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Prof(Dr.) MEENAKSHI BHARAT

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Professor Department of English mbharat@svc.ac.in


Educational Qualifications

  • PhD
  • M.A M.Phil

Areas of Specialization

  • POSTCOLONIAL STUDIES, CUTURE STUDIES, CHILDREN’S LITERATURE, FILMS

Administrative roles/ responsibilities

  • STAFF CONVENOR, DEBATES
  • DEPARTMENTAL MAGAZINE, MOSAIC
  • PROVIDENT FUND COMMITTEE MEMBER
  • GOVERNING BODY TEACHERS’ REPRESENTATIVE

Courses Taught

  • POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE, PARTITION LITERATURE, LITERATURE AND FILM, ENGLISH DISCIPLINE-BA PROGRAMME, AECC

Books

  • *Troubled Testimonies: Terrorism and the English Novel in India. New Delhi/London: Routledge, 2016. ISBN: 978-1-138-66854-6
  • *Indo-Australian Connections: Retrospect and Prospects, ed. By Santosh K Sareen, Swati Pal, GJV Prasad, Meenakshi Bharat, Pinnacle Learning: New Delhi, 2016. ISBN 978-93-83848-16-4
  • * Glass Walls: Stories of Tolerance and Intolerance from the Indian Subcontinent and Australia, ed. Orient Blackswan: Chennai, 2019. ISBN: 9789352876792
  • *Representing the Familiar and the Exotic: Perception and Politics in Literature, ed. The Netherlands: John Benjamins, 2019. Hard cover: 9789027204189; E-book: 9789027261908
  • *Shooting Terror: Terrorism and the Hindi Film. New Delhi/London: Routledge, January, 2020. ISBN-10: 1138351172; ISBN-13: 978-1138351172
  • *नन्हे हाथी की दावत, National Book Trust: New Delhi, 2020

Articles

  • *’Picture Bahut Baki hai: Review’, IIC Quarterly, Volume 42, Number 1, Summer, 2015. Pp. 151-154. ISSN No. 0376-9771
  • *’”Major” and “Minor” Literatures: Indian Cases’, in Major versus Minor? – Languages and Literatures in a Globalized World. Eds. Theo D’haen, Iannis Goerlandt and Roger D. Sell [FILLM 1]. Netherlands: John Benjamins, 2015. Pp. 253-262. ISBN 263-272978 90 272 0128 7 (HB) ISBN 978 90 6854 9 (E-Book)
  • *‘Creative Fear in Haroun and Luka: The Safe House of Children’s Literature,’ Marvels and Tales, Volume 29, Number 2, Fall 2015, Johns Hopkins, Wayne State University Press, USA. pp. 304-323. Peer reviewed. ISSN 1521-4281E-ISSN 1536-1802
  • *’Stepping over the Line: Displacement and Exile in the Kashmiri Novel,’ The IACLALS Journal, Space, Place, Travel, Displacement, Exile, 2015. Pp. 103-112 ISSN 2395-1206
  • *’Cultural Impact of Terrorism,’ Apheleia: Sustainability and Sociocultural Matrices, ed. L. Oosterbeek, B. Werlen, L. Caron, Volume 1, Instituto Politecnico de Tomar, Macao, 2017, pp. 151-160. ISSN: 0873-593X ISBN: 978-989-99131-3-4
  • *‘Going global: Filmic appropriation of Jane Austen in India, South Asian Popular Culture,' 18:2, 109-121, 2020. DOI: 10.1080/14746689.2020.1774839To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/14746689.2020.1774839
  • *’Preface,’ Colours and Faces of India, David Krasnostein, Kempen, Germany: TeNeues Media GmbH & Co. KG, 2020.

