Programme Schedule-ICL2018
DAY ONE (25 JULY)
| TIME | PROGRAMME |
VENUE |
| 08:15 – 09:30 | Registration | DKA Foyer |
| 09:30 – 09:45 | Seating | DKA |
| 09:45 – 09:50 | Welcoming Remarks |
DKA |
| 09:50 – 10:00 | Openning Speech |
DKA |
| 10:00 – 11:00 | Keynote Addres: Professor Bill Ashcroft Univerity of NSW, Australia |
DKA |
| 11:00 – 11:20 | Tea Break |
SK Foyer |
| 11:20 – 13:00 | Plenary 1: Perspectives on World Literature 1. Professor Emerita Annie Gagiano University of Stellenbosch, South Africa 2. Professor Dato' Seri Dr. Md. Salleh Yaapar Universiti Sains Malaysia 3. Professor Dr. Harry Aveling Monash University, Australia Chair: Dr. Mohamad Rashidi Mohd Pakri Universiti Sains Malaysia |
DKA |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch Break |
SK Foyer |
| 14:00 – 15:40 | Plenary 2: Perspectives on Postcolonial and Diasporic Writings 1. Professor Dato Dr. Ghulam Sarwar Yousof Universiti Malaya 2. Professor Anjali Gera Roy Indian Institute of Technology, India 3. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kirpal Singh Singapore Management University (SMU) 4. Dr. Johan Awang Othman Universiti Sains Malaysia Chair: Dr Nurul Farhana Low Abdullah Universiti Sains Malaysia |
DKA |
| 15:40 – 16:00 | Tea Break |
SK Foyer |
| 16:00 – 17:40 | Parallel Session A |
DAY TWO (26 JULY)
| TIME | PROGRAMME |
VENUE |
| 09:00 – 10:40 | Parallel Session B |
DKA, DKB, DKC, SK2 |
| 10:40 – 11:00 | Tea Break |
SK Foyer |
| 11:00 – 12:40 | Parallel Session C | DKA, DKB, DKC, SK2 |
| 12:40 – 13:40 | Lunch Break |
SK Foyer |
| 13:40 – 15:20 | Parallel Session D | DKA, DKB, DKC, SK2 |
| 15:20 – 15:40 | Tea Break | SK Foyer |
| 15:40 – 17:20 | Workshop: Academic Writing & Publishing Assoc. Prof. Dr Li-hsin Hsu |
DKA |
| 17:20 – 17:30 | Closing Ceremony | DKA |
PARALLEL SESSIONS
| DAY ONE (25th JULY) | |||||
| Panel | Presenter | Title | Time | Venue | |
| Parallel Session A | Panel A1 |
JEREMY FERNANDO European Graduate School (Switzerland), National University of Singapore |
ON DREAMS … WITH KAFKA AND GOH POH SENG | 16:00-16:20 | DKA |
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LIM LEE CHING Singapore University of Social Sciences |
WHERE IN THE WORLD IS THE SINGAPORE REVIEW OF BOOKS?: THE SPACE AND PLACE OF LITERARY JOURNALISM IN THE DIGITAL POSTCOLONY | 16:20-16:40 | |||
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THOMAS JOHN SELLARI National Chengchi University, Taiwan |
BEING(S) IN ANOTHER(’S) PLACE: PRACTICES OF THE EXPATRIATE BANGKOK NOVEL | 16:40-17:00 | |||
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SANGHAMITRA DALAL Universiti Teknologi MARA-Selangor, Malaysia |
TOWARDS A DIASPORIC TRANSMODERNITY? REVISITING MALAYSIAN AND SINGAPOREAN MIGRANT POETRY COMPETITION | 17:00-17:20 | |||
| Q & A | 17:20-17:40 | ||||
| Panel | Presenter | Title | Time | Venue | |
| Panel A2 |
MD ABU SHAHID ABDULLAH University of Asia Pacific, Bangladesh |
HEAVY SILENCE AND HORRIBLE GRIEF: JOSEPH SKIBELL’S A BESSING ON THE MOON | 16:00-16:20 | DKB | |
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ASHA SUNDARAM Government College Tonk (Raj), India |
HISTORY IN THE ATTIC: SEARCH FOR ROOTS IN RAMABAI ESPINET’S THE SWINGING BRIDGE | 16:20-16:40 | |||
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SITI NURAISHAH AHMAD International Islamic University Malaysia
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IN SEARCH OF 'HOME' IN THE TRANSNATIONAL IMAGINARY: FOOD, ROOTS, AND ROUTES IN MEMOIRS BY ASIAN AUSTRALIAN WOMEN WRITERS | 16:40-17:00 | |||
