The Department of English and Culture Studies, Mizoram University, proposes to hold a two-day national seminar on “Representations of Disability in Literature and Culture” on 25th and 26th May 2023.
The seminar focuses on diverse representations of disability in literature, culture, society and politics. It aims to widen our understanding of what it means to function within the normal–abnormal binary, how notions of “normal” can be expanded, and why slogans like “better off dead than disabled” need to be critically re-examined.
The seminar seeks to engage with representations, methodologies and approaches to disability across: the arts, performance, law, academia, literature, media, and more, while also linking these to complex explorations of race, gender and class.
- The Disabled Female Body
- Disability and Sex
- Disabled Childhoods
- The Disabled Body as Social Outcast
- Socio-economic Barriers of the Disabled
- Queer Approaches to Disability
- Domestic Violence and Disability
- Social Media and the Disabled
- Cultural / Social Response to Disability
- Disability in Translation
- Abstract submission: within 250 words + bio-note (≤ 100 words) – 11 April 2023
- Notification of acceptance: 20 April 2023
Gujranwala Guru Nanak Khalsa College
NAAC Accredited Grade B • Fully WiFi Campus • Multi-faculty, Postgraduate, Co-educational College
Civil Lines, Ludhiana (Punjab)
0161-2401546, 5211980, 5211981
ggnkcl@rediffmail.com
www.ggnkcl.com
Invitation for Seminar
Respected Sir/Madam,
We are pleased to inform you that the Post Graduate Department of English, Gujranwala Guru Nanak Khalsa College, Ludhiana—a century-old premier multi-faculty college affiliated to Panjab University, Chandigarh—will host a one-day National Seminar on “Humanistic Concerns: A Preview through Partition Literature” on 11 April 2023.
Prominent writers and their works will be under critical scrutiny during this intellectual conclave of writers, researchers and scholars. The seminar will focus on the critical study of partition and splitting up, including texts and translations from other languages. Distinguished and eminent resource persons from across India will address the delegates.
We warmly invite teachers and scholars of your esteemed institution to participate and contribute research papers.
- Papers should follow the MLA style sheet (8th / 9th edition).
- Length: 2500–3000 words.
- Last date for full paper submission: 20 March 2023.
Registration fee: ₹1,000/-
To be deposited in:
AC No. 08251100000003
Punjab & Sind Bank, G.G.N. Khalsa College Branch, Ludhiana
IFSC Code: PSIB0000825
Kindly register by filling the form:
https://forms.gle/XoGtWjiPPLbNoKu8
Submit the full-length research paper (as per guidelines) to: penglishggnke@gmail.com
- Selected and presented papers will be published in a book with an ISBN.
- Certificates of Participation will be issued to all delegates on the day of the seminar.
- Kindly circulate this announcement among your colleagues and research scholars.
Dr. Sushmindarjeet Kaur
Associate Professor & Head, P.G. Department of English
Gujranwala Guru Nanak Khalsa College, Ludhiana