Department of English, School of Humanities,
Pondicherry
University, Pondicherry, India
in
Collaboration with
Guild of Indian English Writers,
Editors and Critics
(GIEWEC),
H.Q. at Thodupuzha East, Kerala,
India
National Seminar
on
Indian
Literatures in English:
New
Directions, Newer Possibilities
at Pondicherry Central University, Pondicherry, India
on
20th and 21st March2014 (Thursday and Friday)
Call
for Critical Papers and Poems for the Festival
The two
day festival will have six sessions, consisting of paper presentations, poetry
reading and Panel Discussion(s). Original and unpublished critical papers on
the topic “Indian Literatures in English: New Directions, Newer
Possibilities” (critically
examined under its various aspects like Nature, Environment, Science, Myth,
Ethos, Nationalism, Patriotism, Politics, Ethics, Philosophy of life, Social
Consciousness, Urban and Rural Sensibilities, Anxieties and Agonies, Erosion of
Values, Women, Sex, Sensuousness, Sexism, Ageism, Child Labour, Superstitions,
Patriarchy, Tyranny, Cruelty to Women, Children and Animals etc.) are invited
for presentations in the different parallel sessions of the two day festival.
The critical studies shall be on all genres of contemporary Indian literature
in English.
Deadline for Submissions
·
Abstracts of original and unpublished
papers in 150 words with name, address, brief bio-data, a passport size
photograph and phone number should be sent to Dr. K. V. Dominic, Secretary of
GIEWEC (email: prof.kvdominic@gmail.com) by
email attached Word file before 25 January 2014. The acceptability will be
intimated within two days. Full papers should not exceed 2000 words and should
be sent by e-mail after the registration.
·
Paper presenters will be given ten
minutes for their presentation and three minutes for interaction.
·
The poets will be given upto ten minutes
for reading their poems and three minutes for interaction. Two unpublished
short poems of not more than twenty lines each and a passport size photograph
of the poet with full address, brief bio-data and phone number should be sent
to the Secretary by email before 25 January 2014. The acceptability will be intimated within
two days.
·
Registration fee for outstation
participants is Rs. 1000 and for local participants Rs. 500. The fee shall be
paid through DD and it shall be sent to the Treasurer, Dr. K. Reshmi, Department of English, School of Humanities, Pondicherry
University, Puducherry – 605 014 (Email: reshmi_krishnan03@yahoo.co.in
Phone: 0413-2654344) along with the photo copy of the
registration form duly filled. Scanned copy of the DD and the filled up
registration form shall be sent by email to Dr. K. V. Dominic, Secretary,
GIEWEC, along with the abstract/poems, bio data, passport size photograph etc.
·
Writers (both critics and poets) who are
accepted can reserve their confirmed train/flight tickets by online two months
early.
Registration Form for the
Festival Participation
(Photo copy of the duly filled
form is to be sent along with the DD by Speed Post to Dr. K. Reshmi, Department of English, School of Humanities, Pondicherry
University, Puducherry – 605 014, before 31th January 2014.
Simultaneously, scanned copy of the DD and the Registration form should be sent
by e-mail to Dr. K. V. Dominic, Secretary, GIEWEC along with abstract/poems,
bio-data, passport size photograph etc.)
Name of the Participant: ……………………………………………………………….…………..
Address of the participant with e-mail
address and phone number: …...………………………………………………………………………………………………….
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Participation as paper presenter or
poet: ……………………………………………………………
Details of the Registration Fee
(For outstation participants Rs. 1000.
For local participants Rs. 500. Through DD drawn in favour of ‘The Treasurer, Dept. of English,
Pondicherry University’ payable at Puducherry.
DD number ……………………of
………………………………………………Bank, dated………………………….for Rs. ……………………………………………………
Name and Signature of the
participant with date: ……………………………………………..
