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First circular of III Conference of OSLE-India
St. Ann’s College for Women, Hyderabad hosts III International Conference of Organisation for Studies in Literature and Environment-India (OSLE-India) on Land, Culture and Knowledge Systems at St. Ann’s College for Women, Hyderabad on 4 & 5 January, 2008
St. Ann’s College for Women, Hyderabad
The beckoning of a divine calling led to the establishment of a congregation of the Sisters of St Anne, Guntur. The Sisters under the leadership of their founder Thatipatri Gnanamma pioneered the concept of women empowerment through primary, secondary and collegiate education. The Society forayed into higher education with St. Ann's Junior college in 1981 in Hyderabad. Over the years the institution has introduced several UG and PG courses in Science, Humanities and Commerce. The college enjoys excellent reputation in the twin cities with an 'A' Grade conferred by NAAC. The institution always adapts itself to the changing trends in every sphere of knowledge. One such venture is this collaboration with OSLE-India.
OSLE- India
OSLE-India is a forum for promoting ecocriticism, especially in India and also in other Asian countries. Today 'ecocriticism' has come to mean not only 'the application of ecology and ecological principles to the study of literature,' but also the theoretical approach to the interrelational web of natural, cultural and supernatural phenomena.
Conference Theme
Land, the central principle of ecocriticism, plays a crucial role in our understanding of human society, particularly, such social issues as poverty, hunger, tribal displacement and environmental destruction among many others. Since ecocriticism involves criticism of culture or cultural texts, land has to be seen in relation to culture also. Though knowledge systems will be part of culture, they find special mention in the topic of the conference because in the discussion of land and culture, we need to tap the resources of not only academic disciplinary practices (humanities & sciences), but also knowledge resources available outside of the academy, such as folk and tribal knowledge as well.
Some topics for presentation:
Ø Land & critical theories:
Land as critical principle – tinai – Bioregionalism – Nativism
Ø Influence of land on culture
Anthropogeographical approach – Human geographical insights –
Bioregion – Nativism – Sacred geography – Sacred grove –
kalam/mandala(m)/(I)yantra(m)/kolam/rangoli – vaastu
Ø Land as Home (Oikos)
Landlessness – Displacement – Migration – Refugee – Invasion –
Indigenousness/Aboriginality/Rootedness
Ø Land Ethics
Land Rights – Leopold’s theory of Land Rights – Ownership of land
Ø Physical and Metaphysical Dimensions of land
Can there be imaginary land? – Land, Place & Space
Though “space” has become an established critical category (as in Bachelard’s The Poetics of Space), this conference will focus on land rather than on related concepts like “space” and “world” among others. Therefore, papers on land-related concepts will also necessarily focus on land.
Call for Papers
A soft copy of the abstract of the paper in about 300 words should be sent before the 30th of September 2007, to the following e-mail addresses:
<annosle@yahoo.co.in> and <osleindia@gmail.com>.
Acceptance of Abstracts will be communicated to delegates only on a specified date (by 8 October 2007). Please note that acceptance of abstract does not ensure acceptance of full paper or conference presentation.
Full text of the paper not exceeding 4000 words should be submitted (both hard and soft copies) with a declaration that the paper is original contribution of the presenter.
Papers should conform to the latest MLA style. For science papers, the authors should give references in parentheses. Each paper presenter will have a maximum of 15 minutes for presentation. In the case of papers with multiple authors, only those authors who participate in the conference will be entitled to the presentation certificate.
OSLE-India reserves the right to publish select papers from the conference.
Delegate fee*
OSLE-India Member Delegate fee:
Indian: Student: INR (Indian Rupee) 550
Indian: Non-Student: INR 1050
Foreign: Student: INR 2150
Foreign: Non-Student: INR 3150
Delegate Fee for those not yet members of OSLE-India:
Indian: Student: INR 850
Indian: Non-Student: INR 1550
Foreign: Student: INR 3150
Foreign: Non-Student: INR 4150
(*OSLE-India expects all delegates to be members by the time of the commencement of the conference)
The delegate fee in Indian Rupees in the form of Demand Draft/Pay Order drawn in favor of The Principal, St. Ann's College for Women, payable at Hyderabad, should reach either of the two Convenors of the conference on or before 3 December, 2007. Please note that spot registration (on the day of the conference for Indian delegates) will cost more.
