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Chapter 2 (Research and Development) Annual Report 2011-12 Research and Development FACULTY OF ARTS & HUMANITIES DEPARTMENT OF ARCHAEOLOGY Publications Research Paper: Dr. Farzand Masih o “Chaukundi Tombs: Significance of symbols and motifs in Funerary Art of Sindh. “Ancient Punjab Vol-II” o Origin and Evolution of Nagara Sikhara Temple Architecture with Special Reference to the Salt Range Temples. “Ancient Punjab Vol-II” o Editor “Ancient Punjab” Vol. II 2012 o Authorship “Research report on “Sui Vihar Excavations and Archaeological Reconnaissance of Southern Punjab”. Dr. Tauqeer Ahmad Warriach o “Cultural Impact of the Achaemenian on Ancient Pakistan”, South Asian Studies. A Research Journal of South Asian Studies Vol. 27, No. 01, January – June 2012. o “Gandahar: An appraisal of its meaning and History” Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, Vol. 48, No.1, 2011. Conferences, Seminars and Workshops etc. o Two Days Workshop on Significance of Pottery in Archaeological Studies December 19 – 20, 2011 UNESCO’s sponsored project Sui-Vihar Excavations and Archaeological Reconnaissance of Southern Punjab. DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE Research Journals The Department of English publishes annually two Journals: i. Journal of Research (Humanities) HEC recognized ‘Z’ Category ii. Journal of English Studies RESEARCH COLLABORATION Foreign Linkages o St. Andrews University, Scotland DEPARTMENT OF FRENCH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE Research & Development – An Overview o A Research Wing was introduced with its various operating desks. In its first phase a Translation Desk was launched: 57 Annual Report 2011-12 Research and Development Translation desk (French – English/Urdu and vice versa): o Professional / legal documents; Regular / personal documents; o Latest research papers, articles and reviews ; o The translation desk aims to provide authentic translation services to the public sector and to facilitate mutual collaboration at international level especially with the French counterparts. It addresses various businesses and multinational companies, online sales and advertisements, and those who plan to pursue higher education abroad. Projects: Ongoing o A project entitled “French translation of Iqbal’s persian poetry” was initiated in October 2011 by Dr. Saleha Nazeer on the advice of certain French scholars who remarked that since many decades no work on the French translations of Iqbal’s thought was done. The few translations that exist were found to be deviating from the main Iqbalian themes as they were carried out through secondary source and not from the original Persian/Urdu texts. The current study focuses Allama Iqbal’s thought through analysis and translations of Iqbalian texts in French. Various literary constructions and social themes that Iqbal’s poetry has addressed, are being annotated as per requirement of the translated sections so as to provide an easier comprehension of Iqbalian themes to the foreign reader with their philosophical explanations. In the first phase of the project, poetic collections from Iqbal’s “Armaghan-e-Hijaz” are currently being translated from Persian to French. Publications o Dr. Saleha Nazeer’s research article in French, “Traduire la khudi iqbalienne”, based on her participation in an international conference in France, got published in Revue E-crit, No. 4, Traduire pour découvrir ou pour neutraliser, Journal of linguistics published by the University of Franch-Comté, Besanùon, France, may 2012. Conferences, Seminars and Workshops etc. Organization: o A Teachers Training Workshop for French Online Programme was organized on 25.6.12 at the Main Library, University of the Punjab. This training session was conducted by Dr. Saleha Nazeer. The focus of this workshop was to train the Teachers to conduct online sessions to teach French language. Various pedagogical areas of the French online-course web site were explored and practiced by the attendees. Dr. Saleha Nazeer participated in the following international / national conferences and workshops : o Turnitin Webinar on “Getting students started with Turnitin, 4th Sept. 2012. o Turnitin Webinar on “Plagiarism Spectrum – Insight into the 10 types of unoriginal work”, 11th Sept. 2012. o Turnitin Webinar on “Originality, Plaigiarism, and the Web”, 18th Sept. 2012. 