Professor Nishat Zaidi 2000: Ph.D. English 1993: M.A 1991: B.A. (H) English 1998: PG Diploma in Teaching of English, EFLU, Hyderabad 1996: PG Certificate in Teaching of English, EFLU, Hyderabad Office Address Professor Former Head Department of English, Jamia Millia Islamia (A Central University) Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar Marg, New Delhi-110025 Tel: + 91-11-26981717, Ext. 2950/ 2956 (Office) + 91-9953431556 (Mobile) +91-11-26674376 (Res) email: [email protected] Editor, Women’s Link www.jmi.ac.in/wlj Research Interests/ Areas of Work/ Teaching: My research and teaching interests include Indian Writing in English/Postcolonial Writ- ings, Indian Literatures in English Translation, Feminist Studies, American Poetry, Trans- lations, Reception of Islam in India, Shiite and Sufi traditions and their representation in Indian Literatures, Nineteenth century literary traditions and cultural configurations in Urdu and Hindi. I have 24 years of experience of teaching in various central Universities in India. I have authored/edited/translated 10 books, guest edited two special issues of prestigious journals, supervised/supervising 13 Ph.Ds and 17 M.Phil dissertations. Beside s these I have published a large number of scholarly papers and reviews in national and international journals, and participated and presented papers in national and international seminars/conferences. 1 Research Awards/ Grants Awarded Grant under Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India sponsored ‘Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaborations’ (SPARC) to carry out a Project as Principal Investigator on “Debating and Calibrating the Vernacular in Colonial and Postcolonial South Asian Literature and Culture” in col- laboration with South Asia Institute, Universität Heidelberg, 2019 - 2021. Awarded Grant under Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India sponsored ‘Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaborations’ (SPARC) to carry out a Project as Principal Investigator on “Cosmopolitan Cultures and Oceanic Thought: Thinking through history across the waters” in collaboration with University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, 2019 - 2021. Awarded Grant under Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India sponsored ‘Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaborations’ (SPARC) to carry out a Project as Principal Investigator on “Digital Apprehensions of Poetics” in collaboration with Michigan State University, USA, 2019 - 2021. Awarded Grant under Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India sponsored ‘Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaborations’ (SPARC) to carry out a Project as Co- Principal Investigator on “New Terrains of Consciousness: Globalization, Sensory Environments and Local Cultures of Knowledge” in collabora- tion with Julius Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany, 2019 - 2021. Awarded University Grants Commission-Junior Research Fellowship in 1994 by the University Grants Commission. Awarded Teachers’ Study Grant by American Studies Research Centre, Hyderabad in 1996 and 1998. Awarded UGC-Merit Scholarship in MA [1991-1993]. Awarded Bharat Sewa Trust Merit Scholarship in BA [1988-1991] Teaching/Work Experience Profile: Experience of 27 years of permanent service in various positions at the following in- stitutions: 2 Head, Department of English, Jamia Millia Islamia (A Central University), New Delhi, May 2018 to May 2021. As Head apart from the regular administrative work, organised a series of talks/lectures by eminent scholars from across the world, symposiums and na- tional and international seminars. Also steered prestigious international collaborations, course revisions and new courses in self-finance mode. Some of the public intellectuals, thinkers, scholars and writers who visited the department in offline/online mode include Prof Achille Mbembe, Professor Walter D. Mignolo, Professor Gayatri Chakraborty Spi- vak, Professor Elleke Boehmer, Professor Sudipta Kaviraj, Professor Francesca Orsini, Professor G N Devy, Professor Arjun Appadurai, Professor Dipesh Chakraborty, Profes- sor Dilip M Menon, Professor Margrit Pernau, Professor Ananya Jahanara Kabir, Profes- sor Javed Majeed, Professor Shahid Amin, Professor Hans Harder and many more. Professor, Department of English, Jamia Millia Islamia (A Central University), New Delhi, March 2011 till date, guiding PhD and MPhil research, teaching Research Methodology and Indian Literatures to MPhil, and Indian Writing in English, Postcolo- nial Literatures and Indian Literatures in English Translation and English literature to MA and BA (Hons.) students. Associate Professor, Department of English, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, March 2008 till March 2011, guiding PhD and MPhil research, teaching popular culture studies