Faculty

Dr. Santanu Banerjee

Assistant Professor

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Ms Suhrita Maji

Assistant Professor

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Dr. Debaditya Bhattacharya

Assistant Professor

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Ms Puja Hansda

Assistant Professor

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Prof. (Dr.) Sajal Kumar Bhattacharya

Professor

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Prof. (Dr.) Anindya Sekhar Purakayastha

Professor

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Collaborations:

Sanction Letter received from Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi, for hosting conference on “Art and Aesthetics of the Bengal School: A Reassessment of Evolving Modernism”


Research Programmes 

Ph.D.

Thrust Area

South Asian Literatures, New Literatures in English, Dalit Literature, American Literature,Subaltern Studies, Translation Studies, Gender studies, Art and Heritage       Studies, Literary and Cultural Theory, Continental Philosophy.


Research Fellows / Research Scholars / Research Associates / Projects Fellows

Research Supervisor Research Scholar Research Programme Year of Registration Tentative Title

Professor (Dr.) Sajalkumar Bhattacharya

Bipranarayan Bhattacharyya

Ph.D

2017

WEAK CENTRE, STRONG MARGINS: THE PROBLEMATICS OF BRITISH EMPIRE IN SELECT WORKS OF LATE VICTORIAN POPULAR FICTION

 

Sumalya Ghosh

 Ph.D

2017

“ADI BIMB”: TRADITION AND INNOVATION IN THE THEATRE OF RATAN THIYAM

 

Gourab Sinha

Ph.D

2018

EXAMINING THE PROBLEMATICS OF MAGIC REALISM AS A NARRATIVE TECHNIQUE IN CHILDREN’S LITERATURE WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE SELECT WORKS OF SALMAN RUSHDIE, ISABEL ALLENDE AND DAVID ALMOND

 

Arunima Karmakar

Ph.D

2018

EXAMINING THE FEMALE GAZE IN SELECT TRAVEL NARRATIVES BY INDIAN WOMEN TRAVELLING TO EUROPE FROM 1860S – 1960S.

 

Paramita Bandyopadhyay

Ph.D

2018

... SEEN THROUGH THE PERSPECTIVE OF WOMEN: GENDERED VISION IN THE PLAYS OF MANJULA PADMANABHAN AND POLIE SENGUPTA

 

PintuKarak

Ph.D

2018

NEGOTIATING VIOLENCE AND TRAUMA: EXAMINING THE REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN IN SELECT NOVELS OF BUCHI EMECHETA AND CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE

 

Sumbul Nasim

Ph.D

2018

SADAT HASAN MANTO’S INTEROGATION OF POST COLONIAL UTOPIANISM: A STUDY OF HIS SELECT WORKS

 

Dr. Arpita Ghatak

Postdoctoral Fellow, ICSSR

 2017

PERFORMING CULTURE, CULTURE IN PERFORMANCE: A CRITICAL STUDY OF JATRA IN POST-INDEPENDENCE BENGAL

Dr. Anindya Sekhar Purakayastha

Sankha Maji

Ph.D

2017

LITERATURE OF INSURGENCY: INVESTIGATING THE APORIAS OF THE POSTCOLONIAL STATE IN THE NON-FICTIONAL WRITINGS OF ARUNDHUTI ROY

 

Saptaparni Pandit

Ph.D

2017

GEO-POETICS AND SPECIES HISTORY IN THE ANTHROPOCENE: RELOCATING EARTH-OTHERS IN BRITISH AND IRISH POETRY

 

Md. MursedAlam

Ph.D

2017

REMAPPING THE SUBALTERN AFTER THE END OF SUBLTERN STUDIES: REPRESENTATIONS, EXCLUSIONS AND SILENCES

Dr. Santanu Banerjee

Rakes Sarkar

Ph.D

2017

EXPLORING THE INTERFACE AMONG MARGINALITY, POWER AND RESISTANCE IN POST-MILLENIAL INDIAN FICTION IN ENGLISH: A STUDY OF SELECT NOVELS OF KUNAL BASU, NEEL MUKHERJEE AND ARAVIND ADIGA

