Thursday, January 15, 2009

God's Grandeur-Notes

1. Sparknotes
2. Video
3. Article
4. Analysis
5. Essay
6. Essay2
7. Essay3

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

International Conference on Generative Linguistics

International Conference on Generative Linguistics
At EFL University, Hyderabad

February 25-27, 2009

For more details click here

IV Semester General English 'Perspectives' Material by II yrJPEng Students

Business and Society

1. Rocking Horse Winner: DH Lawrence
2. The Rhetoric of Advertising: Stuart Hirschberg
3. Writing a Curriculum Vitae : Wislawa Szymborska
4. You will be Hearing from us Shortly: U A Fanthrope
5. Once Upon a Time: Gabriel Okara
6. Bankers are Just Like Anybody Else, Except Richer: Ogden Nash

Politics

1. Politics and the English Language : George Orwell
2. The Politics of Failure : SV Srinivas
3. Toba Tek Singh : Saadat Hasan Manto
4. India's Shame : Annie Zaidi

Note: The idea of making all the posts on different lessons available in one post was given by Roshan from I yr JPEng. Thank you Roshan.

'Politics and the English Language' - Notes by Shwetha

Following is the presentation notes on Perspective IV Semester lesson 'Politics and the English Language' an essay by George Orwell. The presentation was made for II year JPEng class by Shwetha D in December.

The presentation ppt is also available in a pdf format. Please click here for the file.

Sunday, January 11, 2009

A Prayer For My Daughter-Notes

1. Elite Classics
2. Good Reviews
3. Analysis
4. Important Word Meanings
5. Yeat's political identity
6. E-Notes

this is all that i could find on the internet.please add more if u chance upon extra information.

Hard Times - Class notes

Date-10th January 2009
Novel being discussed-Hard Times
Author-Charles Dickens

1.History of Charles Dickens- He was a 19th century Victorian author. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens
2. Hard Times has been read as a criticism of three ideas
a) Education
b)Industrialization
c)Utilitarianism

3. The situation depicted in the novel show the conditions prevalent in England during the industrialization period. There was poverty, crimes, sickness,pollution etc
E.g.: the town Coketown is probably a pun on the word 'Choke'.

4.The three books in Hard Times are named with agrarian names-Sowing, reaping and garnering

5. The idea of utilitarianism was proposed by Jeremy Bentham and penned by James Mill. Charles Dickens had understood the practice of utilitarianism and had projected it well in his novel but had misunderstood the concept as initially proposed. He hadn't read Mill

6.British finances that were generated from colonization of countries such as India were the financial sources behind Industrialization.

7.Britain was colonized twice, first by the Romans and then by the Normans (French)
8.Utilitarianism- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilitarianism
9.Industrialization- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrialisation
10.Hard Times on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_Times
11. Hard Times on bookrags-http://www.bookrags.com/studyguide-hardt/
12.Hard Times on sparknotes-http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/hardtimes/
13. Hard Times support material in Gradesaver

Referance:-

Pinto,Anil.Class Lecture.Hard Times.Dickens,Charles.Christ University,Bangalore,India. 10 Jan 2009

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Certificate Course in Gender and Culture

Those who are signing up for the course please send an email to sujaya@cscs.res.in saying that you are enrolling for the Gender and Culture course

The fee for application form is Rs 50. Please give the money to Naresh Rao. He will get the form. The course fee is Rs 1000. Which also you may hand over to Naresh.

Naresh email id: naresh.rao at christuniversity.in
my email id: ajpinto42 at gmail dot com
Anup's email: anup at cscs dot res dot in

