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This academic and literary event will bring together writers and scholars to consider Punjabi literature as a North American and world literature. The weekend series of events will consist of a one-day academic workshop that will feature papers in English on literature in Punjabi (with a special but not exclusive focus on Diaspora literature), held in conjunction with a series of readings in Punjabi by local poets and fiction writers.
This call for papers is directed towards scholars working in any discipline on Punjabi literature, to invite proposals for participation in the one-day academic workshop. Papers for this workshop will be delivered in English.
We welcome submissions that focus on both Diaspora and Indian/Pakistani Punjabi literature. Additional funding has been secured, allowing the possibility of the offer of travel expenses for a limited number of scholars in India and Pakistan.
*** Submission Deadline: December 31, 2007
Responses will be sent by February 29, 2008.
The conference will take place April 26-27 at the University of British Columbia.
Please send 250-500 word paper proposals to:
punjabi@interchange.ubc.ca
Primary sponsors:
The Centre for India and South Asia Research
C.K. Choi Building, 251 - 1855 West Mall
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2
and
The Department of Asian Studies
University of British Columbia
UBC Asian Centre
1871 West Mall
Vancouver BC V6T 1Z2
Also supported by the UBC Dean of Arts and the Departments of English and Anthropology.
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