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Curriculum Vitae
Mr. Mosarrap Hossain Khan
60A Bainbridge Street, Department of English Aptt. #3 New York University Brooklyn, New York, 13-19 University Place 11233 New York City, New York, Phone No. 646.571.9361 10003 Telephone: 212.998.8800 Fax: 212.995.4019 E-mail: [email protected] ______
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
January, 2008 – April, 2009 Teaching Assistant, Dept. of English, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
June, 2002 – October, 2007 Lecturer-in-English (tenured), Kurseong College, University of North Bengal, West Bengal, India
2000 – 2001 Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi.
RESEARCH ASSISTANT APPOINTMENTS
June, 2010-May, 2011 Research Assistant to Prof. M. Ishaq Nadiri, Dept. of Economics, New York University, New York City, NY, USA. Project: “A Political-Economy of Afghanistan.”
December, 2007-April, 2008 Research Assistant to Prof. Jisha Menon, Dept. of English, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. Project: “Performing the Indian Nation.”
FORUM APPOINTMENT
September, 2010 - Present Member, Graduate Forum, New York University, NY, USA. An interdisciplinary forum hosted by Dean, GSAS, NYU.
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EDUCATION
September, 2009 – Present Ph.D. student in English Literature, Dept. of English, New York University, New York City, NY,USA.
January, 2008 – August, 2009 Ph.D. student in English Literature, Dept. of English, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
2000 – 2001 Pre-Ph.D. Coursework, Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India.
1997 - 1999 M.A. in English Literature, Dept. of English, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India.
1993 – 1996 Bachelor of Arts in English, University of Burdwan, West Bengal, India. Graduated with English Honors.
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION
1999 Qualified National Eligibility Test (NET), eligibility for Lecturer-ship in Indian colleges and universities, conducted by University Grants Commission, New Delhi, India
RESEARCH AND TEACHING AREAS OF INTEREST
Theories of Everyday Life; Everyday Islam; Post-colonial Theory; South Asian Literature in English; Bengali Partition Fiction; Cultural Studies; Music Theory; Religion and Literature
REFEERED PUBLICATIONS
Khan, Mosarrap H. „Territory and Homeland in Gour Kishore Ghosh‟s Prem Nei (Love Lost, 1981): Construction of Bengali Nationality in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century‟, in Protocol: Journal of Translation, Creative and Critical Writings , published by Dept. of English, North-East Hill University (NEHU), Shillong, India, 2009.
Khan, Mosarrap H. “One empty jar . . . . . how to end?‟ Prescient Discourse of Nation in Salman Rushdie‟s Midnight’s Children”, in Biswas, Sarbojit (ed) Indian English Fiction: A Reader. Calcutta: Books Way, December 2008.
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WORKING PAPERS Khan, Mosarrap H. „The Idea of a University and the Invention of Culture: Colonial and Post-Colonial Perspectives on Higher Education in India.‟
INVITED PRESENTATIONS “Situated Practices in Everyday Islam,” GSAS Dean‟s Lunch on NYU Alumni Day, October 23, 2010. “Translating Partition: A Study of Partition Literature in Bengali,” Research Scholars‟ Workshop, Salesian College (North Bengal University), Sonada, Darjeeling, WB, India, 21-22 April, 2006.
