UGC NATIONAL SEMINAR on EMERGING TRENDS IN INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH IN 21ST CENTURY - 21st & 22nd January, 2014.

Greetings!
       
Department of English, SRI DURGA MALLESWARA SIDDHARTHA MAHILA KALASALA,  VIJAYAWADA-520010, ANDHRA PRADESH, is organising a UGC NATIONAL SEMINAR on EMERGING TRENDS IN INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH IN 21ST CENTURY during 21st & 22nd January, 2014.

*Find enclosed the copy of the brochure.*

*Dates to remember*
Ø  Submission of Full Paper                    : 5 January, 2014
Ø  Date of Seminar                                 : 21 & 22  January, 2014.

*Registration fee :*                      
Ø  Rs. 200/- for Students (Submit proof)
Ø  Rs. 600/- for Academicians/faculty/research scholars
Ø  Rs.700/- for women participants with accommodation(limited rooms available in women’s hostel)

*Contact*
Ø  Organizing Secretary
            MRS M. NALINI, M.A, M.Phil, D.P.M.
            Head, Dept of English & Seminar Director
            Sri Durga Malleswara Siddhartha Mahila Kalasala
            VIJAYAWADA - 520 010. AP-INDIA.
            Mobile: 09908244356
            E-mail: nalinim61@gmail.com

Courtesy: Dr Somanchi Sai Kumar

Hyderabad Literary Festival 2014 - Department of Tourism, Government of Andhra Pradesh - 24,25,26 January 2014

About 

Hyderabad Literary Festival 2014 is organized by "Hyderabad Literary Trust" in association with the Department of Tourism, Government of Andhra Pradesh, and with the support of several academic, literary, cultural organizations and publishing houses.  Started in 2010, HLF has received excellent response from writers, readers, publishers, and the media. HLF is a multi-lingual event and one of its distinctive features is the strong accent on writing in the Indian languages. 

Guest Nation Inviting a foreign country to showcase its literature and culture was a feature added to the Festival in 2012. Germany was the 'Guest Nation' at HLF 2012, and France at HLF 2013. At HLF 2014, Ireland will be the 'Guest Nation'. Besides, three eminent writers from Singapore will be participating in HLF 2014. 
Indian Language in Focus Paying special attention to the writing in one Indian language at each edition of the festival was a feature introduced at HLF 2013. Telugu was the language in focus at HLF 2013, and it will be Hindi at HLF 2014. 
Other Highlights Special events for college students and school children Workshops on Haiku, Creative Writing, Theatre Book Launches, Bookfair

Venue 'Literary Street', Rd No 8, Banjara Hills. Events will take place at Ashiana (near Kalpa School), Saptaparni, Kalakriti Art Gallery, and Lamakaan. 
Admission Admission to all sessions is FREE. 
Broader Objectives of the Festival

• To highlight the rich cultural legacy of Hyderabad and promote the city as a focal point of new creative energy.
• To promote and further the cause of Indian literature in Indian languages and in English.
• To bring into focus the need for an active interaction among local, national, and foreign languages and cultures.
• To create a platform for artistes from different creative fields to interact with each other and share their work among themselves and with their readers/audiences.
• To provide and an opportunity for young and aspiring writers to interact with publishers.

Contact: 

"Hyderabad Literary Trust"

38, Malani Enclave, 

Trimulgherry

SECUNDERABAD 500015

hydlitfest@gmail.com

Web: http://www.hyderabadliteraryfestival.com/about.asp

Courtesy: Dr Somanchi Sai Kumar

National Workshop on SOFT SKILLS - ENDUING TRAINERS - Andhra University College of Engineering (A) - 9th JANUARY, 2014

Greetings!

      Department of Humanities & Social Sciences, Andhra University College of Engineering (A), ANDHRA UNIVERSITY, Visakhapatnam – 530 003, Andhra Pradesh, India, is organising a National Workshop on SOFT SKILLS - ENDUING TRAINERS, on  9th JANUARY, 2014.