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ANINDITA ROY Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh |
RE-TURNING TO OR RE-PLACING THE ROOT?: A READING OF PLACE AND MEMORY | 17:00-17:20 | |||
| Q & A | 17:20-17:40 | ||||
| Panel | Presenter | Title | Time | Venue | |
| Panel A3 |
PRATIMA BANERJEE Kalyani University, India
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CHILDREN OF DIASPORA: ‘THE VOICES WITHIN AND WITHOUT’ IN THE LITERATURE OF INDIAN-AMERICAN WRITERS | 16:00-16:20 | DKC | |
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MUKESHKUMAR PAREEK COSMOS–Institue of English Literature and Language, India |
DIASPORA AND POSTCOLONIAL STUDY OF KIRAN DESAI'S INHERITANCE OF LOSS | 16:20-16:40 | |||
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URMIL TALWAR BGD Government Girls College Shahpura University of Rajasthan, India |
THE QUESTION OF DIASPORA IDENTITY IN THE GLASS PALACE | 16:40-17:00 | |||
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ROSY CHAMLING Sikkim University, India |
DIASPORA WITHOUT HOMELAND: PRAJWAL PARAJULY’S THE GURKHA’S DAUGHTER | 17:00-17:20 | |||
| Q & A | 17:20-17:40 | ||||
| Panel | Presenter | Title | Time | Venue | |
| Panel A4 |
TOUHIDA EASMIN State University of Bangladesh |
CRUSOE IS/AS CURSE: ECOLOGICAL IMPERIALISM IN ROBINSON CRUSOE | 16:00-16:20 | SK2 | |
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ANITA HARRIS SATKUNANANTHAN Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia |
ANTHROPOCENE HAUNTINGS AND POST-APOCALYPTIC DISSOLUTIONS: A POSTCOLONIAL ECOGOTHIC ANALYSIS OF N.K. JEMISIN’S BROKEN EARTH TRILOGY | 16:20-16:40 | |||
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SHRUTI DAS Berhampur University, India |
WHERE TO NOW? ISSUES OF SUBJECTIVITY IN PANKAJ SEKHSARIA’S THE LAST WAVE | 16:40-17:00 | |||
| 17:00-17:20 | |||||
| Q & A | 17:20-17:40 | ||||
| DAY TWO (26th JULY) | |||||
| Panel | Presenter | Title | Time | Venue | |
| Parallel Session B | Panel B1 |
TAHMINA AHMED University of Dhaka, Bangladesh |
FROM EXILE TO A GLOBAL CITIZEN | 09:00-09:20 | DKA |
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TANIA CHAKRAVERTTY Shri Shikshayatan College, India |
GENERATIONAL AND CROSS-CULTURAL ENCOUNTERS IN AMY TAN’S THE JOY LUCK CLUB | 09:20-09:40 | |||
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SHIZEN OZAWA Tamkang University, Taiwan |
RETURNING TO EAST AFRICA VIA INDIA: ON M. G. VASSANJI’S AND HOME WAS KARIAKOO | 09:40-10:00 | |||
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GEETA PATIL Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada Univeristy, India |
SHUTTLING BETWEEN IDENTITIES: INTERPRETING INDIAN PARSI DIASPORIC EXPERIENCE | 10:00:10:20 | |||
| Q & A | 10:20:10:40 | ||||
| Panel | Presenter | Title | Time | Venue | |
| Panel B2 |
SABIHA HUQ Khulna University, Bangladesh |
NATIONAL STRUGGLE FROM POSTCOLONIAL LITERARY PERSPECTIVE: NURULDINER SARAJIBAN (THE ENTIRE LIFE OF NURULDIN) | 09:00-09:20 | DKB | |
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SRIDEEP MUKHERJEE Netaji Subhas Open University, India |
TALE-DANDA: CULTURAL POLITICS OF THE POSTCOLONIAL NATION | 09:20-09:40 | |||
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PRASANTH V G R. Sankar Memorial SNDP Yogam College, India |
CONCEPTUALIZATION OF NATION IN THE WORKS OF SHASHI THAROOR | 09:40-10:00 | |||
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PRADNA PARAMITHA Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia |
