'Ripeness is All': Discoursing Shakespeare and the Politics of Cultural Gerontology at Bankura University, West Bengal, INDIA
Despite the apparent exhaustion of critical thoughts on Shakespeare, it is possible to negotiate Shakespeare in relation to cultural gerontology. The conference will address, but not limited to, the following issues:
Transcultural Re-writing and Ageing in Shakespeare
Re-inventing Ageing: Subjectivism and Shakespeare
Gerontology as a Cultural Genre: Early Modern Era and Shakespeare
Anxiety, Ageing and Denouement: Re-visiting Shakespeare
Shapes of Lateness: Ageing and the Last Plays of Shakespeare
Land, Inheritance and Possession: Shakespeare Studies
Kingship, Ageing and Shakespeare
Grief, Insanity and Dementia: Reconstructing Shakespeare
Please send your abstracts by 15th August, 2016 to sukhendujimmy@gmail.com
Dept of English, Bankura University will hold a two-day international conference on " 'Ripeness is All': Discoursing Shakespeare and the Politics of Cultural Gerontology" on 07-08 November, 2016. Contact : Sukhendu Das