*Find enclosed the copy of the brochure.*

*REGISTRATION FEE*

Research Scholars : Rs.400

Faculty : Rs.700

Participants from Industry : Rs.1000

*CONTACT*

Dr. A. R. N. Hanuman

Assistant Professor of English

Department of Humanities & Social Sciences

Andhra University College of Engineering (A)

ANDHRA UNIVERSITY

Visakhapatnam – 530 003

Andhra Pradesh, India

Email: alapati.dr@gmail.com

dralapatis@yahoo.co.uk

Phone: +91 9603168881

Courtesy:  Dr Somanchi Sai Kumar

CFP: ‘The Futures of American Studies’: University of Delhi: 3-5 March 2014

CFP: ‘The Futures of American Studies’

Department of English, University of Delhi: 3-5 March 2014

American Studies has, since its formal inception in 1951 via the American Studies Association in the US, been both a seemingly monolithic field of study and a contested space. In its initial and almost exclusively literary avatar the objects of study and analysis were unequivocally white, Anglo-Saxon, and male and F.O. Matthiessen’s American Renaissance was a primary, influential example of this focus. This neo-formalist trend of criticism – the ‘myth and symbol school’ – yielded a rich body of textual readings from R.W.B. Lewis’s The American Adam (1955) to A.N. Kaul’s The American Vision. Subsequently, however, there were interventions that highlighted African American, women, ethnic minority perspectives and historicized the idea of ‘America’ and being American in ways that Matthiessen and his followers conveniently erased. For instance, frontier myths have been complicated by the works of feminist historians such as June Namias (White Captives: Gender and Ethnicity on the American Frontier) or Jo Ella Powell Exley (Frontier Blood) moving away from the Virgin Land paradigm of Henry Nash Smith. Contemporary American Studies is conscious of the hegemonic import of the field descriptor whereby ‘American’ was/is the United States, rather than a bi-continental term problematic in South America as well as amongst US neighbours in the North.

This conference hopes to consider trajectories within the disciplinary domains of AS and revolutionary work being done in interdisciplinary and ‘transnational’ American Studies, ranging from literature, film, music, to history, foreign policy, diaspora studies, and more. Meditations on the futures of AS will hopefully highlight the conceptual fluidity of the term as well as the possibilities arising therein.

Topics for discussion include but are not limited to the following:

1. “What, then, is this American, the new man?”
2. The idea of ‘America’
3. ‘Democracy’ in America, its contents and discontents
4. Multiculturalism in America; immigration in law, politics, popular culture
5. Of the ethnic and the mainstream in American culture; mainstreaming the ethnic
6. Elite culture v popular culture in America
7. The ‘Sixties’ in America: Years of Hope, Years of Rage
8. The decline and disappearance of the American Hero
9. Wars and the making of America: Indian Massacres, the Civil War, World Wars, Korean War, Vietnam, the ‘War on Terror’
10. America’s ‘manifest destiny’ from its ‘discovery’ to date
11. America and the postcolonial
12. Inter-textuality and American cultural production
13. American Studies in India
14. American Studies and the Americas
15. The African-American presence in American, history, culture and literature
16. Hollywood
17. TV (Mad Men, Wire, The Daily Show etc.)
18. The Frontier: Native Americans, women, captivity narratives
19. ‘The boomerang effect’: incarceration in the US

Abstracts of not more than 300 words for papers of about twenty minutes duration are invited. The proposals may be mailed directly to the conference e-mail address amstuddu@gmail.com by 31 December 2013. Please indicate academic affiliation and whether you require any AV equipment for your presentation.

The Conference Committee regrets that, apart from specially invited speakers, travel expenses and board and lodging will not be paid for.

Courtesy:  Dr Somanchi Sai Kumar

Three-day International Conference on Commonwealth Literature - Osmania University - 3 to 5 February 2014

Greetings!
      Indian Society for Commonwealth Studies in collaboration with Osmania University Centre for International Conferences (OUCIP), is organising a Three-day International Conference on Commonwealth Literature, during 3-5 February 2014.

*Find enclosed the copy of the brochure.*

*Important Dates*

Abstract Submission                               :  Contact the organizers

Registration Fee                                      : 10 January 2014

*Registration fee :*                    
US$ 300 (includes Conference fee, membership, Conference Kit, all foods including Conference dinner, The Commonwealth Review subscription, sightseeing trip, four nights accommodation). 
Fee for a couple US$ 400


*Contact*

Secretary, ISCS:         iscstudies@gmail.com

Dr. R.K. Dhawan:       rkdhawan@gmail.com

Dr. Suman Bala:          balasuman@yahoo.com

Dr. Jagdish Batra:       drjagdishbatra@gmail.com

Courtesy: Dr Somanchi Sai Kumar

Modern Drama in Tamil

வியாபாரமாயணம் நவீன நாடகம்

பேராசிரியர் மு.இராமசாமி அவர்களின் இயக்கத்தில் நவீன நாடகம் ’வியாபாரமாயணம்’ 

11/12/2013 மாலை 6.00 மணிக்கு பிஷப் ஹீபர் கல்லூரி-யில் நடைபெற உள்ளது.

