Globalisation And Postcolonial Writing: An Australia-India Exchange
Calcutta University, February 7 - 9, 2006
Presented By
Centre For Postcolonial Writing, Monash University & Department Of English, Calcutta University
The conference recognizes that Australian, Indian and Austral-Indian cross-cultural studies are areas of serious academic engagement. It will also begin a series of celebratory events marking the completion of 150 years of Calcutta University .
Theme
Globalisation has changed the world into a volatile hybrid space in which new combinations and confrontations radically challenge all our forms of understanding and representation. The conference will facilitate, between Australia and India , a scholarly and creative exchange on this theme as addressed in postcolonial literary, visual, performance and cultural studies.
Aims
- To foster the strengthening of research in the Arts between Australia and India
- To provide a collegial and informal opportunity for research exchanges leading to national and international grants
- To produce a publication that investigates key issues of the conference theme
- To provide for the exchange of knowledge in India and Australia of each other's society and culture in the context of the postcolonial.
Conference Sponsors
University of Calcutta
Index
- Conference Homepage
- Programme
- Participants from Australia
- Abstracts of Papers (Australia)
- Abstracts of Papers (India)
- Conference Report
- A Postgraduate's Perspective
Conference Venue
- University of Calcutta
Alipore Campus
Main Building
10th Floor Conference Hall
1, Reformatory Street
Kolkata 700027 - Phone: + 91-033-2479 2861
Conference Launch
- Tuesday 7 Feb 10am
- Launched by: Professor Richard Larkins AO, Vice Chancellor, Monash University and Professor Asis Banerjee, Vice-Chancellor, Calcutta University.
Conference Dinner
- Address by Guest of Honour John McCarthy AO, Australian High Commissioner to India
- Date: Wednesday 8th February 2006
- Venue: The Bengal Club, 33 B, Chowringhee Road, Kolkata 700071
- Time: 6.30pm
- Dress: Lounge/Formal/National
- Highlights: A cultural programme by the renowned classical danseuse, Amita Dutt, Professor, Department of Dance, Rabindra Bharati University, and troupe will precede the cocktails and dinner. Hosted by: Professor Richard Larkins, Vice-Chancellor, Monash University and Mrs Caroline Larkins and Dr Chandani Lokuge, Director, Centre for Postcolonial Writing, Monash University.
Conference Book Exhibition
- Exhibition Venue: Lounge/ Reception area of the conference venue.
Conference Publication
We are delighted to inform all participants that there will be a special edition of Meanjin dedicated to the conference. It will be co-edited by Ian Britain (General Editor, Meanjin) and Chandani Lokuge and will be published in 2007. The advisory committee of this issue will include Jennifer Strauss, Sanjukta Dasgupta and Tapati Gupta.
Selections will be made from conference papers/creative writing presented at the conference. We hope to include at least 25 papers including creative writing.
Requirements
Please note that papers must be of general interest and accessible to a general readership as well as to scholars. All papers will be refereed to cover Meanjin/DEST requirements.
Papers must be below 5000 words. Please use endnotes, not footnotes, for any documentation accompanying non-fiction articles, and keep notes to a minimum. Where used, they must include full publication details, including author's full name, publisher, and date and place of publication. Sufficient information should be provided either in the text or in the endnotes to allow readers to identify the source of direct quotations and to locate key works and passages discussed.
Contacts
Project Co-ordinators
Project Administrator
- Manikya: cpw@arts.monash.edu.au