Registration: Department of English

Registration will be done using Google forms. Kindly fill the Google registration Pondicherry University
form carefully using the following link:
GOOGLE FORM LINK HERE

Please note that the certificates will carry the details that you have entered in
the registration form. Revision of details in the certificates will not be
entertained.

Registration Fee: Rs. 1000 (details regarding payment are available in the
Google form).
Last date for registration: October 15, 2021

Attendance and Feedback:

Attendance is mandatory. Feedback forms will be distributed and received
through online mode.

E-Certificate:
A final MCQ test will also be conducted based on the lectures delivered and A Seven-Day International Online
e-certificates will be issued to the participants. Faculty Development Programme (FDP)
on
Literary Studies in the New Millennium
Chairperson : Dr. H. Kalpana, Head, Department of English 18th - 24th October 2021
Organizing Secretaries : Dr. H. Kalpana, Dr. T. Marx, Dr. Binu Zachariah

Members : Dr. Sujatha Vijayaraghavan

Dr. Clement S Lourdes
Dr. K. Reshmi
Dr. Ujjwal Jana
Dr. Lakhimai Mili
Dr. S. Visaka Devi
Organized by:
www.redruby.in

For updates, please email us at: puenglishfdp2021@gmail.com

Department of English
Pondicherry University
Puducherry-605014

Host Department
The Department of English, established in 1986 in Pondicherry University on the
salubrious east coast of India, continues to attract students and scholars from all
over India for its M.A., and Ph.D., programmes. With its special focus on
Comparative Literature, the Department has so far produced around 100 Ph.Ds
and 340 M.Phils besides a massive exodus of PGs. The Faculty of the
Department, with their diverse research areas and publications on topics of
contemporary relevance, remain at the forefront of innovative research and
erudition. The Department also caters to the language and communication
needs of students from other departments, running special courses on language
and communication skills and an add-on PG Diploma in Professional
Communication in English. The Department runs a Research and Journal Alert
Forum providing a platform for students and scholars to present their research
findings and creative talents.
Concept Note
Faculty and scholars working in the field of literature are very much aware as to
how literature has begun to mushroom and spread its tentacles like an octopus
drawing from various sources. The influences are widespread, and the sources
are from fields as varied as ecology, environment, visual culture, mass media,
physics, and geography. In order to acquaint faculty and scholars with these new
critical theories that have burgeoned, the Department of English at Pondicherry
University has envisaged this seven-day FDP on “Literary Studies in the New
Millennium”. This program has been planned to update and inform the
participants of the critical issues and research interests in emerging and
contemporary literary studies.
The FDP aims to
£ provide a comprehensive background to the emergence of contemporary
literary theories and criticism.
£ create an awareness of the diverse ways of reading literature.
£ increase the aspect of critically analyzing literature.
£ explore a series of interdisciplinary theoretical themes that have emerged
due to the interaction with varied areas of studies.
Outcome
The outcome of the program is to create awareness regarding theories of literary
interpretations and to enlighten participants about the new directions taking
shape in humanities. The program also hopes to provide novel theoretical tools
and techniques to interpret literature.
Lectures
The resource persons for the FDP are experts in their respective fields. The
lectures would be of an hour’s duration followed by 30 minutes interaction. The
lecture sessions will be scheduled between 4pm and 9pm, taking into
consideration the time difference between India and USA/Europe.
Resource Persons
Dr. Esther Rothblum (San Diego State University, USA)- Fat Studies
Dr. Shane Hall (Salisbury University, USA)- Climate Studies
Dr. Hubert Zapf (University of Augsburg, Germany)- Cultural Ecology
Dr. Ela Przybylo (Illinois State University, USA)- Asexual Studies
Dr. Richard E. Rubenstein (George Mason University, USA) -Conflict Studies
Dr. Swarnavel Eswaran (Michigan State University, USA)- Film Studies
Dr. Kavita Daiya (The George Washington University, USA)- Migration & Graphic Narratives
Dr. Angus McBlane (IIT, Gandhinagar)- Post Humanism
Dr. Chitra Panikkar (Bangalore University, Bengaluru)- Pandemic Literatures
Dr. Hemachandran Karah (IIT, Madras)- Disability Studies
Dr. Rajkumar (Delhi University, New Delhi)- Trauma and Testimony Studies
Dr. Sathyaraj Venkatesan (NIT, Trichy)- Medical Humanities
Dr. Anubhav Pradhan (IIT, Bhilai)- Urban Studies
Dr. Jibu Mathew George (EFL University, Hyderabad)- Memory Studies
Dr. Dickens Leonard (Centre for Studies in Social Sciences-Kolkata)- New Cultural Studies
Dr. E. Dawson Varughese (Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal)- Graphic Fiction
Mode of Delivery
The lectures will be delivered through Google Meet. After the lectures, we will
provide the topical points of the speech through email with additional resources
for further reading.