CFP: Anthology on Trauma Literature: An Echo of Ignored Screams

Call For Articles:

Psychology abounds in literature as it reflects and translations the inner world of human beings. This has its multiple manifestations in almost all the genres of literature from Aristotle to Freud, from Chaucer to till date writers. Needless to say, it is also associated with feminism, psychoanalysis, postmodernism, and literary criticism etc. Trauma, memory, pain, wound not only affect the psyche of characters but also divide, destroy and transform their identity. Trauma and pain have been portrayed through memories, introspection, retrospection, foreshadow, flashback and awful remembrances in literature.

This anthology on Trauma and Literature would expand trauma’s conceptual framework in literature and psychology, helping us understand the role of trauma in the division, destruction and formation of identities. Some sub-themes have been listed below but are not limited:

Trauma and childhood memories in literature

Trauma and child abuse

Trauma in women writing

Trauma and war

Trauma and terrorism

Trauma in Post-colonial Studies

Trauma in Film Studies

Trauma in Theatre

Trauma in Third and Fourth World Literature

Trauma and Rape

Psychological theories and approaches towards trauma

Traumatic literature

Literature and psyche

Psychology and trauma

Trauma in LGBT Literature

Trauma in Partition Literature

Truama in Diaspora Literature

Editing Requirements:

● Font & size: Times New Roman 12, Spacing: 1.5 lines, Margin of 1 inch on all four sides

● Title of the paper: bold, Sentence case (Capitalize each word), centered

● Text of the paper: Justified. Font & Size: Times New Roman – 12

● References: Please follow MLA style (8th Edition)

● Articles should be submitted as MS Word attachments only

● The length of article should be 3000-5000 words

Authentic, scholarly and unpublished research papers are invited from scholars/ faculty/ researchers/ writers/ professors from all over the world. The book will be published with an ISBN by a renowned publisher.

Deadline for submissions: December 28, 2018

Contact email: englishlanguageesp@gmail.com

Contact Info:

Editor

Dr. Priti B.Sharma, 

Asst. Professor, 

Amity University Mumbai.

Email Id: englishlanguageesp@gmail.com

CFP: Parenting Through Pop Culture: Making Sure Media Matters

CALL FOR PAPERS

It has become nearly impossible to raise children without them being influenced by popular culture, even when screen time is restricted. Whether it be in the form of radio, television, paperback children’s novels, toys, or advertising, the media is increasingly shaping the identity of those who consume it. The purpose of this collection is to create concrete strategies for parents to use that will stop their kids from being passive consumers of popular culture by turning them into active participants. Thus, unlike other parenting books that warn about the dangers of the media, this book not only admits the inevitability of the media’s influence in modern life but works to produce approaches that turn this influence into a positive force. No doubt, despite all the problematic representations that saturate popular culture, many contain themes that speak toward equality, saving the environment, liberation, and beyond. And, while many of these concepts can be readily critiqued as well, by fostering critical conversations between parents and children about the media even the worst of these representations can serve as a learning moment that can positively impact kids. As editors of this collection and parents ourselves, we believe that meeting kids on their own ground can make it easier to talk about complex concepts such as race, gender, sexuality, war, immigration, and so on in a way children can relate. More importantly, having such conversations also better equip children to deal with the power of media as they grow older because they are taught to be aware of representations and what they consume. In doing so, this collection seeks to take the knowledge incorporated in critical theory in order to tangibly export it to parents as a form of praxis that will foster bonding, avenues of conversation, and change over the elements of popular culture that their children are already consuming.

As a result, we are look for chapters between 4,000 and 6,000 words that develop strategies for talking to children about popular culture. Chapters could be focused on more generalized strategies or on specific artifacts of popular culture, and can be designed for talking to kids anywhere between kindergarten through high school. At this point we are interested in a broad range of intersectional chapters that could include, but is not limited to the following:

• Analysis on advertising

• Analysis on specific songs or musical artists

• Dealing with Disney

• Dealing with fast food and agricultural representations

• Dealing with social media (musicly, snapchat, etc)

• Dealing with YouTube

• Representations surrounding race

• Representations surrounding gender

• Representations surrounding disability

• Representations surrounding sexuality

• Representations surrounding specieiesm

• Specific strategies on individual TV shows

• Specific strategies on individual movies

• Specific strategies on individual comics

At this point, we are only requesting an abstract and a bio as we finish the last stages of securing a contract. Once secured, we are anticipating the date for the first draft to be due by the fall of 2018 with subsequent editorial time and revision to follow. We expect publication to be during the summer of 2019 with the final draft being completed toward the end of spring. If accepted, we will work with you to ensure you have the necessary time to complete your chapter with all the quality and polishing it deserves.