நடிப்பு : மு.இராமசாமி ; ஆனந்த்சாமி

இசை: நெல்லை மணிகண்டன்

நெறியாள்கை : ராஜிவ்கிருஷ்ணன்

எழுத்தாக்கம் : மு.இராமசாமி

நிகழ்ச்சி ஒருங்கிணைப்பு:  சாம் கிதியோன் 

அனைவரும் வருக. கலை அமுதம் பருக.

Publication - An International Literary Journal (LLILJ ) - (Spring issue 2014)

Lapis Lazuli- An International Literary Journal (LLILJ )

(Spring issue 2014)

Lapis Lazuli- An International Literary Journal (LLILJ ) is going to publish a Special Issue on LITERARY THEORY AND ITS APPLICATION TO TEXTS.  We encourage authors to submit original scholarly and innovative research papers on the following concept note:

Theory, since its advent, has bedazzled and bewildered many scholars and beginners alike. Traversing the jargon-ridden illuminated territories of Theory remains the eternal quest of every researcher worth his/her merit in the contemporary era. According to Peter Barry, while the 1980′s was thought to be the ‘moment’ of Theory, generating a barrage of books like After Theory, Post Theory and so on in the 1990′s, Theory has proliferated far and beyond from its roots with sustained explorations in the constantly overlapping manifestations of Theory in Inter-disciplinary studies. Prafulla C. Kar talks of how Theory wound its way through the radical period of the 60′s and 70′s and went on to occupy a distinguished niche in the academia in the 80′s and 90′s. thereafter, the flow of Theory seemed to initiate a new kind of dialogue on various issues which had once held the sway in literary and cultural studies, notes Kar.

It can be claimed beyond any scope of argument that literary theory has irrevocably transformed the way in which we produce, distribute and consume literature. Raman Seldon makes a significant observation in this context where he says that while the radical outburst of critical theory has been given a reactionary and philistine response apropos the open challenge of new ideas that it ushers in and at the same time, constructive and genuine engagements with theory have sprung forth in trying to negotiate the question of how to best assimilate and make use of especially such theories as are difficult to comprehend and complex to apply.

Pramod K. Nayar defines literary theory as organized, systematized analysis of literary texts, the institution of Literature and a reflection on the interpretative strategies ‘applied’ to these texts; and cultural theory as moving beyond literary texts studying art forms, films, the super hero comic book, sports, fashion etc– all of which are cultural practices including of course, Literature.

It is from this premise that we invite papers for the Spring issue 2014 of Lapis Lazuli with special emphasis on LITERARY THEORY AND ITS APPLICATION TO TEXTS.  Some of the major theoretical movements and schools of thought could be as under-

• Structuralism
• Post-structuralism
• Deconstuction
• Post-modernism
• Psychoanalytic Criticism
• Feminist Criticism
• Marxist Criticism
• New Historicism
• Cultural Materialism
• Queer Theory
• Post-Feminist Criticism
• Post-colonial Studies
• Critical Race Studies
• Ecocriticism
• Gynocriticism
• Technocriticism.

Contact e-mail: lapislazulijournal@gmail.com

Guest Editor- Khem Raj Sharma
Dept. of English & European Languages
The Central University of Himachal Pradesh

Please visit http://www.pintersociety.com for submission guidelines.

SPRING ISSUE of Lapis Lazuli -An International Literary Journal (LLILJ) the last date for submission is 28 Feb, 2014.

tiNai Ecofilm Festival 2014

Greetings from tiNai Ecofilm Festival 2014.

As you know, Birla Institute of Technology and Science-Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa Campus is organising tiNai Ecofilm Festival on 31 January and 01 February 2014. 

The last date for registration is 15 December 2013.

For more details, check our website: www.teff.in

Kindly encourage your students/colleagues/friends to participate along with you in this unique festival which brings together academics and film industry.

Looking forward to meeting you at Goa.

Warm Regards,

Dr. Rayson K. Alex

tiNai Ecofilm Festival Founder and Co-Director

Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

BITS-Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa Campus

Goa.

National Conference on Socio-Cultural Redemption: Comparative Literature - Vasavi College, Erode - 1 February 2014.

Greetings!
       