and literary theory to MPhil, and literary theory and English literature to MA and BA (Hons.) students. Reader, Department of English, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, March 2005 to March 2008, [Senior Lecturer from August 2004-March 2005] guiding PhD and MPhil research, teaching popular culture studies and literary 3 theory to MPhil, and literary theory and English literature to MA and BA (Hons.) students, and English language to BA (Pass/ Subsi.) students. Permanent lecturer (promoted to the Senior Scale w.e.f. March 2000), Department of English, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh), February 2002 to March 2006, teaching English literature and literary theory to M.A. and BA (Hons.), and English lan- guage to BA (Pass/Subsi.) students. Permanent Lecturer: GS PG College, Sultanpur, UP (selected by Higher Education Commission, UP) Taught English Literature to Undergraduate students. As sole faculty on English, was In-Charge of the English Department. Permanent Lecturer: Department of English, Vasanta College for Women, Krishna- murthi Foundation India, Varanasi (Affiliated to B.H.U, Varanasi) 3 Universi(es Visited outside India for Papers/Talks • University of Paris, Paris 13, France, presented paper on “Dreams, Delusions or Illu- sions: Indian in Twentieth Century Urdu Poetry” in an International Colloquium on “Dreaming India/ India Dreaming“, 18-219 May, 2019 • Grenoble University, Grenoble, France, 23-25 November, 2017- Presented paper on "Identity Politics VS. Alterity Politics: Ethics and Performative Subjectivity in the Fic- tion of Intizar Hussain" in an International Conference on the theme of "Hybridity and Nation" • University of Paris, Paris 13, France, presented paper on "Oceanic Encounters with the Other in Select 19th century Muslim Travel Narratives" in an International Collo- quium on "Reinventing the Sea: Precarity, Epistemology and Narratives", 23-24 June, 2017 • University of Paris, Paris 13, France, Presented paper on "Partition, Migration and a Search for Meaning in Times of Moral Crisis: A Study of Intizar Husain’s Use of Jataka in his Urdu Short stories" 2016 Research Experience: Cumulative experience of more than twenty years at doctoral, post-doctoral and research guidance levels: Supervised or supervising 14 Ph.D. theses and 17 M.Phil. Dissertations (for details see relevant section below). Doctoral research : “A Study of Postmodern Feminist Concerns in the Poetry of Anne Sexton” from, MGK Vidyapith, Varanasi, Awarded in 2000. Ph.D. Supervision: 14 • Supervised Ph.D. thesis “Problematics of Indian Nationalism and the First Partition of Bengal: A Study of Select Bangla Writings (1905-1916)” by Debosmita Paul, Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI), Awarded in August 2016. • Supervised Ph.D. thesis “Writing Gender, Writing Nation: A Critical Study of Select Women’s Fiction in Post-independence India” by Ms Bharti Arora, JMI, Awarded in July 2017. • Supervised Ph.D. thesis “Narratives of Resistance: A Study of Select Indian Muslim Women Writers of the Twentieth Century” by Ms. Sadia Parveen JMI, Awarded in July 4 2018. • Supervised Ph.D. thesis “Representation of Masculinity and Men in Contemporary Feminist Theatre in India: A Study of Select Indian Women Playwrights” by Jenifer Monterio JMI, Awarded in 2020. • Supervised Ph.D. thesis “Identity Crisis or Identity in Crisis?: A Study of Subjectivity in Select Writings of Joseph Heller” by Saba Zahoor Khan JMI, Awarded in 2020. • Supervised Ph.D. thesis “Language, Identity and Authority: Canon Formation in Indian Writing in English and the Contributions of Writers Workshop, Calcutta” by Anamta Rizvi JMI,Awarded in 2020. • Supervised Ph.D. thesis “Reader/Writer Nexus and Metafiction: A Study of Select Self- Reflexive Novels” by Mubashir Karim, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, Awarded in 2020. • Supervising Ph.D. thesis “‘Memsahib’: Studying Memsahibs of colonial India and their Representation in Post-colonial Indian Literature” by Ipshita Natha JMI, Awarded in 2021. • Supervising Ph.D. thesis “Queering Citizenship': A Study of Select Texts in Postcolonial India” by Kashish Dua, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, Ongoing. • Supervised Ph.D. thesis “Social Vision of Science Fiction in Modern India” by Indrani Dasgupta, Ongoing, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. • Supervised Ph.D. thesis “Subaltern Cosmopolitan in Kochi: Re-Examining the In/Visi- ble City as Decolonial Space” by Grace Mariam Raju, Ongoing, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. • Supervised Ph.D. thesis “Female Desire and Sexuality: A Critical Study of Select Women’s Contemporary Writings” by July John, Ongoing, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. • Supervised Ph.D. thesis “Identity and Alienation: A Double Paradox-Literature of Dalit Christian in Kerala” by