18 - 20 November 2015

11th International Language and

 Development Conference 

ON

"Multilingualism and Development"

• The issues that might be addressed include but are not limited to the following:
• Identifying and describing the linguistic implications of urbanisation
• The benefits of linguistic hyperdiversity
• Linguistic barriers experienced by migrant populations in urban contexts
• How schools, health clinics and other government services cater for speakers of dozens of different languages in super-diverse urban contexts
• The practice of MTB MLE - and the capacity of schools to provide it - in multilingual urban contexts
• Social division as an unintended consequence of MTB MLE in multilingual contexts
• Multilingualism in semi-urban and urban non-metropolitan contexts

"LANGUAGE, TECHNOLOGY AND 

MULTI-LITERACIES"

This sub-theme may explore issues such as (but not restricted) to the following:

• Digital media as threat or opportunity for minority languages
• Digital media and non-Latin-based writing systems
• The use of digital media at times of crisis and natural disasters, especially in multilingual societies
• Digital media and language choice in education
• Digital literacy, language and gender

"MULTILINGUALISM,

 MARGINALISATION 

AND EMPOWERMENT"

• The tension between ideas of ‘development’ and formal education systems
• Educating girls and empowering women in multilingual societies
• Endangered languages and endangered livelihoods
• Language, identity and violence
• The role of parents in multilingual contexts
• Multilingualism in rural contexts, particularly in the context of accessing markets
• Prospects for indigenous peoples and speakers of minority languages in multilingual nations
• The roles of English in multilingual developing countries: empowering or marginalising?
• Describing and responding to the phenomenon of low cost private English-medium schools catering to the economically marginalised

KEY DATES

• Call for submission of abstracts is now closed.
• Notifications of acceptance of speaker proposals: Monday 27 July
• Registrations open: Monday 27 July
• Last date for speakers to confirm participation: Friday 14 August
• Early bird registration deadline: Sunday 13 September (23:59 Indian Standard Time)
• Registrations close: Monday 2 November (23:59 Indian Standard Time)
• Conference: Wednesday 18 to Friday 20 November

For more information, write to LDC2015@in.britishcouncil.org

Visit to Register online: http://www.britishcouncil.in/

THREE DAY CONFERENCE

27th -29th January 2016

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

ON

CANADIAN STUDIES: THEORY AND PRACTICE

In collaboration with 

Indian Association for Canadian Studies 

Important Dates

Submission of Papers          :   30th October, 2015

Intimation of Acceptance    :   20th November, 2015

Registration Deadline          :  10th December, 2015

Registration Fees

Foreign Delegates                : US $ 250

Life Members for IACS      : Rs. 1,000

Participants from Industry : Rs. 3,000 

Participants from Academic Institutions:  Rs. 2,000

Research Scholars & Students: Rs. 1,000

Participation Only: Rs. 750

For More Details Download Brochure www.karunya.edu

 

27 & 28 November 2015

 UGC Sponsored National Seminar 

ON

Border, Globalization and Identity

 

Proposal for paper presentation of fifteen-minute duration are invited from research scholars, teachers and academics on any of the sub-themes mentioned in the concept note.

Thrust Areas

• • Border and Globalization
• • Border and Identity
• • Migration, Border, and the construction of Identity
• • Nation-state, Border and Globalization
• • Border Literature
• • Border crossing and critical cosmopolitanism
• • Globalization and Popular Culture

Important Dates:

Last date for the submission of Abstract: 26th August, 2015

Notification of the acceptance/rejection of the abstract: 10th September, 2015

Last date for the submission of full paper (both soft and hard copies): 10th October, 2015

Submission Guidelines:

Please submit your abstract in the following format:

Last Name, First Name

Department, Organisation/Institutional affiliation

Email Id

(Follow the same format in case of multiple authors)

Abstract Title (in Bold)

Abstract

Times New Roman, Font size 12 point, maximum 300 words. Please do not include references.

Keywords

Include a 50-word biography in the same file.

Please follow the latest edition of MLA Handbook.

Abstracts should be submitted via e-mail to the Organizing Secretary, Dr Sanatan Bhowal (sanatanbhowal@gmail.com) or the Convener Dr Sukanta Das (sukanta3@gmail.com) with a copy to the email id: engseminarpdwc@gmail.com. Please keep ‘seminar’ in the subject line of the mail.

