February 28-March 1, 2013
The
first day of the conference began with the opening remarks by the rector of
Lahore School of Economics Dr. Shahid Amjad Chaudhry. The theme for the first session was Language, Politics and Identity and
it was chaired by Dr. Sabiha Mansoor,
the Vice Chancellor of Lahore College for Women University. During this
session, Dr. Shahid Siddiqui Head and Professor, Department of Social Sciences,
Lahore School of Economics presented his paper on “Language policies and the politics of linguistic choices in Pakistan”.
Dr.
Tariq Rahman fascinated the audience with his interesting research on “Personal names and identity-construction in
Pakistan: An exercise in onomastics” and Prof. Dr. Samina Amin Qadir, Vice
Chancellor, Dean Graduate Programs, English, Fatima Jinnah Women University
(FJWU), Rawalpindi brought “Construction
of political identity through language in media” to limelight.
The
second session was chaired by Dr. Amra Raza, Chairperson Department of English
Language and Literature, Punjab University for which the theme was South
Asian Literature.
Dr. Waseem Anwar, Ms. Rumessa Naqvi and Dr. Nukhbah
Taj Langah were the presenters for this session who presented their papers on “Pakistani Creative Writing in English Today:
Tracing the Tradition, Embracing the Emerging”, “ ‘The Other Question’: A Study
of the Marginalized Gender in Girish Karnad’s Hayavadanna” and “‘Ambivalence’ in the works of contemporary
South Asian writers”, respectively.
Language,
Literature, and Education was the theme of the third session for
which Dr. Isabel William, Dean of Professional
Studies, Kinnaird College for Women acted as the Chair. The first paper for the
session was presented by Dr. Tayyaba Tamim Associate Professor, Department of
Social Sciences, Lahore School of Economics on “Languages Teaching and Learning in Government and Private Schools in
Pakistan: A capability based comparison”.
Dr. Munazza Yaqoob followed with her work
on “Cognitive models for teaching
literature” and Dr. Ayesha
Bashiruddin, Professor and Head of
English Department, Institute for Educational Development, Aga Khan
University, Karachi who was the last presenter of the day came forward with her
paper on “Teaching and learning of
English in multilingual context”.
The
conference attracted a large number of audiences from other institutes in
Lahore. Faculty and students interested in research in Language, Literature and
Education from Punjab University, Lahore College for Women University, Kinnaird
College for Women, Forman Christian College, Government College University,
University of Management and Technology, Beacon house National University, COMSATS
and Ali Institute of Education participated in the two day event and took part
in the interactive sessions.
I enjoyed the great meet. It was very educative.
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ReplyDeleteI congratulate all the concerned on arranging such a wonderful conference at LSE. It was very informative and thought provoking. I really enjoyed it with all my fellows, and teachers from Beaconhouse National University.
ReplyDeleteI congratulate all the concerned on arranging such a wonderful conference at LSE. It was very informative and though provoking. I really enjoyed to be there with all my fellows, and teachers from Beaconhouse National University.
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