From: SRATH <SRATH-AT-pilot.lsus.edu> Subject: CFP: Forum on Contemporary Theory 5th annual convention, 15-18 De Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 14:08:28 -0600 This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. 5th International Convention<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Forum on Contemporary Theory Shillong (India) 15-18 December, 2002 Call for Papers Theme: Constructing Identities: Local and Global 15-18 December, 2002 (15th December is for sightseeing) sponsored by Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda Shillong Regional Centre of the Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages of Hyderabad Louisiana State University in Shreveport, USA North-Eastern Hill University at Shillong. Submission Deadline: 500-word abstracts or proposals are due by August 1. Complete papers should be limited to 12 pages (20 minute reading time). A longer version of the paper may be submitted for publication in the Journal of Contemporary Thought. Registration Deadline: $175.00 due by September 5. All international delegates must be pre-registered. The registration fee includes the cost of room (double occupancy) and board for 5days/4nights (14-18). Checks should be made payable to "Forum on Contemporary Theory: Rath" and mailed to the address below. There shall be no refund after registration is confirmed. Contact Address: For information please contact Sura P. Rath Department of English, LSUS One University Place Shreveport, LA 71115 Ph: 318-797-5296 fax: 318-797-5290 In India: Professor P. C. Kar, Head Department of English Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda Baroda (INDIA Ph: 011-91-265-338067 fax: 011-91-265-335505 Local host: Professor K. C. Baral, , Director CIEFL, Northeast Campus Shillong INDIA 793 014 Phone: 011-91-364-231648/ 230755 (0) 011-91-364-520850/ 521147 (R) Fax: 011-91-364231648 e-mail: k.c.Baral-AT-neline.com <mailto:k.c.Baral-AT-neline.com> The conference theme, a continuation of the 2001 convention in Konark, addresses the tricky question of identity. In the context of globalization and changing demographic scenario of cultures as a result of constant movement of population from location to location, the question has acquired a new urgency and force. The process of globalization has not only unsettled people and cultures but has created new identities and affiliations in terms of both conflicts and collaborations. In the dialectic clash of interests between the local and the global a new kind of consciousness seems to have developed about the relative merits and weaknesses of both the identities. Sometimes what appears to be specific and local acquires the object of global desire, and what appears to be global circulates freely in the local market. In this kind of situation where the local and the global seem to overlap, the discursive articulation of the difference of identities becomes more intense. In multicultural societies the problem of identities occupies the center stage of the academic debate. The Convention will take into consideration the question of how identities are constructed, deployed, erased; how they merge with one another and form clusters; and how they are always already in a state of constant formation, deformation, and reformation. The location of the Convention in North East India where local identities are prominently invoked in any kind of debate about Indian culture will provide an appropriate site for addressing philosophically and conceptually such a problematic. The specific thrust of the Convention will be on identities, while the broad context in which the topic will be discussed involves globalization and multiculturalism. There will be two plenary sessions on: 1. Verrier Elwin, the distinguished anthropologist who wrote extensively on the tribes of the North East. His book A Philosophy for NEFA is cited as an excellent example of indigenous discourse coming out of an obscure tribal setting 2. Yaruingam (People's Rule) by the Assamese writer Birendra Bhattacharyya, available in English translation. The novel, set in Nagaland, deals with the question of identity in a fresh way Shillong, the capital city of Meghalaya, is a pleasant hill station at a height of 3,500 ft. from the sea level, about 100 kilometers from Guwahati. With its pine covered hills, green lakes, and colorful tribals, Shillong is one of India's largest hill stations. It can be reached from Guwahti, the capital of the state of Assam, which is connected by air with Delhi, Calcutta, and Bangkok, and by train. Travel time between Guwahati and Shillong is roughly 3 hours by road. .Taxis are available at Guwahati airport. In December the temperature in Shillong varies from 18 degress celsius to 20 degree celsius. The participants are advised to bring warm clothes with them. Guwahati is famous for Kamakshya temple. One can also visit Cherrapunjee, the wettest place on Earth (97 kms), and Kaziranga National Park (150 kms). Kaziranga is famous for the one-horned rhino. There will be a one-day sightseeing tour for the conference participants on December 15. Local organizers will meet international participants at Guwahati airport on December 14, and assist with local transportation. Those arriving by train will also be received at the station. Complete itinerary should be sent to the local organizer. -----Original Message----- From: "Waïl S. Hassan" [mailto:whassan-AT-ilstu.edu] Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 8:13 PM To: postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu Subject: CFP: Comparative (Post)colonialisms Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East seeks critical essays for a special issue entitled ³Comparative (Post)colonialisms: The Literary Issue.² We are interested in papers that explore comparative perspectives on postcolonial literature and theory, that critically examine the hegemony of colonial languages within postcolonial studies, and that investigate how postcolonial theory might be enriched, critiqued, nuanced, or exposed through the perspectives of non-colonial (indigenous or ³lesser taught²) languages, comparative literature, or area studies. How does the field of postcolonial studies as currently constituted in the academy contribute to the linguistic, cultural, or institutional dominance of English? What kinds of texts, discourses, or practices elude, or are repressed by, this framework? What ³blind spots² are revealed in postcolonial theory from the perspective of texts or traditions not in a colonizer¹s language? What ideological or strategic roles do specific languages play in texts, institutional contexts, politics, or history? Please submit essays of between 5,000 and 12,000 words (note and reference inclusive), formatted in Chicago style and using the Library of Congress Transliteration system, by September 15, 2002, either electronically to Waïl Hassan (whassan-AT-ilstu.edu) and Rebecca Saunders (rasaund-AT-ilstu.edu) or, in hardcopy to Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, Department of English, Box 4240, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790-4240.