The Department of  English, Vasavi College, Erode, Tamilnadu, is organising a National Conference on Socio-Cultural Redemption: Comparative Literature, on 1 February 2014.

*Find enclosed the copy of the brochure.*

*Dates to remember*
Ø  Submission of Full Paper                    : contact the organizers, since they have extended the time.
Ø  Date of Seminar                                 : 01 February 2014

*Registration fee :*                      
Ø  Presentation and Publication              : Rs. 500/-


*Contact*
Ø  Organizing Secretary
             Prof. K.A. Agalya        
             09842737323
             srivasavicollge@gmail.com

Courtesy: Mr. Elumalai

International Seminar on Women Novelists in English - VHNSN, TN - 24-01-2014

Greetings!
         
The Research Centre of  English, Viruthunagar Hindu Nadar Senthilkumara Nadar College, Viruthunagar, Tamilnadu, is organising an International Seminar on Women Novelists in English, on 24 January 2014.

*Find enclosed the copy of the brochure.*

*Dates to remember*
Ø  Submission of Full Paper                    : 28 December 2013
Ø  Date of Seminar                                 : 24 January 2014

*Registration fee :*                        
Ø  Presentation and Publication              : Rs. 1500/-
Ø  Presentation Only                             : Rs. 600/-


*Contact*
Ø  Organizing Secretary
             Dr. J. Samuel Kirubakar          
             09842161184
             samuelkirubakar@yahoo.in

Publish in "Research Scholar" – An International Refereed Journal on Literary Explorations (ISSN: 2320-2101)

Research Scholar

Research Scholar: An International Refereed e-Journal of Literary Explorations

(ISSN: 2320-6101 )

http://www.researchscholar.co.in/

Call for Papers

Dear All,

I am glad to inform you that Authentic, scholarly and unpublished research articles, essays, short story, poetry, book review, interviews of English Literature are invited from scholars/ faculty/ researchers/ writers/ professors from all over the world for Research Scholar – An International Refereed Journal on Literary Explorations (ISSN: 2320-2101).

Last date of Submission: - 5 February 2014

 For more please visit: -   http://www.researchscholar.co.in/ 

 Dr. Jitendra  Arolia

Department of English
Govt. Girls College,
Morena (M.P.) India 476 001
Mob:- +91-9926223649

Editor-In-Chief 
Research Scholar- An International Refereed e-Journal of Literary
Explorations  (ISSN - 2320-6101) (Online Journal)

For More Details Please visit
www.researchscholar.co.in

https://www.facebook.com/RSIRJLE

http://www.facebook.com/jitendra.arolia

National Seminar - Anna University, Chennai - March 7 & 8, 2014.

Greetings!
             Department of English, Anna University, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India  is organising a National Seminar on "English for Specific Purposes" , during March 7 & 8, 2014.

*Find enclosed the copy of the Seminar Flyer.*
*Selected papers will be published with ISBN No.*

*Dates to remember*
Ø  Last date for Paper                         : 30-01-2014

Ø  Intimation of Abstracts                    : 05-02-2014
Ø  Last date for registering                   : 15-02-2014
Ø  Date of Seminar                              : 07&08-03-2014

*Registration fee :*                              
Ø  Deligates                                        : Rs. 1000/-

*Contact*

Ø     Convenor, 
         Phone: +91-44-22358726,
         

Courtesy: Dr. Mythili Selva

NIT - Three Day Workshop on *Global Trends and Issues in English Language Teaching: Challenges and Opportunities* - 24 to 26-01-2014.

Greetings!
             The Department of Humanities, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu, is organising a Three Day Workshop on *Global Trends and Issues in English Language Teaching: Challenges and Opportunities*, during 24 to 26-01-2014.
*Find enclosed the copy of the brochure.*

*Dates to remember*
Ø  Last Date for receiving Applications     :    08-01-2014
Ø  Intimation of Acceptance                      :   10-01-2014
Ø  Date of Workshop                               :   24 to 26-01-2014

*Registration fee details:*
Ø  Teaching Faculty       -      Rs. 1.200/-
Ø  Research Scholars    -      Rs. 800/-

*Contact*
Ø  Dr. Sathyaraj Venkatesan

Courtesy: Dr. Mythili Selva

International Conference on "Postcolonial Voices in South-Asian Literatures and Cinema" - Garden City College, Bangalore - 7&8 Feb 2014

Greetings!
             Department of Languages, Garden City College, Bangalore, India  is organising an International Seminar on "Postcolonial Voices in South-Asian Literatures and Cinema" , during February 27 & 28, 2014.

