DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

ANDHRA UNIVERSITY
VISAKHAPATNAM 530 003, A.P., INDIA

Dear Prof./Sir/Madam,
Greetings from Andhra University.
I am Prof. S Prasanna Sree ( Director of the forth coming International Seminar) from the Department of
English, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India. I am happy to invite you, to our midst as the
Department of English, proposes to conduct an International Seminar on the topic 'Recreating Spaces:
Language, Culture, and Gender Issues' during 8th and 9th of December, 2017. I have the pleasure in
inviting you to participate and present your paper with valuable insights.

For details download from the attachment

We look forward to hearing from you.
Best wishes

Dr.S.Prasanna sree
Professor
Department of English
Director,IMC
Senate Member
Andhra University
Visakhapatnam,530 002.,AP.,INDIA
and
Visiting Senior Research Fellow
Institute for Advanced Semitic and Afroasiatic Studies
Princeton,New Jersey,USA 08540
91+ 09246628841
91+891 2700 400(R)
91+891 284 4339
www.professorprasannasree.com
 S. PRASANNA SREE
SEMINAR DIRECTOR

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
ANDHRA UNIVERSITY
VISAKHAPATNAM 530 003, A.P., INDIA
International Seminar
Recreating Spaces: Language, Culture and Gender Issues
Language, Culture and Gender have always been a sensitive and volatile issues.
Language is the primary vehicle of culture and all forms of communication (verbal
and non-verbal) are involved in the creation of cultural characteristics. The
structure of a language determines the way in which speakers of that language
view the world or, as a weaker view, the structure does not determine the
Weltanschauung. But it is still extremely influential in predisposing speakers of a
language toward adopting their world-view. The idea that language, to a
considerable extent, determines the way we think about the world around us is
known as linguistic determinism, with strong determinism stating that language
actually determines thought, and weak determinism implying that our thought is
merely influenced by our language.

Linguistique tiquette, which has also been studied for its possible influence on
user perceptions, appears to be a shaper of both communicative contexts as well
as human relationships. Though linguistic norms differ between cultures,
demonstrating respect towards others is an important function of language. And,
although the perceptions of listeners appear to be affected by this language, a
relationship claiming that language determines this type of thought remains in
question. While culture is a set of distinctive, spiritual, material, intellectual and
emotional features of the society of a special group, it encompasses, in addition to
art and literature, life styles, ways of living together, value systems, traditions, and
beliefs inter alias. Language is the most useful and most enduring of a peoples
cultural heritage. Since language and culture have been intricately woven together,
the concept of gender which has become a contentious one in recent times had
been linked, thus resulting in a wider line of argument. Without language, the
preservation of cultural characteristics would have been unthinkable since culture
is a product of social interaction.

The insightful contributions of scholars in the fields of literature and cultural

studies have fore grounded gender as a primary issue of intellectual enquiry, thus
paving way for inter disciplinary in the academy. Critical studies on gender issues
across cultures may provide a better way of framing, and enquiring into the core
issues about ideology, social formation, political movements and shifts in
perception of embodiment and community. Literary works on gender have evolved
into particularly rich source of exploring this important aspect of society. These
literary and cultural studies on emerging gender issues respond creatively and
dynamically to all the cultural forms from an interdisciplinary approach involving
social science, media, gay, lesbian, and queer studies. The focus on the gender
issues has enabled creative ways of thinking about how the transgendered body is
inhabited, and the practices that promise to radically destabilize the meaning of
the social genders. In this sense gender becomes a genre that implies a set of
conditions given by a text. It is contingent not only on the individual text but on
the individual reading moment, avoiding recourse to a universal or a prescriptive
norm. Literary works and cultural studies on the gender aspects of globalization
leading to the feminization of labor, the social status of women in the hierarchical
social system especially in Indian subcontinent, and the cultural stereotyping of
gender in many corners of the world have been documented and the productive
nature of gender variance and its impact upon the way gender issues are being
understood and lived.

