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About Us

Staff Profile

Staff Profile

Department of English
Ph. D, MA, M.Phil

Dr. Nandini C. Sen

Associate Professor

Educational Qualifications

Degree Institution Year
PhD Jawaharlal Nehru University 2008
PhD Jawaharlal Nehru University 2008

Career Profile

More than 25 years


Administrative Assignments

IQAC Convener

TiC HDFE

Areas of Interest / Specialization

  • Gender studies
  • Anglophone African Literature
  • Indian Writing in English
  • Postcolonial Literature




Subjects Taught

  • European classical Literature
  • Indian Writing in English
  • British Literature: 19th Century
  • Postcolonial Literatures

Research Guidance

Ph.D prog in Department of English, Registered Topic: From Traditions to Modernity: A Discourse on Disability in Selected Indian Novels, Ongoing

Publications Profile

Publications in the Last one year

BOOKS:

  • The Black Woman Speaks: A Study of Flora Nwapa and Buchi Emecheta. New Delhi:2019 Authorspress. ISBN 978-93-89615-23-4
  • Through the Diasporic Lens Volume II. New Delhi: Authorspress, 2018.
    ISBN 9352075242
  • Through the Diasporic Lens. New Delhi: Authorspress, 2017. ISBN 978-93-5207-524-9
  • Mahasweta Devi: Critical Perspectives. New Delhi: Pencraft International, 2011.
    ISBN 978-81-909416-7-9
  • Africa and India in the 21st Century: Contexts, Comparisons and Cooperation. Ed. Anand Singh and Nandini Sen.  Special Edition of Journal of Sociology and Social Anthropology Delhi: Kamla- Raj Enterprises, 2014. ISBN-81-85264-68-6
  • Alternations: Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of the Arts and Humanities in      South Africa. Ed. Anand Singh and Nandini Choudhury Sen. Volume 15.2015 Kwa Zulu Natal Publication 

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS: 

  • “Gender, Militancy and Memory: A Study of the Mau Mau and Naxalbari Women” Published in Journal of Sociology and Social Anthropology (JSSA). ISSN 0976-6634. 2014. PP 43-54
  • “The Creation of Diaspora and its Historical Significance with special reference to Amitav Ghosh” Published in Global Diasporas and Development: Socioeconomic, Culture and Policy Perspectives. Ed. Sadanand Sahoo and B.K. Pattanaik. London: Springer, 2014. ISBN 978-81-322-1057-4
  • The Power of Numbers in the Game called Life: A study of Usha Ganguly's Rudali": Repression and Resistance: Essays on Post-Colonial Theatre and Drama. Eds. Gaurhari Behera and Sunita Murmu. Delhi: Adhyayan Books,2015. ISBN: 97881930148-9-9.
  • Homeland via Bollywood: A Study of Indian Diaspora in Durban, South Africa” published in India and South Africa Forging ahead through Partnership. Ed. Paramjeet Singh Sahni. Delhi: ICWA,2015. ISBN 978-81-8274-855-2

ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS:

  • "The Creation of Diaspora and its Historical Significance: A Study of Amitav Ghosh's ‘Sea of Poppies’" has been published on Taylor & Francis Online.
    Available - http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09739572.2013.807548 2013
  • “Challenging the Canon” published in Poligrafi International Edition. No.47/48.
    Vol 12, 2007

  • “Rethinking the Canon” published in Anglo Files M 01/ 120. Danish Association of Teachers of English. 2001; Literary Matters, Journal of the British Council’s Literature Department, Issue 30. Autumn 2001

ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN INDIAN JOURNALS:

  • Paper titled “The shackles of Colonialism: A Reading of Buchi Emecheta’s The Bride Price” published in Daath Voyage: An International Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in English. Volume 6 No.1 March 2021. ISSN 2455-7544. Pp (19-28)
  • Paper titled “When the Subaltern Speaks: A Study of Mahasweta Devi’s “Kunti and the nishadin” published in Ars Artium: An International Refereed Research Journal of English Studies and Culture ISSN (Online) : 2395-2423 ISSN (Print) : 2319-7889 Vol. 9, January 2021 (Pp. 11-20)
  • Paper titled “Growing up: A Study of the role of childhood in shaping adults through Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye” published in Rock Pebbles A Peer-Reviewed Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies. December 2020 Vol. XXIV No. IV pp (5-11)
  • Paper titled The Gendered Retelling of the Epic: A Study of Mahasweta Devi’s “Panchakanya”: published in Akshara: An International Refereed Cum Peer Reviewed Research Journal of English Literature and Language. No.11-12. May 2019-20 (Joint Issue). Pp 63 -71
  • “The Unsung Warriors: A Study of the Mau Mau Women”, published in Africa Quarterly Volume 52 No.3 August – October 2012. Pp 42-57.

Conference Organization / Presentations (in the last three years)

CHAIR IN SEMINARS/CONFERENCES 

Chaired a Session titled Ecological Crisis and LEGH Movement at the Association for Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE) at the University of California, Davis USA on June 25-30 2019.

Chaired a Session titled “The New Heroine” at a National Conference titled “The Female Voice/Gaze in the Indian Cinematic Imagination on the 5th of April 2019.

Chaired a Session titled “Alternate Sexuality in Indian Cinema” at a National Conference titled “The Female Voice/Gaze in the Indian Cinematic Imagination” on the 5th of April 2019.

Chaired a Session at a National Conference titled “Indian Popular Fiction: Redefining the Canon” at Maharaja Agrasen College on 16th January 2019.

