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Sharmita Lahiri
Assistant Professor |
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B. A. (Honors English): St. Xavier’s College Calcutta, 1995
M. A. : University of Calcutta, 1997
M. A. : University of Houston, 2002
Ph. D.: University of Houston, 2008 |
Email: sharmitalahiri@iitgn.ac.in
Phone: +91-79-23972324
Fax: +91-79-23972622 |
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| Research Interest |
- Indian Writing in English
- Postcolonial Literature and Theory
- Feminist Literature and Theory
- Multiethnic Literature
- Writing and Composition
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| Awards |
- Teaching Excellence Award, IIT Gandhinagar, 2011
- Modern Language Association Travel Grant, 2008
- C.W. Moores Dissertation Fellowship, University of Houston, 2006 - 2007
- Ella Margaret Hawes Scholarship, University of Houston Women's Association, 2006 - 2007
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| Work Experience |
- Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (July 2009 – present)
- Postdoctoral Fellow and Instructional Coordinator, Writing Center, University of Houston (July 2008 - July 2009)
- Teaching Fellow, Department of English, University of Houston (Jan 2002 - May 2008)
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| Selected Recent Publications |
- “India Through Different Lenses: A Study of Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children and Tagore’s The Home and the World.”, Proceedings of the 1st Asian Conference on Literature and Librarianship, Osaka Japan, May 27-30, 2011. Nagakute, Japan: The International Academic Forum (IAFOR), 2011. 233-244.
- “Cleopatra: A Feminist Reading.” The Atlantic Literary Review 11.3 (2010) , 15-28.
- “Where Do I Come From? Where Do I Belong? Identity and Alienation in Bharati Mukherjee's Desirable Daughters and Jhumpa Lahiri's The Namesake", South Asian Review 31.1, (2010), 118-140.
- "Alternate Visions of a Feminine Space in Clear Light of Day and The God of Small Things," South Asian Review 28.2 (2007), pp. 133-50.
- "Spring," Asian Journal of Columbia University Winter (2002-3), pp. 24-25.
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