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Dr. Joyjit Ghosh
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Professor , HOD
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ENGLISH LITERATURE, LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL STUDIES
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+91 3222 298-255 / Centrex Extn. 255
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joyjitghosh@mail.vidyasagar.ac.in
joyjit.ghosh1969@gmail.com
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9434321580
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Department of English, Vidyasagar University, Midnapur 721102
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| Professor of English since November 2016 |
| Associate Professor of English since November 2013 |
| Former Lecturer in English, Mahishadal Raj College,Currently Assistant Professor of English, Vidyasagar University since 4 March, 2010 |
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| The novels and letters of D.H.Lawrence |
| Indian English poetry |
| Translation Studies |
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| Bangla Dalit Literature, Eco-critical Studies, Rabindranath Tagore |
| Diaspora Studies |
| Animal Studies |
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| English |
| 1. Middle English Drama |
| 2. Romantic and Victorian Literary Criticism in English |
| 3. Modern English novels and poems |
| 4. Indian English poems and novels |
| 5. Marathi and Bangla Dalit Literature in English Translation |
| 6. American Literature |
| 7. New Literatures in English |
| 8. Contemporary Literary Theory |
| 9. Research Methodology |
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| "Can I become a tree?": Plant Imagination in Contemporary Indian Poetry in English | Open Cultural Studies | Sep, 2024 | De Gruyter | First Author |
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| The Face of the Other: Reading a Selection of Animal Poems by D.H. Lawrence | Etudes Lawrenciennes, 53 - D.H. Lawrence and the Anticipation of the Ecocritical Turn | 2021 | Presses universitaires de Paris Ouest | Sole Author |
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| Critiquing Nation as a Goddess: A Study of the Representation of Nationalism in The Home and the World | Gitanjali and Beyond. Critical Essays on Ghare Baire, Issue 4, Special Edition. Guest ed. Md Rezaul Haque and Gillian Dooley | 2020 | The Scottish Centre of Tagore Studies (ScoTs), based at Edinburgh Napier University. ISSN 2399-8733 | |
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| Translation as a Cultural Dialogue between the East and the West - Re-reading The Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech by Tagore | Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, Vol.11, No. 2, July-September 2019. E-ISSN 0975-2935,Indexed by Web of Science, Scopus, ERIHPLUS, EBSCO, PP.1-8 | 2019 | Aesthetics Media Services, Kolkata | |
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| “The Interface between Education and the ‘Rural Uplift Work’: Re-reading Tagore’s Letters, Lectures and Addresses” | Gitanjali and Beyond. Vol.2 (2018): Tagore and the Environment, ed. Bashabi Frazer & Christine Kupfer. Scottish Centre of Tagore Studies, Edinburgh Napier University. ISSN 2399-8733 | 2018 | The Scottish Centre of Tagore Studies (ScoTs), based at Edinburgh Napier University. | |
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| The Last Poems of D.H. Lawrence: Poetry of the Eternal Present | Etudes Lawrenciennes 48 (Time and Temporalities) | 2017 | Presses universitaires de Paris Nanterre,France | |
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| Lawrence response to Futurism in the letters vis-a-vis his representation of "what the woman is" in "The Rainbow" | Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 147-154 | 2017 | Aesthetics Media Services, Kolkata | |
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| "The New Human Phenomenon" in Women in Love: Exploring D.H. Lawrence's Conflicted Interest in Italian Futurism | Journal of the Department of English, University of Calcutta, Vol. XLI | Apr, 2025 | University of Calcutta | Sole Author |
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| Book Review: Unwinding Self: A Collection of Poems by Susheel Kumar Sharma | Journal of the Department of English, Vidyasagar University, Vol. 15 | Feb, 2022 | The Registrar, Vidyasagar University | Sole Author |
Impact Factor: 0.00000
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| "I search for my tongue": Exploring the Interface between Language and Diaspora in the poetry of Sujata Bhatt | Litscape: Journal of VUETC, Vol.10, No.1, pp.87-97 | 2017 | Vidyasagar University English Teachers Consortium, Midnapore, West Bengal | |