Chaired a session titled “Environmental Models” in an International Conference on Ecology and Culture at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kerala on December 15th2018.

Chaired a session titled “Understanding Political Action in Global Politics: New Actors, Strategies and Mobilizations at a Conference titled Political Action in Global Politics: Ethics, Strategies and Methodological Concerns” at the India International Centre, New Delhi on the 19th November 2018.

Chaired a session at the Book Launch of GRFDT at JNU on 15th September 2018.

Chaired a Session at the National Conference titled “Migration and Diaspora: Theory, Cultures and Literature” held on the 24th of March 2017 at Bharati College,

Chaired a session titled “Migration and Diasporic Literature” at the International Conference titled “Migration and Diaspora, Emerging Diversities and Development Challenges” at IGNOU on the 23rd of March’17.

Chaired a session in an International Conference on Thoreau the Transcendentalist in Bharati College on the 15th of March’18.

Chaired a session at the student’s Seminar titled “Madness in Art: A Palindrome of Reality and Fabrication” at Motilal Nehru College on the 17th of March’18.

Chaired a session at the National Conference titled “Migration and Diasporas: Theory, Cultures and Literatures” on the 24th of March 2017

Chaired a session at the Second International Conference titled “Migration and Diaspora: Emerging Diversities” at Indira Gandhi Open University on 23rd of March 2017.

PAPERS PRESENTED IN INTERNATIONAL CONFRERENCES:

Presented a Paper titled “Women and War: A Study of Flora Nwapa, Buchi Emecheta and Chimamanda Adichie” in an International Conference titled “Understanding Africa: Continuity and Change” held at the India International Centre on the 11th of February 2020.

Delivered the Keynote address titled “Indian Feminism: An Overview” at TEQIP-III Sponsored International Conference On “Gender Equity: Challenges And Opportunities”,  on 19 & 20 December 2019, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat, Gujarat 

Presented a Paper titled “Annihilation and Massacre in Marichjhapi as seen in Amitav Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide” in an International Conference titled Paradise on Fire on June 25th 2019 at the University of California, Davis, USA.

Presented a Paper titled Migration and Annihilation in Marichjhapi: A Reading of Amitav Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide at IGNCA on the 2ist of April 2017. It was an International Conference organized by ICCR titled “Centenary Commemoration of Abolition of Indentureship.”

PAPERS PRESENTED IN INDIAN CONFRERENCES:

Delivered a talk titled “An Overview of Indian Writing in English” at the College of Vocational Studies, University of Delhi on the 28th of February 2020.

Delivered A Lecture titled “The Nobel Story: A Study of Olga Tokarczuk and Peter Handke” at the Nobel Symposium organized by the Jamia Hamdard University on November 25th 2019.

Delivered a Lecture titled “Culture and Education” at Bhagwan Mahavir College, Surat, Gujarat on the 24th of September 2018.

Delivered a Lecture titled “How to make a Classroom exciting” at Essar School, Surat, Gujarat on the 24th of September 2018.

Delivered a Guest Talk titled “Cultural Diversity and Linguistic Plurality in the Indian Context” at Apeejay School of Management, Dwarka on 8th of March 2018.

Delivered a Lecture titled “Feminism and Tsi Tsi Dangarembga” at the English Department, North Campus on 15th February 2018.

Delivered a lecture titled “Feminism: Theory, Practice and Lived Realities” at Bharati College on the 25th of August 2017.

Delivered a Talk titled “The Search for the Feminine: Reading Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart” on the 24th of January 2019 at SGBT Khalsa College, Delhi University.

Keynote Speaker at Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat at TEQUIP 2. The speech was titled “Myth, Motherhood and Nationalism in Contemporary India” on the 25th of February 2017.

Was the Convener of the National Conference titled “Migration and Diasporas: Theory, Cultures and Literatures” held in Bharati College, University of Delhi on the 24th and 25th of March 2017

Presented a Paper titled “The Homeland via Bollywood: A Study of Indian Diaspora in Durban, South Africa” at the National Conference on India – Africa Partnership in a Changing Global Order: Priorities, Prospects and Challenges on 3rd September 2019. At Indian Council for World Affairs, New Delhi.

Presented a Paper titled “Migration and annihilation in Marichjhapi: A Reading of Amitav Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide” at Conference titled Political Action in Global Politics: Ethics, Strategies and Methodological Concerns” at the India International Centre, New Delhi on the 20th November 2018.

Research Projects (Major Grants/Research Collaboration)


Awards and Distinctions

S.No.

Name of Award/Honor*

Name of Awarding Body

Level (International /National)

Date

1

Ambassador for Peace Prize

United Peace Foundation

International

2002-11-03       

2

Top 10 Writers

Times of India

National

2016-05-17

3

Vashisht Shiksha Samman

Vashisht Institute of Professional Study and Research

National

2015-12-05

4

Charles Wallace Fellowship

British Council India Trust

International

2012-07-02       

5

Charles Wallace Fellowship

British Council India Trust

International

2011-04-05       

Association With Professional Bodies

·    Editor, Research Post (Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities)

·    Member, African Studies Association, India.

·    Member, African Literature Association, USA.

·     Member, Indian Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies.

·    Member of Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism (GRFDT)

·    Executive Committee Member of Caesurae: The literary Journal.

·    Editorial Advisor to GNOSIS: An International Refereed Journal of Language and Literature.

·    Executive Member of Shakespeare Society of India

·    Editor, Research Post, A Peer Reviewed Journal

Other Activities