Two-day International Seminar on "Literature as Discourse”

 Warm regards from the Research and Cultural Forum (RCF), Department of English, Pondicherry University.

 

We are delighted to inform you that the Research and Cultural Forum (RCF), Department of English, Pondicherry University, is organising a Two-day International Seminar on "Literature as Discourse” on the 5th and 6th   October 2023. 

Theme:

 

Literature has long acted as a vehicle of human endeavour attempting to comprehend and express a wide gamut of experiences. These efforts have, in turn, enriched the social, cultural, political, and environmental fabric and acted as catalysts, giving birth to innovative ideas and affecting positive change. As human experience traverses new and oftentimes challenging terrain, literature becomes a companion in all the struggles. The aim of the seminar is to help encourage discussions around the intersections of multi-disciplinary understandings of literature and other areas of inquiry. Building on the existing body of work, the seminar aims at understanding the continuous interface between literature and multifarious fields of human experience. This engagement would, in turn, bring about a comprehensive understanding of how literature can cross silos of disciplines and act as a discourse, thus not limiting itself to mere conventional frameworks of ideas and practices.

 

Thrust Areas:

▪       Children's Literature

▪       Dalit Studies

▪       Disability Studies

▪       Environmental Studies

▪       Indigenous Studies

▪       LGBTQIA+ Studies

▪       Language and Linguistics

▪       Migration Studies

▪       Postcolonial Studies

▪       Translation Studies

▪       Young Adult Literature

▪       Any other relevant areas

Registration Fee:

 

(For Paper presenters)

Faculty members: Rs. 2000

Research Scholars: Rs. 1000

Students: Rs. 500

Co-authors should pay individually

UG students are not allowed.

 

(For Participation)

Faculty Members: Rs. 1000

Scholars and Students: Rs. 500

 

The mode of payment and account details will be shared after the acceptance of abstracts.

 

Important Dates:

Last date for sending abstracts: 1st September 2023

Confirmation of acceptance will be communicated by: 4th September 2023

Complete papers are to be sent by 30th September, 2023

 

Abstracts can be uploaded through the Google form link below on or before 1st September 2023.

 

Registration Link: https://forms.gle/dhQEYYKLHxVNxGCw7

 

Your queries can be addressed to rcfseminar23@gmail.com

 

Faculty Coordinators: Dr. Aiswarya S. Babu and Dr. Harpreet Kaur Vohra

 

Coordinators: Haritha V, Geethu T. Mohan, Benedict Paul. A

 

Address for Communication:

 

Haritha V

Geethu T. Mohan

Benedict Paul. A

Research Scholars

Department of English

Pondicherry University

Puducherry-605014

9495204911, 9400299067, 9677502953

harithavijay95@gmail.com, 

geethutymohan@gmail.com,

benedictbenny@pondiuni.ac.in