ANURADHA MAZUMDER

Assistant Professor in English

M.A., M.Phil.

 

Teaching Experience UG – 19 years

Areas of Specialization

19^th c English literature, Victorian Studies, Indian English Literature, Holocaust Studies

Teaching Area

18^th c English prose and poetry; Pre-Romantic and Romantic prose and poetry; Women’s Writing; Modern poetry and drama

Research Experience and academic contribution

Area of research: 19^th c English novel (M.Phil.) and Holocaust studies (PhD, ongoing)

Research Publications

Book: Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice: With an Introduction and Explanatory Notes. New Delhi: Authorspress, 2018. ISBN 978-93-88332-26-2.

Chapter in Edited Book (Selected):

• “Disease, Wellbeing, and the Idea of Health in Select Cinematic Representations of The Macbeth Metaphor'’ in Covid 19 in India, Disease, Health, and Culture: Can Wellness be Far Behind? Ed. Anindita Chatterjee and Nilanjana Chatterjee. Routledge, London and New York (2023). ISBN: 978-1-032-29268-7.

 

• “Lord Ayyappa and the Feared Feminine: A Socio-Psychoanalytical Explication of the Sabarimala Temple Controversy” in Fully Human and Fully Alive: Essays on Being Human Today in Honour of Dr. Cyril Debruslais SJ. JDV Philosophy Series – 12. Ed. Kuruvilla Pandikattu SJ. Christian World Imprints, New Delhi, in collaboration with Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth, Pune (2020). ISBN: 078-93-5148-416-5.

 

• “Women, Emancipation and the Dressmaking Trades: 19th c England and 21st c Bangladesh” in Women's Emancipation: Its Strategic and Challenging Aspects in Literature and Society. Sahityasree Publishers, Kolkata (2019). ISBN: 81-86386-84-10.

 

• “Social Commentary and the Victorian Bestseller – Interpreting The Mysteries of London” in the UGC Sponsored State Level Seminar Volume published by the Dept. Of English, GMSM Mahavidyalaya in collaboration with The American Library, 2010.

 

• The Art of Storytelling in Interpreter of Maladies” in Indo-Anglian Literature: Past to Present ed. by Ketaki Datta, published by BooksWay, Kolkata, 2009. ISBN 81-89293-35-4.

 

• “Social Critique in Dickens and Reynolds: A Comparative Study” in Literary Spectrums: Recent Studies in English Literature ed. by Partha Kumar Mukhopadhyay, published by Sarup & Sons, New Delhi, 2008. ISBN 81-7625-809-1.

Publication in Journal

• “A New Hero, a New Man: Reassessing Orlando in As You Like It.” Literati (Vol. 8) published by Prafulla Chandra College, Kolkata, 2016. ISSN 2321-8886.
• “Maqbool: The Bard on the Indian Screen.” Symposium (Peer-reviewed journal) published by St. Paul’s Cathedral Mission College, Kolkata, 2015. ISSN 2320-1452.
• “Of Magical Wonderlands: Fantasy, Religion and Ethics in C.S. Lewis’s ‘Narnia’” published in Critical and Creative Wings (Vol. 1, Issue 1) 2014. ISSN 2348-8026.

Paper Presentation in Conferences, Seminars & Workshop

International (Selected)

• “The Menstruating Female Body in Nazi Concentration Camps: Negotiating the 'Monthly Curse' in Rena's Promise: A Story of Sisters in Auschwitz” – paper presented & chaired a session at the International Conference on ‘Reimagining the Menstrualscape’ organized by the PG & Research Dept. of English, Devamatha College in collaboration with Dept. of Women and Child Development, Government of Kerala, 8-10 February, 2023.

 

• “This Body Danced”: Memory, Survival, and Healing in Edith Eger's The Choice” – paper presented at the International Conference on ‘Memory in the Digital Age’ organized by The Centre for Memory Studies, IIT Madras, 23-25 August, 2022.

 

• “Radicalizing the Fallen Woman: Reynolds and his ‘elastic attitude to immorality’ in The Seamstress” – paper presented at the International Conference on ‘Nineteenth-Century Synergies: Ventures at Home and Adventures Abroad’ organized by the Department of English, Presidency University, 22-23 February, 2018.

 

• “Re-instating the Humanities, Reversing the Trend” – paper presented at the International Conference on ‘Humanities Matter (?)’ organized by the Department of English, North Bengal University 11-12 February, 2018.

 

 

• ‘“Utterly Faithless”?: Macbeth, Maqbool and the Re-worlding of Shakespeare’ – paper presented at ‘Shakespeare Reconsidered’, the 25^th UGC International Conference and Theatre Festival organized by the Dept. Of Drama, RBU in collaboration with Ministry of Culture, Govt. Of India, 17- 20 March, 2015.

 

•  “Timeless Themes and Contextual Concerns: Durga Puja in Contemporary Bengal” – paper presented at the International Conference on ‘Contextualizing the Contemporary in Culture’ organized by CPRACSIS in collaboration with IIT Madras, 1-2 February, 2011.

 

National

• “Looking Beyond the Great Tradition: G.W.M. Reynolds and the Mid-Victorian Novel” – paper presented at the National Seminar on ‘Genre Studies: The Idea of the Novel’ organized by the Department of English, Burdwan University, 6-7 March, 2019.

 

• “Macbeth in Mafia World: A Study of Two Adaptations” – paper presented at the National Seminar on ‘Multiple Shakespeares: Investigating New Possibilities of Shakespeare Studies in Academics and Popular Culture’ organized by the Dept. Of English, Serampore College, 6-7 October, 2015.

State

• “Social Commentary and the Victorian Bestseller – Interpreting The Mysteries of London” – paper presented at the UGC sponsored State Level Seminar on ‘Popular Fiction: Cultural Artefact or Commercial Product?’ organized by the Dept. Of English, GMSM Mahavidyalaya in collaboration with The American Library, Kolkata, 25 March, 2010.

Delivered Invited Lecture

 

• Resource Person in Seminar titled 'New Perspectives to Literary Trends' in Dept. of English, PSG College of Arts & Science, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu on 25 February, 2021.
• Invited Speaker on the panel ‘Women and Entitlement: Myth or Reality?’ in the School of Women’s Studies, Jadavpur University, on 8 March, 2016.
• Invited Speaker on ‘Andrew Marvell and Metaphysical Poetry’ at the Department of English, G.M.S.M. Mahavidyalaya on 13 October, 2015.

Faculty Development Programmes and Workshops participated

Orientation Programme:

26.11.2008 – 24.12.2008 (ASC, Calcutta University)

Refresher Courses:

02.03.2017 – 22.03.2017 (UGC HRDC, N.B.U.)

29.01.2014 – 19.02.2014 (ASC, C.U.)

29.07.2009 – 18.08.2009 (ASC, B.U.)

 

Workshops:

 

International Workshop on Methodological Approach to Research in Language & Social Sciences. 11.10.2017 – 17.10.2017, organized by the Department of Education, Jadavpur University & Byanjanbarna Foundation.

 

Other relevant information- (Membership etc.)

• Life Member, Presidency College Alumni Association
• Member, Indian Network for Memory Studies, IIT Madras
• Member, Centre for Studies in Gender, Culture and Media, West Bengal State University
• Member, Peer Review Panel of Literary Cognizance, an International, Refereed, Peer Reviewed e-Journal (ISSN: 2395-7522)