How
to Reach the Venue
Pondicherry University is situated
on the Chennai-Puducherry East Coast Road (ECR), where buses ply frequently
from Chennai to Puducherry on the ECR route and stop readily on
request, at the University Gate. From Chennai, this is the most
convenient route to reach the University. However, from Chennai, Puducherry
can also be reached by NH 45 via Tindivanam and one should get down at
Puducherry Bus Stand and then take a city service to reach the University. From
other southern towns and cities like Bengaluru, Tiruchirapalli, Madurai, Coimbatore,
Trivandrum by road/rail, one should get down at Puducherry Bus Stand/Railway
Station. By train, one has to get down at Puducherry Railway Station and reach
Bus Stand in order to catch a town bus to reach Pondicherry University.The
Pondicherry University is located at about 11 Kms north of Puducherry Bus Stand
and can be reached by town bus.The travelling time is about 25 minutes and the
bus fare is Rs. 5. Autorickshaws are also available from Puducherry Town and
may charge about Rs.100/- for drop at the University.
Department
of English, School of Humanities,
Pondicherry
University, Pondicherry, India
Pondicherry
University, established under an Act of Parliament in the year 1985, has
grown from strength to strength in all possible ways all these years and has
become a place on the educational hub of the country. 15 Schools, 37
Departments and 10 Centres offering 175 PG & Research programmes are within
its fold and housed in the 800-acre sprawling Wi-Fi-enabled vibrant campus,
which is just 12 kms. away from the Puducherry town. It has all the
state-of-the-art facilities in all the Schools and Departments paving the way
for the students to have a student-friendly, result-oriented academic
environment with green ambience. The University has over 400 faculty and 6100
students from across the country on its rolls. There are over 45,000 students
in its 87 affiliated colleges.
About Department
The Department of English, one of
the Oldest Departments of the University, was established on 1st
December, 1986, and since inception the Department has been the hub of
teaching and research activity, attracting a cross-section of students and
research scholars from all over the country. It has established itself as
a stronghold of Comparative Literature, teaching Comparative Literary
Theory and fostering Comparative Literary studies between Indian Languages and
English. In recent years, Cultural and Translation Studies too have come
to be a thrust area, inspiring inter-disciplinary
and intra-disciplinary insights among faculty and students alike. Reading
Literature(s) in English alongside literary narratives in Indian languages has
certainly provided our students with deeper insights, as evidenced by the
innumerable scholarly dissertations which have been submitted as part of the
students’ course work. An ecologically sensitive critical thinking and
teaching has also emerged alongside, and the Department is one of
the earliest in the country to proffer
multicultural studies in this area---and with the founding and
establishment of the Association for the Study of Literature and
Environment—ASLE India (the Indian counterpart of the International forum
of that name) in 2006, under the academic guidance of Prof. S Murali, this has
fostered a renewed direction to academics and Scholars alike.
(GIEWEC)
Registered
under Societies Registration Act 1955.
Reg.
No. I 194/2010 of Travancore-Kochi Act 12 of 1955
Head
Office: Kannappilly, Thodupuzha East, Kerala, India – 685 585
A
literary forum of Indian writers in English, entitled Guild of Indian English
Writers, Editors and Critics (GIEWEC) was established on 24 September 2010 at
Thodupuzha, Kerala, India. It was registered on 13 October 2010 and its Head
Office is functioning at the residence of the Secretary at Thodupuzha. GIEWEC
is a non-profit-making institution aimed at promoting Indian literature in
English through the members’ creative and critical writings and by editing and
publishing books and journals. The chief objectives of the Guild are: to
promote Indian Literature in English, to exchange creative writings between
nations, to conduct annual conferences and literary festivals, and to help
Ph.D. scholars. The Guild is publishing an international biannual refereed
journal entitled Writers Editors Critics (ISSN
2231-198X). The issues come out in
March and September. GIEWEC is fast growing with 202 members till date, of
which 80 are life members. Professors and Lecturers of universities/colleges,
professional English writers and PhD research scholars are its members.
Executive
Committee of GIEWEC
·
President:
Dr. T.V. Reddy, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh
·
Secretary: Dr.
K. V. Dominic, Thodupuzha, Kerala
—
Treasurer: Dr. S.
