INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE on Culture, the Arts, and Literature 2016

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE on  Culture, the Arts, and Literature

25th to 27th February 2016

 KTHM College, 

Nashik 422002 Maharashtra

CONCEPT NOTE:

The influence of Culture, the Arts, and Literature upon one another is quite obvious, but what kind of influence, why and how it takes place can be very interesting, engaging, and even intriguing. Culture—as shared traditions, values, desires, aspirations, goals, and attitudes of a community or society—plays a pivotal role in the being and becoming of any nation-state. Its reflections in the arts and literature are indicative of the power of culture; however, though the arts and literature are re-presentations, they have the power to leave indelible marks on culture. The arts and literature of a culture are often considered a measure of that culture’s highest achievements since creative activities also represent a culture’s identity. In recent times, it has become very important to understand how the attitudes, ideas, and values of individuals, groups, societies, or cultures are represented in their literature, arts, and other creative activities and even daily life. This, in turn, augments our understanding of the varied and complex relations among lived, represented, and speculated existence. While it is necessary to improve our cultural literacy in order to transform our view of the arts and literature of a society, cultural literacy also broadens our attitude toward the ‘other’ people, thus transforming us into better philanthropists.
 
For a better understanding of the (Globalized) society today, it is important to understand the ways in which cultural values are articulated socially and creatively and how making and circulation of meaning within a culture take place. The conference aims to proceed from addressing basic issues like what culture is (a statement like ‘Culture is everything’ does not really define what it is) and what it does to raising questions about the complex and vexed issue of cultural hybridity and to seek answers to them. It is interesting to see if the arts and literature can facilitate cultural hybridity. One of the most important questions is, of course, to look within whether we have really learnt to describe and discuss arts and culture whether our own or of the ‘other.’ It can be answered only through acquiring insights into the culture of man’s sense and sensibility by comprehending broad views of life, achieving a higher degree of critical awareness, and developing certain ways of thinking. However, since nothing is static, cultures, arts, and literatures are also dynamic, heterogeneous, and dialogic; for this reason, changes in cultures, arts, and literatures call for our understanding of (their) histories as well. Historical approach can help explore the ways of various human civilizations through a variety of disciplines such as theology, aesthetics, mythology, musicology, dance, archeology, architecture, folklore, and so on. While contested histories shape politics in many countries today, it is important to see that the arts and literary works challenge both conventional and political certainties, even transforms the culture of a people.   

 The following sub-themes will be the focus of the conference though innovative ideas related to the conference theme are welcome: 
1. Classical Indology 

2. Mythologies (Indian/Egyptian/Greek/Roman)  

3. Film & Visual Culture  

4. Comparative Studies across Cultures, Arts, and Literatures  

5. Performing Arts and Culture/Literature  

6. Media and Culture/Arts/Literature  

7. Politics and Culture/Arts/Literature 

 8. Social Change and Culture/Arts/Literature

 9. Adaptations  

10. Religion and Culture/Arts/Literature  

11. Crime/War and Culture/Arts/Literature  

12. Gender/Sexuality/Race/Ethnicity and Culture/Arts/Literature  

13. Diaspora/Subaltern Studies/Identity and Culture/Arts/Literature 

14. Language and Culture/Arts/Literature  

15. Ancient and Modern Languages  

16. Philosophy and Culture/Arts/Literature 

 17. Marxist Perspective on Art, Literature, and Culture 

 18. Multiculturalism and Arts/Literature  

19. Postcolonial Studies/Globalization and Culture/Arts/Literature  

20. History and Culture/Arts/Literature  

21. Culture/Arts/Literature of the Present and of the Past 

 22. Religion and Culture/Arts/Literature 

 

Abstract Submission Last Date : 30th December 2015
Full Paper Submission Last Date: 31st January 2016  

Conference Fees: Rs. 1500/- (For Teachers)

Rs. 750/- (For Students & Research Scholars not getting any scholarship or grants)

On the Spot Registration: Rs. 300/- extra (For Teachers)

Rs. 150/- extra (For Students & Research Scholars not getting any scholarship or grants)

Accommodation:

We will make decent accommodation available; however, since we have kept the registration fees to a minimum possible (which includes breakfast & lunch on all three days), accommodation charges will be borne by the participants.

PUBLICATION: The best papers will be published in a book with an ISBN by a reputed       publisher.

 Contact / Information: 

Chetan Deshmane  
Cell: +91 9423963908 (SMS & Whatsapp Only)
 Email: dausche@gmail.com  

Yogesh Gangurde
 Cell: +91 9423696777 (SMS & Whatsapp Only)
 Email: ygangurde@gmail.com
 
Purnima Trivedi-Kulkarni Cell: +91 9764066777 (SMS & Whatsapp Only) 
 Email: purnima_sal@yahoo.co.in

 Prashant Mothe 
 Cell: +91 9890290602 (SMS & Whatsapp Only) 
 Email: prashantmothe14@gmail.com