The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
"Language, Literature and Society: The Indian and Russian Experience"
Department of Russian, Faculty of Arts, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara-390002
March 18 -- 20, 2004
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda is acknowledged to be one of the premier institutions of higher learning and research in the country. Since its inception in1949, the University has demonstrated a keen interest and a commitment to the sustenance and promotion of an environment, favorable to the growth and development of academic excellence – a commitment that forms a part of the rich legacy of the Institution. A pioneering Institution of Higher Education, a Residential University, known all over the world, the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda encompasses one hundred disciplines in its thirteen Faculties and two Colleges, imparting knowledge to over thirty five thousand students through twelve hundred members of the teaching faculty and one thousand and nine hundred administrative staff. When one takes a stock of the work that has been carried out by this Institution during the last half a century, one is naturally struck and impressed by the multiplicity of its activities and the constancy of its purpose and application. Here there is much to satisfy those, who are a part and parcel of this Institution, much too even for a wayfarer and much more for those who enjoy appreciating and indulging in good, dedicated, noble and intelligent academic work. The Department of Russian under the Faculty of Arts is one of the only Centres of Higher Education in the Western Region of India, imparting training in Russian Philology: language, literature translation and interpretation at UNDER GRADUATE, POST-GRADUATE and DOCTORAL levels. Over five decades of its existence the Department of Russian Language has been known for its active role in the field and today it is recognized for some of its courses, offered in lieu of those equivalent in seven leading CIS Universities of higher education in different branches of knowledge. |
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:CONTENTS:
:INVITATION:
:PREAMBLE:
:CALL
FOR PAPERS:
:THEMATIC
GROUPING:
:PARTICIPATION:
:TENTATIVE
SESSIONS: :Registration
Procedure:
:Abstract and Paper Submission (be
submitted through e-mail): :THE CITY OF VADODARA and THE
HOST INSTITUTION: :ORGANISING
COMMITTEE: :ACCOMMODATION: :CONTACT
DETAILS: :REGISTRATION
FORM:
Mail to: ruslanseminar@yahoo.co.uk |
Department
of Russian
The Maharaja Sayajirao
University of Baroda, Vadodara
January 26, 2004
Dear
Colleagues and Friends,
On
behalf of all members of the Department of Russian I take this opportunity to
wish you a Happy and fruitful year ahead. It is a matter of great pleasure for
us to inform you that on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of this
Department, a National Seminar has been scheduled between March 18 and 20, 2004.
The
theme of the Seminar is:
"Language,
Literature and Society: The Indian and Russian Experience"
We
take this opportunity to invite you to participate in the Seminar.
To make for the highest quality of intellectual and academic interaction
during the Seminar, it is planned to publish and circulate full papers
beforehand to all the participants. It is expected that presentations will be
oriented more towards initiating discussions.
For this your co-operation to meet our schedules is solicited.
Please see to it that your registration form reaches us by February 28,
2004. The last
date for receiving abstracts and full Papers is March 6, 2004.
To enable us to extend our best hospitality and make your stay pleasant
and a memorable one, please send us your travel plans (in the enclosed format)
at the earliest.
Participants
will be required to make their own to and fro travel arrangements / bookings.
Due to paucity of funds, the organising committee is not in a position to
reimburse travel expenses incurred by the participants.
However, local hospitality will be our pleasure.
With
regards,
Yours
sincerely
Dr. Debal Dasgupta
Prof.
and Offg. Head, Department of Russian and
Director,
MSU-DRL-Golden Jubilee National Seminar, 04
The
National Seminar will attempt to enunciate scholastic experiences of the two
great lands in the fields of language, literature, history, politics and
socio-economic behaviour. This academic quest would also assay to reveal the
intellectual experience the people of these lands have attained by exchanging
their views.
The goal of this academic assembly is not only to contribute to the intellectual ambience of this University but also to initiate an active exchange of ideas and augment intellectual growth. This august gathering is also expected to help quench the thirst of the budding scholars in the fields of human sciences.
The National Seminar expects to host a series of lectures, plenary sessions, panel discussions, presentations of papers and audio-visual presentations. The Seminar theme has been subdivided with a view to covering the following areas of the Indian and Russian experience:
Literature, Language, Art & Culture and Social Sciences.
