{"id":2490,"date":"2012-04-16T10:10:08","date_gmt":"2012-04-16T10:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eltweekly.com\/elt-newsletter\/?p=2490"},"modified":"2012-04-16T10:10:08","modified_gmt":"2012-04-16T10:10:08","slug":"vol-4-issue-17-elt-conference-language-literature-and-cultural-studies-in-the-21st-century-translocating-transgressing-boundaries-dhaka-bangladesh-may-25-26-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eltweekly.humbeestudio.xyz\/?p=2490","title":{"rendered":"Vol. 4 Issue 17 \u2013 ELT Conference: ‘Language, Literature, and Cultural Studies in the 21st Century: Translocating \/ Transgressing Boundaries’ Dhaka, Bangladesh – May 25-26, 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue#17 | April 23, 2012 |\u00a0ISSN 0975-3036<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>POSTGRADUATE CONFERENCE 2012<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Language, Literature, and Cultural Studies in the 21st Century:\u00a0Translocating \/ Transgressing Boundaries<\/span><\/p>\n

25 & 26 May 2012<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Department of English <\/strong>|<\/strong> Jahangirnagar University<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Savar, Dhaka 1342, Bangladesh<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Thematic Introduction<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

We welcome both scholarly and creative submissions from the early career scholars and postgraduates including MPhil and Phd students who are studying and interested in the vibrant fields of English language, literatures in English, and cultural studies. We also offer graduate sessions to accommodate papers presented by the students in the MA and BA (Hons) programmes. There will be three WORKSHOPS<\/strong> and\/or PLENARY<\/strong> SESSIONS<\/strong> that will address the formation of \u2018boundaries\u2019 erected by or around the academic disciplines. Confirmed plenary speakers include Prof. Fakrul Alam,University ofDhaka and Prof M Shahidullah,RajshahiUniversity.<\/span><\/p>\n

This interdisciplinary conference will address the problems and potential of the humanities in the 21st<\/sup> century vis-\u00e0-vis late capitalism, postmodernism, and convergence culture. Concentrating on the study of language, literature and cultural studies, the conference intends to locate and analyze the shifts \u2013 epistemic, generic, ontological, linguistic, etc. \u2013 that have taken place and study the effects \u2013 for example, syncreticity, sublimation, subordination, convergence, and decadence \u2013 these shifts have made:. The central theme of the conference \u2013 \u2018boundary\u2019 \u2013 alludes to its numerous connotations and ramifications. The conference aims to explore how different discourses and praxis have been engaged in dialogue and negotiation with the \u2018boundaries\u2019 \u2013 geographical, linguistic, ontological, racial, cultural, etc. \u2013 and if and how these interventions have modified or been resisted by the boundaries. Conceptualizing \u2018boundaries\u2019 as \u2018constructs\u2019 and often hegemonic, the conference intends to see how these interventions are viewed in the present academia: as acts of transgression, or of translocating? While \u2018transgression\u2019 entails a negative connotation and pre-supposes sanctioned origin, \u2018translocating\u2019 is rather liberating, suggesting shifts but does not privilege the originary location.Proposal for Paper Presentation (20-minute), Panel (45-minute), Workshop (60-minute), Poster Presentation, Performance Session (20-minute), and Virtual Presentation (20-minute) may address any of the areas included in but not limited to the following list:<\/span><\/p>\n