*Find enclosed the copy of the Seminar Flyer.*

*Dates to remember*
Ø  Last date for Abstract                     : 30-11-2013

Ø  Intimation of Abstracts                    : 02-12-2013
Ø  Last date for registering                   : 22-12-2013
Ø  Date of Seminar                              : 07&08-02-2014*Registration fee :*                              
Ø  Deligates (With Accommodation)      : Rs. 1600/-
Ø  Deligates (Without Accommodation) : Rs. 600/-
Ø  Scholars (With Accommodation)      : Rs. 1200/-
Ø  Scholars(With Accommodation)       : Rs. 500/-


*Contact*

Ø     Dr. Payel Dutta Chowdhury
         Convenor, ENGCONF2014 
         Professor & Course Coordinator, Department of Languages
         Phone: +91-9243750059, +91-9663376800, 080-66487651
         Mail ID: gccengconf@gardencitycollege.edu 

              

Courtesy: Dr. Somanchi Sai Kumar 

National Seminar "Mayabazar" Re-viewing 100 years of Indian cinemas - 19&20 February 2013 - Christ University

Concept Note
Cinematic texts are as diverse as the print texts. The language of cinema is different from the language of words with its own grammar and with its own materiality. Indian cinema, our cultural idiom is 100 years old. To mark this milestone, the Department of English at Christ University is organizing a National Seminar, Mayabazaar: Re-viewing 100 years of Indian cinemas on February 19 and 20 in 2014.
Indian cinema has a rich cultural history which remains to-date unparalleled. Dadasaheb Phalke’s Raja Hairshchandra (1913) inaugurated the Celluloid in India and has reached Digital cinema which looks like the promising candidate of the future. The Seminar will track and critique this momentous journey of Indian cinema, from Celluloid to Digital cinema. It intends to provide the participants with an opportunity to celebrate assimilate and re-view the rich, dynamic history of Indian cinema.
The Seminar will help participants explore and understand the emerging concerns, the potent areas of research and the varied perspectives that have made inroads into Indian Film Studies. Plurality, multiplicity and heterogeneity are the hallmarks of ‘Indian Cinemas’, and the seminar attempts to undertake both an exploration and an interrogation of the cultural politics embedded in the text.
The Seminar intends to bring together eminent film artistes, filmmakers, critics, academicians and students to the same platform from across the country. A series of Pre-Seminar activities will lead to the grand finale, the National Seminar in February 2014. The Seminar will be a great opportunity to celebrate, participate, discuss and learn the glorious 100 years of Indian cinema.

Call For Papers
Topics
Celluloid to Digital - Demystification of cinema
Visual Sensibility and Spectatorship
Censorship
Literature and Cinema – Bridging the Gap
Cinematographer as co-author
Web Television
De-colouration of Film Festivals
Script Bank and Copyrights
Campus Films and Media Schools
A new Masters Breed
Mushrooming multiplex culture
Resurgence of regional cinema
Experimenting with themes, narratives, genres, acting and techniques
Stereotypes – Representations or misrepresentations
Changing identities
Period Films- Research and creative license
Product advertising and Film Merchandise
Documentary - Reframing Reality
Socio-cultural histories and imaginaries

Format
Note: If the article violates any of the below mentioned guidelines, it will not be considered for publishing
Paper Size: A4
Font and Size: Times New Roman 12
Spacing: 1.5 Line space
Margin of 1 inch on all four sides.
Title of paper: Bold, Title Case (Capitalize each Word), Centered
Text of the Paper: Justified
Font and Size: Times New Roman 12
References: Please follow MLA style sheet strictly (7th edition).
Use only End notes and Works Cited.
Do not use foot notes and avoid use of numerical as used in Chicago style.
Articles should be submitted as MS-WORD 97-2003 attachments only.
The paper should be within 3500-4000 words.
Select papers will be considered for post-conference publication with ISBN number. The time limit for individual presentation will be mailed by 17th January 2014. The time limit will be strictly followed.
Attach a brief resume highlighting academic achievements and research publication and projects undertaken or completed, to be published under “About the Contributors” section of the book.
The papers are expected to contribute the serious academic work contributing new knowledge or critical perspective on the thematic focus of the seminar.

