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NAME : MEENAKSHI BHARAT

DESIGNATION : ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

OFFICIAL ADDRESS : DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, SRI VENKATESWARA COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF DELHI DHAULA KUAN

NEW DELHI-110021

TELEPHONE : +91-11- 24112196

RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS : C4/4103 VASANT KUNJ

NEW DELHI-110070

TELEPHONE : +91-11-26135445

MOBILE : +91-9711985007

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

EXAMINATION BOARD/UNIV INSTITUTION YEAR MARKS DIVISION

ICSE ICSE St. Mary's School, Pune December, 1974.

79% I

Pre-University Punjab University Government College for Women, Chandigarh

1976 67% I

B.A. Hons English University of Delhi

Jesus and Mary College 1979 61.3% I

M.A. English University of Madras

Stella Maris College 1981 Grade „O‟

I

M. Phil English University of Madras

University Department 1984 66% I

Ph D Jawaharlal Nehru University

School of Literatures and Languages

1998

ACADEMIC PROFICIENCY: I have been a first class student and rank-holder throughout my academic career. I was first in Jesus and Mary College in my Honours undergraduate Course and second in the University of Delhi, for which result, I was awarded the National Merit Scholarship for further studies. A first position in Stella Maris College and a state-wide University Rank in M.A. consolidated the position.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

INSTITUTION PERIOD

From To _______________________________________________________________________

Stella Maris College, University of Madras 1982

Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi 1983 1984

Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi 1984 1985

Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi Aug. 1985 Onwards

M. Phil Dissertation on V.S. Naipaul : Journey to Roots

Ph.D. from the Jawaharlal Nehru University on „The Child in Postcolonial Fiction: A Cross-Cultural Study.‟

Have guided and examined research students from various universities.

Have been teaching the New Literatures in English Course to the M.A. students at the University of Delhi.

Devised and conducted a course on Salman Rushdie in the Study of an Author Category at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, 2009.

Positions held in International Organizations

President, International Federation of Modern Languages and Literatures (FILLM, UNESCO) since 2014

Vice President, International Federation of Modern Languages and Literatures (FILLM), 2011-2014.

Treasurer, Indian Association for the Study of Australia (IASA), 2012 onwards.

Editor, The IACLALS Journal.

Membership

International Federation of Modern Languages and Literatures (FILLM)

Indian Association for the Study of Australia (IASA)

Indian Association of Commonwealth Literatures and Languages (IACLALS)

International Research Society for Children’s Literature (IRSCL)

Association of British Scholars (ABS)

Asia Pacific Writers and Translators

Participation and presentation of papers in and organisation of Seminars, symposia and workshops

INTERNATIONAL

*Presented a paper on „The Child as Historical Witness‟ at the XX FILLM (International Federation of Modern Languages and Literatures) in Regensburg, Germany in August 1996.

*Presented a paper entitled „Is there anything wrong with being a child?‟: A Study of the Girl Child in African and Caribbean Fiction buy Women Novelists‟ at the XXI FILLM (International Federation of Modern Languages and Literatures) in Harare, Zimbabwe between 25-31 July 1999.

*Presented a paper entitled „Outside Children‟ at a conference, Swinging her Breasts at History held at Goldsmiths College, University of London between 6-7 April 2001.

*Paper entitled „Unequal Opportunities: English Studies in India‟ in the XXII International Federation of Modern Languages and Literatures at Bangkok, Assumption University, 2003.

*„The Fear Syndrome‟ paper presented at the International Conference of the IASA (Indian Association of Australian Studies) at Kolkata, 23-25 January 2008.

*„Little Histories‟ International Conference of the IACLALS (Indian Association of Commonwealth Language and Literature Studies) at Udaipur, January 27-29 2008.

*Paper entitled „City Slick vs Village Hick‟ presented at AULLA (Australian Universities Language and Literature Association) 23 at Cairns, Australia in July, 2005.

*„Scripting the Unwritten‟ ECMSAS Conference, University of Manchester, July 2008.

*„Tied by Terror: Bringing Asia and Australia Together in Contemporary Australian Fiction‟ MLA, San Francisco, December, 2008.

*‟Writing Another‟s Story‟ The Biography Panel: The History Conference, NSW Writers‟ Centre, Sydney, 13 March, 2010.

*The aptness of the anthology, The Anthology Panel, University of Technology, Sydney, 15 March, 2010.

* Creative Fear in Haroun and Luka: The ‘Safe House’ of Children’s Literature, IRSCL, Brisbane Congress, July 2011.

