Kisan Shikshan Prasarak Mandal’s

SHIVAJI MAHAVIDYALAYA, UDGIR DIST: LATUR (Maharashtra State) 413 517

Two-Day International Web Conference on

“The Role of Literature in the

Time of Crisis Like Coronavirus Pandemic”

Organized in Collaboration with

S.R.T.M. University, Nanded

by Dept. of English

Shivaji Mahavidyalaya, Udgir (M.S.)

Dates: 10-11 June, 2020

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DISTINGUISHED RESOURCE PERSONS/ SESSION CHAIRS/ PANELISTS • Prof. Dr. Chetan Trivedi, Vice Chancellor, Bhakta Kavi Narsinh Mehta University, Junagadh, (Gujrat) • Prof. Dr. Ami Upadhyay, Vice Chancellor, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University, Ahmedabad, (Gujrat) • Mr. Gopal Baghel ‘Madhu’, Spiritual Poet/Writer, President, Spiritual Management Foundation, Toronto, On, (Canada) • Prof. Dr. N.D.R. Chandra, Former Vice-chancellor, Bastar University (Chhattisgarh) • Prof. Dr. Subramanian Raman Iyer - Vice Chancellor, Indus International University, Una (Himachal Pradesh) • Dr. M. Maniruzzaman, Professor of English, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, (Bangladesh) • Dr. Sachin C. Ketkar, Professor of English, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda,Vadodara, (Gujrat) • Dr. Amar Singh, Professor of English, GPGC, Chhindwara (MP) • Dr, Ampat Koshy, Dept of English, Jazan University (Saudi Arabia) • Dr.T.Marx, Professor of English, Pondicherry University, (Puducherry) • Dr. Eunice Fonyuy Fondze-Fombele, HoD, Research, University of Buea, (Cameroon) • Dr. Dushyant Nimavat, Associate Professor of English, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad (Gujarat) • Dr. Amitabh Vikram Dwivedi, Head, SLL, SMVD University, Katra (J&K ) • Dr Smita Ray, Former Faculty, King’s College, London, (UK) • Dr. S. Prabahar, Professor of English, MS University, Tirunelveli (TN) • Dr. Itishri Sarangi, Associate Professor of English, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, (Odisha) • Dr. Gandhi Subramanian, Former Reader in English, Government Arts College, Coimbatore, (TN) • Dr. Kanwar Dinesh Singh, Sahitya Akademi Awardee Poet, Author Translator/Editor & Associate Professor of English, Shimla (HP) • Dr. Dilip Chavan, Professor of English, SRTM University, Nanded • Dr Ashok Chaskar, Professor of English, SP College, Pune (M.S.) • Prof. Dr.Shailaja Wadikar, Professor of English, SRTMUN, Nanded • Dr. Akshay Sarawade, HoD, English, Shivaji University, Kolhapur (M.S.) • Prof. Dr. Shivaji Sargar, Professor of English, Mumbai University (M.S.) • Dr. T. N. Kolekar, Associate Professor of English, Solapur. (M.S.) • Capt. Basudev Paul, Associate Professor of English, PMSM, (W.B.) • Gorakhnath Gangane, Dept of English, Jazan University (Saudi Arabia) • Dr. Ankita Khanna, Associate Professor, SLM,P P Savani University, (Gujarat) • Dr. S. Thirunavukkarasu. Dept of English, Muthurangam Government

College, Vellore (TN)

Two-Day International Web Conference on “The Role of Literature in the Time of Crisis Like Coronavirus Pandemic”

A Mega Two-day Online International Literary Summit with 10 Different Sessions of

28 Distinguished Resource Persons/ Session Chairs/ Panelists of National/International Repute

Google form link for registration, and submission of details of payment and paper. https://forms.gle/2dEemsAqB9tvtcjx8

-:Our Patrons:- -:Advisors:-

Hon’ble Shri. Vijaykumar Babarao Patil Hon’ble Dr. Udhav V. Bhosle Dr. S. R. Shinde (Registrar, SRTMUN) (President, KSPM, Udgir) (Vice-Chancellor, SRTMUN) Dr. R. N. Sarode (Director, BoEE, SRTMUN)

Hon’ble Shri Dnyandev Rambhau Zodge Hon’ble Dr. Jogendrasingh M. Bisen Dr. B. S. Jadhav (Dean, FoA, SRTMUN) (Secretary, KSPM, Udgir) (Pro-Vice-Chancellor, SRTMUN) Dr. M. M. Nivargi (Chairman, BoS in English)

