Women in Shakespeare: A Post-Feminist Scrutiny – Call For Papers

Women in Shakespeare: A Post-Feminist Scrutiny

4-6 October, 2012
Kota, Rajasthan, India

Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University, Kota, Rajasthan (India) and The Shakespeare Association (India) invite scholars to participate in the three- day International Conference (4-6 October, 2012) on Women in Shakespeare: A Post-Feminist Scrutiny including the issues of ‘representations’, ‘intentions’ and ‘interpretations’ as raising from or questioned in Shakespeare’s work.

We invite contributions that explore the theme ‘Women in Shakespeare: A Post-Feminist Scrutiny’, including but not limited to papers which focus on the following sub-themes:

  • Feminism and its discontents.
  • Feminist Reading of Shakespeare’s Comedies, Tragedies, Histories, Romances, or any individual play.
  • History of critical shifts to women in Shakespeare.
  • Where does Feminism go wrong in its interpretation of Shakespeare?
  • Categories and classes of women in Shakespeare from the viewpoint of Feminism.
  • Can we spell out the tenets of post-feminist approach to Shakespeare?
  • Why Shakespeare defies all-theoretical approaches including Feminism?
  • Feminist interpretation of Shakespeare’s Sonnets, The Rape of Lucrece, or Venus and Adonis.
  • Looking for difference between Shakespeare’s depiction of women in history and his own view of women.
  • Shakespeare and the Renaissance view of woman.

Important dates:

  • Abstract Submission Deadline: March 31, 2012
  • Notification of Acceptance: April 15, 2012
  • Full Paper Submission: August 31, 2012

Abstract submissions should include the following information

  1. Author’s full name and designation
  2. Author’s affiliation and address
  3. E-mail contact address
  4. Title of the paper
  5. Abstract (up to 250 words)
  6. Please send your abstract in Times New Roman. After the review committee recommendations the selected abstracts will be intimated through email.

Please email abstracts to: kchaudhary@vmou.ac.in

For more details including registration and accommodation please visit the conference website: http://www.vmou.ac.in/WomeninShakespeare.asp

For enquiries and communication, please contact:

Prof. B.S.Dahiya
President, Shakespeare Association (India)
bhimsinghdahiya@gmail.com

Dr. Kshamata Chaudhary
Organising Secretary, VMOU, Kota
kchaudhary@vmou.ac.in