HTML VERSION:
Call for Papers
15-18
December, 2002
(15th December is for sightseeing)
sponsored
by
Maharaja
Sayajirao University of Baroda
Shillong
Regional Centre of the Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages of
Hyderabad
Louisiana
State University in Shreveport, USA
North-Eastern Hill
University at Shillong.
Submission
Deadline: 500-word abstracts or proposals are due
by August 1. Complete papers should
be limited to 12 pages (20 minute reading time). A longer version of the paper may be
submitted for publication in the Journal of Contemporary Thought.
Registration
Deadline: $175.00 due by September 5. All international delegates must be
pre-registered. The registration
fee includes the cost of room (double occupancy) and board for 5days/4nights
(14-18). Checks should be made
payable to “Forum on Contemporary Theory: Rath” and mailed to the address
below. There shall be no refund
after registration is confirmed.
Contact Address: For information please
contact
Sura P. Rath
Department of English,
LSUS
One University
Place
Shreveport, LA
71115
Ph: 318-797-5296 fax: 318-797-5290
In
India:
Professor P. C. Kar,
Head
Department of
English
Maharaja Sayajirao
University of Baroda
Baroda
(INDIA
Ph: 011-91-265-338067 fax:
011-91-265-335505
Local
host:
Professor K. C. Baral, ,
Director
CIEFL, Northeast Campus
Shillong
INDIA 793 014
Phone:
011-91-364-231648/ 230755 (0)
011-91-364-520850/ 521147
(R)
Fax:
011-91-364231648 e-mail: k.c.Baral-AT-neline.com
The conference theme, a
continuation of the 2001 convention in Konark, addresses the tricky question of
identity. In the context of
globalization and changing demographic scenario of cultures as a result of
constant movement of population from
location to location, the question has acquired a new urgency and force.
The process of globalization has not only unsettled people and cultures but has created new identities
and affiliations in terms of both conflicts and collaborations. In the dialectic clash of interests
between the local and the global a new kind of consciousness seems to have
developed about the relative merits and weaknesses of both the identities. Sometimes what appears to be specific
and local acquires the object of
global desire, and what appears to be global circulates freely in the local
market. In this kind of situation
where the local and the global seem to overlap, the discursive articulation of
the difference of identities becomes more intense. In multicultural societies
the problem of identities occupies the center stage of the academic debate. The Convention will take into
consideration the question of how identities are constructed, deployed, erased;
how they merge with one another and form clusters; and how they are always
already in a state of constant formation, deformation, and reformation. The location of the Convention in North
East India where local identities are prominently invoked in any kind of debate
about Indian culture will provide an appropriate site for addressing
philosophically and conceptually such a problematic. The specific thrust of the
Convention will be on identities, while the broad context in which the topic
will be discussed involves globalization and multiculturalism.
There will be two plenary
sessions on:
Shillong, the capital city of Meghalaya, is a pleasant hill station at a height of 3,500 ft. from the sea level, about 100 kilometers from Guwahati. With its pine covered hills, green lakes, and colorful tribals, Shillong is one of India’s largest hill stations. It can be reached from Guwahti, the capital of the state of Assam, which is connected by air with Delhi, Calcutta, and Bangkok, and by train. Travel time between Guwahati and Shillong is roughly 3 hours by road. .Taxis are available at Guwahati airport. In December the temperature in Shillong varies from 18 degress celsius to 20 degree celsius. The participants are advised to bring warm clothes with them. Guwahati is famous for Kamakshya temple. One can also visit Cherrapunjee, the wettest place on Earth (97 kms), and Kaziranga National Park (150 kms). Kaziranga is famous for the one-horned rhino. There will be a one-day sightseeing tour for the conference participants on December 15.
Local organizers will meet international participants at Guwahati airport on December 14, and assist with local transportation. Those arriving by train will also be received at the station. Complete itinerary should be sent to the local organizer.
--- from list postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --------Original Message-----
From: "Wa=EFl S. Hassan" [mailto:whassan-AT-ilstu.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 8:13 PM
To: postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
Subject: CFP: Comparative (Post)colonialisms
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East seeks critical essays for a special issue entitled =B3Comparative (Post)colonialisms: The Literary Issue.=B2 We are interested in papers that explore comparative perspectives on postcolonial literature and theory, that critically examine the hegemony of colonial languages within postcolonial studies, and that investigate how postcolonial theory might be enriched, critiqued, nuanced, or exposed through the perspectives of non-colonial (indigenous or =B3lesser taught=B2) languages, comparative literature, or area studies. How does the field of postcolonial studies as currently constituted in the academy contribute to the linguistic, cultural, or institutional dominance of English? What kinds of texts, discourses, or practices elude, or are repressed by, this framework? What =B3blind spots=B2 are revealed in postcolonial theory from the perspective of texts or traditions not in a colonizer=B9s language? What ideological or strategic roles do specific languages play in texts, institutional contexts, politics, or history?
Please submit essays of between 5,000 and 12,000 words (note and reference inclusive), formatted in Chicago style and using the Library of Congress Transliteration system, by September 15, 2002, either electronically to Wa=EFl Hassan (whassan-AT-ilstu.edu) and Rebecca Saunders (rasaund-AT-ilstu.edu) or, in hardcopy to Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, Department of English, Box 4240, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790-4240.
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