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IASCL
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OBJECTIVES
To provide a powerful forum for bringing together
and strengthening the affinities between creative writers, critics,
theorists and linguists of India and other countries of the world, to promote and focus on contemporary literature, theory, linguistics and
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Executive Committe |
Prof. R.S. Sharma,
Chairman
Indian Association for Studies in English
Varanasi (India)
Prof. M.K. Ray
Burdwan University, Burdwan.
Prof. S.K Sharma
Dept. of English
Gurukul Kangdi University
Haridwar, India
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Prof. Amitava Roy
Rabindra Bharati, Kolkata (India)
Prof. Anil Raina
Dept. of English
Punjab University
Chandigarh, India.
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OFFICERS |
President
Sheobhushan Shukla
Former Prof. & Head, Dept. of English
University of Allahabad
Allahabad (India)
E-Mail:
sb_Shukla@rediffmail.com
Secretary
Pankaj Sharma
Asst. Professor(Dept. of English)
Chaudhary Devi Lal University
(Sirsa,Haryana) India
Treasurer
Rini Dwivedi
Head, Dept. of Languages
Shivaji Science College
Nagpur, India. |
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General
Secretaries
Prof. S.P.S. Dahiya, Dept. of English,
M.D. University, Rohtak, India.
Anu Shukla Professor and Chairperson
Dept. of English
Chaudhary Devi Lal University
(Sirsa,Haryana) India
Office of the Association
Kaushilyayan A-130
Chandrashekhar Azad Nagar
P.O. Cavalry Lines,
Allahabad (India) –211004
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CONFERENCES HELD |
I All India English Teachers’ Annual conference, Dept. of English, Allahabad University, Allahabad [1995] |
II All India English Teachers’
Annual Conference, Dept. of English, Allahabad University, Allahabad [1996].
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left:Prof.S.B.Shukla,the then education minister Dr.N.K.S.Gaur,the then
vice-chancellor of Allahabad University Dr.V.D.Gupta and Prof.H.S.Saxena |
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III All India English Teachers’
Annual Conference, Dept. of English, Allahabad University, Allahabad [Year
1997] |
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IV All India English Teachers’
Annual Conference, Department of English, Gurukul Kangri, Hardwar [1998] |
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Hardwar Conference |
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V All India English Teachers’
Annual Conference, Department of English, Bareilly College, Bareilly [1999]
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From
left:Prof.R.S.Sharma, Prof.S.B.Shukla, the then Director,Higher Education
and others |
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VI All India English Teachers’
Annual Conference, Department of English, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi,
[2000]
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From left: Prof. S.B. Shukla, Prof. M.K. Chaudhuri, then V.C. of B.H.U.,
Prof. R.S. Pathak |
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VII All India English Teachers’
Annual Conference, Department of English, Burdwan University, Burdwan, West
Bengal [2001]
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From left
Prof.Amitava Roy,Prof.A.N.Dwivedi,Prof.S.B.Shukla,V.C. Burdwan
University and others
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VIII All India English Teachers’
Annual Conference, Shakespeare Society of Eastern India and Lady Brabourne
College, Kolkata [2002]
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Prof.S.B.Shukla delivering
Presidential Address
Amit Chaudhuri,reputed novelist releasing the book Indian English Novel
in the Nineties |
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IX All India English Teachers’
Annual Conference and I World Conference, Department of English, Utkal
University, Bhubaneshwar, Orissa, 2003 (Picture on WASLE Page) |
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X All India English Teachers’
Annual Conference and II World Conference, Shivaji Science College, Nagpur
University, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India, 2004 2003 (Picture on WASLE Page) |
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XI All India English Teachers’
Annual Conference and III World Conference, hosted by Madras Christian
College, Chennai, an autonomous and prestigious institution of India, on the
theme of Environment and Literary Studies on December 20 and 21 2004.