Stories

  • *’The Wedding Gift,’ in Glass Walls: Stories of Tolerance and Intolerance from the Indian Subcontinent and Australia, Chennai: Orient BlackSwan, 2019.
  • *’Bookmark,’ Agathokakological: Aussie Summer An Anthology of Stories, online Indo-Australian Anthology, ed. by Sharon Rundle and Indranil Haldar, 2020. https://sharonrundle.com.au/aussiesummer/start/?fbclid=IwAR1YZTDLKxWIhzT3BJODZ2cn-a34njZgiZgzuho4tQBNwn38mxfGCNSt3iQ

Translations

  • *Joginder Paul, 'Multiracial,' Land Lust, New Delhi: Niyogi Books, 2019, pp. 81-86. ISBN: 973-93-86906-80-9
  • *Joginder Paul, 'Rascal', Land Lust, New Delhi: Niyogi Books, 2019, pp. 99-108. ISBN: 973-93-86906-80-9
  • *Joginder Paul, 'Everywhere,' Land Lust, New Delhi: Niyogi Books, 2019, pp. 109-122. .ISBN: 973-93-86906-80-9
  • *Joginder Paul, 'Multiracial,' Glass Walls: Stories of Tolerance and Intolerance, Chennai: Orient Blackswan, 2019.

JOURNALS- EDITED

  • *The IACLALS Journal Volume 1, co-edited, 2015. ISSN 2395-1206
  • *The IACLALS Journal Volume 2, co-edited 2016. ISSN 2395-1206


WORKSHOP

  • *Workshop on Importance of Presenting: Point of View, Society of Women Writers NSW Inc, 23 October, 2019, Sydney, Australia


CONFERENCES

  • *KathaSVC Translation Initiative, Workshop on Translating Word to Image, 5-6 February, 2016.
  • *As President of FILLM (UNESCO) organized the XXVIII FILLM Congress on The Familiar and the Exotic in Language and Literature in New Delhi between 14-17 March 2017.


READINGS

  • *Invited to read at the inauguration of the India Week in Liechtenstein, 24-28 March, 2015.
  • *Invited to read at Frümsen, Switzerland, 26 March, 2015.
  • *Reading of short fiction at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan Poland, April, 2018.
  • *Reading on Tandoori Gupshup, US-based Creative Writing/Reading Online Forum hosted by Dr Anita Nahal Arya, Dr Roopali Sircar Chibber, October 2020.


LECTURE-PRESENTATIONS

  • *’Introduction to Bollywood’ at the India Week, Liechtenstein, 24-28 March 2015. Special Invitee.
  • *’Multilinguality and Multiculturalness in India’, Public Lecture, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland, April 2018.
  • *’Adaptation of Jane Austen in Indian Cinema’, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland, April 2018.

OTHER INVITATIONAL ACTIVITY

  • *Invited to do a reading from my work at the India Week in Vaduz, Liechtenstein, March 2015.
  • *Invited to read from my work in Frümsen, Switzerland, March 2015.
  • *Lec-Dem on Bollywood and Indian Culture in Switzerland, March 2015
  • *Lec-Dem on Indian Culture at the India Week Triesen, Liechtenstein, 2015.
  • *Invited to give public lecture in Poznan, Poland by the Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, April 2018.
  • *Invited to talk on Indian culture, literature and films at the English Department, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland, April 2018.
  • *Invited to read short story for students of the Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan, Poland, April 2018.
  • *Keynote Speaker at National Conference on Re-Visioning the Nation: History, Literature and Media, at MGR Janaky College for Women, Chennai, 1 August 2018.
  • *Panelist, Panel Discussion on ‘Tolerance and Intolerance,’ at the Australian Short Story Festival Inc., Supported by Swinburne University at the Hawthorn Arts Centre, Melbourne, 18-20 October 2019.
  • *Conducted a workshop on ‘The importance of Presenting: Point of View in Fiction,’ at the Society of Women Writers NSW Inc., Sydney, 23 October 2019.
  • * Lecture-cum-workshop on Literature Appreciation, The School of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Goa on 8th Nov. 2019.
  • *Chair at the International Webinar on The Politics of Women's Writing organized by the Department of English, Bharati College on 26th - 27th May 2020.
  • *Webinar on Troubled Testimonies: The Cultural Impact of Terrorism, hosted by Emerald Dove, 9 November 2020.

MISCELLANEOUS

  • Currently a member of a Nine-member Scientific expert panel of the UNESCO Silk Roads Youth Research Grant Scheme. https://en.unesco.org/silkroad/youthgrant
  • Advisory Board, FILLM Series, John Benjamins Publications, Netherlands.
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    Award

  • Terrorism and culture: Indian writing in English; films