Deadline: 15 March 2011
Special issue of Pakistaniaat on FAIZ AHMED FAIZ, December 2011
This special issue is in honour of Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s centennial year and is dedicated to the universal themes of love and resistance in his poetry. Faiz has had and continues to have a national following as a people’s poet in Pakistan. He has also had international recognition through the Lenin Peace Prize. Contributions to the special issue are invited on the following themes:
* Tradition and modernity in Faiz Ahmed Faiz. Aesthetics vs politics. Can the two co-exist?
* Progressivism and nationalism in Faiz’s writings
* Does Faiz’s poetic voice provide a contemporary Muslim context?
* What has been the impact of Faiz’s poetry on the modern Urdu poet?
* What kind of a postcolonial resistance is articulated by Faiz? What are some of the intersections and differences in his work with other postcolonial intellectuals and poets.
* Comparative approaches to the central themes of exile and loss in Faiz’s poetry.
Please submit an abstract of 300 words or direct your queries to Amina Yaqin at ay@soas.ac.uk
or the Pakistaniaat Editor at pakistaniaat@gmail.com.
Deadline for submission of abstracts: March 2011
Deadline for submission of articles: June 2011
You may also submit your articles directly through the Journal’s Submission System online.
More information here.
Special issue of Pakistaniaat on FAIZ AHMED FAIZ, December 2011
This special issue is in honour of Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s centennial year and is dedicated to the universal themes of love and resistance in his poetry. Faiz has had and continues to have a national following as a people’s poet in Pakistan. He has also had international recognition through the Lenin Peace Prize. Contributions to the special issue are invited on the following themes:
* Tradition and modernity in Faiz Ahmed Faiz. Aesthetics vs politics. Can the two co-exist?
* Progressivism and nationalism in Faiz’s writings
* Does Faiz’s poetic voice provide a contemporary Muslim context?
* What has been the impact of Faiz’s poetry on the modern Urdu poet?
* What kind of a postcolonial resistance is articulated by Faiz? What are some of the intersections and differences in his work with other postcolonial intellectuals and poets.
* Comparative approaches to the central themes of exile and loss in Faiz’s poetry.
Please submit an abstract of 300 words or direct your queries to Amina Yaqin at ay@soas.ac.uk
or the Pakistaniaat Editor at pakistaniaat@gmail.com.
Deadline for submission of abstracts: March 2011
Deadline for submission of articles: June 2011
You may also submit your articles directly through the Journal’s Submission System online.
More information here.
