[EDLING:1974] CFP: Reading Asia, Forging Identities in Literature

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Full Title: Reading Asia, Forging Identities in Literature
Short Title: RAFIL

Date: 01-Feb-2007 - 03-Feb-2007
Location: Quezon City, Philippines
Contact Person: Isabel Martin
Meeting Email: < click here to access email >
Web Site: http://www.ateneo.edu/index.php?p=120&type=2&sec=29&aid=2301

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis; Ling & Literature

Subject Language(s): English

Call Deadline: 30-Dec-2006

Meeting Description:

In February 2007, the Philippines plays host, through the Ateneo de 
Manila University, to Reading Asia, Forging Identities in Literature: 
Policy, Research, and Practice. This international conference locates 
the ground where literature and the region’s concern for plural yet 
pronounced Asian identities interact as concurrent discourses. It looks 
at the reading experience across Asia—what Asia reads, the languages and 
forms in which its literatures flower, the collective interests that the 
region projects on the literary screen, and intriguing analogues of 
culture, politics, and the postcolonial struggle that Asia gleans from 
literature.

Through cultural encounters in literature, the conference pursues how 
Asia manages new expressions of ethnic diversity while closely guarding 
its mainstreams of tradition, belief, and practices. Panel presentations 
focus on examining the role of language and translation, forms of spoken 
and written English in the classroom, emerging genres and new voices in 
the region. Special attention to Asian approaches to the principled 
practice of literature makes Reading Asia the apt venue for policy 
makers, researchers, educators, and artists in exchanging notes on how 
literary studies leads to the responsible management of Asia’s many 
cultures.

Topics:
- Examining the politics of representation;
- Exploring principled practices in literature teaching;
- Integrating Asian cinema and theater traditions in the literature 
classroom;
- Designing and developing the literature curriculum;
- Managing culture and setting agenda for Southeast Asian Studies;
- Interrogating Asian Englishes in the literature classroom;
- Applying information technology in literary education;
- Engaging emerging forms of literature (i.e. creative writing) in Asia;
- Investigating the role of literary translation in conveying meanings.

Featured Speakers include:
- Suchen Christine Lim, Singapore
- Nobuko Takagi, Japan
- Romesh Gunesekeera, Sri Lanka
- Soledad Reyes, Philippines
- Bienvenido Lumbera, Philippines


Presentation Format:

20-minute paper presentation followed by a 10-minute discussion

Proposals:

All proposals for paper presentations must include the following 
information:
-Name of the proponent
-Affiliation
-Contact details (email address, mailing address, telephone number)
-Biodata of 50-75 words
-Title of the paper
-Abstract of 100-150 words

Conference Fees:

For local participants:
-Php 5,000 for three days
-Php 1,600 for Day 3 only
For foreign participants:
-USD 120 for three days

Fees include access to all presentations, lunch, morning and afternoon 
snacks, a kit with the conference program and other complementary 
materials, and a certificate of participation (available upon request).

Registration Reservation:

You are encouraged to reserve a participant's slot in the conference by 
sending the following details to the contact address provided in this 
brochure:
-name and institutional affiliation;
-contact details (mailing address, telephone number, email address).

Registration will be considered complete only after the conference fee 
has been paid.

Eearly Bird Deadline:

An early-bird conference fee of Php 4,500 (local participants) for three 
days and USD 100 (foreign participants) will apply to those who have 
completed registration by January 15, 2007.

Mode of Payment:
-Cash
-Check payable to Ateneo de Manila University

Official Hotel:

Please contact Crowne Plaza Galleria Manila for reservations. Visit 
www.crowneplaza.com/galleriamanila. Transportation from this hotel to 
the conference site is available for the participants