Picture
Attach the pictures, if required, not at the end of the paper but in the text itself.
The size of the pictures should not be less than 5”/6” for art plates and around 4”/4” for chart, maps etc.
For art plates full citation of the date of production, original size, region of origin, school of painting if any, and the name of the collector/museum is mandatory.
If they are photographed, a high resolution camera is advised otherwise they will be unfit for printing. They ought to be scanned from albums etc

Abstract
Kindly include an abstract at the beginning of the article in about 150 - 250 words

Keywords
Please give at least seven key words after the Abstract (along with complete information regarding the work and source at the end note section).

Date of submission of Abstract
Abstracts by 1 November 2013.
Approval of abstracts by 15 November 2013.
The Full Paper must reach by:
First Draft: 1 December 2013.
Final paper: 1 January 2014.
**No paper received after this date can be considered for publication even though the presenter will be allowed to present the paper during the National Seminar.**

If you have PowerPoint presentation, or need to display pictures/clippings etc. please mail them by 15th January 2014.

Instructions::
The competition is open to all the Deaneries and other colleges
Duration of 10 minutes
The last line should be the Punch line
An animal or insect is a mandatory character. The rest they can choose.
The teams are expected to submit the script along with the CD of the film
Appropriate costumes, props, music and settings can be used
No profanity or obscenity. Decorum of Christ University has to be maintained.
Negative marking will be there if they fail to obey the rules
There will be prizes for Best Direction, Best Script and Best Film

Deadlines
Submission of Abstract                              1 November 2013
Word limit                                                 150 – 250 words
Approval of Abstract                                 15 November 2013
Submission of the first draft of the paper     1 December 2013
Last date to submit the final paper              10 January 2014

Registration 

Visit http://www.christuniversity.in/mayabazaar/

Contact US

Bhavani. S 

bhavani.sanjeeviraja@christuniversity.in

Mob: 9538350488

Dr.Arya Aiyappan

arya.aiyappan@christuniversity.in 

Mob: 9886656335

International Conference on "Bollywood and Its Other(s)" - Australia - 20-21 February 2014

International Conference on

                Bollywood and Its Other(s)

                20-21^st February 2014, School of Design, Communication and IT, University of Newcastle, Australia

CALL FOR PAPERS

This is an invitation to submit papers for the Bollywood and its Other(s) conference.

All accepted Papers will be published in conference proceedings.

Bollywood, with aesthetics of its own, is a veritable storehouse of material that can be read in as many ways as possible. As a genre that has grown and developed over a period of 100 years, it is coloured by India’s history, politics, socio-economic conditions, culture, sensibilities, dreams, fantasies, hopes and expectations. It is a globalized cultural industry, cinema of attractions and the most fascinating film industry of the world packaged with romance, melodrama, action, costumes, songs and dance extravaganzas. 

In this conference we would like to trace the various “other(s)” of Bollywood, the globalized culture industry that has successfully transcended the confines of India, urging scholars to discuss its global histories. While the history of the industry before the widely debated economic liberalization was that of an ongoing confrontation with the state, it has become a part of Indian state’s cultural diplomacy after the liberalization. Our conference will challenge this normative mode, bringing out the ruptures prevalent in the mainstream history, of cinema as well as of the state.

This conference will concern itself with the possibility of writing alternative histories of the industry. Critical examination of the alternative histories of the national popular industry would help us to look critically at the alternative histories of the nation as well. The aim and objective of the conference is to re-evaluate the standard received versions of cinematic history, the developmentalist narrative situated in a linear historical time and to re-think various formations in the industry which have achieved normative status. Possible issues include, but are not limited to, the following:

1.       Alternative historiography;

2.       History beyond the nation-state paradigm;

3.       Bollywood’s representation of Indian other(s) i.e. religious and ethnic minorities, indigenous population, Kashmir and its people, people belonging to the North-Eastern Hill states;

4.       Bollywood as alter(normative), sexuality, queer issues, women in Bollywood, movie vamps, item numbers, soft porn;

5.       Bollywood song, dance and music.

6.       Bollywood stars and their representations.

7.       Bollywood’s marginal genres, the horror film, the science fiction film;

8.       Bollywood vis-à-vis other industries, especially the South Indian industries and the linguistic identity politics; and

9.       Alternative/arthouse/avant-garde cinema in Hindi vis-à-vis Bollywood.

Kindly send your 250 words abstract along with 100 words biographical notes to Dr Vikrant Kishore:vikrant.kishore@newcastle.edu.au, Dr Susan Kerrigan: Susan.Kerrigan@newcastle.edu.au or Dr Amit Sarwal: amit.sarwal@deakin.edu.au by 24^th December 2013.