Late Delegate fee*
OSLE-India Member Delegate fee:
Indian: Student: INR (Indian Rupee) 700
Indian: Non-Student: INR 1300
Late Delegate Fee for those not yet members of OSLE-India:
Indian: Student: INR 1000
Indian: Non-Student: INR 1800
The delegate fee would cover food (2 breakfasts, 4 times coffee/Tea, 2 lunches and 1 dinner), comfortable accommodation, conference kit and local transport expenses for the two days of conference.
Foreign delegates need to pay the delegate fee in Indian Rupees only on the day of the conference. Please note that money changing facility is available at the airports in Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore and all other ports of entry.
Conference Venue contact information:
St. Ann's College for Women
Santhoshnagar Colony, Mehdipatnam,
Hyderabad- 500 028.
Andhra Pradesh, India
Phones: + 91 (040) 23513020.
Fax No. 23517919.
Cell: Nalini Shivkumar: +91-9391376087.
Rema Mahalingam: +91-9866551640
E- Mail ID: <annosle@yahoo.co.in>
Conference Chairpersons:
Dr. Sr. Fatima Rani. P.
Principal, St. Ann's College for Women,
Santhoshnagar Colony,
Mehdipatnam, Hyderabad- 500 028.
Dr. Nirmal Selvamony
Reader in English, Madras Christian College,
Chennai
President, OSLE- India.
Conveners:
Ms. Nalini Shivkumar
HOD, Dept. of History,
St. Ann's College for Women
Ms. Rema Mahalingam,
HOD, Dept. of English,
St. Ann's College for Women,
Santhoshnagar Colony, Mehdipatnam,
Hyderabad- 500 028.
Regional Secretaries for Andhra Pradesh, OSLE- India.
Organising Secretaries
Dr. Malini
Dean Student Affairs
HOD, Dept. of Political Science
St. Ann's College for Women
Ms. N.V. Kavitha,
Dean Student Affairs,
HOD, Dept. of Commerce
St. Ann's College for Women
Committees
Advisory Committee
Dr. Priyamvada Devi, Dean Administration
Dr. Smita Asthana, Dean Academics
Dr. Dayanandan, OSLE-India
Dr. D. Narasimhan, OSLE-India
Prof. Watson Solomon, OSLE-India
Academic Committees
Dr. Zakia Sultana
Dr. Margaret
Dr. Swarna Kumari
Dr. Radha
Ms. Laxmi Rajgopal
Prof. D. E. Benet, OSLE-India
Mr. Rayson K. Alex, OSLE-India
Host Committee
Dr. Rajeshwari
Ms. Radhika
Dr. Sneha Gogte
Ms. Sharada
Ms. Vimala
Ms. Bala Theresa
Ms. Rani George
Ms. Aleena Manoharan, OSLE-India (Registration)
Mr. Rayson K. Alex (Registration)
Ms. S. Susan Deborah, OSLE-India (Registration)
Organising committee
Ms. Nirmala,
Ms. Anuradha
Ms. Latha Subramanya
Ms. Savithri,
Ms. Sunitha David
Ms. Madhavi
Prof. B. Beneson, OSLE-India
Mr. Tenzin Tsepak, OSLE-India
Advisory Board
Sr. Fatima Mary. B.
Superior General, St. Ann's Generalate,
Guntur
Sr. Sundari,
Educational Consultor, St. Ann's Society
Sr. Amrutha. P.
Correspondent, St. Ann's College for Women, Hyderabad
Dr. Suresh Frederick, OSLE-India
Last Date for Submission of Abstracts: 31 October, 2007
Last Date for Conference Registration and submission of full text of paper: 3 December, 2007
For proposal for hosting of the next annual OSLE-India conference, please contact The President, OSLE-India, at <osleindia@gmail.com>