Dr. Hari Singh Gour ‘Vishwavidyalaya’: staging of Shakespeare plays. Sometime in the late 1950s, Professor Formerly the University of Saugor, the ‘Vishwavidyalaya’ was Swaminathan went to Oxford University to earn his doctoral degree established on July 18, 1946 by Sir Dr. Hari Singh Gour by a donation on Shelley and Vedanta. He left Saugor in late 1960s to join the of his lifetime savings amounting to Rs. 2 Crore in property and Rs. University of Jabalpur, and from there he went to the US and settled 20Lac in cash. The 18th University of India, and the oldest and the there. biggest University of Madhya Pradesh, Dr. Harisingh Gour University has the exalted distinction of having been founded by the exemplary In the following years, Prof. P. S. Sastri and Prof. Amaresh Datta personal donation of a single person. Sir Dr. Hari Singh Gour created a broad- based structure for the teaching and critical study of Department of English & Other European Languages (November 26, 1870 – December 25, 1949) was a great jurist and English Literature at the Department. Apart from his Doctorate and M. Lit., Prof. Sastri had first class postgraduate degrees in five legal luminary. He was a great patriot, philanthropist, educationist and subjects- English, Sanskrit, Philosophy, Telugu and Mathematics. Dr. social reformer. He was the founder Vice-Chancellor of the University Dr. Hari Singh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar (M.P.) of Saugor and the University of Delhi, and also served as the Vice- Sastri was an acclaimed scholar of literature, philosophy and Indology (A Central University) Chancellor of Nagpur University. The Postal Department of India and wrote extensively in these areas. Interestingly, he was also a issued a special stamp in his honour in 1976. The University of regular contributor to some journals of Astrology. Later, he moved to Reaccredited "A" by NAAC Saugor was renamed as Doctor Hari Singh Gour Vishwavidyalaya in the University of Nagpur as Professor and Head of the Department of 1983 by the State Legislature. Situated on top of a hill, the University English there. The community of scholars at the University of campus (1312.89 acres) is one of the finest picturesque campuses in Mauritius felicitated him by conferring Honoris Causa D. Litt. on him. India. Reaccredited with grade “A” in 2007, the University has 42 Dr. Amresh Datta distinguished himself as a teacher and lover of University teaching departments in 11 schools. Elevated to the status poetry. His poetry in English won him applause at home and abroad. of a Central University in 2008, the University has a huge potential of He was also a lover and practitioner of Ravindra Sangeet. He left growth, and would soon develop further and more as a prestigious Saugor in 1960s to join the University of Guwahati as Professor. academic centre for the entire Central Zone of India and beyond. Sagar: Succeeding them, Professor S. Mallikarjunan was a gifted sportsman Formerly known as Saugor for a ‘hundred forts/fortresses’ around, on the playground and an inspiring teacher in classroom. An and with a history dating back to ‘1857’ and beyond, Sagar enjoys a extremely polite and soft speaking scholar, he was much loved for the pleasant climate all through the year. Headquarters of the Mahar elegance of his speech and for the wide spectrum of his reading. He Infantry Regiment of Indian Army, Sagar is in easy proximity of quite earned his second Master’s degree from the University of Chicago as a few places of internationally known tourist attractions. Jabalpur a Fulbright Scholar. Mr. T. N. Raina and Mr. A. K. Bajpeyi were Marble Rocks are 200 kilometers from Sagar, while Sanchi is 125 among those young teachers who served the Department in its early Kilometers, and Khajuraho 195 Kilometers. Once in Sagar, one can formative years. Brilliant teachers like Dr. J. S. Mishra, Dr. Amar plan a good and exciting extended weekend visiting these places. Mukherjee and Dr. C.N. Desai served the Department for varying National Seminar durations. Among others deserving special mention are Mr. Harsha On Bahadur Shrivastava, Prof. Francine and Dr. Urmila Verma. Narratives of Violence in Postmodern Literature Department of English and Other European Languages: A Profile Professor Mohan Lal and Professor R. S. Pathak, both of them good 27 and 28 February 2014 scholars and the products of the University of Wales, contributed Department of English and Other European Languages was one of the immensely to the creation of the healthy culture of teaching and first Departments that came into being along with the founding of the learning at the Department. University of Saugor. Sir Dr. Harisingh Gour brought Professor S. R. Organized by: Swaminathan of the University of Madras, then working as a lecturer We are proud to be members of this Department with its gifted Department of English & Other European Languages at Ferguson College of Poona, as Reader and the first Head of the inheritance. We seek inspiration from the glorious past of the Dr. Hari Singh Gour University, Sagar (M.P.) - 470 003 Department in full recognition of his scholarship, potential and Department and commit to strive to deserve the tradition brought to us Telefax : 07582-264116 promise. Professor Swaminathan was a theatre aficionado and by time. Website : www.dhsgsu.ac.in supervised several dramatic performances of Shakespeare’s plays. On his invitation, Mrs. Hammien was frequent visitor at the Department those days as an unofficial director for these performances and for helping in the cultivation of theatre activities. The famous Shakespearean Theatre was invited on quite a few occasions for Theme Statement The seminar proposes to explore the world of literature to trace the responses to the global