National conference on Negotiating Tradition and (Post) Modernity: Recent Trends in Culture Studies 2015

Negotiating Tradition and (Post) Modernity:

Recent Trends in Culture Studies

UGC-sponsored Two-day National Seminar

Organized by

The Centre for Cultural Studies, University of Kalyani, Kalyani, West Bengal 741235

28-29 January 2015

The Centre for Cultural Studies, University of Kalyani is planning to organize its first UGC-sponsored national seminar entitled:”Negotiating Tradition and (Post) Modernity: Recent Trends in Culture Studies”.

Proposal for paper presentation of twenty-minute duration are invited from research scholars, teachers and academics on any of the sub-themes mentioned in the concept note. The proposal should be within 250 words; must clearly mention the following
a. Title
b. Sub-theme
c. Name of the text/s, its address/es (books, songs, any other cultural artifact)
d. Methodology

Concept Note

In the post-liberal context when the larger academia is being skeptic about the role
of Humanities, Culture Studies attempts to bring within its arena various
expressions of culture as a way towards interdisciplinarity. Erasing the borderline
between the ‘global’ and the ‘local’, there have been trends in the field of Culture
Studies to address the hyperreal world recreated by the network of the electronic
media as well as addressing the expressions of indigenous folk culture. Thus,
Culture Studies operate by debunking the segregation of the academia and the
lived experience of individuals /community. As institutions of higher learning off late
have engaged themselves in retrieving their bond with the rites of the community,
the impact of pedagogy is now reaching out to traditionally marginalized cultures.
Keeping in mind this changing scenario in the humanities, the Centre for Cultural
Studies, a newly established centre of the University of Kalyani is organizing a twoday
UGC sponsored national seminar entitled “Negotiating Tradition and (Post)
Modernity: Recent Trends in Culture Studies” during 28-29 January 2015. Apart
from focusing on the aforesaid issues, the seminar will also focus on the rich variety
of cultural traditions of the Nadia district vis-à-vis the state of West Bengal and the larger national context.

Since the title of the seminar covers a broad range of research and studies, the following sub themes may be considered as well:
i) Electronic Media
ii) Performance
iii) Popular Music
iv) Advertisement
v) Folk Traditions

Registration Fee:

Since the seminar is funded by the UGC, anyone interested in the themes and subthemes

of the seminar are welcome to attend its proceedings. However, to enroll as

a registered participant and enjoy the participant’s privileges, following registration

fees will be applicable. All paper presenters will be required to pre-register in

appropriate categories.

a. Scholars with Fellowship/Teachers: Rs 300/-

b. All other categories of scholars and students: Rs 200/- *

*(need to present valid ID/certificate from appropriate authorities in support

of the unemployed/without fellowship student status)

Registered Participant’s Privileges:

a. Morning refreshment on both days

b. Lunch on both days

c. Conference kit with abstract booklet

d. Participation/Presentation certificate

Important dates:

a. Last date for submission of paper proposal: 14 December 2014

b. Notification of acceptance/ rejection of the proposal: 5 January 2015

c. Pre-registration of accepted papers: 19 January 2015*

* Modalities will be communicated in the acceptance letter

 d. Seminar dates: 28-29 January 2015

Contact:

Sandip Mondal 

Joint Convenor 

09433271830 

sandywavebox@gmail.com 

Dr Sujay Kumar Mandal

Joint Convenor

09433841144

sujay331@rediffmail.com

UGC Sponsored National conference on Negotiating Tradition and (Post) Modernity: Recent Trends in Culture Studies 2015