NATIONAL IDENTITY IN T.H WHITE’S THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING | 10:00:10:20 | |||
| Q & A | 10:20:10:40 | ||||
| Panel | Presenter | Title | Time | Venue | |
| Panel B3 |
J. CASEY HAMMOND Singapore University of Technology and Design |
NARRATIVE & IDENTITY IN THE INDONESIAN DIASPORA | 09:00-09:20 | DKC | |
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MOHAMMAD EWAN AWANG Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia |
THE POLITICS OF MEMORY IN K.S MANIAM’S IN A FAR COUNTRY: A SPATIAL READING | 09:20-09:40 | |||
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MOHAMED NAZREEN Universiti Sains Malaysia |
CULTURAL CRISIS AND THE SEARCH FOR DIASPORIC PATANI MALAY IDENTITY IN ISMA AE MOHAMAD`S SHORT STORIES | 09:40-10:00 | |||
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IDA ROCHANI ADI Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia |
RETHINKING THE SUBALTERN IN ONLINE AGE | 10:00:10:20 | |||
| Q & A | 10:20:10:40 | ||||
| Panel | Presenter | Title | Time | Venue | |
| Panel B4 |
TIRZAH ZUBEIDAH ZACHARIAH University Selangor, Malaysia |
‘GOSSIP GIRLS’: REPRESENTATIONS OF SILENCE AND GOSSIP IN SELECTED POSTCOLONIAL TEXTS | 09:00-09:20 | SK2 | |
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MINOLI WIJETUNGA University of Colombo, Sri Lanka |
PRADEEP MATTHEW VS. KUMAR SANGAKKARA: FICTION VS. REALITY PROBLEMATIZING THE ROLE OF CRICKET AS A VEHICLE FOR POSTCOLONIAL REBELLION | 09:20-09:40 | |||
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ZENIA NANRA Indian Institute of Technology, India |
POLITICS OF EXCLUSION AND SITES OF MEMORY: KOMAGATA MARU’S SOUTHEAST ASIAN JOURNEY | 09:40-10:00 | |||
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KIRAN JHA Central University of Gujarat, India |
EXPLORING GULF DREAM: A PEEK INTO THE LIFE OF NORTH INDIAN MIGRANTS TO DUBAI | 10:00:10:20 | |||
| Q & A | 10:20:10:40 | ||||
| Panel | Presenter | Title | Time | Venue | |
| Parallel Session C | Panel C1 |
DEBABRATA DAS Rabindra Bharati University, India |
BEYOND THE CULT OF CLEOPATRA: EXPLORING THE ARAB DIASPORIC FEMALE VOICES OF RESISTANCE IN THE SELECTED WORKS OF AHDAF SOUEIF AND FADIA FAQIR | 11:00-11:20 | DKA |
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ABU SHAHID ABDULLAH University of Asia Pacific, Bangladesh |
POST-9/11 BACKLASH AND RESULTING DISILLUSIONMENT IN THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST AND ONCE IN A PROMISED LAND | 11:20-11:40 | |||
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AMRAH ABDUL MAJID National University of Malaysia |
THE CONFLICTS BETWEEN THE RELIGIOUS AND THE SECULAR IN TAHMIMA ANAM’S THE GOOD MUSLIM | 11:40-12:00 | |||
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NEVIN FARIDA University of Dhaka, Bangladesh |
SEEKING WOMEN IDENTITY IN DIASPORIC MILIEU: THE CASE OF NAZNEEN IN MONICA ALI'S BRICK LANE | 12:00-12:20 | |||
| Q & A | 12:20-12:40 | ||||
| Panel | Presenter | Title | Time | Venue | |
| Panel C2 |
ZERIN ALAM University of Dhaka, Bangladesh |
REFRAMING DIASPORA: A POSTCOLONIAL READING OF WOMEN’S TRAVEL WRITING | 11:00-11:20 | DKB | |
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RADHIKA KIZHAKKE MARATH Principal, College of Applied Science (IHRD), India |
DEPICTING THE VICTIMS OF PATRIARCHY: A READING OF VIJAY TENDULKAR’S WOMEN CHARACTERS | 11:20-11:40 | |||
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CHIN-JU LIN Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan |
