The Department of English, University of Calcutta (CU) signed an MoU with the Centre for Postcolonial Writing, Monash University, at the International Conference on ‘Globalisation and Posatcolonial Writing: An Australia-India Exchange’, on February 7 to 9 2006, held at the Centre for Social Sciences and Humanities, Shahid Khudiram Bose Shiksha Prangan, CU Alipore Campus. The tie-up will include faculty exchange, cross-cultural research and joint-publications between the two departments. Also, by virtue of this collaboration, a CU English literature scholar can avail a three-year fellowship, which can be extended by upto six months, for pursuing research at the Monash University.
Signing the MoU at the three-day conference CU Vice-chancellor Asis Kumar Banerjee observed, “We hope that this is the beginning of an enduring friendship”. “It is a critical time for Australia to improve relations with India as some of the best literature in English is being written by Indians”, noted Australian postcolonial writer Bill Ashcroft.
CU Arts Faculty Dean Arun Bandopadhyay and Monash University Arts Faculty Associate Dean Research Denise Cuthbert enlightened the gathering consisting of teachers and students alike on the opportunities for postgraduate research in Australian universities at a workshop during the conference.
As Australian High Commissioner John McCarthy stressed on the permanence and dynamism of globalisation of education, Monash University VC Richard Larkin said, “We are looking to expand our opportunities to other departments”.
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