* „The Writer in Dialogue: Salman Rushdie in Conversation with the Self and Others‟, IADA (International Association for Dialogue Analysis) 2-4 April, 2012, Abo Akademi, Turku, Finland. (on invitation)

*„The Ubiquitous Bond in Contemporary Australian and Indian Fiction,‟ Scenes of Reading: Is Australian Literature a World Literature?, University of Sydney, Australia, 25-26 May 2012.

*„Major and Minor Literatures: The Indian Case,‟ FILLM Congress at Halden, Norway, 4-7 October 2011.

*’Valuing Literature: The Case for Australia‟, IASA International conference, New Delhi, India, 19-21 January 2012. (on invitation)

*‟Civilized/Barbaric: The Indian Example,‟ Barbaric and Civilized Conference, ULG de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, 30 November-1 December 2012. (on invitation)

*‟Filmic Adaptation of Austen: The Indian Angle,‟ XVIII FILLM Congress on Languages and Literatures in Local and Global Perspectives, University of Nottingham Ningbo Campus, Ningbo, China, 17-19 June, 2014.

NATIONAL

*Participated in the 1995 Annual conference of the IACLALS in Mysore. Presented a paper entitled „The Ultimate Colony: The Child in the West Indian Novel‟

*A paper on the West Indian novel at the Hindu College, University of Delhi in March, 1995. The paper was on „Strategies of Control in the West Indian Novel.‟

*Presented a paper at the National Conference on African Literature in November, 1995 on Ngugi‟s Matigari: The Child as a Figure of Redemption’ at the Jawaharlal Nehru University.

*Presentation on V.S. Naipaul entitled „A Journey to Roots: The Tension in Naipaul‟s Writing‟ at Bhagat Singh College, University of Delhi on 27 February, 1996.

*Presentation of a paper at the annual IACLALS Conference in Baroda in January, 1998 entitled‟ „Measure your Way Home‟: The „Backward‟ Journey into Childhood.‟

*‟Indian English Studies in India‟ presentation in the UGC (SAP) held at the Jawaharlal Nehru University between 25-27 March, 2004.

*‟Whither Children‟s Literature: Addressing Canonical Marginalities” UGC (SAP) held at the Jawaharlal Nehru University between 22-24 March, 2010.

*‟Stepping over the Line: Displacement and Exile in the Kashmiri Novel‟ IACLALS Annual Conference, 2015 (Goa, India) on Space, Place, Travel, Displacement, Exile. February 12–14, 2015.

WORKSHOPS

*Organised a workshop on Pedagogy and Indian Texts, Sri Venkateswara College, 1999.

*Organised a Workshop on Culture in Translation in collaboration with Katha in the 1998-1999 academic year in the college.

*Conducted a workshop on Reviewing Translations at Gargi College, University of Delhi in 1999.

*Conducted a Katha Lead Workshop for Management students on „Communication Skills from the Short Story‟ at the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), 8 March 2000.

*Workshop on “Getting it Right: The News Story‟, Saturday 20 March, 2010, NSW Writers‟ Centre, Sydney, Australia.

Readings

*Invited to read from stories at Gosford, Central Coast, Australia, March 2010.

*Invited to read at Holgate, Australia, March 2010.

*Reading at the IASA Conference in Cultural Evening at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 23-25 January, 2014.

*Invited to read at the inauguration of the India Week in Liechtenstein, 24-28 March, 2015.

Lecture- Presentations

*„Urban Aspirations in Hindi Cinema‟ at the University of Wollongong, August 2005.

*„The City in Hindi Cinema‟ at the University of Technical Studies, Sydney in August 2005.

*„From Print to Film‟ Partition Literature and Films at the University of Leeds, September 2007.

*„Adaptation in Films‟ at Gargi College, University of Delhi, March 2008.

*‟Little Histories,‟ UGC Refresher Course for University Teachers, Jamia Millia Islamia, 2009.

* ‘The Destabilized Border: The Terror Trail in Sarfarosh’ at Indraprastha College, University of Delhi, 19 November 2011.

*Invited to speak at the University of Liege on „Under the Shadow of Terror: The Indian Novel in English‟ on 3 December 2012.

*‘Troubled testimonies: Culture in terror-stricken times‟, a paper presented at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library on invitation, New Delhi, on July 23, 2013.

*‟Introduction to Bollywood‟ at the India Week, Liechtenstein, 24-28 March 2015.

OTHER INVITATIONAL ACTIVITY

Panellist in the 2010 World Matters Literary Festival at Eltham, Australia in October, 2010.

Panellist in the Kala Ghoda Cutural Festival, Mumbai in January 2010.

Writer‟s residency at Montsalvat, Victoria, Australia in October, 2010.

Panellist at LitMus, Literary and Cultural Festival in Bangalore, May 2014.

