Call for Research Papers on Global Responses to Indo-English Literature

25 May 2011
Call for Research Papers on Global Responses to Indo-English Literature
Deadline: 30 July 2011

We are glad to inform you that we are going to edit jointly one book of research papers on Indian English Literature tentatively titled as Global Responses to Indo-English Literatures. Authentic, scholarly and unpublished research papers are invited from scholars/faculty/researchers/writers/professors from all over the world for this volume.

Proposed Publisher:

The volume will be published with an ISBN (International Standard Book Number) by a renowned publisher from India or Oman.

Thematic Focus of the Volume:

The articles should be on any theme of any work of Indian prose, poetry, drama, novel or short-story in English.

Editing requirements:

• Paper size: A4, Font & size: Times New Roman 12, Spacing: Single line, Margin of 1 inch on all four sides.
• Title of the paper: bold, title case (Capitalize each word), centered.
• Text of the paper: justified. Font & size: Times New Roman 12.
• References: Please follow MLA style (Only Author-Date or Number System) strictly. Don’t use Foot Notes. Instead use End Notes.
• Titles of books: Italics.
• Titles of articles from journals and books: “quoted”.
• Articles should be submitted as MS Word 2003-2007attachments only.
• The paper should not usually exceed 14 pages maximum, 5 pages minimum in single spacing.
• Each paper must be accompanied by i) A declaration that it is an original work and has not been published anywhere else or send for publication ii) Abstract of paper about 100-200 words and iii) A short bio-note of the contributor(s) indicating name, institutional affiliation, brief career history, postal address, mobile number and e-mail, in a single attachment. Please don’t send more attachments. Give these things below your paper and send all these things in a separate single MS-Word attachment.
• The papers submitted should evince serious academic work contributing new knowledge or innovative critical perspectives on the subject explored.

Mode of Submission:

Each contributor is advised to send full paper with brief bio-note, declaration and abstract as a single MS-Word email attachments to email addresses: amnawale@gmail.com up to 30th July 2011. The contributors are also supposed to submit one hard copy of (i) Full paper (ii) A declaration and (iii) Abstract and (iv) Brief bio-note typed in above mentioned format to the postal address given bellow. One hard copy is required for our record. Without hard copy, no paper will be considered for publication.

Selection Procedure:

All submissions will be sent for blind peer reviewing. Final selection will be made only if the papers are recommended for publication by the reviewers. The details of the selection of your paper will be informed to you telephonically or on your email. The editor has the right to make necessary editing of selected papers for the sake of conceptual clarity and formatting. Non-selected papers will not be sent back to the contributor in any form. So, all contributors are advised to keep a copy of their submission with them. Each contributor will get a free complimentary copy from publisher but in case of joint paper, only first writer will get free copy. Oversea contributors will get soft copy (pdf) of their papers with details of ISBN specification.

Plagiarism Alert:

Contributors are advised to adhere to strict academic ethics with respect to acknowledgment of original ideas from others. The editors will not be responsible for any such lapse of the contributor. All submissions should be original and must be accompanied by a declaration that it is an original work and has not been published anywhere else. It will be your sole responsibility for such lapses, if any. Neither editor, nor publisher will be responsible for it.

No Contribution/Subscription fees. Papers will be accepted and published free of cost and only on basis of quality and each contributor will get a free complimentary copy from publisher.

Postal Address to Send Hard Copy of the Paper:

Capt. Dr. Arvind Nawale
"Akshar",
Anand Nagar,
Near Nanded Naka,
UDGIR, Dist: Latur,
(Maharashtra State) 413 517. India

Editors:

Dr. Arvind Nawale,
(Head, Dept of English, Shivaji Mahavidhylaya, Udgir, Dist: Latur (M.S.) India)

Dr. Amrendra Sharma
(Assistant Prof of Linguistics, Dept of Languages & Translation, Dhofar University, Salalah, OMAN )

Contact Information:

For inquiries: amnawale@gmail.com

For submissions: amnawale@gmail.com
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