phenomenon of violence in all its modes- Registration Form All along their evolution and dissolution, various ancient and terrorism, genocide, aggression, coercion, militancy, radicalism. National Seminar medieval civilizations-- from the Indo Aryan regions of the East to the The seminar would cover the following sub-themes and more for an On Middle Eastern to the Greco-Roman to the fuzzy Indigenous Americas insightful discussion: Narratives of Violence in Postmodern Literature on the other side of the Atlantic to the Australian continent and around 27 & 28 February 2014 and farther into the Pacific --have all seen, suffered and perpetrated () Social revolutions () War(s) of independence violence of the most overt and crude forms. Many of these () Genocide () Militancy civilizations perished or metamorphosed under attack and threat of () Religious intolerance () Domestic violence Department of English & Other European Languages violence. Therefore, violence and its various manifestations have been () Sexual violence () Sadism & Masochism Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar 470003 the core issues in philosophical and religious and other cultural () Suicidal tendencies () Forms of aggression (A Central University) discourses ever since the ancient and medieval times, both in the East () Ecological violence and the West. () Clash of political and cultural ideologies & identities 1. Name of the Delegate: These sub themes only delineate the course of deliberations, and by no 2. Designation: In our times, which we (debatably) reckon to have started in the 3. Institutional Affiliation: decades surrounding the year 1900, the issues related to violence have means limit the scope of the seminar. It is quite probable that there can be many more variations and varieties of sub themes, and we 4. Title of the Paper: become fixtures in several discourses, broadly in the fields of Literature, Politics and Religion. In these times of Postmodernity and would welcome such variations and varieties. There are many great plenary speeches and a greater keynote speech scheduled for the 5. Postal Address: Post Postmodernity, violence has assumed a range of shapes from the manifest to the convoluted. Barring the regions under religious or seminar. We would expect a 250 word abstract of your paper to reach us political extremism, open violence would be a scarce possibility because of active presence of various monitoring and law enforcing electronically by 20 January 2014. You may mail the abstract/paper to [email protected]. The complete paper of around agencies. The situation thus prepares ground for many subtler forms of violence. So, here is a world in parts of which armed groups and 3000 words, typed in Times New Roman 12 pt. with the line space of 1.5, and a margin of 1” on all sides, should reach us by 10 February outfits are wrecking the most primitive forms of violence, while in the 6. Phone/Mobile number: ‘civilized’ parts of the same world violence appears in many 2014 in both hard and soft copies. The paper should conform to the latest norms of the MLA stylesheet. A selection of papers will go into 7. Email: camouflaged and psychologically convoluted shapes like 8. Paper presenter or Participant: emotional/intellectual/physical aggression between individuals, a book with an ISBN number, published by a reputed publisher. 9. DD number: maltreatment of children or the elderly, and open or hidden sexual 10. Name of the Bank: harassment and assaults, suicidal tendencies, and sado-masochism. Accommodation and Registration: We will extend full local hospitality to the outstation participants, and 11. Date: will arrange their stay and food with no extra cost other than the 12. Drawee bank & Branch: Although there have been numerous sociological and historical registration fee. We would like the willing participants to send their studies of violence and its origins, there is still a lot to be done registration fee well in advance, so that we can make decent 13. Amount drawn: towards a systematic analysis of the reflections of violence in arrangements for their comfortable stay at Sagar. 14. Do you need accommodation? Yes No literature and towards a study of the various crises violence has The registration fee for outstation participants is Rs. 3000/ (which, as ------created. There is a lot of scope for investigation into the ways in stated earlier, includes stay and food for two days). The registration which violence has jeopardized the thought processes and militated fee should be paid by Bank Draft/Check drawn/written in favour of Mail your queries at, or call, the following contacts: against deep seated human urge to communicate and share. For this the Registrar, Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishvidyalaya, Sagar (M.P.) and Seminar Director/Convener or Organizing Secretary purpose, literature would serve both as a subject and a powerful posted/couriered to the Head, Department of English, Dr. Harisingh medium because of its inherent capability to call upon the larger Gour Central University, Sagar 470003 (M.P). The registration fee [email protected] or [email protected] human community and rouse it from complacency. A systematic study for local participants is Rs. 1500/, which doesn’t include stay. (Dr. Nivedita Maitra) (Dr. Prakash Joshi) of the ways violence affects human life and the ways it can be stalled Almost centrally located in Madhya Pradesh, Sagar is on main rail Phone: 09826282089 Phone: 09479983965 from destroying humanity becomes a solemn duty of the people at trunk lines from Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bhopal, Bina, Puri, Raipur, academia. Varanasi, Agra, Jabalpur, Kota and Jaipur. The nearest airport is Bhopal, just three-hour road distance from/to Sagar.