HUMAN RIGHTS SEMINAR 2014

                                                  National Seminar  

                                                            on

                                      BREAKING THE SILENCE

        
            Current Issues In Human Rights Education 
                           
                                 & Value Development

                                                  
                                                   (Sponsored by ICSSR)

                                       
                          Seminar Dates:   14^th & 15^th Feb. 2014
                         
                       Venue:  D.B.S. (PG) College, Dehradun.                                               
                                           (Uttarakhand)

   
        Convener: Dr. Pratyush Vatsala, Associate Professor, Dept. of English.
                              email- vatsala.dbscollege@gmail.com

                                    

Invited Experts/Speakers:
                    
                    Prof. Riyaz Punjabi, (Ex-VC Kashmir Univ),ICPS, New Delhi
                   
                    Prof.  Munmun Jha, IIT, Kanpur
                     

                                              

Concept Note:

 Education plays a crucial role in shaping the character and quality of people and defining contours of social change. The HR education encompasses all levels of education be it school or College. It is a known fact that the sustainable development of a nation depends on the culture of respect towards human rights and values. Any development has multi-pronged approach in educational, social and political arena and boasts of development dimensions in a globalized contextual understanding.

Human rights cut across all traditional disciplines usually taught hitherto in Colleges and Universities. Law, Humanities, Social Sciences and Environmental Studies should be involved in the action plan of HR education and value inculcation. But this education must interact with ground realities rather than be confined to class room discourses. Our youth is ready to break the silence on such issues. The nationwide protest in December 2012 invites our attention to brood upon the HR issues afresh in the changing scenario.

The event is seminar cum conference, open to all and aims to attract and involve students, youth, academicians, researchers, practitioners, extension scientists, social workers, NGOs and all concerned stakeholders to address multi- dimensional needs of HR education- moral, legal and contextual. It will broadly focus on but not limited to the following issues:

-Theoretical Perspectives on Human Rights

-Creating a Balance between Values and Rights

-Human Rights and NGOs

-Human Rights, Human Needs and Youth

-Human Rights and Values in Social, Economic and Religious Context

-Civil and Political Rights in Indian Society

-Teaching Methodology and Material Preparation for HR Education

- Literature, Human Rights & Values

-Science, Human Rights & Values

-Man-Nature Relationship & Disasters

-Evolving Strategy for HR Awareness and Value Inculcation

     
     Aiming at intellectual fusion and fruitful mingling of many multidisciplinary perspectives, the Seminar wishes to broaden our understanding of the linkages between HR, Values, Youth and (a just and safe) Society and the role of HE in promoting HR.  However, the seminar offers a good opportunity to reflect upon the current issues of Human Rights Education and Value Development by developing a strategy for a safe and just society.  

Please submit your proposals for Paper, Poster, Workshop and Panel in 250-300 words (English or Hindi) by 30^th November, 2013 to the email id: hrseminar2014@gmail.com or dbspgdoon@gmail.com.  Acceptance of the proposal will be notified by 5^th December, 2013. Full length papers (word limit- 3000 words) are required by 20^th Dec. 2013 for inclusion in an ISBN publication on the Seminar. The best paper/poster/workshop/panel will be awarded in valedictory session of the conference. Select papers may be developed by the respective authors to be published in an ISBN book. 

Guidelines for Panel and Workshop: 

A proposal for panel or workshop should have the name, email address and affiliation of the participants with a short write up about the theme of the panel or the workshop.

A workshop should have at least 5 to 8 presenters related to the Seminar theme and a chair with a discussant. 

Panel proposals are expected to include at least four persons on a related theme that the panel convener invites and coordinates. Among these one could be chair and one could be the discussant. A panel proposal should consist of a write up about the panel theme followed by a series of paper abstracts, all in one MS word file, not more than 400 words. 

Accommodation may be arranged for the outstation participants on prior request and payment.

Registration Form and Details will be sent by email once the proposal is accepted.

About the College

Dayanand Brijendra Swaroop Post Graduate College, popularly known as DBS College celebrates its more than 50 years of glory and prestige. The college has set a benchmark in the field of higher education. It is situated in the heart of city with easy access from Railway Station and ISBT, Dehradun. The campus was formerly a part of Rispana river bed, which was a perennial river flowing down from the Mussoorie hills of Himalayan Ranges. One can watch towering Mussoorie Hills of the north and relatively dwarf hill of Shiwaliks in the south.