GENDER, COLONIALISM AND VIOLENCE: INDIGENOUS WOMEN AS AGENTS IN SEEDIQ BALE | 11:40-12:00 | |||
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PHEBE ANGUS GEORGE Madras Christian College, India |
THE POLITICS OF BEING- A POST-COLONIAL FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE ON NARRATIVES OF ABANDONED WOMEN | 12:00-12:20 | |||
| Q & A | 12:20-12:40 | ||||
| Panel | Presenter | Title | Time | Venue | |
| Panel C3 |
BANDANA CHAKRABARTY Commissionerate of College Education,Raj, India |
REVISITING THE PAST: DIASPORIC ENGAGEMENTS WITH THE HOMELAND IN THE FICTION OF ANITA RAU BADAMI AND SORAYYA KHAN | 11:00-11:20 | DKC | |
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LIM SOON VIN Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
CAN WE EVER MOVE BEYOND DIASPORA?: SINOPHONE AMERICAN LITERATURE AS AN EXAMPLE | 11:20-11:40 | |||
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SRINITA BHATTACHARJEE University of Hyderabad, India |
DIASPORA/IMMIGRANT: A ‘SUBALTERN’ ILLUSTRATION IN CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE | 11:40-12:00 | |||
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AAMENA AMIN MUHAMMED KAMEL ZAYED Cairo University, Egypt |
THE QUESTION OF IDENTITY: THE POWER OF IMAGE AS AN ANSWER | 12:00-12:20 | |||
| Q & A | 12:20-12:40 | ||||
| Panel | Presenter | Title | Time | Venue | |
| Panel C4 |
MASTER SHOWKAT ALI University of Kashmir, India |
SEEKING REFUGE IN LOCAL AND GLOBAL: A POST-COLONIAL STUDY OF ELFRIEDE JELINEK’S CHARGES | 11:00-11:20 | SK2 | |
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REVATHY HEMACHANDRAN Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani-Hyderabad, India |
LOOKING BACK AT THE EVOLUTION OF LITERARY REPRESENTATIONS OF CONVERSIONS IN COLONIAL AND POST-COLONIAL INDIA | 11:20-11:40 | |||
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ABDUL MOHAMMED ALI JINNAH Jamal Mohamed College, India |
THE HETEROCOSM IN CONTEMPORARY POSTCOLONIAL SCIENCE FICTION | 11:40-12:00 | |||
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LAKSHMI PRIYA Bharathidasan University, India |
THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE POSTCOLONIAL DETECTIVE | 12:00-12:20 | |||
| Q & A | 12:20-12:40 | ||||
| Panel | Presenter | Title | Time | Venue | |
| Parallel Session D | Panel D1 |
SWATEE SINHA Indian Institute of Technology, India |
MOVING IN REVERSE GEAR: READING THE COLONIAL TEXT INSIDE OUT IN SALMAN RUSHDIE’S FURY AND THE GROUND BENEATH HER FEET | 13:40-14:00 | DKA |
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DEBARATI DAS Tripura University, India |
CREATING ‘HISTORY’, FORGING RESISTANCE: READING MAHASWETA DEVI’S LITERARY WORKS | 14:00-14:20 | |||
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PATRICIA BAO-CHAI CHIANG National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan |
POLITICALLY ACTIVATED ALTERATIONS IN AESTHETIC RESPONSES TO TAIWANESE EIGHT-LANDSCAPE POETRY FROM A POSTCOLONIAL PERSPECTIVE | 14:20-14:40 | |||
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BIDISHA BANERJEE The Education University of Hong Kong |
MAGICAL CONJUNCTIONS: RETHINKING NARRATIVES OF MIGRATION IN MOHSIN HAMID’S EXIT WEST | 14:40-15:00 | |||
| Q & A | 15:00-15:20 | ||||
| Panel | Presenter | Title | Time | Venue | |
| Panel D2 |
NEERAJ KUMAR Magadh University, India |
DESH - PRADESH SYNDROME: A STUDY IN THE FRACTURED PSYCHE IN SUNETRA GUPTA’S A SIN OF COLOR | 13:40-14:00 | DKB | |
