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Wednesday, July 01, 2009

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON UNDERSTANDING & INTERROGATING "FOURTH WORLD LITERATURES"

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
ACHARYA NAGARJUNA UNIVERSITY
Nagarjuna Nagar
Guntur
Andhra Pradesh
India – 522 510

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON

UNDERSTANDING & INTERROGATING
"FOURTH WORLD LITERATURES"

7-9 SEPTEMBER 2009

Deadline for Abstracts: 10. 08. 2009

The Conference will cover the following areas: Native American Studies, Native Canadian Studies,Aboriginal Australian, Dalit, African & South African Studies. The term 'Fourth World' was coined by George Manuel and M. Posluns in The Fourth World: an Indian Reality (1974). This was further analysed in political terms by Noel Dyck in Indigenous Peoples and the Nation State: 'Fourth World' Politics in Canada, Australia and Norway (1992). The emergence of Native literatures such as Native American, Native Canadian, Aboriginal Australian, Maori New Zealandian and Dalit literature of India demands a scholarly probe into the evolution and consolidation of Fourth World people in socio, economic, political, literary and cultural aspects of life. The objective of the conference is to introduce and espouse Fourth World Identity that would interrogate the discourse of conventional epistemology. .


Abstracts of Papers for presentation focusing on the above areas with inter disciplinary approach exploring diversity, multi culturalism, Inter Culturalism, History, Anthropology, Sociology & Economy of Natives/Aboriginals/Dalits/Africans/South Africans are welcome from colleagues all over the world.

Abstracts should meet the approximate word account of 250-300. Abstracts may be submitted by email to the following address: derrida@rediffmail.com or derrida.derrida@gmail.com.

Registration Fee

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Local Delegates: Rs. 600.


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Non Local Delegates: Rs.800


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Foreign Delegates: Rs. 5000

The Registration fee covers accommodation, Break fast, Lunch, Dinner, Snacks, Tea/Coffee for three days and the Conference Kit. The registration fee has to be paid through Demand Draft drawn infavour of Dr. Raja Sekhar, director International Conference payable at SBI ( Nagarjuna University Campus Branch No:4793), Nagarjuna Nagar. Guntur.

*** Acharya Nagarjuna University is located in between Vijayawada & Guntur, the two popular cities in coastal Andhra Pradesh. The University is 17 K.M. from Vijayawada and 15 K.M. from Guntur. The nearest local airport is in Vijayawada and the International airport is in Hyderabad. The University is surrounded by world famous tourist places like Undavalli caves, Bhavani Island, Durga temple, Krishna barrage in Vijayawada. The world famous Buddhist site Amaravathi is 30 K.M. from Guntur.

For mailing abstracts and inquiries:

Dr. P. Raja Sekhar,
Director, International Conference
Dept. of English
Acharya Nagarjuna University
Guntur. India. 522510
Mobile : + 91 9704464829
Email : derrida.derrida@gmail.com,
derrida@rediffmail.com

Website: www.fourthworldlitt.in
http://www.nagarjunauniversity.ac.in/engseminar.asp

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