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| Swaraj, Charkha and the Dream of "Economic Pradise": Debate between Rabindranath Tagore and Mahatma Gandhi | Rabindranath Tagore on Economy, Politics and Society: Contemporary Discourses, ed. Sebak Jana, pp.136-148 | 2017 | Dey Book Concern, Kolkata | |
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| Book Review: Shirley Bricout, "Politics and the Bible in D.H. Lawrences Leadership Novels". Montpellier: Presses Universitaires de la Mediterranee, 2014, ISBN 9782367811048 | Journal of the Department of English,Vidyasagar University,Volume 12, 2014-15, 171-76 | 2017 | Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal | |
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| War, Politics and the betrayal of humanity: The debate of Tagore with Noguchi | The Visva-Bharati Quarterly, Volume 25 Number 1 (April 2016-June 2016), pp.33-40 | 2016 | The Registrar, Visva-Bharati | |
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| "My Story" by Kamala Das: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman | Women Autobiography in India: Theory and Practice (Proceedings of the National Seminar), ed. K.Purushotham and B. Deepa Jyothi | 2016 | Department of English, Kakatiya University, Warangal,Telengana | |
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| The Letter of Shelley to the Editor of the Quarterly Review: A Study in "the unfortunate subject" | Middleflight, Volume 5, Number 1, pp.53-58 | 2016 | Sukumar Sengupta Mahavidyalaya, Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur | |
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| Letters of Rabindranath Tagore and the Art of Communication: Critical Perspectives | The Visva-Bharati Quarterly, Volume 23 Number 4 & Volume 24 Number 1 (January 2015 - June 2015) | 2015 | Dr D.Gunasekharan, Registrar, Visva-Bharati | |
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| Translation of the Poems by Manohar Mouli Biswas ("In the Temple of God", "Rap","Give water", "Childhood collage", "Shadow", "Procession of Peace", "Want to get back","In search of light" | The Wheel Will Turn, ed. Jaydeep Sarangi, pp.50-57 | 2014 | Cyberwit.net, Allahabad | |
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| Translation: Select poems of Kalyani Thakur ("A Poem Against War", "Chandalinir Kobita 38", "My Own Images" | Journal of the Department of English, Vidyasagar University, Vol.11, 2013-14 | 2014 | Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal | |
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| RE-READING "THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER" AS A HUMAN TALE | MIDDLEFLIGHT,VOL 3,NO 1,PP:66-73 | 2014 | DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH SUKUMAR SEN GUPTA MAHAVIDYALAYA | |
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| TRANSCENDING TRAUMA AND EMPOWERING THE SELF:A STUDY IN "MY STORY" OF KAMALA DAS | PROCEEDINGS OF U.G.C SPONSORED NATIONAL SEMINAR, DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH,MIDNAPORE COLLEGE PP.38-44 | 2013 | DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH,MIDNAPORE COLLEGE | |
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| CANONIZING A BLACK VOICE: RACE, LANGUAGE AND CULTURE IN THE POETRY OF LANGSTON HUGHES | JOURNAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY vol:10,PP.58-66 | 2013 | DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSIT | |
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| "PTERODACTYL,PURAN SAHAY,AND PIRTHA" BY MAHASWETA DEVI:A READING IN DALIT RESISTANCE TO DEVELOPMENT | MARGINAL WRITINGS IN ENGLISH: BENGALI AND OTHER REGIONAL LITERATURES(BOOK),PP:81-89 | 2013 | AUTHORSPRESS, NEW DELHI | |
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| CONTEMPORARY BANGLA DALIT POETRY: A READING IN ALTERNATIVE AESTHETICS | MIDDLEFLIGHT,VOL 2,NO 1 | 2013 | DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH SUKUMAR SEN GUPTA MAHAVIDYALAYA | |
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| TRANSLATION: POEMS OF BEETOSHOKE BHATTYACHARYA-"DEWALI","SIGN" | INDIAN LITERATURE: SAHITYA AKADEMI,VOL:LVII,NO 6,PP:74-75 | 2013 | SAHITYA AKADEMI | |
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| REPRESENTATION OF TRAVEL AND MOVEMENT IN THE LETTERS OF D.H LAWRENCE | JOURNAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH,VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY VOL 9,PP.75-85 | 2012 | DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY | |
