Saturday 15 August 2020

AIFEST Mega Literary Event 2020 - Register for Free

 AIFEST INTERNATIONAL LECTURE SERIES ON LITERARY THEORY, LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

17 August 2020 - 31 August 2020

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 After the resounding success of the International Lecture Series on English Literature and Theory, All India Forum for English Students, Scholars and Trainers (AIFEST) plans to host a 15 Day International Lecture Series on Literary Theory, Language and Literature from 17th August 2020 to 31st August 2020. The lecture series features some of the most celebrated and sought-after speakers and thinkers from across the globe. We solicit your esteemed participation, cooperation and support for the success of this event.

Who can participate: Everyone from across the globe, across continents, countries, cultures and cuisines is welcome to be a part of the greatest literary event of 2020.

 Fee: Free

How to Participate: Please fill the registration form given below and join the telegram group. All lectures will be streamed live on our official Youtube channel. There will be no email updates or reminders. So, for updates, join our telegram/ whatsapp group or follow our blog https://forum4english.blogspot.com/

E-certificates will be issued to all participants who attend all the lectures and complete the feedback form. There will be no quiz or examination. Feedback Link will be posted in the Youtube video description of the corresponding day’s lecture.

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 Event Schedule

 17.08.2020, 11 AM (IST)

Dr Indira Nityanandam

Former Principal, Smt. S.R. Mehta Arts College & ex-Visiting Faculty, IIM Ahmedabad

Topic: The IWE Journey – From the Dutts to Ghosh


18.08.2020, 4 PM (IST)

Osinakachi Akuma Kalu (Nigeria)

Global “Fearism” Thinker, Founder of TAFFD’s, Humanitarian

Topic: Becoming the True You through Fear Management Education

 

19.08.2020, 11 AM (IST)

Dr Kulwant Singh

Academic Counsellor, Indira Gandhi National Open University, Lucknow

Topic: Ecology in Scriptures

 

20.08.2020, 4.30 PM (IST)

Mr Lehasa Moloi (South Africa)

Decolonial Thinker and Lecturer of Development Studies, University of South Africa

Topic: From the Colonizing Turn Towards the Decolonial Turn – Revitalizing Epistemic Delinking Culture


21.08.2020, 6 PM (IST)

Tenzin Tsundue (Tibet)

Tibetan Writer and Activist

Topic: Poetry and Freedom – Finding Your Own Unique Voice

 

22.08.2020, 11 AM (IST)

Dr Sarita Sharma

Academician, Author, Poet and Translator, Editor in Chief at TAFFD’s Magazine, USA

Topic: Let’s Get Creative – An Interactive Talk on Creativity and its Myriad Nuances


23.08.2020, 11 AM (IST)

Dr Sanjeev Kumar Goswami

Head, Department of English, Kamrup College, Assam

Topic: Postmodernism in English Fiction

 

24.08.2020, 7 PM (IST)

Mr Thomas Ernest Ross JR. (United States of America)

TEDx Speaker, Governor-appointed Member, DCA, California

Topic: How to Entertain an Artificial Super-Intelligence through Literature?

 

25.08.2020, 11AM (IST)

Mr. Bibhash Choudhury

Professor, Department of English, Gauhati University, Assam

Topic: Stupidity in Modern European Literature

 

26.08.2020, 11AM (IST)

Dr Mahdieh Boostani (Iran)

Persian Poetess, Professor, Author of The Impregnable Fortress, and Translator of Rumi

Topic: Mysticism and Sufism in Persian Poetry

 

27. 08. 2020, 11AM (IST)

Saif Ur Rahman Omair (Indian Author, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)

Celebrated Author of The Nucle Saga Trilogy, Member of Alf Kalimah

Topic: Fantasy Fiction World Building

 

28.08.2020, 11AM (IST)

Ms Gutimali Goswami

Assistant Professor, Head, Department of English, North-Kamrup College, Assam

Topic: Women and Vaishnavite Culture of Assam – A Study of Select Works of Indira Goswami


29.08.2020, 11AM (IST)

Dr Merry Baruah

Associate Professor, Department of English, Cotton University, Assam

Topic: Women Body in Select Poems of Taslima Nasrin, Kamala Das and Adrienne Rich

 

30.08.2020, 11AM (IST)

Ms Deepa Sehrawat

Assistant Professor of English, JNU Rajasthan, Gold Medalist

Topic: Research Writing and MLA 8 Referencing Style


31.08.2020, 11AM (IST)

Mr Arindam Sengupta

ESL Teacher Trainer at Government of West Bengal

Topic: ELT in Focus – Language across Curriculum


Programme Co-ordinator: Mr Abhilash Kaushik, Mob: +91-8553570913

Event In-charge: Prof Sneha Jani, General Secretary, AIFEST