PUBLICATIONS DETAILS

Books

*The Ultimate Colony, New Delhi: Allied, 2003. ISBN, 8177644424

*Desert in Bloom: Women Writers in English, ed. Pencraft International: New Delhi, 2004. ISBN 81-85753-59-8

*The Mill on the Floss, George Eliot, Study Edition with Introduction and article, Longman: New Delhi, 2009. ISBN 10: 8131708225 / ISBN 13: 9788131708224

*Filming the Line of Control: The Indo-Pak Relationship in Films, ed. Routledge: New Delhi, 2009. ISBN 9780415460941

*Rushdie, the Novelist, ed. Pencraft: New Delhi, 2009. ISBN: 81-85753-95-4

*Fear Factor: Terror Incognito, ed Picador: New Delhi, December 2009. ISBN

0330426214

*Fear Factor: Terror Incognito, ed Picador: Australia, March 2010. ISBN

0330426214

*Alien Shores: Tales of Refugees and Asylum Seekers, Brass Monkey: Australia, 2012. ISBN 0980863937

*VS Naipaul’s A House for Mr Biswas: Critical Perspectives, Pencraft: New Delhi, 2012. ISBN:978-93-82178-02-6

*Little Elephant Throws a Party, NBT: New Delhi, 2014. ISBN: 978-81-237-7045-1

*Only Connect: Technology and Us, Brass Monkey: Australia, 2014. 9780987514318

*Only Connect: Technology and Us, ed., Rupa: New Delhi, India, July 2014. ISBN: 9788129134608

*Troubled Testimonies: Terrorism and the Indian Novel in English, Routledge: London, New Delhi, 2016.

Articles

*Have contributed to the Routledge Who’s Who in Postcolonial Women Writers, Routledge 1999.

*Have contributed extensively (the entire section, barring two entries, on India) to the Cambridge Guide to Children’s Literature published in Spring 2001. ISBN 0521550645

**Have contributed to the Routledge Who’s Who in Contemporary Women’s Writing, Jane Eldridge Miller, Routledge: London, January 2001. ISBN: 0415159806

*Contributions to South Asian Novelists in English, ed. Jaina C. Sanga, London: Greenwood Press, 2003. ISBN 0313318859, 9780313318856

*Contributions to the Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English: Second Edition Volume 2, ed. Eugene Benson and L.W.Connolly, Routledge: London and New York, 2005. ISBN-10: 0415278856; ISBN-13: 978-0415278850

*Contributions to the Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English: Second Edition Volume 3, ed. Eugene Benson and L.W.Connolly, Routledge: London and New York, 2005. ISBN-10: 0415278856, ISBN-13: 978-0415278850

*Have reported and written for Bookbird (Baltimore, U.S.) in the Special Issue on „Postcolonial Children‟s Literature,‟ Winter 1996, Volume 34, No 4. ISSN 0006 7377

*„Dual Readership: Continuing Concerns in Swami and Friends and A Strange and Sublime Address.’ in Swedish Journal Halva Varldens Litteratur, April, 1997. ISBN/ISSN: 11025395 OCLC:475736844. Peer reviewed.

*„Gender and Beyond: The Girl Child in the English Novel from the Indian Subcontinent in the Past Decade,‟ Vol. 37, July, 1998 issue of the WLWE (World Literature Written in English.) pp 177-189. ISSN: 0093-1705

*Contributions to Indian Literature, the Sahitya Akademi Journal-translations and reviews.

ISBN: A100007866

*„Is there anything wrong in being a girl?‟: A Study of the Girl Child in Caribbean and African Fiction‟, Broaching Frontiers, Shattering Boundaries: Retrospect, Introspect and Prospect on Tradition and Culture going into the Third Millennium, Proceedings of the 21st International Congress of F.I.L.L.M. Held in Harare, Zimbabwe, ed T. E. Knight, Peter Lang February 2002. ISBN-10: 3906767507;

ISBN-13: 978-3906767505

*Contributor to The Journal of the Poetry Society (India),

*Reviewed extensively for leading Indian dailies like the Hindustan Times and The Pioneer.

*Reviewed extensively for the Indian Book Review.