58 Annual Report 2011-12 Research and Development o Turnitin Webinar on “Best practices for Teaching with turnitin” 25th Sept. 2012. o Workshop on “Research Ethics, Endnote and Turnitin, held at Library & Information Sciences Department, Punjab University, 25th-26th Sept. 2012. o Training session on “Qualitative Research using “NVivo” Software - Hands-on-Practice “ by HEC held at the Undergraduate Block, Punjab University, 7th July 2012. Paper Presentation: o Dr. Saleha Nazeer presented paper on « Lecture des textes plurilingues d’Iqbal » in an International conference on Traduction, plurilinguisme et langues en contact : traduire la diversité, organized by LLA-CREATIS (Lettres, Langage et Arts – Création, recherche, Emergence en Arts, Textes, Images, Spectacles, EA 4152) at the University of Toulouse le Mirail, France, 18th-20th October 2012. Other Academic Events: Events Date Chief Guest(s) Venue Journée de la Francophonie 5-4-2012 French Ambassador and Al-Razi Hall, (Francophony Day Celebration) Vice Chancellor & Undergraduate students Block, PU. Guest Lecture by Dr. Aamir 5-7-2012 Teachers and students English Department Khan (LUMS) from English and French departments Certificate Distribution 12-9-2012 Prof. Dr. Zakria Zakar French Department Ceremony Journée de la francophonie (Francophony Day) : o As a part of its "Journée de la francophonie" celebrations, an inter-institutional speech contest in French was organized by the French department in April 2012. French departments from 6 institutions, universities, colleges, institutes participated in the event. The speech title was : Is today’s education adequate for the character building of our new generation? o Amongst the six institutions that participated in the speech contest, Aitchison College got 1st prize, Alliance Française stood second and Kinnaird College bagged the third prize. The speech topic was “Is today’s education adequate for our character building?” The students from LUMS, Lahore College for Women University and Fatima Jinnah Girls College also took part in the contest. o The French Ambassador in Islamabad, Mr. Philippe Thiebaud, the Cultural Counselor from the French Embassy Mr. Frederic Bessat, the Director Alliance Française Lahore Mr. Dominique Scobry and the Vice Chancellor Punjab University Prof. Dr. Mujahid Kamran were the honorable guests at the occasion. o Speaking at the occasion, the French Ambassador Mr. Philippe Thiebaud said that Pakistan is one of the largest trade partners of European Union, adding that his country will promote relations between the two societies. He also said they were keen to enhance Pakistani exports to Europe. 59 Annual Report 2011-12 Research and Development He added that French was not only a language of art and culture but also a huge literature of science and economics was available in the language. Prof Mujahid Kamran said that the Francophony Day was the best opportunity for the students to express better in the language they were learning. He urged the students to learn French and other important languages of the world. He thanked the French Ambassador for collaboration with PU’s French Department and lauded the efforts of Prof Dr Saleha Nazeer. o Dr. Saleha Nazeer highlighted major achievements of the department and announced launch of 4 years BS (French) in the upcoming session. She said it was after a lapse of almost 40 years that the French Department had a faculty member with PhD in French. She hoped to strengthen the Department by planning MPhil / Ph.D programmes in future. Guest Lecture on French Literature: o Dr. Aamir Khan, Associate Professor of Marketing at the Suleman Dawood School of Business (SDSB), LUMS delivered a literary talk titled, The Author is Dead: Meaning and Interpretation of French literature in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, at the University of Punjab (PU) on Wednesday, July 5, 2012. o The talk was attended by the students and faculty of both the French and English Literature departments at PU. The focus of the discussion was on the role of “first person” in the 18th century novel, including both the memoir novel (Manon Lescaut by Abbe Prevost and La Religieuse by Diderot); the epistolary novel (Liaisons Dangereuses by Laclos). Then, the evolution of third person narration which started in the first half of the 19th century, was discussed for which Stendhal’s masterpiece, “Le Rouge et Le Noir” was taken as an example. o During the session, the text from Le Rouge (Julien Sorel’s role) was also thoroughly analysed. Since the audience included students and faculty from post graduate level the discussion was a bit technical but the idea was to see how the narrative structure of the novel both constrains the novelist and allows him to experiment. In the end, it is up to the reader to find the interpretation that best stands the test of criticism, without referring to what the novelist really means. Dr. Khan and the audience both discussed other relevant work, both in the novel genre (Madame Bovary, Crime and Punishment, but also the novels of D. H. Lawrence) and in other genres, including 17th century French tragedy (Racine’s plays) and even the movies (Predator, Rab nay bana di jori). o The audience, comprising of brilliant researchers, asked probing questions and
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