DepartmentofEnglish(PG)

organises

NationalConference

on

CARTOGRAPHIES OF DIASPORA AND DISPLACEMENTS:

NARRATIVES OF EXPATRIATES AND POETICS OF EXILE

R e a c c r e d i t e d ‘ A ’ G r a d e b y N A A C | A f f i l i a t e d t o B a n g a l o r e U n i v e r s i t y

B e n g a l u r uA U T O N O M O U S

January18,2019

Participationonly:

FacultyMembers/IndependentScholars:INR600*

ResearchScholarsandPGStudents(FullTime):INR400*

Presentation:

FacultyMembers/IndependentScholars:INR850*

ResearchScholarsandPGStudents(FullTime):INR500*

*RegistrationFeesisinclusiveofGST.

ModeofPayment:DemandDraft in favourof ‘ThePrincipal,Kristu JayantiCollege’payableat

Bengaluru.

TheregistrationfeesincludeLunch,ConferenceKitandRefreshments.NoDA/TAshallbeprovidedto

theparticipants.

Participation/PresentationofpapershouldbeconfirmedonorbeforeDecember20,2018bysending

thecompletedRegistrationForm,alongwithRegistrationfee.

Alljointparticipantsmustregisterandbepresentinpersonforthepapertobeconsideredasapartof

theConference.CertificateswillbeissuedonlyafterValedictoryCeremony.

*Kindlynote in absentiaparticipation/presentationwillnotbeentertained.

OrganisingCommittee

CHIEFPATRONS

Rev.Fr.JosekuttyPD,CMI,Principal

Rev.Fr.AugustineGeorge,CMI,Vice-Principal

CHIEFADVISORS

Rev.Fr.LijoP.Thomas,CMI,FinancialAdministrator,Head,Dept.ofComputerScience

Rev.Fr.SomZacharia,CMI,Director,Library&Information

Rev.Fr.EmmanuelPJ,CMI,Director,JayantianExtensionServices,Faculty,Dept.ofPsychology

CONFERENCECHAIR:

Dr.KrishnaPrabhaVP,Head,DepartmentofEnglish(PG)

ConferenceConvenors:

Ms.SusanSanny,DepartmentofEnglish(PG),Mob:91-9880506795

Dr.ArpitaGhosh,DepartmentofEnglish(PG),Mob:91-9900401469

ACCOMMODATION

Paidaccommodationforoutstationparticipantscanbearrangedonpriorrequest.

IMPORTANTDATES:thSubmissionofAbstracts:10 November,2018

thNotificationofAcceptance:15 November,2018thSubmissionoffullpapers:5 December,2018

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AddressforCommunication

DepartmentofEnglish(PG),KristuJayantiCollege(Autonomous)K.Narayanapura,KothanurPost,Bengaluru–560077Karnataka,India

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REGISTRATIONDETAILSTheRegistrationfeeispayablebyeachauthorandco-authorsofthepaperindividuallyand

separatelyasdetailedbelow:

ABOUTTHECOLLEGEKristuJayantiCollegeisanincarnationoftheeducationaldreamsofSaintKuriakoseElias

Chavara (1805-1871), the founder of the religious congregation, Carmelites of Mary

Immaculate(CMI).Heenvisionedthesunriseofarenewedhumanitythroughtheintegral

developmentofmind,bodyandspirit.Themottoofthecollege,LightandProsperity,aimsat

thissynthesisandtheharmonyofthespiritualandthephysical,themindandthebody.The

curriculumandtheco-curricularactivitiesarethebasicstructuresactingasspringboardto

stepintothemysteryofhumanlifeandbeyond.Theinstitutionstrivestofulfillitsmissionto

provideeducationalopportunitiestoallaspiringyouthtoexcelinlifebydevelopingacademic

excellence,fosteringvalues,creatingcivicresponsibilityandbuildingglobalcompetenciesin

adynamicenvironment.

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underBengaluruNorthUniversity.

Housedinaspaciouscampus,thecollegeincorporatesatraditionalacademicsettingwitha

cutting edge technology.With refreshing environment, beautiful scenery andmoderate

climate, itprovidesanatmospherewhich isconducive foreffective trainingand learning

programmes.