Convenors: Dr Vikrant Kishore, Dr. Susan Kerrigan (University of Newcastle) and Dr Amit Sarwal (Deakin University)

Coordinator: Parichay Patra (Monash University)

Conference Session Format:

• Individual Paper Presentation (20 mins) + 10 minutes Q&A Session
• Panel Discussions (3 member panels to be formed, each member will have 10 minutes to present and after the presentations 20 minutes for Q&A and discussions)
• Round Table Session: Two round table sessions will be conducted where practitioners from the media industry will participate.
• Film Screening: Two Bollywood films will be screened on the eve of the conference and a skype interaction with a Bollywood Actor/Director from Mumbai.

Tentative Conference plan:

20^th February: 6pm onwards Bollywood Film Screening followed by a discussion. Dinner reception.

21^st February: 8:30-9am-Registration, 9:00 am: Official Welcome, 9:45am onwards: Paper presentations and discussions.

Abstracts submission:

• Max 250 words Abstract
• submitted by emailing: Dr Vikrant Kishore: vikrant.kishore@newcastle.edu.au, Dr Susan Kerrigan: Susan.Kerrigan@newcastle.edu.au or Dr Amit Sarwal: amit.sarwal@deakin.edu.au
• Submission deadline: 24^th December 2013
• All abstracts will be peer-reviewed prior to acceptance
• A Full Paper pro-forma will be emailed to all Authors upon acceptance of abstracts
• Full Papers will be limited to 4,000 words in length
• Full paper submission is required by 5th February 2014

-- 

Dr Amit Sarwal

Convenor, AIIRN

E-mail: aiirn.india@gmail.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aiirn

Google Groups: aiirn@googlegroups.com

Website: https://sites.google.com/site/aiirnindia

UGC National Seminar - The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara - 17 and 18 January 2014

Greetings!
       
Department of English, Faculty of Arts, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara-2 is organising an UGC Sponsored National Seminar on ‘The Politics and Postcolonial Discourse of Chinua Achebe’ to be held on the 17 and 18 January 2014.

*Find enclosed the copy of the Concept Note.*

*Dates to remember*
Ø  Submission of abstracts                      : 15 November 2013
Ø  Notification of acceptance                  : 25 November 2013
Ø  Date of Seminar                                 : 17&18 January 2014

*Contact*
Ø  Convener & Coordinator
             Dr. Rajan J. Barrett    
             rajanbarrett@yahoo.co.in

Courtesy: Dr Somanchi Sai Kumar 

58th All India English Teachers' Conference on "New Dimensions in English Studies" - 27-29 December 2013 - Andra University

Greetings!
         
Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, in association with  AESI (Association for English Studies of India) is organising the 58th All India English Teachers' Conference on "New Dimensions in English Studies" on 27, 28 & 29 December 2013.

*Find enclosed the copy of the brochure.*

*Dates to remember*
Ø  Submission of abstracts                      : 20 November 2013
Ø  Submission of Full Paper                    : 30 November 2013
Ø  Date of Seminar                                 :  27, 28 & 29 January 2014

*Registration fee :*                                 (With/Without Accommodation)
                                                               on or before 30-11-2013  Spot Registration
Ø  Life Members                                     Rs. 2100/1400                  Rs. 2300/1600
Ø  Annual Members                                Rs. 2350 (2100+250)         
Ø  Research Scholars & Students            Rs. 1500/1000                  Rs. 1600/1100


*Contact*
Ø  Organizing Secretary
             Prof. T. Narayana        
             09393104277/0891-2504872/0891-2844334
             narayana_t123@rediffmail.com
             head_english@rediffmail.com

http://www.andhrauniversity.edu.in/events/58th-All-India-English-Teachers-Conference-18102013.pdf

Courtesy:  Dr Somanchi Sai Kumar

International Conference on English Studies (ICES) - Vijayawada, AP - 22,23 November, 2013

ICES 2013 (22,23 November, 2013)
 International Conference on English Studies (ICES) is one of the largest conference in the English Studies. It is held every year under the encouragement of the RPM Research & Educational Society.
 The Conference is designed with Special Invited Research Lectures, Paper-Presentations and Poster Presentations. Each International Conference on English Studies (ICES) is honoured by bringing peer reviewed English Studies International Research Journal issues with ISSN 2347-3479 with all Peer Reviewed Conference Accepted Papers intended to reflect the pioneering state of the English Studies research.
 The Organizers will also arrange special events such as non-technical talks connected with promotion of researchin English Studies as well as cultural programmes & ecotourism.

