Film screening + lecture for DC 1, Paper 4

The Department of English

Bharati College

invites you to the college seminar room for

a screening

of

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)

on

Wednesday, 22^nd of January 2014, at 2:30 PM.

The screening will be preceded by a

brief lecture (2:00 PM),

titled,

“Modernity, Mass, Man: Militarisation and the Geist of Modernity.”

All students of B.A. (Hons.) English, Semester 2, interested students from other semesters and courses, as well as faculty, are invited.

For more details, feel free to contact at 9999105003.

Film screenings on various aspects of Medieval England

The Department of English

Bharati College

invites you to the college seminar room for

screenings

of

cinematic texts on various aspects of Medieval England.

Each screening shall be preceded or followed by a brief lecture on relevant topics.

Schedule is as follows:

Thursday, 16^th of January 2014, from 12:30 PM: Robin Hood (2010).

Lecture on: “Robin Hood and Geoffrey Chaucer – Crusades, Black Death, and the Peasants’ Revolt.”

Thursday, 23^rd of January 2014, from 12:10 PM: Black Death (2010); The Mystery of the Black Death.

Lecture on: “Notes on the afterlife – Divina Commedia, and life and plague in Medieval England.”

Saturday, 25^th of January 2014, from 12:10 PM: A Knight’s Tale (2001).

Lecture on: “Chivalry – probabilities, possibilities, legacies.”

All students of B.A. (Hons.) English, Semester 2, interested students from other semesters and courses, as well as faculty, are invited.

For more details, feel free to contact at 9999105003.

Call for Papers

Papers are invited for the following sub-themes:

·         English Literary Studies in India: Objectives and Review

·         English and/or Literature?

·         Changing Social Profile of Students: Pedagogic Strategies

·         Reviewing Syllabi: Is the whole greater than the sum of the parts?

·         Disciplinary goals and boundaries and/or interdisciplinary?

·         Challenges and Opportunities of Digitalization for English Studies

·         Multilingual Literary Archives:  Bridging the English-Bhasha Divide?

·         Pre-theory, theory or post-theory?

Papers may also be accepted on related themes that may add value to the Conference.

An abstract of no more than 250 words may be sent along with a brief bio-note to conf.eng.bc@gmail.com by January 10, 2014. All Conference related queries may also be directed to the same email.  

Travel and accommodation expenses will be borne only for select invited speakers.

Convenor:

Dr. Promodini Varma ( 011-43273000)
Principal, Bharati College

Co-convenors:
Dr. Albeena Shakil (Ph: 9891243567) & Ms. Nisha Tiwari (Ph: 9899318478)
Department of English, Bharati College