TO SUBMIT: Please e-mail a 500 word abstract along with a brief bio of no longer than 150 words to debate@binghamton.edu no later than May 4th, 2018. You should expect to hear back no later than May 14th, 2018 as to the status of your acceptance.

Please feel free to contact us with additional questions 

CALL FOR PAPERS Edited Book (with ISBN) on Translation Studies, Authorspress, New Delhi

CALL FOR PAPERS

We have the pleasure to inform you that we are going to publish one edited book (with ISBN) on Translation Studies.

We invite papers offering case studies on various text types and translation directions as well as theoretical, methodological and terminological studies.

Length of Paper

Manuscripts should be typed in English Language only (Times New Roman font size 12 points) and should be submitted along with an abstract not more than 250 words. The length of a paper/article should be in between 2500 to 3000 words including tables, diagrams etc.

Reference

Author(s) should provide the list of reference (no footnotes) at the end of the paper in sequence as per the guidelines and examples suggested contained in APA referencing style (6th edition) or list of reference at the end of the paper.

Declaration

The author (s) should submit the declaration that the article is original, has not been published earlier, and has not been submitted / accepted for publication elsewhere. I would like to invite you to submit your paper for this book which of course is an extensive academic exercise. I shall appreciate your contribution.

*No processing fees. Contributors would be able to purchase their copies at a discount rate.

Deadline 30th April 2018.

Contact Email: varshasingh0326@gmail.com

Call For Publication: Rohingya Refugees: Identity, Citizenship, and Human Rights-Cafe Dissensus

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

About the Magazine

Cafe Dissensus is an alternative magazine dealing in art, culture, literature, and politics. It’s based in New York City, USA. We DISSENT. The magazine also runs a blog, Cafe Dissensus Every day. Our ISSN No: ISSN 2373-177X https://cafedissensus.com/

Issue 53: December 2018: Rohingya Refugees: Identity, Citizenship, and Human Rights [Last date for submission: 15 October, 2018; Date of publication: 1 December, 2018]


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 

Contact Email: 

shujaudeen09@gmail.com

URL: 

https://cafedissensus.com/forthcoming-issuecall-for-contributions/

Call For Abstracts- Publications with ISBN -Two Books

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS 

Invited unsolicited abstracts of 250 words for two peer-reviewed edited books, to be published by International/National Publisher. Abstracts may be submitted for either of the following projects:

I. The Making of ‘One’ Nation: Dalit Respectability, Representations and Legacies

This book is an attempt to critically discuss the Dalit voices/identities and their contribution in making and empowering India in the light of following sub-themes:

· Dalit Movements/Identities

· Dalit Texts

· Dalit Imagination and Nationalist Movements

· Dalit Women/Men in changing the society

· Marginalized to Mainstream

· Dalit Participation in the freedom of struggle

II. Man-building to Nation-building: Debating Cultural Legacies of the RSS

The present book aims to bring together scholarly work addressing the understating of the RSS with the following sub-chapters:

· Recurring Cycle of Violence: The RSS in Kerala

· Hegemonic Citadels and Academic Freedom

· Decolonizing Indian Minds

· Saffron Space: The RSS in BJP and Outside

· Revisiting Hindutva and Postmodern Political Reflections

Important dates:

31 March, 2018: Submission of Abstract

05 April, 2018: Notification of Acceptance

10 May, 2018: Submission of Full paper

Abstracts along with the full name of the contributor(s), designation, qualifications, institutional affiliation, e-mail and telephone/ mobile number may be sent at drvarungulati@gmail.com or hemantkushwaha@jnu.ac.in

About Authors:

He is a novelist and poet and he  teaches  English Literature in (Shivaji College) University of Delhi India. His published works are available at several online websites. You can reach Amazon.

https://www.amazon.in/s/ref=nb_sb_noss…

Hemant Ritturaj Kushwaha is a permanent faculty in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi.

Hoping to receive a positive and prompt response.

PS: We are supported by the experienced scholars and academicians and have direct access to the reputed publishers.

With Best Regards

Dr. Varun Gulati

M.A (English, Education), M.Phil., PhD.

Department of English,

Shivaji College (NAAC Accredited ‘A’)

University of Delhi

Ring Road, Raja Garden,

New Delhi – 110027

Website: shivajicollege.ac.in

E-mail: shivajicollege.ac@gmail.com