[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 4 | January 27, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036]
The Department of English, Bharati Vidyapeeth University Yashwantrao Mohite College, Pune (India) is organizing a two-day International Conference at Yashwantrao Mohite College, Pune, India from 13th and 14th February, 2015.
About the conference: Marginalization and Indian English Literature
Marginalization is social disadvantage and relegation to the fringe of society. It is a term used widely in the United Kingdom and Europe, and was first used in France. It is used across disciplines including education, sociology, psychology, politics and economics. It is also called social exclusion.
Social exclusion is the process in which individuals or entire communities of people are systematically blocked from rights, opportunities and resources that are normally available to members of society and which are key to social integration.
The resulting alienation or disenfranchisement is often connected to a person’s social class, education status, relationships in childhood and living standards. It also applies in varying degrees to people with a disability, minorities, fair sex, to the elderly, and to youth. Anyone who deviates in any perceived way from the norm of a population may become subject to coarse or subtle forms of social exclusion.
The outcome of social exclusion is that affected individuals or communities are prevented from participating fully in the economic, social, and political life of the society in which they live. Material deprivation is the most common result of this exclusion. Ensuing poverty, emotional and psychological trauma, and its resulting diseases may result in catastrophic damage to lives, health, and psyche.
Marginalization is a multidimensional process of progressive social rupture, detaching groups and individuals from social relation and institutions and preventing them from full participation in the normal, normatively prescribed activities of the society in which they live.
One model to conceptualize social exclusion and inclusion is that they are on a continuum on a vertical plane below and above the ‘social horizon’. According to this model, there are ten social structures that impact exclusion and can fluctuate over time: race, geographic location, class structure, globalization, social issues, personal habits and appearance, education, religion, economics and politics.
In an alternative conceptualization, social exclusion theoretically emerges at the individual or group level on four correlated dimensions: insufficient access to social rights, material deprivation, limited social participation and a lack of normative integration. It is then regarded as the combined result of personal risk factors (age, gender, race); macro-societal changes (demographic, economic and labor market developments, technological innovation, the evolution of social norms); government legislation and social policy; and the actual behaviour of business, administrative organizations and fellow citizens.
Marginalization at the individual level results in an individual’s exclusion from meaningful participation in the society. More broadly, many women face social exclusion. Today, women are still marginalized from executive positions and continue to earn less than men in upper management positions. Another example of individual marginalization is the exclusion of individuals with disabilities from the labour force. Some intellectuals and
thinkers are marginalized because of their dissenting, radical or controversial views on a range of topics, including HIV/AIDS, sex climate change, evolution, alternative medicine, green energy, or third world politics.
This conference is expected to serve an interdisciplinary forum for intellectual deliberations, constructive discussions and positive conclusions about the theme of the conference. It will highlight the need of such study and its contributions to literary development.
Further, the conference will serve as the platform to new generation thinkers to share their views and experiences.
Call for papers
The abstract of papers in about 200-250 words must reach the organizers before 5th Feb, 2015 by email as an attachment, with ‘Submission of Abstract’ typed in the subject field by email to ymceng@gmail.com. The acceptance of the abstract will be communicated immediately. The abstracts accepted for presentation will be published in ISBN numbered proceeding. The participants whose abstracts are accepted have to submit the full paper before 7th February 2015 by email as an attachment, with ‘Submission of Full Paper’ typed in the subject field to ymceng@gmail.com. The selected papers will be published in the book form immediately after the conference.
Specifications for submission of abstract/full paper:
The papers should be in MS-Word format with Times New Roman font, 12 point size, 1.5 line spacing and be in the latest MLA style with restriction of 8-10 pages. Papers related to Marginalization and Indian English Literature
alone will be accepted for presentation and publication.
Deliberations:
The conference will have plenary sessions, paper presentation sessions and panel discussion. The official language of the conference will be English. Provision will be made for the use of standard presentation tools for the convenience of the paper presenters.
Registration fee:
Outstation delegates : Rs. 1500.00
Local delegates : Rs. 1000.00
Students/ Scholars : Rs. 700.00
Foreign nationals : $ 150.00
The DD should be drawn in favour of “The Principal, Yashwantrao Mohite College, Pune – 38” payable at Pune. Please register yourself with organizers on or before 5th February, 2015. After 6th February including spot registration, Rs. 500/- will be charged as a late fee.
Details for Online Payment. (You can also pay through any SBI Branch by Depositing Cash):
Bank Name : State Bank of India
Branch: Deccan Gymkhana, Pune
Account No: 31791360494
Account Type: Saving
Account Holder’s Name: Yashwantrao Mohite College Pune
IFSC Code: SBIN0001110
IMP: After the payment, it is mandatory to send the image / scanned copy of the Payment Receipt through mail immediately. This is important regarding confirmation of the registration. Without it the Registration will be
treated incomplete.
Accommodation:
Modest accommodation will be provided free of cost for one day only i.e 13th Feb., 2015 to the registered outstation participants. But, they have to make prior request in this regard. Request has to be made to the Organizing
Secretary on or before 7th , February, 2015.
Foreign delegates, have to make provision of accommodation on their own.
For more information, please send an email to Dr. Rajaram Zirange at rszirange@gmail.com.