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SASWATI SENGUPTA University of Delhi, India |
POSTCOLONIAL BUT NOT DECOLONIZED: THE NAXALITE MOVEMENT, DIASPORIC FICTION AND POSTCOLONIAL PRAXIS | 14:00-14:20 | |||
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MEDHA BHATTACHARYYA Bengal Institute of Technology, India |
REPRESENTATION OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL AND QUEER DIASPORAS IN SHANI MOOTOO’S FICTION | 14:20-14:40 | |||
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ISHAQ AHMAD WANI Govt. Degree College, India |
MAPPING THE MIGRATION AND POLITICS OF PERCEPTIONS: A STUDY OF MOHSIN HAMID’S EXIT WEST | 14:40-15:00 | |||
| Q & A | 15:00-15:20 | ||||
| Panel | Presenter | Title | Time | Venue | |
| Panel D3 |
TAMMY HO Hong Kong Baptist University |
HOLDING ONTO CANTONESE, EVEN IN ENGLISH | 13:40-14:00 | DKC | |
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INDRANI RAY Katwa College Burdwan University, India |
FLOATING SIGNIFICATION: LANGUAGE MAINTENANCE IN THE DIASPORA(S) | 14:00-14:20 | |||
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LU SIAO-WUN Nanyang Technological University of Singapore |
EXILED LANGUAGE AND CROSS-BOUNDARY DIASPORIC POEMS: A DISCUSSION ON CHINESE POET BEI DAO’S DIASPORIC WRITINGS | 14:20-14:40 | |||
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SEAH CHENG TA The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
THE FORGOTTEN TWIN CITIES: RECONSTRUCTING OF POST-COLONIAL HISTORY FRAGMENTS IN DUNG KAI-CHEUNG AND CHIA JOO MING’S NOVELS | 14:40-15:00 | |||
| Q & A | 15:00-15:20 | ||||
| Panel | Presenter | Title | Time | Venue | |
| Panel D4 |
CHUYIN WU National Chengchi University, Taiwan |
THE UNCANNY “INDIANS”: THE (POST-)COLONIAL FANTASY OF TIME IN WESTWORLD SEASON 1 | 13:40-14:00 | SK2 | |
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ANINDITA CHAKRABORTY Jaipur National University, India |
PORTRAYAL OF NRIS IN RECENT CINEMA: BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM AND NAMASTEY LONDON | 14:00-14:20 | |||
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PRIYA ALPHONSA MATHEW Sacred Heart College, India |
EXPOSTULATING CELLULOID STEREOTYPES: A CRITIQUE OF ANGLO-INDIAN REPRESENTATION IN MALAYALAM CINEMA | 14:20-14:40 | |||
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REENA CHULLIYIL KAHM Unity Women’s College, India |
POST 9/11 AS EMERGENCE OF NEW LITERATURE: A STUDY, WITH REFERENCE TO VISHWAROOPAM AND MY NAME IS KHAN | 14:40-15:00 | |||
| Q & A | 15:00-15:20 | ||||
| Panel | Presenter | Title | Time | Venue | |
| Panel D7 |
TRINA MAITRA Indian Institute of Technology, India |
CONTESTING GENDER PRECEPTS IN MYTHOLOGY: READING THE ADAPTATIONS OF INDIAN EPICS RECREATED IN POSTCOLONIAL TIMES | 13:40-14:00 | Conference Hall, PPIK | |
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ROSS HERUELA University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines |
RETHINKING FILIPINO MASCULINITY | 14:00-14:20 | |||
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ROOHI ANDALIB HUDA BRAC University, Bangladesh |
TRANSGRESSION AND VIOLENCE IN MAUGHAM’S FMS STORIES: THE INFLUENCE OF COLONIAL ALIENATION AND BACKDROPS | 14:20-14:40 | |||
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MAYA VINAI BITS-Pilani (Hyderabad Campus), India |
DEFYING THE ‘DIFFERENCE’: UNDERSTANDING THE SCAMPER FOR SPACE AMONGST THE MIGRANT MIDDLE CLASS IN MUMBAI THROUGH LITERARY REPRESENTATIONS | 14:40-15:00 | |||
| Q & A | 15:00-15:20 | ||||