EARLY TIMES REPORT
srinagar, Aug 21: The Department of English, Central University of Kashmir (CUK) is organising a three-day national seminar on "Language, Literature and Culture: Intersections and Interrogations" from August 25 to 27, 2015 at the old Academic Block at Nowgam.
The Department has received more than 40 abstracts from teachers, academics and research scholars, across the country, who, have expressed their willingness to participate in the seminar. Besides, the Department has invited five eminent Professors from outside the State for attending the seminar, of whom, three have already confirmed their participation.
The officiating Vice-Chancellor of the University, Professor Mehraj-ud-Din Mir, shall preside over the inaugural session which will start at 11 AM while as former IUST Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Siddique Wahid, will be the Chief Guest on the inaugural session. Professor Sumanyu Satpati, Professor and Head, Department of English, University of Delhi shall deliver the keynote address.
In addition to the inaugural and the valediction, the seminar will be spread over seven technical sessions in which around 30 participants will make their presentations. Talking about the seminar Head, Department of English, Professor Muhammad Aslam said,
"The various sessions of the seminar will be devoted to the following sub-themes: 1) Print, literary transactions and the problems of genre 2) Author as an ideologue and the problems of Authorship 3) Pedagogy and Literature 4) History writing and Writing Histories 5) Print, Public Sphere and Politics." he added. |
