 Early Times Report
KATRA, Dec 19: The School of Languages & Literature (SoL&L), a leading department at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU), Katra, organised a two-day international conference on "Semiotic Approach to Feminist Studies" wherein Prof. Kanika Batra of Texas State University, US, was the expert resource person while the key note speaker Prof D Mukhopadhyay, Dean, Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, graced the occasion as the chief guest and Dr Amitabh V Dwivedi, Coordinator & Head, SoL&L, introduced the theme and stating that semiotic approach is useful in assessing the limitations of master theories as it unsettles established things. Prof Mukhopadhyay, in his inaugural address, emphasized that accepting and admitting non-linguistic spaces for female gender is more important than merely playing linguistic jugglery. The conference received a huge response from J&K state, and from Indian states. Prof Kanika Batra talked about giving importance to the act of sexual violence rather than taking political mileage over where it happened and who did that. Senior faculty members, including Dr. Anil K Tiwari, Head, School of Philosophy & Culture (SoPC), SMVDU; S S Sharma, faculty member (SoPC); Isha Malhotra, faculty member (SoL&L); Dr Garima Gupta of Jammu University, Dr Anurag Kumar (SOL&L) also convener of the event and others were present during the inaugural ceremony. Dr Sanjeev Jain, Vice-Chancellor, SMVDU, appreciated that the School is regularly organizing academic discussions on such sensitive and socially important themes. |
