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Contemporarizing Tagore and the World
| Location: | Bangladesh |
| Call for Papers Deadline: | 2011-01-15 (Archive) |
| Date Submitted: |
2010-12-14 |
| Announcement ID: |
181372 |
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Bangladesh and India are jointly organizing an International Conference on the theme “Contemporarizing Tagore and the World” to celebrate the 150th Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore. Tagore is known the world over as one of the greatest poets of all times. His reputation outside South Asia, particularly in Europe and Latin America, is based on Gitanjali, the book of verses which won him the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913.
The entire Conference is a joint Indo-Bangladesh venture. The conference will be held at Dhaka, Bangladesh on 29 April-1 May, 2011. The conference is jointly organized by the University of Dhaka (Department of International Relations), Bangladesh; Jamia Millia Islamia (Academy of Third World Studies), New Delhi, India; and the Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan (West Bengal), India, with generous support from the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR).
The paper presenters will get the opportunity to generate discussions among a larger group of people familiar with Tagore and his works. Eminent as well as mid and junior level scholars, policymakers, and art and cultural activists all over the world are mainly encouraged to submit their abstracts. The finalized papers will be published in the form of a scholarly volume. The abstracts should be submitted in Word format. All authors' details must be printed on a separate sheet. A title of no more than eight to ten words should be provided. Authors are encouraged to prepare their abstracts on the following sub-themes:
A. Nationalism, Internationalism and Cosmopolitanism
B. Crisis in Modern Civilization
C. Tagore’s Humanism
D. Education and Creativity
E. Alternative Development Strategies
• The words limit for abstract: 500 (words)
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Abstract Submissions should be sent by 15 January, 2011 via email to:
1. Professor Imtiaz Ahmed, Professor of International Relations, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000 (Bangladesh) Telephone: +880-2-9661900-59; ext. 6550; +880-1713-001400. Fax: 880-2-8615583, Email: imtiazalter@gmail.com [Co-chairman]
Submissions should also be copied to:
2. Professor Muchkund Dubey, Council for Social Development Sangha Rachana, 53 Lodi Estate, New Delhi -110003 (India) Telephone: 91-011-24615383, 24611700, 24692655. Fax: 91-011-2461606, Email: csdnd@del2.vsnl.net.in [Co-chairman]
3. Mohammad Atique Rahman, Lecturer, Department of International Relations, University of Dhaka, Phone: 880-02-9661900-73/6555 Cell Phone: 01711-043784, Fax: 880-02-8615583, Email: atq.rahman@gmail.com, [Programme Manager]
Visit the website at http://www.duir.ac.bd
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