CONFERENCE PAPERS
“Sabitri Roy’s Badwip (The Delta) and Communalization of Post-Partition Urban Space in Calcutta,” 38th Annual Conference on South Asia, Centre for South Asia, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA, October 2009. “Tropes of Madness in Bengali Partition (1947) Literature: Gendering and Subverting the Nation,” Ninth Annual South Asian Literary Association (SALA) Conference Program, December 26-27, 2008, Galleria Park Hotel, San Francisco, USA. “Territory and Homeland in Gour Kishore Ghosh’s Prem Nei (Love Lost, 1981): Construction of Bengali Nationality in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century,” 37th Annual Conference on South Asia, Centre for South Asia, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA, October 2008. Chaired this session titled, “Narrative and Memory of Partition.” “Women’s History of Partition of India (1947): Recovered Women, Community, Nation and Women’s Agency,” Centre for Women‟s and Gender Studies, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, April 2008. “Meher Pestonji’s Sadak Chhaap: Towards a Poetics of Public Sphere,” UGC-sponsored National Seminar, Kurseong College, University of North Bengal, West Bengal, India, August 2007. “Multicultural Transactions in a Call Centre,” UGC-sponsored Seminar, North Bengal University, West Bengal, India, March 2006. “Nation and Its Parsis: A Study in Rohinton Mistry’s Fiction,” UGC-sponsored State Level Seminar, University B.T. and Evening College, North Bengal University, West Bengal, India, December 2005. “Body Politics in Vijay Tendulkar’s Silence! The Court is in Session,” UGC-sponsored National Seminar, Kalimpong College, North Bengal University, West Bengal, India, March 2005. “Changing Technologies, Methodologies, Learning Environment in Distance Education: Newer Socio-Economic and Cultural Challenges,” VIII Annual Conference of Indian Distance Education (IDEA), Kakatiya University, Andhra Pradesh, India, March 2001.
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DISTINCTIONS, AWARDS, AND FELLOWSHIPS
MacCracken Fellowship (2009- Present) for Ph.D. students, GSAS, New York University, NY, USA. NYU Dean‟s Student Travel Grant (2009) for presentation at 38th Annual Conf. on South Asia, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA. William Royce Butler and Jean Campbell Butler Scholarship, 2008, Dept. of English, University of British Columbia University of British Columbia Graduate Entrance Scholarship, Sept. 2008. University of British Columbia International Partial Tuition Scholarship (Jan. 2008 - ) Special UBC Graduate Scholarship (Jan. 2008 – Aug. 2008) Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Institute Scholarship for Ph.D. (July, 2000 - Dec. 2001) Secured Third (3rd) position in the B.A. English (Hons.) examination at the University of Burdwan, Burdwan, West Bengal, India in 1996.
COURSES TAUGHT
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Undergraduate Courses:
English 110: Introduction to English Literature (Teaching Assistant)
Kurseong College, North Bengal University, West Bengal, India
Undergraduate Courses:
English Honours: Indian Writing in English English Honours: Twentieth Century British Literature English Honours: British Romantic Literature English Honours: Elizabethan Literature
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2008 - 2009 Clubs Commissioner, Student Administrative Commission, AMS Student Society of UBC, Vancouver, Canada.
2007 Convener, University Grants Commission (New Delhi) sponsored National Seminar, Kurseong College, North Bengal University, West Bengal, India.
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2007 Convener, Orchids, Annual Magazine, Kurseong College, North Bengal University, West Bengal, India.
2003-04 Convener, Sports Committee, Kurseong College, North Bengal University, West Bengal, India
2003-04 Member, Library Committee, Kurseong College, North Bengal University, West Bengal, India
MEMBERSHIP OF EXPERT COMMITTEES
2005 – 2007 Nominated as one of the Members of the Expert Committee on Communicative English by the Vice- Chancellor, North Bengal University, West Bengal, India.
SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES ORGANISED
August 7-8, 2007 Organised a University Grants Commission (UGC, India) sponsored National Seminar, “Interrogating the Nation: The Legacy of Rushdie in Indian English Novels (1981-2007)” in Kurseong College, North Bengal University, West Bengal, India.
EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTION
2006 Served as the Editor-in-Chief for the Kurseong College Annual Magazine, Orchids 2006.
EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
1999 Represented the University of Hyderabad in South- Zone Inter-University Cricket Tournament held at Gulbarga University, Gulbarga, Karnataka, India.
1998 Represented the University of Hyderabad in the National Youth Parliament and won first prize at the group level.
1998 Stood second in the English Debate Competition in the Annual Sukoon Festival, University of Hyderabad, India.
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1997 Stood first in the “D” Hostel Essay Competition, University of Hyderabad, India.
MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES
2009 – Present Modern Language Association (MLA)
2007 - 2008 Canadian Association for Commonwealth Language and Literature (CACLALS)
2007 - 2008 Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English (ACCUTE)
LANGUAGES English, Bengali, Hindi
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