Dr. Mukulika Dattagupta

Present Position: Associate Professor

Department of English, School of Liberal Arts and Culture Studies

E-mail: mukulika.dattagupta@adamasuniversity.ac.in

Education:

  • PhD, Jadavpur University
  • A. in Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University
  • A. in Comparative Literature (Hons.), Jadavpur University

Research Key Areas:

  • African American Literature
  • Children’s Literature
  • American Literature
  • African Literature
  • Comparative Literature

Experience:

  • Associate Professor, Department of English Language and Literature, School of Liberal Arts and Culture Studies, Adamas University, India, 2021-
  • Assistant Professor, Department of English Language and Literature, School of Social Sciences, Adamas University, India, 2017-2021
  • Guest Faculty, Centre for Studies of African Literatures and Cultures, Jadavpur University, 2015 -2016
  • Youth Volunteer, Youth Radio Reporter Project, UNICEF and School of Media Communication and Culture, Jadavpur University, 2016 – 2017
  • Senior Research Fellow (State Fellowship scheme), School of Media Communication and Culture, Jadavpur University, 2012-15
  • Junior Research Fellow (State Fellowship Scheme), School of Media Communication and Culture, Jadavpur University, 2010-12
  • Junior Research Fellow (UGC-NET), Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University, 2006-2008

Research Publication (s):

  • Number of research papers published : 04
  • Number of Translations Published: 03
  • Number of invited Book-Chapters: 01
  • Book Review Published: 01

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Selected Publication (s):

  • Awaiting: Editing the Special Issue of Journal of Comparative Literature and Aesthetics (JCLA) entitled Reliving Orature: Orality in the Age of Post Literature
  • Awaiting : A work of translation from Oriya to Bangla, of excerpts on Puri from Kapil Mishra’s Mo Nana expected to be published in 2021 by Orient Black Swan
  • The Dynamics of Folklore and Orature in Culture Edited by Dr. Pallavi Mishra Published by Viswanath Kaviraj Institute New Delhi/London/ NewYork (2022)                                                                                                            Title: Lullabies as Contributors to Oral Documentation of Collective Experience: an Overview, ISBN: 978-81-945995-8-6
  • Journal of Comparative Literature and Aesthetics Vol. 44 No.1 (Spring, 2021) Published by  Vishwanath Kaviraj Institute (2021)                                                                                                                                                                      Title: Weaving Cityscapes with Oral Narratives: A Study of Select Travel Narratives by Biswanath Ghosh, ISSN: 0252-8169
  • English for All Coordinating Editor: Nilanjana Gupta Published by MacMillan Publishers India Private Ltd. (2018)    Title: Tetwal ka Kutta by Sadat Hasan Manto (Translated to English), ISBN: 978-9388-17594-4
  • Sahitya: The Journal of the Comparative Literature Association of India (Online)                                                  Editors: Vasant Sharma and Sayantan Dasgupta Published by the Comparative Literature Asociation of India, Delhi and Kolkata, (2016)                                                                                                                                                                      Title: Kindness of the White and Happiness of the Black: A brief Analysis of the 19th Century White American Literature, ISSN: 2249-6416 (Online)
  • Comparative Literature: Terms and Concepts Editor: Soma Mukherjee Published by the Centre of Advanced Study in Comparative Literature (Phase II), Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700032. (2015)                                                            Note: Contributed jointly along with another 11 authors, ISBN: 978-93-83660-10-0
  • Shaping the Discourse: Women’s Writings in Bengali Periodicals 1865-1947 Editors: IpshitaChanda and Jayeeta Bagchi Published by Mandira Sen for STREE, An imprint of Bhatkal and Sen, 16 Southern Avenue, Kolkata 700 026 (2013)                                                                                                                                                                            Title:  Life as Daughter-in-Law (1924) by Sarajubala Basu, ISBN: 978-81-906760-5-2/81-906760-6-9 (Bangla to English translation)
  • Asmita: Shikshakarmider Nijaswa Dwimasik Patrika Article by: Punam Batra Published by Vikramshila Education Resource Society (June, 2011 issue)                                                                                                                                    Translated Title: School-e Samajvigyan-erVitarkita Sthan
  • Palaver III: Chenua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, Celebrating Fifty Years Published by the Centre for Studies in African Literatures and Culture, Jadavpur University, Kolkata and Worldview Publications, SubarnaJayanti Bhawan, JU Campus, Kolkata-700032. (2010)                                                                                                                                      Title: Meeting Chenua Achebe in Harlem Renaissance Children’s Literature, ISBN: 81-06954-56-2
  • Palaver: Proceedings of the Forum for Scholars of African Studies (Vol.II) Editor: Ipshita Chanda Published by the Centre for Studies in African Literatures and Cultures, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700032. (2007)                          Title: Tales of Two Colonies: Post Colonial Impact and Language Politics in India and Anglophone and Francophone African States, ISBN: 81-86954-32-5

