WOMEN IN SHAKESPEARE: A POST-FEMINIST SCRUTINY
4-6 October, 2012
Kota, Rajasthan, India
Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University, Kota, Rajasthan (India) and The Shakespeare Association (India) invite scholars to participate in the three- day International Conference (4-6 October, 2012) on Women in Shakespeare: A Post-Feminist Scrutiny including the issues of ‘representations’, ‘intentions’ and ‘interpretations’ as raising from or questioned in Shakespeare’s work.
We invite contributions that explore the theme ‘Women in Shakespeare: A Post-Feminist Scrutiny’, including but not limited to papers which focus on the following sub-themes:
- Feminism and its discontents.
- Feminist Reading of Shakespeare’s Comedies, Tragedies, Histories, Romances, or any individual play.
- History of critical shifts to women in Shakespeare.
- Where does Feminism go wrong in its interpretation of Shakespeare?
- Categories and classes of women in Shakespeare from the viewpoint of Feminism.
- Can we spell out the tenets of post-feminist approach to Shakespeare?
- Why Shakespeare defies all-theoretical approaches including Feminism?
- Feminist interpretation of Shakespeare’s Sonnets, The Rape of Lucrece, or Venus and Adonis.
- Looking for difference between Shakespeare’s depiction of women in history and his own view of women.
- Shakespeare and the Renaissance view of woman.
IMPORTANT DATES:
- Abstract Submission Deadline: March 31, 2012
- Notification of Acceptance: April 15, 2012
- Full Paper Submission: August 31, 2012
ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS SHOULD INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION
- Author’s full name and designation
- Author’s affiliation and address
- E-mail contact address
- Title of the paper
- Abstract (up to 250 words)
- Please send your abstract in Times New Roman. After the review committee recommendations the selected abstracts will be intimated through email.
Please email abstracts to: kchaudhary@vmou.ac.in
FOR ENQUIRIES AND COMMUNICATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Prof. B.S.Dahiya
President, Shakespeare Association (India)
bhimsinghdahiya@gmail.com
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For inquiries: bhimsinghdahiya@gmail.com
For submissions: kchaudhary@vmou.ac.in
Website: http://www.vmou.ac.in/WomeninShakespeare.asp
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