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This symposium will include invited Prof. H.M. Maheshwaraiah speakers and a limited number of paper presenters. Hon'ble Vice-Chancellor, CUK, Kalaburagi Please send a 300 word abstract and a 100 word biography to [email protected]/ Patrons [email protected] by 18 October Prof. G. R. Naik 2019. The list of paper presenters will be notified Pro Vice Chancellor, CUK, Kalaburagi on 20 October 2019. The last date to send full Prof. Sunitha Anil Manjanbail papers is 21 October 2019. Dean, School of Humanities and Languages, CUK Prof. N. Nagaraju REGISTRATION Professor, Dept. of English, CUK, Kalaburagi Faculty : Rs. 1000/- Research Scholars : Rs. 500/- Advisory Committee Students : Rs. 250/- Online registrations are open till 22 Prof. Shivaganga Rumma October 2019. Kindly go to the link to register Professor, Department of Kannada, CUK, Kalaburagi https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfsqcc Prof. Vikram Visaji Head, Department of Kannada, CUK, Kalaburagi IFo8NIocL14Cab5Mq7p- Prof. Ganesh Pawar GHQv28DCYEtPCplm8xoQpLw/viewform?usp=s Head, Department of Hindi, CUK, Kalaburagi One-day National Symposium f_link . Only registered delegates will be permitted on Chairman to attend and present papers at the symposium. TONI MORRISON: RACE, IDENTITY, Prof. Basavaraj P Donur GENDER AND BEYOND NOTE FOR AUTHORS Head, Department of English All submitted papers will be sent for reviews Organizing Secretary which would focus on:  Focus on thrust Area Dr. Mahima Raj C. : 9701047601  Novelty in thought  Presentation/organization of research Members of the Organizing Committee

 Inferences Mrs. Renuka L Nayak : 09449673268 Resource Persons Mr. Mahendra M : 09480146466 Dr. Sreebitha P. V. : 09591598504 Prof. Amith Kumar P. V. (EFLU), Prof. Mr. Sumit Ghayal : 09967693658 24 October 2019 at CUK, Kalaburagi

Vedasharan (EFLU), Prof. N. S. Gundur, Tumkuru Mr. Anil Kamble : 09049693848 University, Prof. N. Nagaraju, Mr. Mahendra M., Dr. Swatilekha : 09488703241 Department of English Dr. Sreebitha and Dr. Ramesh Rathod Ms. Hebzibah : 09035064886 School of Humanities and Languages Ms. Stuti Tiwari : 08762659136 Central University of “If there’s a book you really want to read, but Kalaburagi-585367 it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” – Toni Morrison One-day National Symposium 24 October 2019 This national symposium is a tribute to the ABOUT KALABURAGI American author and Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison Registration Form

(February 18, 1931 – August 5, 2019). She was a Kalaburgi is the major city and district Name of the delegate (Caps) ______novelist, an essayist, and a profound thinker. Her headquarters in Hyderabad Karnataka region of ______inspiring words and great artistry will continue to Karnataka. The recorded history of Kalaburagi dates inspire the present and coming generations. Her Designation ______back to the 6th Century A.D. The region was under the powerful words and legacy will be cherished forever. successive rule of the Rashtrakutas, the Chalukyas, the Office Address ______Her novels address the issues of African- American Kalaharis, the Yadavas, the Hoysalas, the Kakatyas, the ______history, race, identity, and gender which reflect her Bahamanis and the Mughals. Monuments in and around deeper insights about life and people. According to ______the city like Kwaja Bande Nawaz , Fort of Morrison, the black novel was important because it ______Bahamani Kingdom and Hafta Gumbaz are the legacies suggests what the conflicts are, what the problems are, of this history. The region is also home to the glorious Mailing address with pin code______not necessarily as a means of solving them but as a Sharana Movement. Sharana Basaveshwara Temple ______way of recording and reflecting them. and Buddha Vihar are the other places of cultural In her works, she mostly focused on the ______interest. African- American experiences, search for identity, ______

myth, gender issues, feminism, race, violence, Mobile ______oppression, et cetera; in literary landscape her About CUK e-mail (compulsory) ______contribution is unforgettable. In her memory, this symposium attempts to revisit her literary works and Nature of Participation: Presenting Paper / Participating ______Central University of Karnataka (CUK) is one themes to remember her legacy. Title of Paper ______of the new rapidly growing central universities The symposium offers testimony to her life and ______established by the Act of Parliament, 2009 of . literary works. We welcome research papers from ______The University is fully funded by the University Grants variety of approaches to look at Toni Morrison and Commission (UGC). The University has 654 acres her canon of work from various perspectives. ______campus situated near Kadaganchi village, about 30 Km Suggested topics may include but are not limited to from Kalaburagi city towards Solapur. The main the following: objective of this Central University is to integrate the  Black Women Writing components of Teaching, Research, Innovation, and  The Racial Tension Between Afro- Skill Development with an aspiration to excel in Accommodation: Integrated Masters (IMA English), Post graduate and American and White Supremacist Doctoral programs.  Self-Identity/ Identity Crisis Limited accommodation is available and shall be allotted on priority basis.  Man and Woman Relationship THEME OF THE SYMPOSIUM  Black Feminism/ Womanism