With this backdrop, the conference shall address the endless varieties of aspects of
Language, Culture and Gender Issues.
This conference, it is hoped, will serve an interdisciplinary platform for the
academically intellectual discussions focusing the central themes of the
conference.
Research papers are invited from scholars engaged in those disciplines that touch
upon the issues mentioned above. The following are the themes which we shall be
addressing:

Sub themes

Absurdity and Literature

Adaptation and Imitation
Address the practicalities of the marketplace;
Buddhism and Literature
Comparative Cognition
Comparative Language Studies
Conflict Resolution and Disarmament
Critical reception of Aboriginal, minority and/or multilingual writing;
Cross-Disciplinary Research and Teaching Methodology
Cultural Integration and Fragmentation
Diaspora and Transnational Identities
Emergence of new forms of technological infrastructure and media
Emergence of The Post Colonial Identities
Environmental Issues
Ethnic Studies
Ethnocentrism in Literature
Gender and Consumerism
Gender and Space Technology
Gender and Technology
Gender in Applied Sciences
Gender Issues
Gender Trouble in Literature
Gender, Religion and Literature

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Globalization and Geopolitical Polarization
Histories in relation to various versions of the nation or a transnational
perspective;
Immigration/Migration and Peace
Influence, Borrowing, Assimilation, Distortion and Anxiety
International Law and Its Execution
Interrogate distinctions between popular and elite, subversive and insider writing;
Issues of Language, Form and Gender
Linguistic, Ethnic and Religious Movements
Literary Social Paradigm
Literature and Class/ Caste
Literature and Cultural History
Literature and Human Rights
Literature and Humanitarianism
Literature and Ideology
Literature and Nationalism
Literature of Protest and Peace
Literatures of Gender Apartheids
Literatures of Underrepresented
Materialism and Literature
Nihilist and Jingoist Sentiment in Literature.
Non-Violence and Peace
Philosophy and Ethics
Plurality of womens literary histories;
Reading and Misreading; Interpretation and Misinterpretation
Regionalization and Internationalization
Religion of War /Religion on War
Representation and the Real
Spirituality and Literature
Subaltern Consciousness in South Asian Literature
Women and Indigenous Technology
Women as Administrators
Women in Women Studies
World Literature and New Literatures

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Submission of abstract

Delegates are requested to e-mail the abstracts of their papers to this id

recreatingspacesintsem2017@gmail.com. not exceeding 500 words. The details
regarding selection will be communicated within two days from the date of
submission of abstract.
Registration form may be downloaded from the attached brochure. The registration
process has to be completed within three working days from the date of selection of
the ABSTRACT.
Submission of Full Length Papers
The Seminar is designed to promote critical debate and invites participation of
scholars with Stimulating papers. They would in turn be benefited from the
insights of the Resource persons at the Seminar. The Seminar proceedings will, in
the end, result in the publication of a book to be edited by the Seminar director.
The organizing committee reserves the right to publish the papers submitted at the
Seminar. The papers may run into 8-10 pages typed on single side in Times New
Roman or Book man old style font 11 using 1.5 spaces on A4 size sheets.Please
send the hard copy of the abstract along with two passport size photos and proof of
registration fee paid.

Registration fee

It may kindly be noted that unless registration fee is paid in advance, it is not
possible to include the name of the participants in the programme of the seminar.

Registration fee up to October 5th, 2017 till 5p.m

Indian delegates : Rs.3000/-(outstation Participants

includes dinner)
: Rs.2500/-(local participants)
P.G. Student in all fields : 1700/-
Foreign delegates : $202 US Dollars

Late registration for foreign : $210 US Dollars

delegates after October
5th,2017 to November 17th,2017
Indian ( out station) : Rs.3,500/-
Local delegates : 2610/-
P.G. Student in all fields : 1800/-For all times
Spot Registration : 3700/-

December 4th only by cash

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Spot registration

Spot registration is permissible for foreign delegates on obtaining prior

permission; moderate accommodation on shared basis will be provided for
out stationed delegates during conference days.
The stay before the conference day will be charged separately.
Since limited numbers of rooms are available, foreign delegates are
requested to register well in advance.
The rooms will be allocated on first come-first-serve-basis to foreign
delegates only.
Registration fees covers Conference kit(Book of abstracts, identity card, food
coupons, letter pad, pen and other miscellaneous) breakfast, tea and lunch
during conference day.

