ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
Contact Number: 9831006334
Ø Educational Qualifications: M.A., M.Phil, Ph.D
PhD topic: ‘How Happy Is Their ‘Ever After’? A Few Perspectives on the ‘Interior Colonisation’ of Women in Fairy Tales Across Cultures”.
Specialisation: Gender Studies, Folklore, Culture Studies and Indian Writing in English.
Guest faculty, in the Post Graduate section of the Departments of English, Lady Brabourne College, Basanti Devi College and St. Paul’s Cathedral Mission College, Kolkata.
Recent Faculty Development Programmes Attended:
| Year | Name of the programme | Details of the programme |
| 2018 |
Special Winter School (equivalent to Refresher Course) |
HRDC, University Of Allahabad, Prayagraj (16-02-2018 - 08-03-2018) |
| 2020 | FDP |
on Advance concepts for developing Moocs from University of Delhi (02-07-2020 - 17-07-2020) |
| 2020 |
Refresher Course on Multiculturalism |
HRDC, Maulana Azad National Urdu University (27-08-2020- 09-09-2020) |
Details of Publication (National and International):
|
Sl. No. |
Title with page no. | Journal | ISSN/ISBN No. |
Whether Peer reviewed (impact factor, if any) |
No.of Co-authors | Whether you are main author |
| 1. | Is it Magic?: Analysing the Gender Inequality in the Distribution of ‘Mercy’ in Fairy Tales Across cultures (pp-53-66) (2020) | The Indo-American Review |
ISSN: 0974-0481 |
Peer Reviewd | - | yes |
| 2. |
An Epistolary Trail- Few Selections from Khaton ka Safarnama (Amrita Pritam and Imroz’s correspondence) with Translator notes (november 2020) https://www.setumag.com/2020/11/an-epistolary-trail-few-selections-from.html?m=1 |
Setu mag: bilingual, peer reviewed journal of Literature, Arts and Culture (www. Setumag.com) |
2475-1359 | Yes | - | Yes |
| 3. |
The Road Less Travelled: Reading Dr. Izzeldein Abuelaish’s I Shall Not Hate as a Responsible Response To Trauma (pp. 1-9) (2019) |
University of Bucharest Review: Literary and Cultural Studies (issue no.2) |
2734-5963(online) 20698658 (hard copy) |
Yes Refereed | - | Yes |
| 4. |
Chhor aaye hum who galiyan: Representations of Women displaced by Partition in Popular Cinema (june 2018) https://cafedissensus.com/2018/05/04/chhor-aaye-hum-who-galiyaan-representations-of-women-displaced-by-partition-in-popular-cinema/ |
Women as the ‘displaced’: the Context of South Asia Café Dissensus (issue 44) (e-journal) |
2373-177X | YES |
BOOKS/BOOK CHAPTERS:
|
Sl. No. |
Title of chapter with page no. | BOOK name | ISSN/ISBN No. |
Whether Peer reviewed (impact factor, if any) |
No.of Co-authors | Whether you are main author |
| 1. |
“Hum India-Waale: Critiquing the Role of Popular Hindi Films in the Constitution of Gender Identities within the Indian Diaspora” (pp 236-242) (2017) |
Women’s Voices: Visions & Perspectives.Ed. ParnaGhose. Women’s Studies Centre, Lady Brabourne College and Sampark: Kolkata. |
ISBN: 9788177680058. |
Yes | - | Yes |
| 2. |
Introduction to Gender Concerns (pp 11-20) (0ct 2019) |
Gender: Constructions, Connotations and Representations (ed. Sudeshna Chakravorty) |
ISBN 978-93-88207-16-4 |
Peer Reviewd | - | yes |
| 3. |
When Home is a Glass Coffin: Women and displacement in some Indian Fairy Tales (pp. 100-111) (January 2022) |
Understanding Women’s Experiences of Displacement: Literature, Culture and Society in South Asia (ed. N. Sengupta, S. Choudhury) |
978-1-032-33252-9 | Yes Refereed | - | Yes |
· Publications: “Enchanted OR Tangled?—Portrayal Of Women in Popular Fairy Tales And The Need For An Alternate Canon” in The ‘Other’ Universe: An Anthology of Women’s Studies,Women’s Studies Centre, Lady Brabourne College and Setu Prakashani: Kolkata.2015.
· Part of the Peer Review Committee for the book Interpretation of Memories: Litrerary, Psychological, Cultural and Historical Aspects, Ed. Dr. Syeda Ayesha Ali & Ms. Tayana Chatterjee , St. Paul’s Cathedral Mission College and Rohini Nandan publishers. 2017.
