Call for Papers

Abstracts of about 250-300 words dealing with the theme of "Representing Conflict" are invited from M.A and M.Phil students as well as independent research scholars. The last date for submission of abstracts is 20th August, 2010. Please e-mail your abstract with your name, the name of your institution and your contact details with "D.U. STUDENTS' NATIONAL SEMINAR" in the subject line to: conflictseminar.du@gmail.com.

Area of work could pertain to (but need not be restricted) to the following suggestions-

· Partition narratives (or narratives of dislocation) of the Indian subcontinent and elsewhere

· Class struggles evident in contemporary controversies over constructions of dams and so on

· Narratives of racial discrimination and resistance

· Narratives of gender discrimination and resistance

· ‘Madness’ as a manifestation of conflicting ideologies in the minds of literary characters (for instance Shakespeare’s Lear, Hamlet), and other manifestations of internal conflicts in characters (such as the protagonists in the works of Henry James, James Joyce, Kafka, T.S. Eliot and so on).

· Multiple perspectives on the same event within a particular work such as seen in the works of Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

· Conflict as a discipline of study and its organizational manifestations in government/non-government bodies.

· Discussion of personal ground work experiences /research