*‘Colonial Maladies, Postcolonial Cures?: Sick Politics in A House for Mr Biswas,

in V.S. Naipaul, ed. Purabi Panwar, Pencraft: New Delhi, 2003. ISBN-10: 8185753547,

ISBN-13: 978-8185753546

*‟Women and the New World Order: The „New face of the Indian Woman?‟ in The New World Order: Corporate Agenda and Parallel Reality, Ed. Gordana Yovanovich, Montreal: McGill-Queen‟s University Press, 2003. ISBN 0773526137

*„The Child in the Nineties‟ Novel in English by Indian Women‟, Desert in Bloom,

Pencraft: New Delhi, 2004. ISBN 81-85753-59-8

*‟The Mighty World of the Eye and the Ear: Nature in Vikram Seth‟s An Equal Music,’ in Vikram Seth, ed. GJV Prasad, Pencraft: New Delhi, 2004. ISBN 8126908319

*„From Print to Film: Partition Literature and Films The Principles and Politics of adaptation in Pinjar and Earth 1947‟, in Filming the Line of Control: The Indo-Pak Relationship in Films, Routledge: New Delhi, 2009. ISBN 9780415460941

*„The Silvered Tongue: Storytelling in The Enchantress of Florence’, in Rushdie The Novelist, Pencraft: New Delhi, 2009. ISBN: 81-85753-95-4

*‟Tackling the Topic of Terrorism’ Southerly Journal: 70.3 India Issue, Editors David Brooks and Elizabeth McMahon. University of Sydney Brandl & Schlesinger (May 2011). ISSN 0038-3732 ; ISBN 978-1-921556-14-2 Peer reviewed.

*„If Memory serve me Right‟: Beleaguered Omniscience of Memory in The Shadow Lines‟ in Children of Midnight, Ludmila Volna ed., Pencraft: New Delhi, 2012. ISBN-

10 8190941682, ISBN-13 9788190941686, 978-8190941686

*‟Creative Writing Under the Shadow of Terror,‟ online Edition, The Tribune, 13 August, 2013. http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20130813/edit.htm#6

*‟Civilized/Barbaric Changed Connotations in Indian Dalit Poetry,‟ Civilized/Barbaric: Intercultural Dialogue on Poetry, Comparative Yearbook 4 (2013), pp. 159-172, University of Szczecin, Szczecin: Poland. ISSN 2081-8718. Peer reviewed.

*‟The Barbaric Soul: Lost in Translation. A Comment on the Hindi Translation.‟ Civilized/Barbaric: Intercultural Dialogue on Poetry, Comparative Yearbook 4 (2013), pp. 339-343, University of Szczecin, Szczecin: Poland, 2013. ISSN 2081-8718. Peer reviewed.

*„Finding a Voice‟, From Your Land to Poland: On the Commitment of Writers, ed. Dorota Walczak-Delanois et al, Brussels: Peter Lang, 2013. ISSN: 1376-3202. ISBN 978-2-87574-125-7.

*‟The English Novel and Terrorism,‟ The IIC Quarterly, Volume 40 No. 2, Autumn, 2013. New Delhi. ISSN NO 0376-9771.

*‟Under the Shadow of Terror,‟ The NMML Occasional Papers, New Delhi, NMML, 2014. ISBN: 978-93-83650-12-5

*‟”Major” and “Minor” Literatures: Indian Cases‟, in Major versus Minor? – Languages and Literatures in a Globalized World, by D‟haen, Theo, Iannis Goerlandt and Roger D. Sell (eds.) [FILLM 1], Netherlands: John Benjamins, 2015.

*„Creative Fear in Luka and Haroun,‟ Marvels and Tales, Fall 2015, Johns Hopkins, Wayne State University Press, USA. Peer reviewed.

Stories

*„Compensation‟ in Fear Factor, Picador: India, 2009; Picador: Australia, 2010.

*„Ma‟ In e-magazine, Memosaic, ed. Helen Whitehead and Sharon Rundle, 2010 http://helenwhitehead.com/memosaic/contributions/ma/

*‟The Lost Kingdom,‟ in Alien Shores, Brass Monkey: Australia, 2012.

*‟B Wid U Soon.‟ Only Connect: Technology and Us, Brass Monkey: Australia, 2014.

Translation

*Have translated several articles and letters by Ismat Chughtai in Ismat: Her Life, Her Times, Katha, India. ed. Sukrita Paul Kumar and Sadique for a volume on the author. ISBN-10: 8185586977

*Have translated speeches, articles and poetry from Hindi for Indian Literature, the Sahitya Akademi Journal.

*Have translated pieces by Manto for a forthcoming book on Manto by Katha.

*Have translated pieces by Krishna Sobti.

Creative Writing

Books

*Fear Factor: Terror Incognito, ed Picador: New Delhi, December 2009. ISBN:

0330426214

*Fear Factor: Terror Incognito, ed Picador: Australia, March 2010. ISBN:

0330426214

*Alien Shores: Tales of Refugees and Asylum Seekers, Brass Monkey: Australia, 2012. Isbn: 0980863937

*Little Elephant Throws a Party, National Book Trust: New Delhi, 2012.

Forthcoming

*A proposal for the translation of a volume of Hindi short stories is on the anvil.

BOOKS

*A collection of Short stories