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| WRITING A NATION WITHIN A NATION:THE SELECT NOVELLAS OF MAHASWETA DEVI | NATION,REPRESENTATION AND INDIAN ENGLISH LITERATURE,PP:61-70 | 2012 | DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH,P.K.COLLEGE, CONTAI | |
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| RECOGNISING THE "OTHER": A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF BLACK AMERICAN POETRY AND BANGLA DALIT POETRY | APPROPRIATIONS,VOL.8,PP.91-101 | 2012 | DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH,BANKURA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE | |
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| NATURE AS WOMEN AND WOMEN AS NATURE IN THE POETRY OF D.H LAWRENCE | LITERARY INSIGHT PP.70-74 | 2012 | SUDHIR NIKAM AND MADHAVI NIKAM | |
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| READING ‘BANALATA SEN’ IN TWO TRANSLATED VERSIONS | Litscape: Journal of V.U.E.T.C., Vol. 7, No.1, pp. 90-99 | 2012 | VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY ENGLISH TEACHERS’ CONSORTIUM | |
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| BOOK REVIEW:- ANXIOUS NATION : AUSTRALIA AND THE RISE OF ASIA 1850-1939 BY DAVID WALKER | JOURNAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH ,VOL:8 | 2011 | DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY | |
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| "THE LOOKING GLASS" BY KAMALA DAS: A WOMANS WRITING | RECRITIQUING WRITING OF WOMAN IN ENGLISH,VOL:1(IN COLLABORATION WITH PROFESSOR S.P.SINGHA ) | 2009 | SUNRISE PUBLISHERS, JAIPUR | |
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| THE LETTERS OF D.H.LAWRENCE: A STUDY IN THE HISTORY AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THREE EDITIONS | ESSAYS AND STUDIES,X1X-XX,PP:43-59 | 2006 | DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH,JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY | |
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| Imagining Ecocatastrophe: Reading Literary and Cultural Texts in the Global Context | Routledge | Aug, 2025 | Co-Author |
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| Ecodisaster Imaginaries in India: Essays in Critical Perspectives | Lexington, Lanham, Maryland | Sep, 2023 | Co-Author |
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| The Bleeding Border: Stories of Bengal Partition (Ed.) | Niyogi Books, New Delhi | Dec, 2022 | First Author |
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| The Routledge Handbook of Vegan Studies, ed. Laura Wright | Routledge | 2021 | Co-author of a chapter on Vegan studies in the disciplines - religion |
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| The Languages of West Bengal; PLSI Vol.31, Part-2, ISBN 978-93-5287-841-3, ed. G.N. Devy, S.P. Singha & I. Acharya | Orient BlackSwan | 2019 | Contributor to two (02) Chapters - Mundari & Kurmali |
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| IMAGING D.H LAWRENCE: HIS MIND AND ART IN LETTERS | AUTHORSPRESS,NEW DELHI | 2012 | AUTHOR |
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| London in the Time of War (1914-1918): Re-reading D.H. Lawrence's Letters | D.H. Lawrence: New Essays from India. Ed. Bibhu Padhi | Atlantic, New Delhi | Jan, 2024 | Sole Author |
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| Two Sides of the Border by Sushil Saha | Divided: Partition Memoirs from Two Bengals | Gangchil, Kolkata | Jan, 2023 | Co-Author |
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| 'How can she feel at home in so many place?': city, home and diasporic subjectivity in Sujata Bhatt's poetry | The City Speaks: Urban Spaces in Indian Literature | Routledge, London & New York | Jan, 2023 | Sole Author |
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Ongoing / Submitted Ph. D. Thesis
| Scholar Name | Thesis Title | Co Supervisor | Status | Date |
| Aishwarya Banerjee | Representation of Violence and Trauma in Select North East Indian Fiction in English | NA | Ongoing | Jul, 2027 |
| Soumi Mukherjee | Translation as Transcreation: A Study of Select Auto-translated Poems of Rabindranath Tagore | NIL | Ongoing | Mar, 2026 |
| Shankha Shubhra Mandal | Resource Curse and Environmental Violence in Select Contemporary Petrofiction of Nigeria | NA | Ongoing | Feb, 2029 |
| Sneha Sahoo | Representation of Violence against Women in Select Bengal Partition Stories in English Translation | NA | Ongoing | Sep, 2029 |
| Suniti Maiti | Ecocatastrophe and the Vulnerable Lives in the Margins: Reading Select Contemporary Indian Environmental Fiction in English Translation | NA | Ongoing | Sep, 2029 |
| Shovan Maity | Breaking the Silence and Writing the Body: A Study of the Select Poems by Imtiaz Dharker, Sujata Bhatt, Tishani Doshi and Meena Kandasamy | NA | Ongoing | Feb, 2029 |
