Manjari Chaturvedi

Manjari Chaturvedi

Assistant Professor

Academic Background  

  • Ph.D. in English: Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Delhi
  • M. Phil English: Department of English, University of Delhi (DU)
  • M. A. English: Lady Shri Ram College for Women, DU
  • P. G. Diploma in Development Communication:
    A J K Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi.
  • B. A. (Honours) English: Lady Shri Ram College for Women, University of Delhi.

Career Graph:

Assistant Professor (Adjunct), English Literature, University of Delhi

Honours and Achievements:

Fulbright Scholar (FLTA)- Florida International University
Department of Modern Languages, Steven J.Green School of International & Public Affairs

Research Interest

Postcolonial studies, Cultural studies, Popular and Folk Culture, E-learning, Intergenerational learning

Professional Memberships/Fellowship:

Papers Presented

  • ‘Whose ‘story’ is it?- Films and creative discretion in the era of post-truth’ presented at the IACLALS International Conference on Literature, Culture, and Society in the Age of Post- Truth, Pondicherry, February 2019.
  • ‘Social media, online publishing and democratization of fiction writing’ presented at the Interdisciplinary Conference on Indian Popular Fiction: Redefining the Canon at Maharaja Agrasen College, University of Delhi, January 2019
  • ‘Satrangi Sanvidhan’: Understanding the Reception of Decriminalization of Homosexuality in India presented at the UGC National Seminar on Moving Beyond the Margin: The Politics of Exclusion and Assimilation at Central University of Rajasthan,  Ajmer, Rajasthan, November 2018.
  • ‘The Haat and the City: Tradition as Public Culture’ co-presented at the UGC national seminar on City Lives: Spaces and Narratives at Maharaja Agrasen College, Delhi, February 2016.
  • ‘Taming the Monster of Cawnpore: A study of representations of Nana Saheb in Indian Fiction’ at the UGC national seminar on Intersections: History and Literature at Delhi College of Art and Commerce, Delhi, March 2014.
  • ‘Rebellion Novels’ - A study of assimilation and resistance in Gadar (1930), to the narrative of appropriation of Nana Saheb in British ‘Mutiny’ Literature at the Annual IACLALS conference, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, January 2011.
  • ‘Balancing and Bridging Cultures:  Identity Construction and Negotiations with Conversion by Late Nineteenth Century High Caste Hindu Women’ at the UGC seminar on Women’s Voices at Brennen College, Thalaserry, Kerala, August 2010.

Publications

Books Chapter

  • Co-authored ‘Bringing the Haat to the City: The Socio-cultural and Commercial dynamics of Dilli Haat’ published in Re-storying the Indigenous and the Popular Imaginary. Ed. Prem Kumari Srivastava and Gitanjali Chawla, Authorspress, Delhi, 2017. ISSN No. 978-93-5207-385-6.

Book Review

Journal Papers

  • ‘Re-Writing the Colonizer’s Discourse: A Study of Nana Saheb in Gadar (1930)’ published in FORTELL issue no. 33, July 2016, ISSN NO. 2229-6557.
  • ‘Peeping through a Hole: The haat as a window to the socio-cultural dynamics of rural and folk culture’ published in LITERARIA: An International Journal of Literatures across the World. Vol. 4 1, Jan-Jun 2014, ISSN NO. 2229-4600.
  • ‘An Appraisal of N.E.T. in English Literature’ published in FORTELL issue no. 22, September 2011, ISSN NO. 2229-6557.

 

Edited Journals

  • Co-editor of FORTELL (Forum for Teachers of language and Literature) Journal issue no. 39, July 2019, ISSN NO. 2229-6557.
  • Co- editor of FORTELL Journal issue no. 27, July 2013,
  • Co-editor of FORTELL- special issue on disability and pedagogy, issue no. 29, July 2014. http://fortell.org/archive/4

 

Projects or Ph.D.’s guided:

  • Principal Investigator (PI): Innovation Project – ‘Socio-cultural impact of Dilli Haat on Urban Youth’ 2013-14. The project documented the ongoing influence of urban youth and folk artists on each-other, through interactions at Dilli Haat, through audio-visual media including photographs and video.

 

Personal interests: Cycling, Photography, Creative Writing