Papers
for presentation are invited on broad themes, suggested below:
Group
I
Ψ
India
in Russian Literature / Russia in Indian Literature
Ψ
Indian
Literature in Russia / Russian Literature in India
Ψ
Gandhi
and Tolstoy: The Concept of Nonviolence
Ψ
Modernism
and Post-modernism in Russian and Indian Literatures
Ψ
Comparative
analysis of works of any Russian with any Indian author(s)
Ψ
Comparative
study of literary trends in the two countries
Ψ
Any
aspect of Russian literature
Ψ
Any
other related sub-theme
Group
II
Ψ
Russian
language in the Indian auditorium
Ψ
Interactive
tools in the teaching of Russian as a foreign language
Ψ
Comparative/contrastive
analysis of any phenomenon of those of Russian and Indian languages (including
English).
Ψ
Problems
of translation and interpretation
Ψ
Any
aspect of Russian language / linguistics
Ψ
Any
other related sub-theme
Group
III:
Ψ
Indian
and Russian films
Ψ
Indian
and Russian art
Ψ
Indian
and Russian theatre
Ψ
Convergence
of the two cultures
Ψ
Any
other related sub-theme
Group
IV:
Ψ
Evolving
pattern of social stratification in the contemporary Russian / Indian society
Ψ
Comparative
analysis of the working of federalism in India and Russia
Ψ
Contemporary
political, strategic and economic relations between India and Russia
Ψ
Effects
of globalisation and privatisation in the Indian and Russian context
Ψ
Identity,
society and politics (gender and ethnic dimensions)
Ψ
Russian
role in the present-day international system
Ψ
Any
other related sub-theme
It is expected that these theme sessions will result in meaningful discussions and rewarding interactions. It is tentatively planned that each presenter, on an average, would be assigned a total of 20 minutes for presentation, discussion and summing up.
It
is expected that participants from Universities and Institutions across the
Country from fields: Language, Literature, Linguistics, Translation, Economics,
History, Political Science, Sociology, Art, Culture & Appreciation and
related branches will share their views.
:TENTATIVE
SESSIONS:
Time
|
Thursday,
March
18 |
Friday,
March 19 |
Saturday,
March 20 |
|
09.00
-10.00 am |
Registration |
Plenary
I |
Plenary
II |
|
10.00
- 11.30 am |
Inaugural
and Keynote Address |
Session
IV |
Session
VIII |
|
11.30
- 12.00 pm |
Tea |
Tea |
Tea |
|
12.00
-1.30 pm |
Session
I |
Session
V |
Session
IX |
|
1.30
- 2.30 pm |
Lunch |
|
|
|
2.30
- 4.00 pm |
Session
II |
Session
VI |
Session
X |
|
4.00
- 4.30 pm |
Tea |
Tea |
Tea |
|
4.30
- 6.00 pm |
Session
III |
Session
VII |
Valedictory |
|
7.00
pm |
Staging
of Agatha Christies
The
Mousetrap by Ruslan,
followed by Dinner |
|
|
|
8.00
pm |
|
Dinner |
Dinner |
§
The
enclosed form for participation be filled and sent to the Seminar Director by
February 28, 2004.
§
Registration
fees of Rs. 250/- should be sent by Demand Draft / Cheque, drawn in favour of:
The Director, MSU-DRL-Golden Jubilee National Seminar, 04
Payable
at Vadodara. For outstation cheques
an amount of Rs. 25/-
be
added towards bank charges.
§
Registration
fees should be accompanied with the registration form. However, late
registrations may be accepted on the spot with a late fee of Rs. 50/-.
:Abstract
and Paper Submission (be submitted through e-mail):
§
Abstracts and full papers be submitted by March 6, 2004
§
Abstracts of papers, not exceeding 200 words, are required to be
submitted in English or Russian
§
Abstracts and papers should be typed in single line spacing using
10 point Arial font on A4 paper size
§
Soft copies of
abstracts as well as those of papers are a must. They are required to be sent by e-mail to the Seminar
Director at: ruslanseminar@yahoo.co.uk, while the hard copies should be
sent to: The Director
§
Titles of abstracts / papers should be in upper case (capitals)
followed by the authors name and address of the institution, which the author
is / or was attached to. In case of
more than one author, the name of the presenting author should be underlined.
§
Citations / references should be made in the text with authors
name and year of publication in parentheses eg. (Wilkins, D. S.; 1981) and the
details of authors, date of publication, journal etc. to be arranged
alphabetically by last name at the end of the paper.
Projection
Facilities:
Overhead
and 35mm slide projectors will be available at the venue of the Seminar.
Multimedia and video projection will be provided on advance request.