Mode of Fee Payment

Registration fee should be paid through NEFT or by crossed Demand Draft in

favour of Mrs. Sathupathi Prasanna Sree (Seminar Director), payable at Andhra
Bank, AU Extension, account number 105610100035827 and IFSC code
ANDB0001056 and the branch code is 1056, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam-
530003, by October 5th, 2017.(strictly)
Andhra Vegetarian food will be served during conference days.
A co-presentator or any accompanying person will have to make separate
registration of Rs.2100/-only food tokens are issued and are allowed to attend the
session

Proposed Venue of the International Seminar: Department of English.

About the City, Visakhapatnam: https://youtu.be/kDCCnFSB0ao Click on this
link to know more.
Visakhapatnam is well connected by bus/train/plane to all major cities of India.
The University campus is situated adjacent to Bay of Bengal and is about five
kilometers from Visakhapatnam Railway Station and 20 kilometers from
Visakhapatnam Airport.

WEATHER

Weather in Visakhapatnam will be pleasant and Nights, however, will be showers

and moderate humid. Delegates are requested to bring with them slight silk
clothes.
Seminar Dates and Important dates to remember

The Seminar is scheduled for : 8TH and 9th December,2017

Last date for registration : 5th October, 2017

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Last Date for submission of abstracts : 20th September, 2017
Full length paper should (compulsorily) be submitted on or before 10th November,
2017.(strictly)

A word to share...

Fee once paid will not be refunded. For papers read in absentia, only certificate
will be posted to the address mentioned in the Registration form.
Negotiating on fee amount is not permitted as this is a self financed seminar.
Paucity of funds from any other external agency hampers our spirit to provide
accommodation and travel grant to you. Please make your own arrangements
for your stay and kindly bear with us.
Arguing with the Seminar Director or misbehaving with any volunteer (more
particularly with Lady Volunteers) in any form is not appreciated and accepted.
Please carry your medical kit in case of any emergency.
The organizers have no plan for local visits.
If single woman delegate isarriving to VISAKHAPATNAM for the first time please
inform the Seminar Director well in advance to receive in person.
Abstracts received after the due date will not be published in the abstract book.

Address for all Communications

Director,
International Seminar Department of English,
Andhra University, Visakhapatnam 530 003,
Andhra Pradesh, India.
Mobile:09246628841
email: recreatingspacesintsem2017@gmail.com
sathupati@gmail.com

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 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH Please mention the
ANDHRA UNIVERSITY code of your paper:
VISAKHAPATNAM 530 003, A.P., INDIA
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REGISTRATION FORM
01) Name: Please
stick your
02) Age: recent
stamp size
photograph
03) Designation:
here

04) Institution:

05) Mailing and Email address:

06) Contact phone/Cell Number

(Including area code):

07) Accompanying person(s) if any

08) Whether accommodation is required: YES/NO

09) Title of the paper:

Code of the sub-theme you wish your paper to be presented:
Language L-001
Culture C-002
Gender Issues GI-003
Any Other AO-004

10) Registration fee with details of DD :

Bank :

No:

Date :

11) Date, time &mode of arrival

Date:

Place

SIGNATURE OF THE DELEGATE

Please return this completed form to the seminar director along with two
photographs with D.D paid particulars:

Address for all Communications

Director,
International Seminar Department of English,
Andhra University, Visakhapatnam 530 003,
Andhra Pradesh, India.
Mobile:09246628841
email: recreatingspacesintsem2017@gmail.com
sathupati@gmail.com

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