Program at a Glance

PROGRAM AT A GLANCE [please do not ask for any more changes!]

	Session I	Session II	Session III	Session IV
Day One 22 SEPT	9.30 – 10.30: ALPHA Vijaysree, MJ, VC, Mees, Sushila 10.30: GROUP PHOTO 10.45-11.45 [Panel on AS in India] ENR, Nishi Pandey, Vijayashree, MJ	12noon-1.30 Parallel: BETA (Sridhar) A. Bhumika, KBR, Ashu CHARLIE (Karunaker) B. Nishi Pul, Neela, Meenu DELTA (Tutun) C. Ashish, Anil, Pragna;	2.15 -3.45 ALPHA (Uma) (ISM Papers) Nishat Rima Debalina	4.00– 5.15 Parallel BETA (Meera) D. Rajyashree, Kirandeep, Negar CHARLIE (ENR) E. Amit, Jappreet DELTA (Vijay Kumar) F. NDR,Ravichandran, Jaya;
Day Two 23 SEPT	9.30-11.00 Parallel BETA (Amin) G. Pankaj, Mohanmeet, Manju; CHARLIE (Vijay Sharma) H. Garima, Himadri, Ranjita, DELTA (Pratibha) I. Margaret, Igina, Prasita	11.30-1.00 Parallel BETA (Nandini) J. Seema, Navreet, Jagmeet; CHARLIE(Nishi) K. Bashabi, Azad DELTA(Ashis) L. Pratibha, Tanuka, Kalikinkar	2.00-3.30 Parallel BETA(Himadri) M. Charu, Prabhavati, Jyoti. CHARLIE(Sherry) N. Sherzad, Nilakshi, Renuka DELTA(Sushila) O. Swati, Saikat, Kulkarni;	3.45-5.15 Parallel ALPHA(Mina) P. Dipankar, Amin, Purnendu BETA(Igina) Q. Arnab, Rajinder, Pranav, CHARLIE(Andy) R. Ismael, Aakanksha, Anne.
Day Three 24 SEPT	9.30-11.00 Parallel ALPHA(Eami) S. Debobani, Tajinder, Mahesh BETA(Dipankar) T. Kaustav, Roya, Mohini;	11.30-1.00 Parallel ALPHA(Seetha) U. Pamela, Andy, Smita V.; BETA(Sukla)) V. Miriam, Melissa, SD Baral; CHARLIE(Mahesh) W. Jayanta, Niraj, Aparna;	2.00-3.30 Parallel ALPHA(Pamela) X. Aartee, Smita Jha, Sukla BETA(NDR) Y. Mary, Hari, Narendra; CHARLIE(Mohini) Z. Nandini, Ghanshyam, Payel	ALPHA 3.30-4.00 (Vijayasree) Ramanan 4.00 – 4.30 Valedictory Last Words Future Plans

NOTE: This is a bird’s eye view. First names/initials have been used for convenience. Detailed program follows. Alpha, Beta, Charlie and Delta stand for the Rooms being used.

Names/initials in brackets for the Chairpersons. Time allotted for a session with 3 presenters is 1.5 hrs, for 2 speakers it is 1 hr.

Check the blog and website for further updates.

September Conference - Invitation

Invitation

IN SEARCH OFSOLUTIONS:

THE CONVENTIONAL,THE EXPERIMENTAL AND THE BIZARRE

EleventhInternational Conference

22-24 September 2011

organized by

MELUS-India

(The Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States - India Chapter)

&

MELOW

(The Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literatures ofthe World )

in collaboration with

OUCIP

(Osmania Centre for International Programmes)

Inauguration by

PROF. S. SATYANARAYANA

Vice-Chancellor, Osmania University

on

22 September 2011

Time: 9.30 AM

Venue: OUCIP

DAVID MEES

Cultural Counsellor, American Embassy, Delhi

to speak on American Studies in India

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE (MELOW):

• President: Prof Sushila Singh, BHU, Varanasi.
• Vice-President: Prof Somdatta Mandal, Viswabharati, Shantitniketan, WB.
• Secretary: Prof Manju Jaidka, PU, Chandigarh.
• Jt. Secy: Dr Manpreet Kaur, IPU, Delhi.
• Treasurer: Prof Anil Raina, PU, Chandigarh.

• Executive Members:

• Prof MG Ramanan (U of Hyderabad)
• Prof Gulshan Kataria (Pbi U, Patiala)
• Prof Tutun Mukherjee (U of Hyderabad)
• Dr Mukul Sengupta (Calcutta)
• Dr Himadri Lahiri (Kolkata)
• Dr Vijay Sharma (Delhi)
• Dr RG Kulkarni (Sangli)
• Dr Nandini Bhadra (Mumbai)
• Dr Roshan Sharma (Solan, HP)
• Dr Meenu Gupta (Chandigarh)

• International Advisory Board :
• Prof Paul Giles, Oxford University
• Prof Mukesh Williams, Soka University, Japan
• Prof Sushi Dutta-Sandhu, U Mich, Kalamazoo

Local Organizing Committee (Osmania University, Hyderabad):

• Prof C. Vijayasree
• Prof Vijay Kumar
• Prof E. Nageswara Rao

Update - Sept conference

This is just to remind those whose abstracts have been accepted that the last date for submitting delegate / regn fee / membership renewal is 15th May.

Those who are competing for the ISM award also need to submit full papers by 15th May.