Working
Language:
The working language for the Seminar will be English. However, papers in Russian can be presented and facilities for concurrent interpretation will be available.
:THE
CITY OF VADODARA and
THE
HOST INSTITUTION:
Also
known as Baroda, the
Academic-Cultural Capital of the State of Gujarat, the city is sanctified by the
name of its seer and former ruler, Sir Sayajirao Gaekwad III, whose name is
cherished in the name of the University.
While
Vadodara is directly connected by rail with Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai,
Jammu and many other cities of the country, there are IA and Jet Airways flights
connecting Delhi and Mumbai.
The
Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
is acknowledged to be one of the premier institutions of higher learning and
research in the country. Since its inception in 1949, the University has
demonstrated a keen interest and a commitment to the sustenance and promotion of
an environment, favourable to the growth and development of academic excellence-
a commitment that forms a part of the rich legacy of the Institution. A
pioneering Institution of Higher Education, a Residential University, known all
over the world, the University encompasses 100 disciplines in its thirteen
Faculties and Two Colleges.
The
Department of Russian
is one of the only Centers of Higher Education in the Western Region of India,
imparting training in Russian Philology: language, literature, translation and
interpretation at Under-Graduate, Post-Graduate and Doctoral
levels.
Over five decades of its existence the
Department of Russian has been known for its active role in the field and today
it is recognized for some of its courses, offered in lieu of those equivalent in
seven leading CIS Institutions of higher education in different branches of
knowledge.
:ORGANISING
COMMITTEE:
:PATRON:
Prof.
K. C. Upadhyaya
Vice-Chancellor
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:ADVISORY: |
:MEMBERS: |
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Prof.
R. J. Shah (Dean,
Faculty of Arts) Prof.
V. D. Pathak (Applied Maths.) Prof.
B.V. Kamath (Chemistry) Prof.
B. S. Kantawala (Economics) Prof.
M. F. Salat (English) Prof.
N. Rajaram (Sociology) Prof.
P. S. Choondawat (Sociology) Prof.
Sirish Panchal (Gujarati) Prof
Sudha N. Pandya (Gujarati) Prof.
Sudha P. Pandya (English) Prof.
V. H. Sonawane (Archaeology) |
Dr.
P. Ajithprasad (Archaeology) Dr.
Amit Dholakia (Political Science) Dr.
Aruna Awasthi (History) Dr.
Bharat Mehta (Gujarati) Mr.
G. D. Karhadkar (Technology) Dr.
Jaydev Jani (Sanskrit) Dr.
K. K. Bhan (Archaeology) Dr.
K. Krishnan (Archaeology) Dr.
Lajwanti Chatani (Pol. Science) Ms.
Mandakini Jha (Sociology) Dr.
Sanjay Karandikar (Marathi) Dr.
Shailaja Bhardwaj (Hindi) Dr.
Sreedevi Xavier (Sociology) Dr.
Tarun Das (Mathematics) Dr.
Kajal Shah (Archaeology) |
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:COORDINATION: |
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Jt.
Co-ordinators: Dr.
Arunim Bandyopadhyay (Russian) Mr.
Nagendra Shreeniwas (Russian) Ms.
Valyentina Antipina (Russian) Coordinator
and Director: Prof.
Debal Dasgupta |
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:ACCOMMODATION:
The University has 20 double
bed guestrooms, on sharing basis. All outstation participants will be
accommodated in the University guesthouse as a complementary gesture on first
come first served basis. However, prior intimation and reservation to this
effect will be necessary. There are
several medium-range hotels around the University campus and seminar venue, with
tariffs of Rs. 200/- per day and onwards. Assistance
for making hotel reservations will be provided on receipt of prior request and
payment. The Organising Committee
will not be in a position to reimburse any paid accommodation.
:CONTACT
DETAILS:
Prof.
Debal Dasgupta
Director
MSU-DRL-Golden
Jubilee National Seminar, 04
Department
of Russian, D. N. Hall Campus
The
M. S. University of Baroda, Vadodara-390002
Ph:
(O) 0265-2786336 (R) 0265-3092123 (M) 0-9824089895
Department of
Russian
Department
of Russian Golden Jubilee National Seminar
March
18 20, 2004
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The
Director, MSU-DRL-Golden Jubilee National Seminar, 04, Department of Russian, D.
N. Hall Campus, The M. S. University of Baroda, Vadodara-390002,
Ph:
(O) 0265-2786336 (R) 0265-3092123 (M) 0-9824089895
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