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Faculty Details

Dr. Ananya Mukherjee

About

Dr. Ananya Mukherjee has completed her doctoral research from the Department of English, University of Raiganj. She is presently teaching in the Department of English, Sripat Singh College, Jiaganj, Murshidabad. Her areas of research interest include War Literature, Partition Literature, Border Studies, Film Studies, Gender Studies and Post-Colonial Literature. She has presented papers in several National and International seminars and conferences to date. She has written several articles and book chapters. She has authored a P.G. module on American literature under UGC e-Pathsala which is a part of the MoE (Ministry of Education) programme by the Government of India. She is also the co-editor of the book Body Politics: Rethinking Gender and Masculinity which has been catalogued in the Main Library of the University of Edinburgh. This volume engages with the current developements in the field of Masculinity Studies and diversifies the issues of gender and masculinity. She is currently co-editing Climate Fiction: Ecological Dimensions which offers an introspective gaze into intersections of literature, film and ecology to recognise how fiction mediates Anthropocene.

Qualification:

- SECONDARY EDUCATION
  - Board: West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (W.B.B.S.E)
  - Year of Passing 2005
  - [Percentage – 78.875%] Class – 1st*
- HIGHER SECONDARY
  - Board: West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (W.B.C.H.S.E)
  - Year of Passing 2007
  - [Percentage – 75.2% (In Best Five)] Class – 1st*
- GRADUATION
  - College: Berhampore Girls’ College, Berhampore, Murshidabad University of Kalyani
  - Name of the Course: Honours in English Year of Passing 2010
  - [Percentage – 67.125%] Class – 1st*
- POST GRADUATION
  - University: University of Kalyani
  - Name of the Course: English Language and Literature Year of Passing 2012
  - [Percentage – 55.2%] Class – 2^nd
- BACHELOR OF EDUCATION
  - College: Union Christian Training College, University of Kalyani
  - Name of the Course: Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.)
  - Year of Passing 2014
  - [Percentage – 76.6%] Class – 1^st
- M.A. IN EDUCATION
  - University: Netaji Subhas Open University
  - Name of the Course: M.A. in Education Year of Passing 2017
  - [Percentage – 70.25%] Class – 1^st
- Ph.D.:
  - University: Raiganj University Subject: English
  - Dare of Degree Awarded: 16/07/2024
  - Thesis Title: The Representation of Bangladesh Liberation War in Select Fictional Narratives from Bangladesh, Pakistan and India: A Socio-Cultural Re-Reading
  - Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Pinaki Roy
- UGC NET:
  - Qualified UGC NET (National Eligibility Test for Assistant Professor) in July 2019.

Area of secialization:

War & Partition Literature
Film Studies
Gender Studies
American Literature

Faculty Development Programme:

Attended Faculty Development Programme Organised by Amity University on “Looking Beyond the Boundary Practices in Literature and Language Studies” from 29 Jun to 3 July, 2020.
Attended Faculty Development Programme Organised by the Women’s Cell and the Department of English, BBTM College, Purulia, WB on Gender Sensitization from 25th July 2020 to 31st July 2020.
Attended Faculty Development Programme Organised by MM-TTP, Jadavpur University, 12/03/2024 to 21/03/2024.

Teaching Experience:

Work Experience: 10+ years.
Joined Sripat Singh College on 12.07.2018.
Assistant Professor in English, Berhampore Polytechnic College, Berhampore, Murshidabad.
Assistant Teacher in English, Manindranagar High School, Berhampore, Murshidabad.
Guest Lecturer in the Department of English and Communicative English, Berhampore Girls College, Berhampore, Murshidabad. West Bengal.

Awards & Accomplishments:

Post Graduate Indira Gandhi Scholarship sanctioned by University Grants Commission (UGC) & MHRD.
Completed a Certificate Course on Communicative English in The British Council Kolkata in 2013. Level: Upper Intermediate

Books Edited:

Body Politics- Rethinking Gender and Masculinity, Ed. Tanmoy Baghira & Ananya Mukherjee, Delhi: Akhand Publishing House. 2021.
Climate Fiction: Ecological Dimensions, Ed. Dr. Ananya Mukherjee & Dr. Tanmoy Baghira Delhi: Akhand Publishing House. 2025.

Research Project:

An MoE Project, National Mission on Education through ICT (NME-ICT), UGC, MHRD Post Graduate Module: UGC e-Pathshala, Paper-5-American Literature, Poetry of Emily Dickenson, Online Module No- 9, 2017. Project Coordinators: Prof. Dr. Niladri R. Chatterjee & Prof. Dr. Tutun Mukherjee.

