Indian Society for Commonwealth Studies

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2010

CALL FOR PAPERS

3-Day International Conference: December 2010

Department of English, Kakatiya University, Warangal

&
Indian Society for Commonwealth Studies
Venue: Kakatiya University, Warangal
Dates: December 16 to 18, 2010

Theme: New Literatures: Re-Forming Modern Sensibility

Anti-colonial resistances have taken many forms, used a wide variety of

methods to create new and alternative identities. The New Literatures have
foregrounded the processes of re-locating the ‘authorized’ versions of histories
and identities. The International Conference focuses on the diversity of the New
Literatures in an attempt to critique matters of culture, ideology, nationality,
ethnicity, hybridity, subjectivity, language, class and gender. It aims
at exploring the subversive strategies adopted by the writers in their literary
works in grappling with deep structures of meaning, value systems, and
beliefs vis-à-vis the colonial package. It also seeks to examine the plethora of
ideological issues included in the sub-themes, making them culture-specific and
nation-specific. It highlights the active role played by the intellectuals and
writers in the literary field without (emb)racing ‘depressingly difficult’ theory
and/or jargon.
As the conference is interdisciplinary and comparative in its import, papers are
welcome from sister disciplines/ departments/ languages on themes having a
close bearing on the main theme. The suggested sub-themes are

(a) Multiculturalism in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and India

(b) Francophone Literature
(c) Women’s Writing
(d) Adivasi and Aboriginal Writings
(e) Protest in African & African-American Literatures
(f) Literatures of the Indian Subcontinent
(g) Translation of Regional Literatures
(h) Postmodernism and Postcoloniality in literary texts.

The list of the themes is only illustrative, not exhaustive. Participants therefore
can write papers on any theme of their choice, relating it to the broad theme.
The keynote will be delivered by the noted scholar Professor C.R. Visweswara
Rao, Vice-Chancellor, University of Nellore. The guest speakers will be drawn
from different disciplines of literary and cultural studies identifying those who
have made significant contribution to the relevant areas.
The conference will have plenary lectures, open lectures, panel discussions and
parallel paper-reading sessions and creative writing session. There will be Book
Release Ceremony where authors can get their books released. The latest issue
of the bi-annual journal The Commonwealth Review will be released on this
occasion. Each ISCS member delegate will receive a copy of the journal.
Select papers of the conference will be published in book form.

Objectives
The deliberations of the conference will be useful for sharpening the research
tools and strategies by the teachers and research scholars. The conference will
discussmulticulturalism focusing on the ideological issues of caste, gender,
religion, and the social movements affecting the new literatures written in
different languages and regions with a view to bringing out the multicultural
diversity of the globe. It is hoped that the conference will enlighten the
delegates and scholars about the nature of the new literatures, the ideological
and cultural deep structures lying behind them, and the way the multiculturalism
of the writers has questioned the established beliefs and systems to uphold
humanism based on the values of liberty, equality, and fraternity.

Procedure
The intending participants may send their abstracts (approx 250 words) to
Professor G. Damodar at <dekuhead@gmail.com> with a copy to Dr. R.K.
Dhawan (President, ISCS) at <rkdhawan@gmail.com> The abstracts will be
reviewed before they are accepted. Once the acceptance letter is received, the
delegation fee may be sent. Each paper, of 15-20 minutes duration, will be
followed by a discussion. Last date for abstracts: 1 November 2010.
Those who would like to enter for the Alumni Prize for Best Paper presented at
the Conference must in addition send in their complete papers (of 20 minutes
duration, about 3000 words).

Registration Fee: Rs. 1300 (last date: 15 November 2010). Includes

accommodation, hospitality and conference kit.
For local participants: Rs. 600. Includes hospitality and conference
kit. Outstation participants who do not need accommodation will be treated as
local delegates.
For Overseas Participants: US$ 150 (including $ 50 towards membership)
Registration Fee after the deadline: Rs. 1500
The intending participants are advised to apply to their respective institutions for
registration fee and travel expenses.
The DD may be drawn in favour of “Convener, International Conference, Department of
English,Kakatiya University” and sent to the Conference Convener Professor G. Damodar or ISCS
President Dr. R.K. Dhawan.

Conference Conveners
G. Damodar
Professor and Head, Department of English
Kakatiya University, Warangal 506 009
R.K. Dhawan
President, ISCS, New Delhi

About Department
One of the oldest departments started in 1967 by Osmania University, the Department of English,
Kakatiya University now has nine Professors, (Dr P. Mallikarjuna Rao, Dr M. Rajagopalachary, Dr V.
Gopal Reddy, Dr G. Damodar, Dr P. Shailaja, Dr M. Rajeshwar, Dr V. Srinivas, Dr K. Purushotham
and Dr S. Latha), two Associate Professors, (Ms E. Renuka and Mr. K. Damodar Rao), and four
Assistant Professors, (Dr B. Krishnaiah, Ms P. Nirmala, Dr M. Prabhakar and Ms B. Deepa Jyothi).
Apart from regular teaching and research, the faculty of the department has been active in the areas of
translation and editing journals and anthologies. They are specialized in contemporary literature and
thrust areas like Commonwealth Literature, Indian Writing in English, English Language Teaching,
British Literature, Translation Studies, Women Studies, Literary Criticism, Comparative
Literature andAmerican Literature. As many as 96 candidates have obtained Ph.D degrees and about
180 candidates have got M.Phil degrees so far. The faculty received and completed several minor and
major research projects sanctioned by UGC and Department of Culture, Ministry Human Resource
Development, Govt. of India. During the last 6 years the faculty has published more than 100 research
papers and books. The Department has been bringing out a scholarly annual research
journal, Kakatiya Journal of English Studies (KJES) since 1978.

Conference Venue: Kakatiya University, Warangal.

Warangal city is situated in the heart of Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh. It was the capital of the
Kakatiya rulers (11-14 centuries) and later it served as the headquarters of a Subha under the Asif
Jahis of Hyderabad. Presently, it is a district headquarters spreading in three major urban centres
(Warangalproper), Hanamkonda and Kazipet. It has two railway heads—Kazipet Jn. and Warangal
Station (South Central). Kazipet Junction stands on the Kazipet-Vijayawada (Madras)
section. Warangal is well connected by road too. Hyderabad, the nearest airport, is about 140 kms
from Kazipet which is on the Delhi-Hyderabad railway line.

ISC
S
Indian Society for
Commonwealth Studies

The ISCS is an international academic organization that aims at promoting Commonwealth literature
including Indian English literature, Translations in English, Australian, New Zealand, Canadian and
African Literatures..
Founder Chairman: Mulk Raj Anand (Bombay)
Advisory Board: C.R. Visweswara Rao (Nellore): Chairman, Shiv K. Kumar (Hyderabad), Seodial
Deena (North Carolina), Manoj Das (Pondicherry), Alessandro Monti (Turin), Cynthia vanden
Driesen (Perth)
Office-bearers/Executive Members: K. Venkata Reddy (Anantapur); Suman Bala (Delhi), D.K.
Pabby (Delhi), Jagdish Batra (Kuruk. U.), Colin O’Brien (M.U.), Satya Brat Singh (Bhagalpur), Mani
Meitei (Imphal)
Dr. R.K. Dhawan, President, ISCS, J 391, New Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi 110 060
 Registration Form

International Conference

Kakatiya University, Warangal

16-18 December, 2010

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