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Rita Kothari
Associate Professor |
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B.A. (Hons): Gujarat University, 1989
M.A.: University of Poona, 1991
M. Phil: Gujarat University, 1995
Ph.D.: Gujarat University, 2000 |
Email: rita@iitgn.ac.in
Phone: +91-79-23972324
Fax: +91-79-23972622 |
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| Research Interest |
- Indian Literature
- Translation Studies
- Language & Identity Politics in the India
- Cultural History of Sindh & Gujarat
- Hinglish
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| Awards |
- Invited Speaker, Jaipur Literature Festival, 2012
- Jury Member, Vodafone Crossword Awards, 2009 and 2010
- Resident Scholar, Bellagio Rockefeller Centre, 2011
- Research Fellow, Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla, 2010
- Fulbright Visiting Lectureship, GMRC, Southern Illinois University, 2006-07
- Recipient, Translation Grant, International Centre for Writing and Translation (ICWT), University of California, Irvine, 2006
- Fellowship, South Asia Regional Council (Ford Foundation) Project on Stigmatised Identities, 2005
- Research Visitorship, Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, Paris, France, 2003
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| Work Experience |
- Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (Sept. 2011– present)
- Professor, Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad (Jan-2009 to July 2011)
- Associate Professor, Mudra Institute of Communications Ahmedabad (July-2007 to Jan-2009)
- Lecturer, St.Xavier’s College, Ahmedabad (Sept-1992 to July-2007)
- Lecturer, Sadguna Girls College, Ahmedabad (Aug-1991 to April-1992)
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| Selected Recent Publications |
Books
- Memories and Movements : Borders and Communities in Banni, Kutch (Gujarat) (Orient Blackswan, forthcoming)
- Rita Kothari and Rupert Snell (2011) eds. Chutnefying English: The Phenomenon of Hinglish Penguin India, New Delhi.
- Rita Kothari and Judy Wakabayashi (2009) eds. Decentring Translation Studies : India and Beyond John Benjamins Press, Netherlands.
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Complete List of Publications |
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