Dear Sir/Madam, we have pleasure to invite and welcome you to participate, to send your papers and share your experiences and

expertise in S.R.T.M. University, Nanded sponsored Two-Day International Web Conference on “The Role of Literature in the Time of

Crisis Like Coronavirus Pandemic”

About KSP Mandal: Several people with patriotic and missionary zeal felt a dire need to educate unprivileged communities of this area, and established the “Kisan Shikshan Prasarak Mandal” in 1964 with a motto- ‘Bahujan Hitay Bahujan Sukhay’ (Welfare and

Betterment of the Masses). Today the trust proudly announces to have 21 institutions that include schools and colleges located in different rural areas to meet its goals and objectives involving in the holy task of educating the masses. At the beginning, this institution

faced many moments of crises. To build and nurture an institution in such an economically, socially and educationally backward area,

without any one to patronize or help financially was not a simple task. However, our founding fathers overcame every moment of crisis with their strong will power and missionary zeal and succeed in this Herculean task. Today, the KSP Mandal, Udgir has won the

vote of repute because of its selfless activities and contribution for the cause of education.

About College: Shivaji Mahavidyalaya, started in 1968, is one of the major institutions run by Kisan Shikshan Prasarak Mandal. It is a multi-faculty, grant–in–aid institution affiliated to S.R.T.M.University, Nanded and it has been an important contributor of education

and empowerment of students in and around Udgir. The U.G.C. has accorded status of 2(f) and 12 (b) to the college. The NAAC assessed it twice and accredited it B++ and equitant grading in cycle-I as well as cycle-II. Today the college is recognized as one of

the well-known centers of higher education in this locality and university. It offers wide variety of academic programmes with a good

number of subject combination options to choose from. It has three major streams- Arts, Commerce and Science with one additional Computer based professional course stream. It also has a distance mode center of Y.C.M.O. University, Nashik. The college, with its

focus on its vision, mission and objectives, is emerging as one of the premier institutions. An efficient, well-qualified and dedicated staff along with the best administrative faculty and good infrastructure have been the strengths of the institution and this, in turn, has

contributed to a good teaching-learning environment.

About Department: The Department of English has started functioning since June 1968, with inception of Shivaji Mahavidyalaya

Udgir. The Department is offering English as compulsory as well as optional subjects at the undergraduate level. The Department also offers Ph.D. programme. For Ph. D., the Department is affiliated with P.G. Dept & Research Center in English, Dayanand Arts College,

Latur. At present, the Department of English is the largest department of the college with largest enrolment of the students, good results and active participation of the faculty in teaching, research, publication and co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. In current

academic year (2019-20), +1200 students enrolled for different courses (Comp, Opt, SEC & Ph.D.). Today, our department is one of

the few best among the English Departments affiliated to SRTM University. The department has rich research output. 47 books (Authored/translated/edited) and +60 research papers/book chapters are published by department faculty members till date. The

department faculty members have actively participated in different National/International conferences/seminars/workshops and other co-curricular events and delivered more than 50 talks on different occasions. The Dept has tradition of good results and active

participation of teachers and students in various activities. The prominent alumni of the department include renowned MPs, MLAs,

social workers, educators, international fellows and so on. Over thousands of students have successfully passed out so far from the department since its inception and are working towards upholding and highlighting the name and fame of their Alma Mater. In whatever

location or position they are placed, they are serving as ambassadors of goodwill, spreading the vision and mission of the esteemed

Institution.

Concept Note: The human tryst with epidemics and pandemics is as old as the mountains. Writers over centuries have frequently projected such

crises in their writings, underscoring not only its terrifying effects on globe and humanity but also the pliability of the human mind in confronting

it. Ranging from the classics to contemporary literature, reading of pandemic literature offers something in the way of an undefined comfort, and a

guide to face it. Right from Homer’s Iliad and Boccaccio’s Decameron to Stephen King’s The Stand and Ling Ma’s Severance, stories about

pandemics have depicted how human beings respond to such public health crises and offered ways to face such calamities. Giovanni Boccaccio’s

The Decameron, Albert Camus' The Plague, Richard Preston’s The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus, Randy

Shilts’ And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic, Steven Johnson’s The Ghost Map, Gina Kolata’s Flu, Sonia Shah’s The

Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years, Barbara Tuchman’s A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century,’ Elizabeth A.