Members who have not sent in their abstracts but wish to attend the conference may email mjaidka@gmail.com after 20th of May. Subject to availability of accommodation it may be possible for them to attend the conference.

re: full papers

Dear friends
Those of you who are competing for the ISM Award need to send in your
full papers by 15th May. The rest may simply bring their paper along
with them to Hyderabad.

Regarding payment of delegate / membership fee, please follow
instructions given in your acceptance letters.
MJ

Isaac Sequeira memorial award

Professor Isaac Sequeira (5 JAN 1930 - 7 SEPT 2006)

Professor Isaac Sequeira's sad demise in 2006 created a void hard to fill. We, at MELUS-India / MELOW, wish to keep alive the memory of our Patron and guiding light who played a key role in all the activities of our organization.

In the first place, the papers of the 2005 ‘Landmarks’ Conference were dedicated to Isaac. The anthology was released at the March 2007 conference.

Secondly, we announced a cash prize of Rs. 2,500 for the best paper presented at our conferences (see details below). To facilitate this we needed a corpus fund, the interest of which would go towards the prize money.

With effect from the 2010 conference, there is a Special Invited Lecture by a person of eminence. This lecture is funded by the Isaac Sequeira Memorial Fund.

Several individuals have come forward to offer contributions towards the corpus and donated generously to this fund. A separate account is maintained for this fund and presented annually.

Donations of Rs. 1,000 or more may be sent in cash / by draft payable to MELOW at Chandigarh. Contributions may be mailed by registered post / courier to Prof. Manju Jaidka, Dept of English, Panjab University, Chandigarh - 160014.

ISAAC SEQUEIRA PRIZE

In the memory of our patron, Prof Isaac Sequeira, MELUS-India / MELOW will annually award a prize for the best paper presented at the conference. The award will comprise a certificate and a cash prize of Rs. 2,500.

RULES

1. The competition is open to Indian citizens who are members of MELUS-India or MELOW.

2. The participant / delegate should be less than forty years of age at the time of the conference.

3. The abstract and complete paper should be submitted by the stipulated deadlines before it is presented at the conference.

4. A panel of Judges will be appointed by the Office Bearers of MELUS-India / MELOW.

5. If required, these rules may be amended by a simple majority of members present and voting at the Conference.

Details of the conference are available online: www.melusmelow.org

Re: Life Memberships

This is for the information of all concerned that for technical reasons we are NOT enrolling any more Life Members until further notice. Please do not send any more subscriptions.

Ordinary memberships for the current block, ie 2009 to 2011, expires in March 2011 and may be renewed once you get acceptance letters. (for two years, Rs 500)

Thanks for your cooperation.

MJ

2011 CONFERENCE

CONFERENCE CALL – SEPTEMBER 2011

MELOW

(The Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the World)

&

MELUS-India

(The Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States)

Venue: OUCIP (formerly known as ASRC), Osmania University, Hyderabad

Date: September 22-24, 2011

IN SEARCH OF SOLUTIONS: THE CONVENTIONAL, THE EXPERIMENTAL AND THE BIZARRE

In a world that is rapidly changing it is inevitable that our parameters for the study of literature, culture and society are forever being re-defined. There are emerging spaces that cry for attention, black holes that have remained undetected for too long, alternative solutions that may provide an answer to many of our problems, and novel ways of negotiating issues related to the multifarious aspects of human life.

MELUS-MELOW 2011 focuses on these new approaches that (a) move away from the beaten track to clear fresh ground; (b) advocate the use of fresh critical / theoretical approaches to questions faced by human society; (c) focus attention on areas that have been under-represented; or (d) provide new insights into prevalent issues.

Abstracts not exceeding 250 words may be submitted on the following sub-themes:

1. A Transcultural World: Emerging issues in a global approach to literature and culture

2. Global Solutions: From the national to the transnational

3. Strange and Unfamiliar ‘Other’ Worlds – the Fantastic, the Supernatural and the Surreal

4. Off the Beaten Track: Not-so-popular culture and cinema

5. Cyborg literature

6. The Old and the New: Re-interpreting the Classics

7. Lessons from History: The Fictionalization of Fact

8. Changing Seasons: Lessons from Ecology, Terror Strikes, Natural Disasters

9. Watchdog Media: Journalistic Literature, Yellow Journalism

10. A special MELUS-India Panel will be devoted to “Re-visioning the United States: The Re-emergence of US Studies outside the Americas”

The Conference will be held in Hyderabad at the OUCIP (former ASRC).

Prospective delegates will please note that we are focused primarily on literature but our attempt is to go interdisciplinary. We welcome approaches to literature from other perspectives.

The following information, in the given format, should be sent along with the abstract:

Title of Abstract

Name of Delegate

Official designation, Address and email id

Home address and Phone number

MELUS/MELOW conferences attended earlier (in which year and where)

Are you currently a member of MELUS or MELOW? Or do you need a fresh / renewed membership? Please specify.

• The subject line of your message should read “ABSTRACT 2011: [YOUR NAME] and [If applicable - state if you are an Indian citizen below 40, competing for the ISM award]”

Send the abstract with the necessary information by email (as part of the TEXT message, and NOT as attachment) to mjaidka@gmail.com with a copy to aneelraina@gmail.com

•Deadline for receipt of abstracts is 30 November 2010.

All abstracts will be peer-reviewed before they are accepted. Once acceptance letters are sent full papers (approx 3,000 words) will be invited.