The conference was organized by Prof. Victor S. Frederick, HOD of English
and Dr. Nirmal Selvamony of MCC and presided over by Prof. Sheobhushan
Shukla. Besides delegates from various parts of the country it was
also attended by a large number of foreign delegates. The keynote
address was delivered by Prof. Scott Slovic, a distinguished professor of
Literature and Environment at the University of Nevada, Reno, U.S.A. 2003
(Picture on WASLE Page) |
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XII All India English Teachers’
Annual Convention and International Conference, CCS University, Meerut,
India [2005] |
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XIII IASCL Conference was organized in collaboration
with WASLE and CWS, Mysore University, Mysore. (See details at WASLE Mysore
Conference) |
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MEMBERSHIP |
The membership is open to scholars, critics, teachers of English, theorists,
creative writers and all those who are interested in the study and promotion
of contemporary literature. The life membership of the association, which is
subject to revision from time to time, is Rs. 5000=00. The life membership
for foreign members if $550 (US Dollar). The annual membership is
communicated with the information about the holding of the annual
conference.
MEMBERSHIP OF THE JOURNAL ― STUDIES IN CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE
The life membership of the journal is at
present Rs. 7000=00 (US Dollar $650). It entitles a person to a free copy of
the journal by ordinary post and to holding positions in the Journal and the
Association.
ATTENTION
The life membership of the journal Studies in Contemporary Literature
enables a person to get priority in the publication of the paper/article as
well as help and guidance in writing it if needed. The life membership of
the journal as well as that of the association (SCL & IASCL) also enables a
person to get help in getting their books published and top priority in
publication of their article/paper. The life membership of SCL/IASCL can be
sent in two equal installments.
Every kind of subscription has to be sent to Prof. S.B. Shukla at A-130
Chandrashekhar Azad Nagar, Allahabad (Pin 211 004),
India, by a bank draft in favour of
“STUDIES IN CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE”, the name of the bank account, payable
at Allahabad. The bank and conversion charges have to be added extra. Money
from abroad can be transferred online with the following:
Account Number 10341400224 of State Bank of India, Allahabad University
Branch, Allahabad (Code No. 1621) through transfer code SWIFT BIC SBININBA
344 IFSC:SBIN 000006
The subscription paid by any mode should be followed by the following
information and a passport size photograph:
Name
Age
Designation
Official address
Residential address
Telephone/mobile no.
Email, if any
Areas of interest (Literary, academic and nonacademic)
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PUBLICATION |
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The
IASCL publishes an annual (likely to be made biannual) journal titled
Studies in Contemporary Literature. So far it has published 6 volumes of the
journal. It also publishes books. So far it has published the following
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Critical Insights into Five
Indian English Authors
Edited by S.B. Shukla and R.S. Sharma
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A
competent, scholarly and critical exploration of five representative Indian
English writers: Amitav Ghosh, Shashi Deshpande, Ruskin Bond, Jayant
Mahapatra and Girish Karnad. |
Indian English Novels in the Nineties
Edited by Sheobhushan Shukla & Anu Shukla |
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More than a historical survey, the book
interrogates the outstanding works of Arundhati Roy, Amit Chaudhuri, Vikram
Chandra, Vikram Seth, Gita Mehta, Githa Hariharan, Raj Kamal Jha, Pankaj
Mishra, Sunny Singh and Salman Rushdie.
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Multiple Contexts and Insights
Edited by Sheobhushan Shukla and Anu Shukla - |
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A serious critical attempt to evaluate some select
but representative canonical works/texts of various countries namely South
Africa, America, England, West Indies with special emphasis on Indian
writing in English.
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The Novels of Amit Chaudhuri
Edited by Sheobhushan Shukla & Anu Shukla. |
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This first full length study of Amit Chaudhuri’s
novels offers text-based as well as theory-based comprehensive critical
insight into them and considers the novelist as an explorer of alternative
tradition in Indian writing in English.
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Aspects of Contemporary Post/Colonial Literature
Edited by Sheobhushan Shukla and Anu Shukla. |
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The anthology discusses the new energies and
paradigms released by the decentring of Euro-centric subject by
postcolonialism in the context of some fictionists mostly Indian.
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In Search of a Voice: Poetic Modes of Elizabeth
Bishop and Adrienne Rich by Madhurita Chaudhury. |
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The book explores how Rich’s commitment to the
issues of ecofeminism, lesbianism and faminism intersects with Bishop’s
concern for them as well as the impact of social and political environment
on them.
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Ecocriticism and Literature (ed.) Sheobhushan
Shukla & Anu Shukla (forthcoming). |
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