Registration:

Delegate: Rs. 1000/-

Student/Research Scholar: Rs. 500/-

Registered Participants’ privileges:

a) Morning refreshment on both days

b) Lunch on both days

c) Conference kit with abstract booklet

d) Participation/presentation certificate

The prospective paper-presenters who are sure of their participation in both days of the seminar are encouraged to submit their abstract.

A book with ISBN number containing the selected papers presented at the Seminar would be published.

For any other query please call or write to:

Convener: Dr Sukanta Das, Assistant Professor of English,

P. D. Women’s College, Jalpaiguri

Mobile: +91 9434629683/9126479255

Email: sukanta3@gmail.com

Secretary: Dr Sanatan Bhowal, Associate Professor of English,

P. D. Women’s College, Jalpaiguri

Mobile: 9474416354

Email: sanatanbhowal@gmail.com

Ms Sisidhara Synagbo, Assistant Professor of English,

P.D. Women’s College, Jalpaiguri,

Email: sisodhara03@gmail.com Mobile: 09932901122

Ms Abhinanda Roy, Assistant Professor of English,

P.D. Women’s College, Jalpaiguri,

Email: aroy481@gmail.com Mobile: 09832464536

 U.G.C. Sponsored Two-Day National Seminar 

ON

The Image of Changing India in Contemporary Fiction and Travel Literature  

on 14-15 September 2015. 

Thrust Areas

• The emergence of late 20th & 21st century India as reflected in recent fiction
• Cultural renaissance and its literary representations
• Travel writing and the ethics of difference
• Changing feminist perspectives in fiction
• Dalit & LGBT consciousness in contemporary writing
• The idea of twenty-first century India
• Regional writing in English translation

Submission Guidelines
Please submit your abstract in the following format:
Last Name, First Name, Designation
Department, Organization/Institutional affiliation
Title of the Paper (in Bold)
Abstract
Times New Roman, Font size 12 point, maximum 300 words. There is no need to include references.
Keywords
Include a 50-word bionote in the same file.
Please follow the format recommended in the latest edition of MLA Handbook.
Abstracts should be submitted via email to the Convener Dr Manoj S. (msree50@hotmail.com) with a copy to the email id:englishseminarfmnc@gmail.com. Please keep ‘Seminar 2015’ in the subject line of the mail.
Important Dates
Last date for the submission of abstract (maximum 300 words): 20 August 2015
Notification of the acceptance/rejection of the abstract: 25 August 2015
Last date for the submission of full paper (3000-4000 words): 3 September 2015
Registration
Delegate: Rs. 500/-
Student/Research Scholar: Rs. 200/-
Registered Participants’ privileges:
a) Lunch on both days
b) Conference kit with abstract booklet
c) Participation/presentation certificate
A book with ISBN number containing the selected papers presented at the Seminar will be published.
For any other query please call or mail to
H.O.D.: Dr Radhika P., Associate Professor of English,
F.M.N.C., Kollam
Mobile: +91 9495630871
Email: radhikapmenon@yahoo.com

NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MARGINILIZATION IN WOMEN LITERATURE

UGC Sponsored National Conference

UGC Sponsored National Conference 

on 

Modern Trends in English Language Teaching: Placing the Learners in the Spotlight

Date: 17th August, 2015

Venue: St. Joseph's Evening College, Bengaluru

Registration Fees for Paper Presentation: Rs. 800/-

for Participation: Rs. 500/- 

Last date for submission of abstracts : 30th July, 2015

Last date for submission of abstracts : 5th August, 2015 

For further details log in: WWW.sjec.edu.in

INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP 

ON 

NEW TECHNIQUES IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

 

Conference 11th to 12th September 2015
Nagpur, Maharashtra, India Website: http://herso.org/international-conference-on-comparative-literature-and-culture-2015/ Contact Dr. Sudhir Nikam  for more detailsComparative Literature and Culture has emerged into an interdisciplinary academic discipline having a comprehensive vision of a cultural universe. This vision leads one to believe that more than one literature juxtaposes. Organized by: Higher Education and Research Society, Navi Mumbai, India
Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 10th July 2015

K. S. RANGASAMY COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE (AUTONOMOUS) TIRUCHENGODE IS ORGANISING A STATE LEVEL SEMINAR ON NEW DIMENSIONS IN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE ON 4th MARCH, 2015. LAST DATE TO SUBMIT ABSTRACT IS 12TH FEBRUARY, 2015. SELECTED PAPERS WILL BE PUBLISHED WITH ISBN 978-93-85109-01-0.