11th International Conference on Early Modern Literatures in North India
August 3rd-5th, 2012
Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimlahttp://icemlni.org//HOME05.html
SECOND CIRCULAR
Dear Colleagues,
We are happy to announce that the 11th International Conference on Early Modern Literatures in North India (ICEMLNI)
will be held on August 3rd-5th, 2012 at the Indian Institute of
Advanced Study (IIAS), Shimla. For the past thirty years, the ICEMNLI
has provided a space in which researchers and scholars of early modern
devotional and literary traditions can share their current research and
make connections across languages, regions, cultures and traditions.
The Conference-- which functions as a workshop for 'research in
progress'-- seeks to explore the diverse literary and devotional
cultures that existed simultaneously in North India by re-investigating
distinctions and connections between vernacular and cosmopolitan
languages, between the vernaculars themselves, and between the spheres
of devotional and secular or 'courtly' literatures and practices.
Papers thus span the gamut from textual criticism to performance and
ritual studies, from theology to poetics, from lost texts to living
traditions.
By convening conference at Shimla this year, the ICEMNLI has gained
both the benefit of partnering with the Indian Institute of Advanced
Study, and the greater opportunity for interaction between Indian
scholars and their counterparts abroad.
PARTICIPATION AND CALL FOR PAPERS
We are now inviting
individual paper and panel submissions for the 2012 ICEMNLI conference.
Scholars who do not wish to present, but would like to attend, are also
invited and may register here or through the website.
PROPOSAL DEADLINE: February 10th, 2012
We are now inviting
individual paper and panel submissions for the 2012 ICEMNLI conference.
Although prospective participants are encouraged to apply as part of a
panel, individual papers are most certainly welcome, and an attempt will
be made to group individual papers into appropriate panels.
As the conference was originally conceived as a type of workshop for
research in progress, papers are circulated a few weeks before the
conference and presentations are generally short, leaving the maximum
amount of time for discussion.
(Multimedia presentations are also welcome and appropriate
facilities will be provided; participants are encouraged to mention any
equipment requirements in their proposal.)
PROPOSAL SUBMISSION:
Please
submit the attached form, including an abstract of no more than 300
words in MS Word or pdf format. If applying as part of a panel, please
include the title of the panel in your abstract. If applying as an
individual, please review the list of tentative panel topics to see if
one or more panels might be an appropriate venue for your paper.
Please email your proposal to: info@icemnli.org
Deadline for proposal submission: February 10th, 2012
Participants
will be notified by March 1st, 2012 of their paper's acceptance and
sent additional details on conference registration.
Accommodation and food will be provided by the IIAS at a nominal
rate for the duration of the conference; details about room and board
and their cost will be available soon. (Participants are also welcome
to make their own arrangements for room and board outside the IIAS if
they so choose.)
Registration fees (in Indian rupees):
Regular: Rs. 450
Student: Rs. 300
Participants are responsible for their own travel and other expenses.
WEBSITE: Please visit the conference website at www.icemlni.org
QUESTIONS: If you have any questions regarding the conference, please contact us at info@icemnli.org or at tw2231@columbia.edu