DEPARTMENTOFENGLISH(PG)TheDepartmentofEnglishoffersstudentsanopportunitytounderstandtheliterary,cultural

and socialdynamismof England's variedpast, EuropeanandNon-Europeanwritingand

integratesIndianwritinginEnglishfacilitatingatranscendenceoflinguisticnativism.After

completionoftheprogrammestudentshavemanycareeroptionsineducationalandother

fields.Theprogrammeintroducestudentstoadvancedstudyandscholarlyactivityinorderto

provideanavenuetoseekacareerinuniversityteachingandliteraryscholarship.Theyhelp

developstronganalyticalskillsandgroundingindiversecriticalandtheoreticalapproaches

andintroducesthemtothesocio-culturalmilieuofdifferentperiods.Itequipsstudentswitha

detailedandsophisticatedunderstandingofEnglishand related literaturesandsupports

students'criticalandcreativeengagementwithissuescentraltoandatthecuttingedgeof

Englishliterarystudies.

CONFERENCECONCEPTNOTEOur philological home is the earth: it can no longer be the nation.-ErichAuerbach

Thecartographiesofdiasporaandnarrativesofexilehavebeenextensivelydefinedbythe

increasingtrendofmobilityofpeople,memoryandsocio-culturalpractices.Theexperiences

of diaspora, exile and migration have always fed and enriched art and literature. The

narrativesofliterarydiasporarepresentandreproduceanarrayofexperiencesrelevantto

human, social, cultural, historical and political confrontation leveraging transnational

belonging. As Makarand Paranjape has opined that these diasporas being displaced,

alienated,excluded,andoppressed,havecreatedtheirownkindofepistemicdisjunctionat

theheartofthemetropolis.Fortheseexiledpeople,aphysicalreturnwasalmostimpossible

whileanemotionalrenewalwasanecessity.Hence,theirhomelandsremain‘frozeninthe

diasporicimaginationasasortofsacredsiteorsymbol’andtheyrecreateit‘throughthe

processofreplication’.Thenewdiasporastandinstarkcontrastbyvirtueofthenarrativesthey

createabouttheirmotherland.Theirmovementresultingoutofthenecessityofeconomic

gains tends to construct themotherland as a place of hopelessness and doom thereby

justifyingtheirrejectionofthemotherland.Paradoxically,thoughtheexpatriatesandthe

exilestendtocomeclosertoeachother,however,thisclosenessfailstocamouflagethe

diversifying interests and politics of representation. This conference tries to explore the

possiblepointsofconvergenceanddivergenceofliteratureandartinrelationtomapping

narrativesandexperiencesoftheexpatriatesandthepoeticsoftheexiles.

The conference directorate invites papers related to the broad theme “Cartographies of

DiasporaandDisplacements:NarrativesofExpatriatesandPoeticsofExile”andthefollowing

sub-themes:

l Literaturesofdiaspora

l Literaturesofmigration

l Literaturesofexile

l Displacementandpost/colonialstudies

l Displacedcommunitiesandisolation

l Transnationalism

l MadCulture

l Meaningacrosstranslations

l Thesubalternanddisplacement

l Thecurrentmigrationcrisis

l Migrationaslife-style

l Socialandculturaladoptioninhostcountries

l Home-makingpracticesindiasporacommunities

l Relationshipofdiasporacommunitieswithcountriesoforigin

l Representationofmigrationanddiasporainliteratureandvisualarts

l Poeticsofexile

l Refugeerights

l Realandimaginarylandscapes

l Migrationandthemedia

l Effectsofdisplacement–Narratologicalbalance

l Opportunitiesforconstructive/proactiveengagementandcooperation

l Peace,development,humanitarianresponse

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l Doublespacingthroughout

l ScriptsshouldbeinMSWord(2003-2007)–TimesNewRoman,Fontsize12

l Titlepage:fullnameoftheauthor(s),designation,affiliationandtitleofthepaper,e-mail

idandcontactnumber

l AllfullsubmissionsshouldfollowthelatesteditionofMLAstylesheetforcitingsources

(8thedition)

l Abstractsmustnotexceed300words

l Fullpapersmustbeaminimumwordlimitof2,500andamaximumwordlimitof4,000

words

l Fullpapersmustnotexceed20minutesindelivery

l Soft copy of the abstract and full paper may be sent as an e-mail attachment to:

englishpg@kristujayanti.com