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS 
Participants intending to present papers before the Conference are requested to submit soft copy of the Full papers (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

englishconfernce@yahoo.com

REVISED IMPORTANT DATES
Journal will be provided in Conference itself

Abstracts, Preferable Full Papers Submission deadline                       31 October  2013
Notification of acceptance (After review)                                           06 November  2013
Journal Format Paper Submission deadline                                         11 November 2013
Payment of Registration fee deadline                                                  11 November 2013
(Abstract  will not appear in the Int Proceedings  if registration fee is done after this date)
Date of the Conference                                                                      22,23 November, 2013

REGISTRATION DETAILS
 (Includes Copy of International Research Journal, Conference Kit, Cost of Lunches, Dinner, Refreshments & Ecotourism)
Category Per Individual                                 Indian Participant
Students                                                        Rs. 2500/-
Scholars                                                        Rs. 3000/-
Academicians & Industry Participants            Rs. 3000/-
Co-Author                                                    Rs. 2000/-
For Extra Copy of Journal                             Rs. 500/-
Accompanying Person / Family member         Rs. 1500/-

ACCOMMODATION
Vijayawada is well connected by air, rail & road transport form all parts of India and covers very wide range of hotels and other accommodation facilities to suit every budget. Apart from hotels, there are a large number of guest houses and lodges that provide accommodations at very competitive rates. Registered participants of the Conference are advised to contact the hotels, guest houses, and lodges directly and book their accommodation, however in case of any difficulty we can assist on your prior request.

CONTACT
RPMRES.
Vijayawada,
Andhra Pradesh
India
englishconfernce@yahoo.com
Tel: +91 - 953 - 342 - 1234
http://englishconfernce.wix.com/ices2013

Courtesy: Dr Somanchi Sai Kumar

Sri Venkateswara University Tirupathi - International Conference on Cultural Spaces: Canada and India - 27-29 Jan 2014

Greetings!
           
Department of  English, Sri Venkateswara University Tirupathi in association with IACS (Indian Association for Canadian Studies) is organising a Three-Day International Seminar on Cultural Spaces: Canada and India , on 27, 28 & 29 January 2014.

*Find enclosed the copy of the brochure.*

*Dates to remember*
Ø  Submission of abstracts                      : 30 November 2013
Ø  Submission of Full Paper                    : 30 December 2013
Ø  Date of Seminar                                 :  27, 28 & 29 January 2014

*Registration fee :*                          
Ø  Members                                          : Rs. 1000/-
Ø  Non-members                                  : Rs. 1500/-


*Contact*
Ø  Organizing Secretary
             Prof. G.M.Sundaravalli            
             09849043834
             miriam_sundaravalli@yahoo.co.in
             svuiacsic2014@gmail.com

Courtesy: Dr Somanchi Sai Kumar

International Seminar on ELT- Methods and Challenges VHNSN

Dear Professors / Scholars/Students

Warm greetings!

We are pleased to inform you that we are conducting an International Seminar on English Language Teaching: Methods and Challenges on Friday 20^thSeptember, 2013. We deem it our privilege to invite you to the seminar and present paper in it.
Herewith, we have attached a copy of the invitation with registration form.

Faculty Members, Research Scholars and Students can participate/present paper in the seminar

Registration Fee

SPOT REGISTRATION

Students                        Rs. 300

Research Scholars       Rs 500

Faulty Members            Rs 600

(Includes Lunch, Tea, Certificate and Seminar Kit)

(kindly see the attachment ).

We look forward to hear from you at the earliest.

Kindly circulate / forward this invitation among your Colleagues/ Research Scholars.

Kindly note the following instructions:

·     LCD projectors are available for presentation. However, bring hard copy of your presentation as a backup in case there is power failure.

·          Each presenter will be given 5 to 8 minutes for presentation followed by a discussion

With Cheers

Dr. J. Samuelkirubahar M. A. M. Phil. Ph. D. B. Ed.     

 Member - Academic Council

Research Co - ordinator (Arts)

Editor: College Sadhana                              

Associate Professor                                                                      

Research Centre in English                                                      
VHNSN College(Autonomous)

Re-accredited with 'A' grade by NAAC         

Virudhunagar - 626001                                                               

Tamil Nadu