UGC Sponsored
NATIONAL
SEMINAR
on
FEMINISM
AND WOMEN’S TEXTS IN NORTH EAST INDIA
Date: The 20th and 21st
of June, 2013
ORGANISED
BY:
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
TIHU COLLEGE, TIHU
P.O. - TIHU, DIST.-NALBARI (ASSAM)
PIN: 781371
In collaboration with
S.D.P. College of Teacher Education
Tihu
Nalbari, Assam
Invitation
Dear Sir/ Madam
We, on behalf of the Seminar Organizing Committee, cordially
invite you with a sense of pleasure and privilege to the UGC sponsored National Seminar on “Feminism and Women’s Texts in North East
India” which is scheduled to be held on
the 20th and 21st
of June, 2013, at Tihu College, Tihu.
We solicit your presence, participation and
scholarly presentation to make the seminar a grand success.
With regards
Dr.
Kishore Kr. Talukdar Mrs.
Jeuti Talukdar
Principal
& Chairman Co-ordinator
Seminar
Organizing Committee (SOC)
Tihu College,
Tihu
Dist.- Nalbari, Assam, PIN-781371
About Tihu College:
Tihu College, which has emerged as one of the premier institutions
of Higher Education in Assam, is situated at Tihu, in the western part of
Nalbari district of Assam. Established in 1963, the college has trodden a long
way with glorious five decades of eventful history, recently celebrating its
Golden Jubilee in the month of March, 2013. Catering to the needs of students
opting for higher education in greater Tihu area and adjoining rural belt, the
college continues its rich intellectual heritage and academic ethos with its
cherished motto being “Marching Ahead for Excellence”.
Location:
The college is located at Tihu Town, 75-80 km from Guwahati, the
capital of Assam. The easiest way to reach Tihu is to opt for the railway
route. The Bongaigaon-Guwahati Manas Rhino Express, Alipurduar-Moriyani
Chiphung Express, Intercity Express, and the Kamrup Express all stop at Tihu
Railway Station, which is only half a kilometre away from Tihu College.
Participants may also opt for the bus route along National Highway -31. The bus
stop is Nathkuchi (Tihu Chowk) wherefrom they can avail shared autos to reach
Tihu College. Flights are available to the Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International
Airport in Guwahati, from where buses and trains regularly ply to Tihu Town.
Thematic
Rationale:
Feminism has generated
interest and debates amongst people all over the world, and India is no
exception to this critical experience. In Indian literature, feminism has been
used as a modest attempt to evaluate women’s position under prevailing
socio-cultural conditions. However, for analysing the social condition of women
in India, it is by far fallacious to think in terms of Western concepts,
because the experiences of Western women do not neatly fit into the Indian
socio-cultural context. Hence, there is an urgent need for the formation of an
indigenous feminist ideology embedded in our own culture and traditions in
India. But, the task of exploring the territories of Indian feminism is not an
easy one, since the concept of Indian womanhood does not present a clear,
distinctive or homogeneous form. Analogically, in the diversity of the country
itself, Indian women are deeply linked to their distinctive social, cultural,
religious and regional features, and their identity is multi-layered and
shifting.
Mapping the status of Indian
women would become fragmentary without knowing the conditions of the women in
Northeast India. Northeast India is the
habitat of different ethnic groups, both tribal and non tribal and where both
patriarchal and matriarchal control co-exists, the status of women for various
reasons does not differ from that of the mainstream India. Women, here too, are
oppressed, marginalized; and the overall condition of the womenfolk of the
region is quite disillusioning. Moreover, this
region has now turned into a conflict zone under
insurgency or militancy, again
devastating the lives of the women both physically and mentally.
Almost
every language of the Northeast region has thrown up some remarkable women
writers, sensitive, outspoken and critical of the state of affairs in the
region. They have responded to gender issues in the regional and national
context questioning the complicity of power structures with patriarchy. Women
writers like Indira
Goswami, Nirupama Borgohain, Temsula Ao, Mamang Dai, Arupa Patangia Kalita,
Easterine Iralu, and many others have poignantly
captured many unforgettable stories of women registering their protest against
patriarchal hegemony. So, the
Seminar would attempt to find out a distinctively female literary tradition in
Northeast India, and will try to hear the authentic female voice or share
women’s real experiences, which are transparently available in women’s texts. The
seminar will also try to form a substantial platform to open women’s texts in
regional languages to various radical readings and even relate texts to their
global counterparts. Finally,
the seminar seeks to bring out the women’s writings of Northeast India where
the feminist upsurge is recognizably strong but awaiting a wider critical
attention.
SUB-THEMES:
1. Feminism in India-Theoretical
Formation.
2. Representations of Caste, Class and Gender.
3. Images of Indian Women: Tradition vs Modernity.
4. Marriage, Motherhood and the Family.
5. Body, Desire and Sexuality.
2. Representations of Caste, Class and Gender.
3. Images of Indian Women: Tradition vs Modernity.
4. Marriage, Motherhood and the Family.
5. Body, Desire and Sexuality.
6. Women and the Subaltern.
7. Any other theme related to the main theme.
CALL FOR PAPERS:
Papers are
invited from scholars, teachers, research scholars and the students of colleges
and universities within the stipulated time. Interested participants are
requested to follow the following instructions before submission.
- The abstract should not exceed 300 words.
- The full length paper must not exceed 3000 words.
- Both the abstract and the full length paper should be typed in A4 size paper and in Times New Roman font (size-12) with double-space in MS Word.
- The authors are requested to use end notes instead of foot notes as per the latest MLA style.
- Soft copy (in CD) of the full length paper has to be submitted on the day of the commencement of the Seminar.
- All papers will be screened by the competent authorities of the SOC.
- Abstracts and full length papers can also be sent through email to :
seminar.englishtc@gmail.com
IMPORTANT DATES
Submission of abstract : 20th of May, 2013.
Date of Acceptance of Abstract : 30th of May, 2013.
Submission of full length paper : 5th of June, 2013.
Intimation regarding selected papers
Date of Acceptance of Abstract : 30th of May, 2013.
Submission of full length paper : 5th of June, 2013.
Intimation regarding selected papers
for publication: 25th
of June, 2013.
PUBLICATION:
(a) Selected abstracts will be published in the form of a booklet.
(b) Peer reviewed full length papers will be published with ISBN.
REGISTRATION FEE:
·
Participation with paper
: Rs. 500.00
·
Participation without paper
: Rs. 400.00
·
Participation with paper (
Research Scholar): Rs.300.00
·
Participation without
paper ( Research Scholar): Rs. 200.00
The registration fee is to be paid
either in cash or to be sent in the form of DD drawn in favour of the Principal, Tihu College, Tihu, payable at
the UCO Bank, Tihu Branch.
ACCOMMODATION:
Accommodation will be provided to the
outstation participants on prior request and at their own costs. No TA/DA will
be provided to the participants.
For further information,
please Contact:
Contact Nos. HoD,
Dept. of English
Tihu College, Tihu
+ 91 9707016463
jeutitalukdar_tihu@rediffmail.com
+91 9954215194
+91 9854057014
Registration
Form
UGC
SPONSORED NATIONAL
SEMINAR ON
FEMINISM AND WOMEN’S TEXTS IN NORTH EAST INDIA
20th
- 21st June 2013
TIHU COLLEGE
TIHU
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