Research Experience:

International Onsite Research Visit: Liberation War Museum, Dhaka, Bangladesh (Muktijudhher Jadughar) for collecting valuable research data and materials. Date: 9/01/2023. Ref: Mu-Ja/01-23/186.
International Onsite Research Visit: Research oriented field work on Bangladesh Liberation War with an engaging session with the researchers and resource persons of the Department of English, Jagannath University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Date: 09/01/2023.

Publications Journal

“Contemporary Relevance in Hardy’s Jude the Obscure” in Galaxy: International Multidisciplinary Research Journal. Vol. 2, Issue V, 2013. [ISSN: 2278-9529]
“Aborigine-Australian Voice: Reading the Poetry of Henry Kendall as a Colonial Text” in The Criterion: An International Journal in English. Vol. 4, Issue V, 2013. [ISSN: 0976-8165]
“A “Silent” Protest in the Voice of Bengali Women: Re-Reading the Novels of Ashapurna Devi and Bani Basu” in Golden Research Thoughts Vol. 4. Issue 9. 2015. [ISSN: 2231-5063]
“Emerging Identities: A Gendered Retelling of Bangladesh Liberation War in Children of War” in Exposure: The Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Vol. 3. Issue 1. June 2017. [ISSN: 2454-6429]
“An Ecofeminist Reading of the Bratakathas in the Eastern Indian Folk Tradition” Exposure: The Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Vol. 4. Issue 1. June 2018. [ISSN: 2454-6429]
“World of Whitman: A Transcendence in Democracy” in Manan Multi-Disciplinary & Peer- Reviewed Journal, Vol. 9. Issue 2. 2019. [UGC Approved Journal No: 40975]
“Theatricality in Film: Introspecting A Relation Between Stage and Screen in Rituparno Ghosh’s The Last Lear” in Exposure: The Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Vol. 5. Issue
1. June 2019. [ISSN: 2454-6429]
“Negotiating Tensions between Trauma and Triumph in Bangladesh Liberation War: Reading Tahmima Anam’s The Good Muslim.” in Shodh Sanchar Bulletin Vol-10, Issue- 40, Oct-Dec
2020. [ISSN: 2229-3620, UGC Care-listed Journal]
“Delineating Indian Diasporic Identities and Beyond: Reading Select Films of Mira Nair and Deepa Mehta” in Open Eyes, 2021. [ISSN: 2249-4332]
“Negotiating Identities: An Intersection between Diaspora and Nationalism in Tahmima Anam’s A Golden Age” in Gnosis, Vol.9 No.3, April 2023. [ISSN 2394-0131]