· Acted as External Examiner for an M.Phil candidate at The Centre for English Studies, JNU, New Delhi.Paper Presentations:
1. Delivered a special talk (online) titled “The Unfairest of them All: A Brief look into the Gender Stereotypes in Fairy tales, and their Relevance to today’s world” as part of the Special- Lecture Series for the course on Women’s Writing in the Dept. of English, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, on 8th December, 2021.
2. Delivered an invited lecture (online) on Victorian poetry, with special reference to Tennyson’sUlysses to the graduation students of Department of Languages, Al-Istiqlal University, Palestine on 27.09.2021
3. Delivered an invited Lecture (online) on the Womens’ Question and Christina Rossetti’s Goblin Market to the English Honours students of Department of English, Dhruba Chand HalderCollege, Dakshin Barasat, South 24 Parganas on Wednesday, 20th May, 2020
4. Chaired a Session and also Presented a Paper on “Popular Hindi Films and the Constitution of Gender Identities within the Indian Diaspora”at the International Conference on Emergence of Globalisation: Towards Transnationalism organised by the ISCS and Osmania University Centre for International Programmes(OUCIP) on 16-18 February 2017.
5. Spoken at a colloquium as an invited Resource person at the State-Level Annual Seminar on “ ‘Other-ness and Other Worlds: The Clash of Inclusiveness and Exclusivity in American Literature and Art”, organised by Jadavpur University Society for American Studies (JUSAS) on 01.03.2017.
6. Presented a paper on “Turning the Big Hero ‘Inside Out’: Myth and Multiculturalism in some Recent Hollywood Films”, in a seminar “Myth and Multiculturalism in American Literature and Art”, organised by JUSAS on 17.02.2016.
7. Presented a Paper entitled “A Belated Renaissance?: Representations of Women in Shakespearean and Restoration Plays” in UGC-sponsored National Seminar on “The Representation of Women in English Literature” organised by Ramnagar College, Purba Medinipur on 13th and 14th May, 2013.
8. Presented a paper in the IACLALS Annual International Conference between 7-9 February 2013 at the University of Lucknow, entitled ‘ “Slumdog”? or Millionaire? Treatment of the East-West Encounters in Indian Advertisements’.
9. Presented a paper entitled “The Grand Narrative of Bharatiyata in diasporic literature: Fading irrelevance? Or ever-strengthening life-line?” in UGC-sponsored National Seminar organised by Sarsuna College in collaboration with Sahitya Akademi on 2nd and 3rd February, 2012, entitled “Transposing Cultures Translating Texts: A Reappraisal of Indian English Literature(s)”.
10. Presented a paper entitled, “ ‘Elementary, my dear Watson?’—Recent Detective Fiction’s Negotiations with Gender”in the International Conference “Recent Trends in Literature: A Global Perspective”, organised by Garden City College, Bangalore on 27th and 28th January 2012.
11. Presented a paper entitled “From ‘fantasy’ of Oppression to ‘short story’ of Liberation: A Feminist Reading of Angela Carter’s ‘The Bloody Chamber’ in UGC-sponsored National Seminar on “Modern Short Story: Text and Narrative” organised by Krishnanagar Women’s College on 24th and 25th November, 2011.
12. Convened a UGC sponsored State Level Seminar titled ‘Songs of Innocence? : Delving into the Adult Concerns of Children Literature’ in the college on 19 January 2011.
13. Delivered a lecture on the “Relevance of studying History of Literature in the Curriculum” at Sarsuna College as a Visiting Faculty, as part of the Faculty Exchange Programme on 4 February 2011.
14. Presented a paper on the “Rearrangement of the Centre-Margin Equation of Shakespearean plays in some Recent Cinematic Adaptations”, at the 6th World Shakespeare Conference organized by Shakespeare Society of Eastern India in collaboration with the Shakespeare Centre for Advanced Research, R.B.U, from 11th-15th December 2010.
15. Presented a paper on “Stereotypical Presentation of Women in Fairy tales” in a discussion session of doctoral scholars organised by the ALSC, American Centre on October 6, 2010.
16. Presented a paper on “By-lines, Shadow-Lines?—The Blurring of Fact and Fiction in Hemingway’s Journalistic Writings”, in a seminar “Other Spaces: Non-Fictional Prose-Writing in America”, organised by JUSAS on 27.10.2010.
Memberships:
1. Life Membership ofShakespeare Society of India (SSI).
2. Indian Association of Commonwealth Literature and Languages (IACLALS).
3. Jadavpur University Society of American Studies (JUSAS).
4. Centre for Latin American Studies Film Society (Affiliated to FFSI)—membership no. 133/12
Other Interests:Creative Writing, Debating, working towards greater gender sensitisation,
Spreading animal rights awareness.