Call For Paper for Publication:
Rohingyas
are the ethnic native community of the Rakhine State, which is situated
on the western coastal region of Burma, today’s Myanmar. The words
‘Rakhine’ and ‘Rohingya’ are known for their preservation of national
and ethnic heritage from centuries but, unfortunately, they have been
rendered homeless in their own country. Rohingyas have become stateless
through sophisticated de-nationalization which automatically made them
among the “most persecuted ethnic minorities in the world”. The ethnic,
racial, cultural, linguistic identity of the Rohingyas was selectively
and strategically excluded from the ‘national imagination’ of Myanmar
state. They are denied citizenship and have become victims of structural
violence, forced labor, confiscation of property, rape, gender abuse,
human right violation, etc.
In this context, it is pertinent to
ask the following questions: Who are the ‘Rohingyas’? What are their
ethnic, linguistics, cultural, and religious identities that are not
accommodated within the multiethnic national fabric of Myanmar? How have
political parties responded to Rohingya crisis and refugees in India, a
country which is not a part of 1951 Conventions relating to the status
of refugees or the 1967 Protocol? What is the role of UNCHR-India in
reaching out to the Rohingyas amidst the political tension over Rohingya
refugees in India? How have the Asian countries accommodated the
Rohingya refugees and what are their challenges and perspectives? How
have lawyers, academicians and scholars on migration studies, social
bodies, think-tank, civil societies, human rights activists, and NGOs
taken up the issue of Rohingyas at both national (India) and at
international level and facilitated these refugees?
The present
issue of Café Dissensus aims to explore the following subthemes to
understand the Rohingya crisis in general and their problems as
stateless and refugees in other countries. Contributors are requested to
focus on the following themes (but are not limited to these alone):
- Identity, Culture and ethnicity
- State, Citizenship, and Rohingyas
- Arkan/Rakhine State and Rohingyas
- Politics and Rohingyas in India
- Rape, Sexual Violence, and Gender
- Media and Rohingyas
- Rohingyas and International Communities
- Literature and Rohingyas
- Media and Rohingyas
- Rohingyas and Human Rights
- Rohingya, Refugees, Refugee Camps
- Legality, Illegality and Rohingyas
- Refugee Conventions and Rohingyas
- Civil Societies, NGOs, and Rohingyas
Articles,
research papers/reports, narratives from people who are working with
Rohingyas in refugee camps, first-first narratives from Rohingyas
themselves are invited. Submissions should be of roughly 2000-2500
words. Some longer pieces would be considered, if they deserve more
space. Submissions will be accepted till 15 October, 2018
and the issue will be published on 1 December, 2018. Please strict to
deadline and email your submissions to the issue editor, Chapparban
Sajaudeen Nijamodeen: shujaudeen09@gmail.com
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Guest-Editor: Chapparban Sajaudeen Nijamodeen, Assistant Professor, Centre for Study of Diaspora (CSD), Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, India.
About Guest Editor
Chapparban Sajaudeen Nijamodeen, is Assistant Professor in
the Centre for Study of Diaspora (CSD), Independent Centre at Central
University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, India. His area of research interest
includes Literary Criticism and Theory, Diaspora Literature, Muslim
Diaspora Writings, Migration and Diaspora Studies, Film and Cultural
Studies, Post 9/11 Studies, Contemporary English Literature/s, Muslim
Literature, Minority studies and Research Methodologies in humanities.
Contact Info:
Chapparban Sajaudeen, Assistant Professor,
Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagr, India,
email: shujaudeen09@gmail.com
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