UGC Seminar scheduled and Call for Papers Announced

UGC Seminar scheduled and Call for Papers Announced

UGC Sponsored National Seminar on “Dissonant Voices: Cultural Studies and

New Literatures” organized by the Department of English is scheduled on 30 & 31 January 2014.

OBJECTIVES

The seminar aims at introducing the plurality of discourses that invests cultural studies an anti-disciplinary status and the disjuncture in the theoretical formulations on its application in the analysis of new literatures for the benefit of students, researchers and teachers of humanities. It shall showcase the diversity of perspectives on cultural studies and analyze the problematic in addressing new literatures as a distinctive category.   It shall offer a platform for meaningful discussions and deliberations on cultural studies, new literatures and discourses of power.

THRUST AREAS

·         Cultural studies and theoretical foundations

·         New Literatures and the literary canon

·         Patterns and politics of representation in discourses of power  

·         Application of Cultural Theory on New Literatures

·         National literatures and cultural discourses

·         New literatures in translation

·         Other related areas

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IMPORTANT DATES

·         Last date for submission of abstracts (soft copy)       : 07 January 2014

·         Last date for submission of full paper (soft copy)      : 18 January 2014.

Authentic and unpublished papers will be published as a book with ISBN.

FORMAT FOR PAPERS

·         Title: Bold; Times New Roman, Paper size: A4, Font: 12, Double spaced.

·         Abstract: 200 words

·         Paper: 2000-2500 words

·         References should be as per the 7^th edition of MLA Handbook.

·         All texts cited should be listed in the Works Cited section at the end of the paper with proper bibliographic details. Also add ‘print’ for printed sources and website URL for e-citations.

Please E-mail your abstracts and papers to gcmengdpt@gmail.com or drdenny@gcmdy.org

FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND COMMUNICATION:

Seminar convener:    Dr. Denny Joseph

Asst. Professor and Head

Mobile: 09656346799.

Joint conveners:          Mr. Shibu K J, Asst. Professor. Ph: 9746826188

                                    Mr. Thomas V. L, Asst. Professor. Ph: 9447955360