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Awarded Ph. D. Thesis
| Scholar Name | Thesis Title | Co Supervisor | Status | Date |
| Jyoti Doley | From Roots to Routes: A Study in the Problem of Identity in the Selected Works of Hanif Kureishi | Prof. Tirthankar Das Purkayastha | Awarded | 2021 |
| Beetoshoke Singha | Self-Reflexivity in the Select Writings of Rudyard Kipling: A Postcolonial Review | Prof. Debashis Bandyopadhyay | Awarded | 2020 |
| Samit Kumar Maiti | From Nationalism to Universal Humanism: A Study of the Select Writings of Rabindranath Tagore | Nil | Awarded | 2020 |
| ADITI JANA | Exploring the Diasporic Identity in the poetry of Meena Alexander, Sujata Bhatt, Uma Parameswaran and Shanta Acharya | Nil | Awarded | 2019 |
| KRISHANU MAITI | RETHINKING THE ANIMAL: A CRITICAL STUDY OF SELECT POEMS OF D.H. LAWRENCE AND TED HUGHES | PROF. DEBASHIS BANDYOPADHYAY | Awarded | 2019 |
| Subrata Sahoo | Poetry and Prose Works of Kamala Das:A Study of Writing as Liberation | NIL | Awarded | 2016 |
| Indrajit Mukherjee | Magical Realism as an Alternative Fictional Mode: A Study of Select Works of Toni Morrison and Salman Rushdie | NA | Awarded | Dec, 2023 |
| Shouvik Narayan Hore | Beyond the Kantian Dialectic: The Sublime in William Wordsworth's Poetry | Prof. Debashis Bandyopadhyay | Awarded | Mar, 2023 |
| Sandip Chattaraj | Representation of Pain and Suffering in Select Indigenous Folktales of India | Prof. Indranil Acharya | Awarded | |
| SK Tarik Ali | Environment, Inequity and Survival in India: Representation of Human-Environment Interface in select narratives of Mahasweta Devi and Amitav Ghosh | Prof. Debashis Bandyopadhyay | Awarded | Dec, 2022 |
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| Keynote Address to "Nature through the Lens of Indian English Writing: An Ecocritical Perspective" | Department of English, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata | Department of English, Rabindra Bharati University | Mar, 2025 |
| Special Lecture and Panel Discussion on "The Bleeding Border" | Department of English, Aliah University, Kolkata | Department of English, Aliah University, Kolkata | Jan, 2023 |
| Special Lecture on D.H. Lawrence | Ramsaday College, Howrah | Online | Nov, 2022 |
| Women and Law: Addressing Some Questions in the Present National Scenario | Women's Studies Centre, Vidyasagar University | Women's Studies Centre, Vidyasagar University | 2020 |
| "The Poetry of Kamala Das and the Poetics of Subjectivity" | Department of English, Kharagpur College & Department of English, Egra S.S.B College | Online | 2020 |
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| The D.H.Lawrence Society, UK |
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| Title of the Seminar/Conference/Workshop | Date | Role | Held at and Organiser |
| International Webinar on Imagining Catastrophe: Literary and Cultural Representations of Environmental Disaster | 2021 | Resource Person | Department of English & IQAC, Seva Bharati Mahavidyalaya, Jhargram |
| D.H. Lawrence, Distance and Proximity: An International Virtual Symposium | 2021 | Invited Speaker | Susan Reid |
| 1st International Conference on Recent Advances in English Studies (Virtual) | 2021 | Resource Person in Plenary Round Table Session | PG Department of English, Bhatter College |
| 33rd International D.H. Lawrence Conference on D.H. Lawrence and the Anticipation of the Ecological Turn | 2019 | Invited Speaker | University of Paris-Ouest-Nanterre. Organised by the Centre de Recherches Anglophones. |
| National Level Seminar on Women's Writing and Writing about Women: Rewriting Gender and Identity in Indian English Literature | 2019 | Invited Speaker | Department of English, Egra SSB College in collaboration with IQAC |
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| International Folklore Conference on Locating Folk Narratives in the Literary/Cultural Genres of Eastern India | 2019 | Joint Convenor | UGC |
| International Conference on Performance and the Prospects of Folkloric Tribal Culture of Eastern India organized by SAP III, DRS Phase II in collaboration with The Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies | 2018 | Deputy Coordinator, DRS | UGC |
| National Conference on Dalit and Tribal Identities, the Nation, and Globalization | 2017 | Head, Department of English, VU & Deputy Co-ordinator, DRS | UGC |
| ALTERNATIVE CULTURE,ALTERNATIVE LITERATURE:DE/RE-CONSTRUCTING THE CANON | 2014 | JOINT COORDINATOR | U.G.C |
| RE-THINKING THE DIASPORIC IMAGINARY | 2012 | COORDINATOR | U.G.C |
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