Professor A.R. Kidwai delivered Keynote Address at the National Conference Organized at MANUU, Hyderabad

Aligarh March 29: Professor A.R. Kidwai, Director, UGC Academic Staff
College and Professor, Department of English, Aligarh Muslim
University delivered Keynote Address on "New Perspectives in
Non-Native Literatures in English" at the National Conference
organized under the aegis of Maulana Azad National Urdu University
(MANUU), Hyderabad.

The Conference aimed at exploring the latest trends in the discourse
on representation, politics of literature, Muslim writings in English,
multiculturalism and cultural affinities. Its main objective was to
identify and discuss new areas of research in English literature.
In his keynote address, Professor Kidwai outlined the main contours of
literary orientalism and the recontextualization between modernity and
Islam by some Muslim writers. Professor Amina Kishore, Head Department
of English, MANUU was the convener of the conference. A large number
distinguished scholars and students of English studies attended the
conference. Professor Kidwai's Keynote Address is available at
www.ascamu.org.