Book Reviewed:

  • Jounral of Comparative Literature and Aesthetics,Vol. 45 No.2 (Summer, 2022) Published by Vishwanath Kaviraj Institute (2021) ISSN: 0252-8169
    Title: Modernism after Postcolinialism:Toward a Nonterritorial Comparative Literature by Mara de Gennaro
  • Sahitya: The Journal of the Comparative Literature Association of India, ISSN: 2249-6416 (Online)
    Editors: Vasant Sharma and Sayantan Dasgupta Published by the Comparative Literature Asociation of India, Delhi and Kolkata, (2016)

Research Advisor / Supervisor:

  • Doctoral Thesis Advisor / Supervisor : 3 (Under progress) & 1 (Submitted)

Award/ Academic Recognition/ Major Professional Activity:

  • Fulbright-Nehru Doctoral Research Fellowship, 2014-15, School of Education, University of South Carolina, Aiken SC 29801, USA
  • UGC-NET (University Grants Commission-National Eligibility Test) in June, 2006

SEMINAR PANELS CHAIRED:

  • First National Conference on Humanism and Ecological Crisis, organized by Brainware University on 29 Janruary, 2022
  • Lecture Series on Contextualizing and Theorizing Human Experiences in COVID-19 Pandemic organized by the Centre for Study of Contemporary Theory and Research, Adamas University, 15 November – 3 December, 2021
  • National Students’ Webinar – I on English Language and Literature: Exploring New Horizons organized by the Department of English Language and Literature, Adamas University, 23-24 July, 2021
  • Virtual International Students’ Conference ISC – Adamas 2020 on Education: Creating Future Today Going beyond the Pandemic organized by the Adamas University, 5 December, 2020
  • Debrupa Bal Memorial National Students’ Seminar on Cartographers of Literature: the Arrivals and Departures of Nabaneeta Dev Sen and Manabendra Bandopadhyay organized by the Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University, 26-28 November, 2020
  • PALAVER XV: Human Condition in Africa organized by the centre for studies of African Literatures and Cultures, Jadavpur University, 16-17 March, 2018
  • Debrupa Bal Memorial National Students’ Seminar: Art and Conflict in the 20th Century organized by the Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University, 20-21 March, 2018

 INVITED LECTURES DELIVERED

  • 28 April, 2022: Introduction to African American Literature
  • Five-day Faculty Development Program on “Multidisciplinary Research and Teaching Paradigm in Humanities” Organized by School of Social Sciences and Language, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai
  • 17 January, 2022: Modernism and Postmodernism, Daath Voyage: an International Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in English (ISSN: 2455-7544)
  • 30 November, 2021: Tracing the Footprints of a Sleuth: on a Journey with Satyajit Ray’s Feluda, Birth Centenary of Satyajit Ray, Journalism Club and Theatre Club, Department of English, Auxilium College, Vellore
  • 21 September, 2021: The Age of Chaucer: Up and Close, Daath Voyage: an International Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in English (ISSN: 2455-7544)
  • 2 September, 2021: Toru Dutt’s Bianca and Rabindranath Tagore’s The Home and the World, Daath Voyage: an International Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in English (ISSN: 2455-7544)
  • 15 March, 2019: Translation as a Skill, Centre for Translation of Indian Literatures, Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University, Kolkata-700 032