THREE DAYS INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR

ON

Partition of Bengal, Diaspora and Rehabilitation : Quest for New World View in Literature & Culture of North-East India

From 22^th March 2012 to 24^th March 2012

Organised By

Department of Bengali, Assam University,

Silchar, P.O. : Durgakona, Dist. Cachar

Assam -- 788001

Dept. of Bengali, Assam University, Silchar, hereby invites Research Papers from interested University/ College  Teachers/Research Scholars for three days International Seminar on “Partition of Bengal, Diaspora and Rehabilitation : Quest for New World View in Literature & Culture of North-East India” to be held during March 22-24, 2012 at Assam University, Silchar.

The abstracts(within 300 words) should reach the Dept. of Bengali, Assam University, Silchar- 788 011 by 15th February, 2012.

Abstract should be accompanied by plain paper application stating Name, Official Address(With Telephone no. and e-mail id), Academic qualifications, Position where necessary. The research paper should be related to any of the following sub-themes:

Sub-Theme :

                         

i)                  Partition : Pre History to History and History to Post-History.

         

ii)               Dialectics of Memory and Amnesia.

iii)            Redefining Apocalypses of Bengali Life : Loss of Space to Loss of Existence.

iv)            Re-synthesizing of Cultural World View as reflected in Plays and Films.

v)               Bengali Self in Total Disaway and Quest for a New Human Identity.

Papers may be prepared and presented either in English or in Bengali.

For further information please contact :

Dr. Barunjyoti Choudhury

Asstt. Professor

Dept. of Bengali

Assam University, Silchar—788 011

Mob. : 09435596135

Brief history of the collaborating University  :

Assam University came into existence through Assam (Central) University Act, 1989. It was established in 1994, since then the University is steadily becoming an excellent centre of learning. The campus, situated in Dargakona, about 20 kms from  Silchar, is set amid sprawling hillocks, a typical landscape in the  North East. The campus in an area of 600 acres surrounded by lakes and mountains provides  an ideal environment for academic pursuit.  Drawing its 230 plus faculty from many disciplines, from all over the country, the university sustains a multidisciplinary approach to higher education.  The University has sixteen Schools on major disciplines.  There are 35 Departments under these Sixteen Schools. The University is situated in South Assam, bordering Bangladesh, Mizoram, Manipur, Meghalaya, and Nagaland. The Barak River flows across this region known as Barak valley. The valley has a rich tradition of art, literature, culture and education. It has contributed a large number of eminent personalities to the nation in the fields of science, education, arts and many others. This historical heritage has given the place a strong foundation for the development of a Centre of Excellence in higher education. The five districts under the jurisdiction of Assam University have as many as 53 Colleges, which speak of the depth of the intellectual and educational interests in the region. The University has gradually started attracting students from the neighbouring states. The University is set to become a full-fledged residential University in near future creating a better environment for learning and research activities. Assam University is a teaching-cum-affiliating University. The objectives of the University are to "disseminate and advance knowledge by providing instructional and research facilities in such branches of learning as it may deem fit and by examples of its corporate life to make provisions for integrated courses in humanities, natural and physical sciences and social sciences in the educational programmes of the University; to take appropriate measure for promoting inter-disciplinary studies and research in the University; to educate and train manpower for development of the state of Assam; and to pay special attention to the improvement of the social and economic conditions and welfare of the people of that state, their intellectual, academic and cultural development."

Sub-Theme :

                         

i)                  Partition : Pre History to History and History to Post-History.

         

ii)               Dialectics of Memory and Amnesia.

iii)            Redefining Apocalypses of Bengali Life : Loss of Space to Loss of Existence.

iv)            Re-synthesizing of Cultural World View as reflected in Plays and Films.

v)               Bengali Self in Total Disaway and Quest for a New Human Identity.