Publications Bookchapter

“Mauritanian Women: Re-shaping Female Body as a Cultural Site of Torture and Domination” in Cultural Studies: Theories and Praxes, Ed. P. S. Guha, Berhampore: Publication Cell,
Berhampore Girls’ College. 2013. [ISBN: 9788192725901]
“Nature and its Symbolic Representation in Tagore’s Poetry” in Environmental Education in India through the Ages, Ed. J. Mete & S. Ghosh, New Delhi: New Delhi Publishers, 2017.
[ISBN: 9789385503689]
“ICT in Language Laboratory: Language Learning Scenario in Modern India” in ICT in Education a 21st Century Phenomenon, R. Saha & J. Mete, New Delhi: APH Publishing
Corporation, 2017. [ISBN: 9789331329707]
“Representation of Women in Indian Soaps and Advertisements” in Women Empowerment in 21st Century, Ed. J Mete, R. Borah & R Manna, New Delhi: New Delhi Publishers, 2018.
[ISBN: 9789385503894]
“Education and Women Empowerment in India” in Modern Issues in Education, Ed. J Mete, Suman Kalyan Roy, New Delhi: NB Publications, 2020. [ISBN: 9789389234572]
“Exploring Diasporic Paradigms: Regimented Narrative of Bangladesh Liberation War in Tahmima Anam’s The Golden Age” Regimentation in Literature: Critical PerspectivesEd. Bhaskar. C. Sarkar, Kolkata: AABS Publishing House, 2020. [ISBN: 9789388963718]
“Juridico-Political Control on Life: Necropolitics in The Hungry Tide” in Marginalization in Literature: Critical Perspectives, Ed. Bhaskar. C. Sarkar, Delhi: Authors Press, 2021. [ISBN:
9789390155262]
“A Conjuncture of War, Myth and Masculinity: Reading Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s The Palace of Illusions” in Body Politics: Rethinking Gender and Masculinity Ed. Tanmoy
Baghira & Ananya Mukherjee, New Delhi: Akhand Publishing House, 2021. [ISBN: 9788194885009]
“The Trauma of Being ‘Ugly’: A Semiotic Reading of Steven Spielberg’s The Color Purple.” in The Empire and After: Trends, Issues and Perspectives Ed. Bhaskar. C. Sarkar, Delhi:
Authors Press, 2021. [ISBN: 9789390588077]
“An Exploration of Indigenousness and Nationalism in Select Canadian Writing” in Nationalism and Indigenousness in Select Commonwealth Writings and Films: A Postcolonial Reading. Ed. Pinaki Roy Ibidem Verlag, Hannover, Stuttgart. [ISBN 139783838219158]
“Politics of Representation in First World War Film: A Postcolonial Reading of Sajjan Singh Rangroot.” in Nationalism and Indigenousness in Select Commonwealth Writings and Films: A
Postcolonial Reading. Ed. Pinaki Roy Ibidem Verlag, Hannover, Stuttgart. [ISBN 139783838219158]
“Into the Depths of Memory: Exhuming the Trauma of Rape and ‘Gendercide’ in the Memoirs of Bosnia and Herzegovina” in Humanities in Crisis: Literary Deliberations Ed. Dr. Bhumika Sharma, Dr. Neha Arora, Dr. Savita Andelwar. Yking Books, Jaipur India. [ISBN: 9788196924362]
“Swami Vivekananda and His Way towards Women Empowerment in the Context of Colonial Bengal” in Yuganayak Swami Vivekananda, the Educationist Par Excellence- A Great
Luminary of Modern Times, Berhampore: Union Christian Training College, 2014. [ISBN: 9788192553610]
“A Kafkaesque Reading of Select Novels of Kazuo Ishiguro” in Literature, Culture and Society: Interrelation and the Search for Identity. Ed. Partha Sarathi Guha, Bangiya Sahitya
Samsad, 2023. [ISBN: 9789388988902]
"Reclaiming Voice and Identity: Ujjal Chattopadhyay’s Contribution to Postmodern Bengali Theatre" in Post-modern Bengali Theatre: A Critical Assessment, with Reference to Select Playwright's Works, edited by Debnarayan Bandyopadhyay, Debashis Roy, Arnab Saha, Mainak Banerjee, and Pinaki Roy. ibidem-Verlag ibidem Press, Leuschnerstr. Hannover, GERMANY.
"Deconstructing the Sleuth: Gender Dynamics in Rituparno Ghosh's Subho Muharat" in Baluchar Pragya: A Multidisciplinary Edited Research Book Vol-1, Robi Prakash, Kolkata, June 2024, ISBN: 978-81-971971-0-9 edited by Emli Rumi, Sripat Singh College.

Paper Presented in Seminars/Conferences/Webinars:

International:

Participated in the International Webinar ‘Women in Pandemic Past and Present’ organized by the Department of English of Meghnad Saha College on 30 June 2020, presented a paper entitled “No Skin Only Masks a Gendered Retelling of Women in Pandemic.”
Participated in the International Web Conference ‘Worlds of Hurt - Reading the Literature of Trauma’ organized by the Department of English of N. G. Acharya & D. K. Marathe College of Arts, Science & Commerce on 27th & 28th May 2020, presented a paper entitled “Negotiating Tensions between Trauma and Triumph in Bangladesh Liberation War: Reading Tahmima Anam’s The Good Muslim.”
Participated in International Webinar organised by Swenarayan Rameswar Fatepuria College on “The Empire and after: Trends, Issues and Perspectives” on 5th September 2020, presented a paper entitled “The Trauma of Being ‘Ugly’: A Semiotic Reading of Steven Spielberg’s The Color Purple.”
Participated in International Webinar by Dept. of English, Sudhiranjan Lahiri Mahavidyalaya on “World Cinema: Literary Adaptations and beyond.” on 22nd July 2020, presented a paper entitled “Delineating Indian Diasporic Identities and beyond: Reading Select Films of Mira Nair and Deepa Mehta.”
Participated in International Seminar by Berhampore Girl’s College, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies (MAKAIAS), in collaboration with Dept. of Bengali, History, English, University of Kalyani on “Literature, Culture and Society: Interrelation and the Search for Identity.” on 14th, & 15th February 2020, presented a paper entitled “A Kafkaesque Reading of Select Novels of Kazuo Ishiguro.”
Participated in International Interdisciplinary Conference Organized by Poornima University on Methods, Aesthetics, Genres in Communication, Language and Literature on February 17- 18, 2023, presented a paper entitled “Post Partition Trauma and Representation in Tahmima Anam’s A Golden Age”.
Participated in International Interdisciplinary Conference Organized by Centre for Research in Posthumanities, Bankura University on “Posthuman Condition in the Anthropocene” on 02-03 March 2024, presented a paper entitled “The Dialectics of ‘Redemption’ and ‘Exploitation’: A Posthumanist Interpretation of Coleridge’s The Rime of Ancient Mariner”.

