The Department
of Humanities and Social Sciences
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
invites papers for the
International Seminar &
Workshop on Anglo-Indian Studies
4, 5 August
2017
on
“Midnight’s
Orphans”: Problematising the Postcolonial in the Telling of Anglo-Indian
(Hi)stories
The compelling contrast between the ‘Midnight’s
Children’ and the ‘Midnight’s Orphans’ has been used in multiple contexts to
highlight what/who have been left behind/left out in the Postcolonial scenario.
Pertinent questions in this regard have already been asked and continue to be
asked in studies related to literature, culture, gender and society. This
seminar cum workshop is an attempt to locate the scholarship on the
Anglo-Indian community within the broad canvass of Postcolonial Studies thereby
allowing an interdisciplinary and transnational approach towards the
understanding of the Anglo-Indian in India and the diaspora.
Call for
Papers
To collaborate with this academic initiative, we
invite original research papers that are focused on Anglo-Indian studies from
disciplines such as Literature, History, Anthropology, Sociology, Culture
Studies and Film/Media Studies. However, we are also happy to include papers that
are based on a broad range of questions and research around the following
themes:
ü The representation of
Anglo-Indian community in films/literature/popular culture/media
ü The (In)visibility of the
Anglo-Indians in nationalist histories in India and the diaspora
ü Home and belonging:
Contested spaces, territories, identities
ü The Politics of
representation: in historic and contemporary times
ü The relevance of
transnational histories
ü Writing history/histories
from the margins
ü Identity politics: in India
and the diaspora
ü Researching a community:
Challenges and Crises
Important
Dates
The deadline for sending abstracts (350 words) to
merin@iitm.ac.in and r.Andrews@massey.ac.nz is 25 June 2017.
The selected presenters will be notified by 30 June
2017 and are expected to confirm their participation before 3 July 2017.
Special Invitation: The selected participants are
invited to a special screening of the documentary film The AngloIndians of
Madras (Dir. Harry MacLure, Anglo-Ink, Chennai). Date and time: 3rd August
2017, at 4.30 pm. Venue: IC&SR Auditorium, IIT Madras
Presentation
of Research Work
Ø The participants will be
invited to make a 20-minute presentation of their research.
Ø Selected papers will be
included in an edited volume to be published by Springer. The details will be
provided after the Seminar.
Ø The presentations and
proceedings will be video recorded and included in the Digital Archive on
Anglo-Indian Studies hosted by IIT Madras.
Registration
ü The participants are
required to register for the event before 10 July 2017. Further details will be
made available after 30 June 2017.
ü The registration fee of
Rs.1000 (INR) could be paid at the venue on 4 August 2017. Accommodation:
ü Accommodation for Research
scholars can be arranged in the student hostels within the campus (an early
intimation is appreciated to ensure availability)
ü The rooms in the Institute
Guest House may also be made available on payment basis (subject to
availability)
ü Requests for accommodation
should be sent to merin@iitm.ac.in before 3 July 2017.
For more details, click on their brochure HERE
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