Fenn’s Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-82,’ Stewart O'Nan’s A Prayer for the Dying can be worth to mention here. Such

books help us to define who we are as human beings as well as in enriching our lives. Such literature plays role as a ‘vaccine’ and help us how to

confront moments of crises and how to come out of it. This is all the more apparent during moments of crisis, like the current COVID-19 pandemic

and to contemplate over such vital issues is the need of the time and hence objective of this online conference.

Discussion Sub Themes: • From Homer to Stephen King: Lessons from literature in times of a pandemic •Learning to deal with the coronavirus

through literature • Literature and the arts in times of the crisis. •Why people are turning to pandemic fiction to help process the Covid-19

crisis? •Humanistic inquiry during COVID-19. •Lockdown, home quarantine phase and literature. •Who’s afraid of a virus wolf? Reading

Pandemic literature in the crises of the coronavirus. •How apocalyptic fiction helps us deal with the anxiety of the coronavirus like pandemic.

•Learning from echoes of past Plagues, Poxes, and Flus through Literature. •Gasping for Air in the Time of COVID-19. •Reading Albert

Camus’ The Plague in the time of the coronavirus. •Dystopian fiction and pandemic time. •The books as essential in a time of pandemic

•What can literature tell us about the post-coronavirus world that lies beyond the dark mountains?

Call for Papers: Papers related to the role of literature in the time of crisis like coronavirus pandemic or below given sub-themes are invited from faculties and scholars. Follow guidelines- Paper size: A4, Font & size: Times New Roman 12, Spacing: Single line, Margin 1inch on all four sides. Text of the paper: justified. References: Please follow MLA stylesheet strictly. The paper should not usually exceed 10 pages maximum, 2 pages minimum in single spacing.

Registration: The participants should register themselves ONLY by filling google form with link provided hereby. This web conference will be conducted on ZOOM Cloud Webinar platform and will be restricted to maximum 100 participants. The participants exceeding 100 can access only YouTube live streaming of the conference. The registration will be made and confirmed only upon submission of google form furnishing all details on first-come-first-serve basis. Each contributor is advised to make payment of ₹ 100/-($1.33) without paper and ₹ 500/-($6.62) with paper, selecting from the options and fill google form and furnish all required information provided therein, including UTR (Unique Transaction Reference number) and date of receipt of payment, title of paper, (if registering with paper) and submit the form up to 5th June 2020. (The registration fees include printing/publication of paper in journal and postage) Mode of Payment: Online, Name of A/c Holder: “Kisan Shikshan Prasarak Mandal’s Shivaji Mahavidyalaya, Udgir”. Name of the bank: State Bank of India (SBI). A/c No: 11385186052. IFSC: SBIN0006039. Branch: Udgir. Those who are registering with paper should send their full paper with brief bio-note, declaration of originality

of work as a single MS-Word file and the photo copy of receipt of the payment to email amnawale@gmail.com up to 5th June 2020.

Google form link for registration and submission of details of payment and paper:- https://forms.gle/2dEemsAqB9tvtcjx8

You are Cordially Invited…..

Dr. Vinayak A. Jadhav Dr. Arvind M. Nawale Principal & Chairman, Conference Committee HoD, English & Conference Convener smusrcollege2007@rediffmail.com amnawale@gmail.com Cell: +91-9637102070 Cell: +91-7588390675

Publication: The reviewed papers will be published in the special issue of “LangLit: An International Peer-Reviewed Open Access Journal” (ISSN: 2349-5189, Indexed: ICI, Google Scholar, Research Gate, Academia.edu, IBI, IIFC, DRJI, IMPACT FACTOR – 5.61) and web link of the same along with pdf copy will be sent on provided email as well as a print copy of the journal will also be sent by Indian post to those who contributed paper. Participation certificate (e-certificate) will be sent to all registered participants after event on submission of the feedback form. Kindly visit college website: www.shivajicollegeudgir.in or contact convener on his email/cell number given below for updates on the conference.

This Web Conference will be conducted on ZOOM Cloud Webinar platform, developed by https://zoom.us/. Participants should install this app on their laptops/ mobile phones/iPhones and log in with link, meeting ID and password which will be provided on emails/WhatsApp numbers of registered participants. Google form link for registration and submission of details of payment and paper. https://forms.gle/2dEemsAqB9tvtcjx8