INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL CONFERENCE on Crossing Borders and Boundaries: Contemporary Trends in Literatures and Language Teaching in the Time of COVID-19


Feminism & Women's Studies Foreign Language Learning French Studies Gender Studies Latin American Studies Educational Technology Feminism & Women's Studies E-learning



This Virtual Conference is organized to welcome ideas from foreign languages and Indian languages, namely French, Spanish, German, Japanese, Chinese, Italian, Greek, Arabic, Hindi, and Tamil. The Conference is sure to offer the right platform for participants to engage and enlighten themselves and others in the respective fields.



Current issues in literature and theory and practice of teaching foreign languages, Hindi and Tamil at universities, are being placed on open tables for discussion.



MAIN TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND INDIAN LANGUAGES (HINDI AND TAMIL BUT NOT LIMITED TO FOLLOWING AREAS





  • Gender issues and border in literature




  • Discussion of collective memories and trauma in literature




  • Perspectives of Identity, Migration, and Displacement in literature




  • Diaspora and hybridity in Literature




  • The literature of exile and border




  • Racism and discrimination in literature




  • Cultural subalternity in literature




  • Quarantine and self-isolation in literature




  • Epidemic and Pandemic in literary History




  • The absurdity of life in literature




  • Ecology/Eco-feminism/Ecocriticism




  • Transgender issues in literature




  • Challenges in the online mode of teaching/learning foreign language




  • Evolving new concepts & methodologies in teaching/learning foreign language




  • Role of technology in teaching/learning foreign language




  • World-readiness standards in teaching/learning foreign language




  • Influence of Indian literature on foreign literature and vice versa




  • Challenges of teaching literature in the foreign language




  • Effectiveness and productivity of e-learning