National:

Participated in a UGC Sponsored National Conference by Union Christian Training College on “Yuganayak Swami Vivekananda, the Educationist Par Excellence- A Great Luminary of Modern Times” on 21th & 22th September 2013, presented a paper entitled “Swami Vivekananda and His Way Towards Women Empowerment in The Context of Colonial Bengal”.
Participated in a UGC Sponsored National Seminar organised by Berhampore Girls’ College on “Cultural Studies: Theories and Praxes” on 27th & 28th March 2013, presented a paper entitled “Mauritanian Women Re-Shaping Female Body as a Cultural Site of Torture and Domination”.
Participated in a UGC Sponsored National Seminar organised by Department of Bengali, University of Kalyani on “Sri Chaitanya and National Integration” on 27th & 28^th September 2012, presented a paper entitled “Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu: The Man Who Redefines the Life”.

Participated in National Seminars/Conferences/Webinars:

Participated in a National Webinar on “Science Fiction” organised by the Department of English, Rizvi College of Arts Science and Commerce, in association with Board of Studies in English, University of Mumbai on 18th May, 2020.
• Participated in an International Webinar on “Postcolonial Negotiations: History, Literature and Culture” organised by Department of English, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, Purulia, West Bengal and BBTM College, Purulia on 3rd-5th June, 2020.
• Participated in an International Webinar on “Getting Published: Academic and Creative Writing” organised by the Department of English, St. Gonsalo Garcia College of Arts and Commerce, Under University of Mumbai, Vasai in association with Cambridge University Press, held on 10th June 2020.
• Participated in a National Webinar on “Life Writing: Historical Contexts and Literary Perspectives” organised by the Department of English and History, Derozio Memorial College held on 27th-28th June, 2020.
• Participated in a National Level E-Conference on “Contemporary Trends in Literature” organised by Munger University, Munger, Bihar, on 11th-13th July 2020.
• Participated in a National Webinar on “Atmaporichoier Sankat o Deshantoriter Akhyan” organised by Department of Bengali, Dinabandhu Mahavidyalaya, West Bengal on 20th- 22nd July, 2020.
• Participated in an International Webinar on “Gender, Sexuality and Postcolonial Literature: Trends, Issues and Perspectives” organised by Department of English, Sewnarayan Rameswar Fatepuria College on 23rd-25th July, 2020.
• Participated in an International Webinar on” Humanities in Crisis” organised by S. S. Khanna Degree College, Allahabad on 04th August, 2020.
• Participated in an International Webinar on “Recent trends in Contemporary Sanskrit Literature” organised by Department of Sanksrit, Sripat Singh College, Jiaganj, Murshidabad, West Bengal on 19th-20th September, 2020.
• Participated in “Teacher Support Programme -English Language Skill Enhancement” organised by Cambridge University Press & Assessment on Wednesday 22nd November 2023 at Kalyani University.
• Participated in the Faculty and Student Exchange Program on Promoting Equality, Addressing Marginality: A Brief Overview of Jane Austen's Novels. Organised by the Department of English in Collaboration with IQAC Sripat Singh College on 21/2/2024. Duration: 3 hours
• Participated in the one day special lecture on Vegetable Thinking: Literature and Environment in NEP 2020 organised by department of English in collaboration with IQAC, Sripat Singh college on 22/2/2025.
Duration: 3 hours

Invited Lectures:

Invited Lecture on 'Marriage' in a 36 Hours Certificate Course in Social Ethics and Its Application (SESSION : 2023-2024) organised by Department of Philosophy in collaboration with IQAC, Sripat Singh College on 03/09/2024.

Teaching Experience in University:

Delivered lectures in a Certificate Course in Communicative English and Writing organised by Department of English, Kanyasree University. Duration: from 9.11.2024 to 8.03.2025. Course Coordinator: Dr. Dipanjan Ghosh.