 August 2017)


 Theme: “Midnight’s Orphans”: Problematising the Postcolonial in the Telling of Anglo-Indian (Hi)stories 
by 
The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences Indian Institute of Technology Madras. 







The compelling contrast between the ‘Midnight’s Children’ and the ‘Midnight’s Orphans’ has been used in multiple contexts to highlight what/who have been left behind/left out in the Postcolonial scenario. Pertinent questions in this regard have already been asked and continue to be asked in studies related to literature, culture, gender and society. This seminar cum workshop is an attempt to locate the scholarship on the Anglo-Indian community within the broad canvass of Postcolonial Studies thereby allowing an interdisciplinary and transnational approach towards the understanding of the Anglo-Indian in India and the diaspora.






This is particularly significant in the contemporary period when Anglo-Indians are variously identified as, on the one hand, victims of the postcolonial condition, and on the other, as the ‘first modern Indians’ (Sealy 2007) and well positioned to take advantage of their considerable capitals, including their English language competency and access to excellent education. The idea for this workshop originated with the realization that the Anglo-Indians and their stories need to be re-looked at from a more nuanced perspective that is not restricted to particular disciplines, genres and theories. This seminar cum workshop provides a forum for discussion relevant to the Anglo-Indian situation, informed by other relevant scholarship on marginal as well as local histories. The World Anglo-Indian Day that falls on 2 August gives an appropriate context to foreground these discussions.






 Call for Papers 

To collaborate with this academic initiative, we invite original research papers that are focused on Anglo-Indian studies from disciplines such as Literature, History, Anthropology, Sociology, Culture Studies and Film/Media Studies. However, we are also happy to include papers that are based on a broad range of questions and research around the following themes: 





ØThe representation of Anglo-Indian community in films/literature/popular culture/media
 ØThe (In)visibility of the Anglo-Indians in nationalist histories in India and the diaspora 
ØHome and belonging: Contested spaces, territories, identities ØThe Politics of representation: in historic and contemporary times ØThe relevance of transnational histories 
ØWriting history/histories from the margins 
ØIdentity politics: in India and the diaspora 
ØResearching a community: Challenges and Crises








Key Speakers and Resource Persons: 
Ø Irwin Allan Sealy, writer 
Ø Dr. Robyn Andrews, Massey University, New Zealand & Editor, IJAIS 
Ø Dr. Dolores Chew, Marianopolis, Montreal, Canada 
Ø Dr. Anjali Gera Roy, IIT Kharagpur, India
 Ø Fr. Brent Otto, UC Berkeley, USA and Editor, IJAIS 
Ø Mr. Harry MacLure, Anglo-Ink, Chennai & Editor,Anglos In the Wind .







Venue and timings: 
4 Aug 2017 Hall 3, IC&SR building, IIT Madras 9.30 am to 4:30 pm
 5 Aug 2017 Exhibition Hall, IC&SR building, IIT Madras 9.30 am to 12.30 pm




 Important Dates: 

  • The deadline for sending abstracts (350 words) to merin@iitm.ac.in and R.Andrews@massey.ac.nz is 25 June 2017.
  • The selected presenters will be notified by 30 June 2017 and are expected to confirm their participation before 3 July 2017.





Special Invitation: The selected participants are invited to a special screening of the documentary film The AngloIndians of Madras (Dir. Harry MacLure, Anglo-Ink, Chennai). Date and time: 3rd August 2017, at 4.30 pm. Venue: IC&SR Auditorium, IIT Madras 
Presentation of Research Work: 
Ø The participants will be invited to make a 20-minute presentation of their research.
 Ø Selected papers will be included in an edited volume to be published by Springer. The details will be provided after the Seminar.
 Ø The presentations and proceedings will be video recorded and included in the Digital Archive on Anglo-Indian Studies hosted by IIT Madras.






 Registration: 
Ø The participants are required to register for the event before 10 July 2017. Further details will be made available after 30 June 2017.
 Ø The registration fee of Rs.1000 (INR) could be paid at the venue on 4 August 2017. Accommodation: 
Ø Accommodation for Research scholars can be arranged in the student hostels within the campus (an early intimation is appreciated to ensure availability) 
Ø The rooms in the Institute Guest House may also be made available on payment basis (subject to availability) Ø Requests for accommodation should be sent to merin@iitm.ac.in before 3 July 2017. 



For More  Details Do Visit: 
https://hss.iitm.ac.in/documents/AI%20Seminar%20at%20IITM%20-%20CFP.pdf..












Monday, June 12, 2017

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




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











Sunday, June 11, 2017

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








Beltsville, MD 20705, USA














Saturday, June 10, 2017

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

Friday, June 9, 2017

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)














Fellowships "Digital Humanities"

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:







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