The link for today's session on click here

For the link of next session on click here

Syllabus

I. Introduction:

Module 1: Gender-Culture: Introduction to the Course

Module 2: Knowledge Production / Gender as a Category of Analysis

II. Theorising the Contemporary

Module 3: Public – Private: Gender and Space

Module 4: Body, Sexuality and Identity

Module 5: Gender in Cyberspace

III. Issues of Representation

a) Modules 6, 7, and 8 will focus on Political Representation

Module 6: Contestations of the Public

Module 7: Women’s Movement’s engagement with the Law

Module 8: Reservation – Community, Identity

b) Modules 9 & 10 will focus on issues involving Aesthetic Representation

Course Instructors

Dr Anup Dhar

Dr Tejaswini Niranjana

Dr Ratheesh Radhakrishnan

Dr Rekha Pappu

Dr P Radhika

Dr Asha Achuthan

Nishant Shah

Nitya Vasudevan

Shilpa Phadke

Thursday, January 08, 2009

Cerificate course in Gender and Culture

The Certificate Course in Gender and Culture begins this Saturday, 10 Jan 2009 at 2 pm to 6 pm in Room 913, II floor, Auditorium Block of the University. The course is jointly offered by Christ University and Centre for the Study of Culture and Society.

The first session this Saturday is a lecture by Tejaswini Niranjana. This session is open to all.

Those interested can contact Naresh Rao for the forms. Those who have taken other certificate courses can also take, provided the classes do not clash. The course is conducted on every satuday from 2-6 pm from Jan to March 2009.

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

When Cultural Studies meets 'Cultural evening' compering

Recently I was asked to compere the so called 'cultural evening' at the second day of the 7th International Whitehead Conference held at our university. Reluctantly though, I accepted it. But I could not bring myself to repeat the cliche'd and problematic ways in which the 'traditional' and dances have been talked about. My exposure the cultural studies had radically changed my received notions of culture. Hence, I set out to create a script, informed by developments in cultural studies in India.

Although there were nine dances, the script does not use words like folk, classical, ancient and instead tries to be matter of fact by drawing upon contemporary research on these forms. For the programme I evolved the title 'showcasing India through the performative traditions and practes'. Although, retrospectively I see one or two slips, on the whole it comes across to me as a unique attempt. I wish the readers will carry this experiment ahead.

Of course, I am grateful to my co-compere but for whose open mindedness and unconditional support the script would not have been realized.

Please click here for the compereing script

Sunday, January 04, 2009

7th International Whitehead Conference Book Fair at Christ University

As part of the 7^th International Whitehead Conference, Christ University, and Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram are organizing a book fair from January 5 to 9, 2008 in DVK auditorium in Christ University premises. Over 5000 titles covering social sciences, humanities from reputed publishers such as Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Sage, Routledge, Viva, Orient Blackswan Marg, Motilal Banarasidass, Asian Trading Corporation, are on display. A discount of 15% is available on all purchases. All are welcome to visit the book fair.

A handicraft exhibition is also organized as part of the conference.

The conference is being organized by the PG Department of Philosophy, Christ University and the Faculty of Philosophy, Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram. The conference is bringing together scholars, working on the process philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead, mathematician, scientist, and philosopher.

A number of scholars from over 100 universities and 20 countries like Belgium, USA, Australia, Austria, Canada, China, Germany, Korea, and Japan are attending the 7^th IWC 2009.

For further infomraiotn on the conference, visit www.whitehead-bangalore.in

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Happy New Year 2009

I wish all the readers, visitors, commentators, and coauthors of this blog, because of whom this sacred space exists, a happy and fulfilling New Year 2009.

anil

National Conference on Religion: Function and Dysfunctions

St. Aloysius College Mangalore and Mangalore Sociology Association are organizing a national level conference on Religion: Function and Dysfunctions in the month February.

Papers are being invited by members of Mangalore Sociology Association, Sociologists and the public on the main theme or any of the sub-themes. The sub-themes are: Religion and Social Mobility, Conversion and Social Mobility, Constitution and Conversion, Dysfunctions of Communal Violence, Hinduism as a way of life, Islam and Peace and Christian Humanism.

Those who wish to present the papers are requested to send an abstract of 300 to 400 words to the Organizing secretary so as to reach him before January 20. Selected papers will be published in a book.

To send the abstract and for further queries one is expected to contact the Organizing Secretary, St. Aloysius College, Mangalore- 575003, Mobile: 9945413289, E-Mail: richardpais123@gmail.com.