Dr. Angshuman Mukhopadhyay

Assistant Professor

Department of English

Academic Qualification - PhD

Teaching Experience: UG- 21 years PG- 12 years

Areas of Specialization: British and Indian drama, Culture Studies, Violence

Teaching Area: Elizabethan Literature, Romantic Poetry, Modern British Literature, Ancient European Literature in Translation

Research Experience and Academic Contribution

Area of research: Drama, Culture Studies, Theatre theories

Research and Publications

Chapter in edited books:

‘A Celebration of the ‘Spirit of Whimsy’: Accommodating Abol Tabol or Nonsense Rhymes in the University Curriculum’,

Literaturizing the Popular, edited by Asijit Datta and Amrita Chakraborty, Avenel Press, March 2023. ISBN- 978-93-94744-36-3

'The Manifest, the Latent and the Metaphorical: Violence in the Post-Pandemic World’, Post Pandemic Literary and Cultural Perspectives, edited by Gyanbati Khuraijam, Iterative International Publishers, 2022. ISBN- 978-1-68576-380-0

‘Privacy and Theatre: In Search of a New Intersection’, Literary Research Review, edited by Dr Debnita Chakravarti, Levant Books, 2022. ISBN- 978-93-91741-22-8

‘Time, Love and Poetry’s Electing Shade: An Approach to Judith Wright’s Poetry’, New Literatures in English, edited by Dr Ketaki Dutta, The Book World, 2011. ISBN- 978-81-90991-6-8

‘In Search of Form: Badal Sircar’s Anti-Traditionalism’, Indo-Anglian Literature: Past to Present, edited by Ketaki Datta, Books Way, 2008. ISBN- 81-89293-35-4

Publication in Journal

‘The Social Validation of Homosexual Desire: Empowerment or Entrapment?’, Negotiations, Vol, 5, Department of English, University of North Bengal, March 2022. ISSN (Print) 2231-1378

‘Sexuality and Violence: Folklore in Kambar’s Jokumarswami and Siri Sampige’, Erothanatos, Vol.5, 2, 2021. E-ISSN- 2457-0265.

‘Theatre Event and the Logic of Mimesis: A Reflection on Edward Bond’s Style’, Journal of the Department of English, Vol. XXXX, University of Calcutta, 2018. ISSN 2249-4537

‘Ovid’s Bacchus: A Study in Gender Fluidity’, Erothanatos, Vol. 2, 4, 2018. E-ISSN- 2457-0265

‘The Urban Space and the Discourse of Disaster’, Urbanscape: Literary, Visual and Musical Presentations, (Netajinagar Journal of English Literature and Language), Vol 4, Department of English, Netajinagar College, 2016. ISSN 2320-4109.

Paper Presentation in Conferences, Seminars & Workshop (in the last 5 years)

International

Presented a paper titled ‘Between Dreams and Despair: Experiencing Heterotopias in Rattan Lal Shant’s “Moss Swimming on the Water”’ at the International Conference on Negotiating Lives: Migration, Displacement, and Resistance in Postcolonial Nation-State at Midnapore College (Autonomous) on 26 August 2023.

Presented a paper titled ‘Privacy and Theatre: In Search of a New Intersection’ at the Two Day International Virtual Conference on Post Pandemic Perspectives: Reflections and Realities, held on 5th and 6th August 2022, organized by the Department of Management, Humanities and Social Sciences, National Institute of Technology Agartala.

Presented a paper titled ‘The Social Validation of Homosexual Desire: Empowerment or Entrapment?’ at an International Webinar on Queer Culture, History, Theory and Literature organised by NBU on 10-11 September 2022.

National

Presented a paper titled ‘A Cuisine of Advertisement’ versus Country Cooking and Lifestyle Vlogs: A Silent Battleground’ at the National Conference on Food and Culture: Locating the Politics of Consumption Across Discipline organised by Vedanta College, 31 March 2023.

Presented a paper at the Young Researchers’ National Conference on Checking Past the Canon: New Mandarins in English, Film and Cultural Studies 25 - 26 July 2019 Department of English, Bankura University.

Invited Lectures (in the last 5 years):

Delivered an invited lecture on ‘A Room of One’s Own: Understanding the Theatre of Privacy’ at the Department of English, St Xavier’s College, Burdwan on 4 August 2020.

Delivered an invited talk on ‘Of Rage and Violence: Reading Osborne’s Look Back in Anger’ at the Department of English, Katwa College, on 28 August 2020.

Faculty Development Programme and Workshop participated (in the last 5 years):

FDP – From 12 July-16 July on "Exploring Globalised Space(s): Contemporary Trends in Literature and Language" organized by Amity Institute of English Studies and Research, Amity University Kolkata

Conferences and Seminars attended (sessions chaired):

Chaired two sessions in the Three Day International Virtual Conference on Beyond the Postmodern: Unravelling Culture and Identity, held on 18th- 20th December 2023, and organized by the Department of Management, Humanities & Social Sciences, National Institute of Technology Agartala.

Chaired a session in the seminar in the International Online Seminar titled Of Centres and Margins: Origins, Conflicts and Issues held on 25 June -27 June 2021, organised by Panchla Mahavidyalaya and Puras Kanpur Haridas Nandi Mahavidyalaya.