Kumaran, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
—
Vice President:
Mr. Aju Mukhopadhyay, Pondicherry
—
Vice President:
Dr. Jaydeep Sarangi, Kolkata, West Bengal
—
Joint Secretary:
Dr. Joji John Panicker, Kottayam, Kerala
—
Ex. Committee
Member: Mr. Jayanti M Dalal, Mumbai,
Maharashtra
—
Ex. Committee
Member: Mr. Rama Krishna Perugu,
Nelloore, Andhra Pradesh
—
Ex. Committee
Member: Dr. Poonam Sahay, Ranchi,
Jharkhand
Programme
Schedule
Day
One: Thursday, 20th March, 2014
9 a.m.–10.45
a.m. : Inaugural session including Launching New Books
10.45 a.m.–11 a.m. : Tea Break
11 am–1.15 p.m. : Plenary Session on
Contemporary Indian Literature in English. Participants include: Jayanta Mahapatra,
Ashoka Mitran, Manoj Das, Prof. Murali
Sivaramakrishnan etc.
1.15 p.m.–2 p.m. : Lunch break
2 p.m.–4 p.m. : Poetry Reading
(Leading
English poets of the country read their poems)
2 p.m.–4
p.m : Parallel
sessions of paper presentations on Contemporary Indian Fiction in English
4 p.m.–4.30 p.m. : Coffee break
4.30
p.m.–6.30 p.m. : GIEWEC’s Executive
Committee and General Body
Meeting
Day
Two: Friday, 21st March 2014
9 a.m.–10.30
a.m. : Paper Presentations on
Contemporary Indian Poetry/Short Fiction in English
10 30 a.m.–1.15 p.m. : Panel Discussion
11 a.m.–11.15
a.m. :
Coffee break
1.15
p.m.–2 p.m. : Lunch Break
2 p.m. – 3
p.m. : Parallel sessions
of paper presentations on Contemporary Indian Non Fiction in English
2 p.m. – 3
p.m. : Poetry Reading
3 p.m. –
3.15 p.m. : Coffee break
3.15p.m.-
4.30 p.m. : Valedictory function
including certificates distribution
*This is a Draft Programme and is
liable to change
Distinguished Writer Participants
JAYANTA MAHAPATRA ASHOKAMITRAN MANOJ DAS
For Contacts:
Dr. S. Murali, Professor & Head, Department of English, School
of Humanities, Pondicherry University, Puducherry - 605 014. Email: head.eng@pondiuni.edu.in , smurali1234@yahoo.com
Phone: 0413-2654344
(Office)
Dr. K. V. Dominic, Secretary, GIEWEC, Kannappilly, Thodupuzha East
P.O., Kerala – 685 585
Committees
Advisory Committee
Prof. (Mrs.)
Chandra Krishnamurthy, Vice Chancellor, Pondicherry University (Patron)
Shri. RaajivYaduvanshi, IAS, Registrar, Pondicherry University
Shri. RaajivYaduvanshi, IAS, Registrar, Pondicherry University
Dr.
S. Pannirselvame, Dean, School of Humanities, Pondicherry University
Shri. K.
Vijayakumaran, IA & AS, Finance Officer, Pondicherry University
Dr. T. V. Reddy, President, GIEWEC
Dr.
K. V. Dominic, Secretary, GIEWEC
Dr. JaydeepSarangi, Vice President, GIEWEC
Shri. AjuMukhopadhyay, Vice President, GIEWEC
Organising
Committee
Chairman: Prof. Murali Sivaramakrishnan, Professor & HoD of
English, Pondicherry
University
Co-ordinators:
Dr. Clement Sagayaradja Lourdes, Associate Professor of
English, Pondicherry
University
Dr. Lakhimai Mili,
Assistant Professor of English, Pondicherry University
Dr. Ujjwal Jana,
Assistant Professor of English, Pondicherry University
Dr. K. Reshmi, Assistant Professor of English, Pondicherry
University (Treasurer)
Dr. T. V. Reddy Dr. K. V. Dominic Dr. S. Murali,
President, GIEWE Secretary, GIEWEC Professor & HoD of English,
Pondicherry University
NOTE: Outstation participants will be provided hospitality on 19th,
20th, 21th of March 2014. No T. A. will be given to any participant. All
registered participants will be supplied copies of the souvenir along with the
seminar kits. They will also be given participation certificates.
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