 

Amit Bairagi

Ph.D

2017

STRING PUPPETRY IN WEST BENGAL: A CRITICAL STUDY OF THE DYNAMICS OF CULTURAL AND PERFORMATIVE CHANGES

 

Manish Prasad

Ph.D

2017

ENIGMA OF POSTCOLONIAL TRANSLATION: A STUDY OF THE TENSION BETWEEN COLONIALISM AND NATIONALISM IN HARIVANSH RAI BACHCHAN’S SELECT TRANSLATION

 

Shilpi Das

Ph.D

2017

REDEFINING WOMEN IN BENGALI NATIONALIST IMAGINATION: A STUDY OF THE CONTESTING SPACES OF THE ARTISTIC AND THE LITERARY (1850-1947)


Major Research Project/ Ongoing Individual Research Project in Department

Departmental Research:
  • Project title:“Performing Culture, Culture in Performance: A Critical Study of Jatra in Post-Independence Bengal”
  • Post-Doctoral Research Fellow: Dr. Arpita Ghatak
  • Supervisor: Professor (Dr) Sajalkumar Bhattacharya.
  • Funding agency: ICSSR, New Delhi.
  • Commencement Year: 2017
  • Grant: Rs. 7.65 lacs
  • Duration: 2 years

  • Major Research Project Title:“New Social Movements, Civil Society and Media in Contemporary India.”
  • Principal Investigator: Dr. Anindya Sekhar Purakayastha.
  • Research Associates: Ms. Richa Biswas, Mr. Mustakim Ansary and Mr. Arindam Saha.
  • Funding Agency: ICSSR, New Delhi.
  • Commencement Year: 2016
  • Duration: 2 years
  • Grant: Rs. 21 lacs

  • Project Title:“Translating into Bengali Selected Works of Eleven Modern Hindi Poets”
  • Principal Investigator: Dr.Santanu Banerjee (along with Dr. Mahendra Kushwaha, Assistant Professor, Department of Hindi, TDB College, Raniganj)
  • Funding Agency: Raza Foundation, New Delhi.
  • Commencement Year: 2018
  • Duration: 4 Years
  • Grant: Rs. 10 lacs

Seminar/ Workshop/ Conference/ Symposium Organized

Year< Title of the Conference Duration Sponsored By Nature of Conference/ Seminar

8th January, 2016   

Negotiating Scottish Studies: History Culture & Identity

 1 day

Indian Association for Scottish Literary Studies

International Conference

10th February, 2016

Remapping the Future of Postcolonial Studies: Apprehensions and Utopias

 1 day

Kazi Nazrul University

International Conference

10th April, 2018

Nivedita: In Search of the Lesser-Known

 1 day

Department of English, KNU

State Level Seminar

Facilities

  • Departmental Library: A total of 509 Books Available for Lending and Consultation
  • Total Number of Text Books: 314
  • Total Number of Reference Books and Other Material: 195

Outreach / Extension Programmes

The Department has collaborated with the Eastern Railway -Asansol Divisional Office, INTACH, Railway Enthusiast Society, and Freemasons’ Hall in organizing the First Asansol Heritage Walk on 29.11. 2018.


Outreach / Extension Programmes

  • Year of Event: 2015

    Rabindra Jayanti, Film Show, Debate and Discussion, USEF, Orientation Programme, Freshers’ Welcome and Farewell

  • Year of Event: 2016

    Rabindra Jayanti, Remembering Utpal Kumar Basu, Film Shows, World Environment Day, Women’s Day, Freshers’ Welcome and Farewell

  • Year of Event: 2017

    Rabindra Jayanti, World Environment Day, Women’s Day, Freshers’ Welcome and Farewell

  • Year of Event: 2018

    Film Shows, Freshers’ Welcome


Cultural events organised by the Department

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