DR. MADHU SINGH

Professor

Colonial history, Comparative literature, Translation Studies, South Asian Literature and Culture, Colonial and Postcolonial literatures.

English and Modern European Languages

Basic Details

DR. MADHU SINGH
12060820
Professor
English and Modern European Languages

Qualification Details

S.No. Qualification Name Of University Passing Year
1 Doctor of Philosophy University of Lucknow 2003
2 M A University of Lucknow 1987
3 BA Honours Patna university 1980
4 PGDTE EFL University Hyderabad 1991

Positions Held

S.No. Employer Designation Employment Period
Date from Date to
1 O2185University of Lucknow Lecturer 01/01/2001 01/01/2004
2 O2186University of Lucknow Associate Professor 01/01/2004 01/01/2010
3 O2187University of Lucknow Professor 01/01/2010 Presently Working

Academic Details

Recent Significant Publications, Articles, Cases

S.No. Title Journal Volume/Issue Year
1 O8043Bombay Fever/Spanish FLU: Public health and Native press in Colonial Bombay, 1918–19 South Asia Research Vol. 41, Issue 1 2021
2 O8046Jean Paul Sartre, Typhus and the Playscript of Disease Café Dissensus June 19 2020
3 O8044Altered Realities, New Experiences: Bhisham Sahni, Nirmal Verma and the New Story Movement Comparative Literature Studies 53.2 2016
4 O8045No Place to Call Home: Forced Migration and Exile in South Asian Literature South Asian Review Vol. 34, Issue 1 2013
5 O8047The Word within the Brackets: Reading Ratan Thiyam's Play Chakravyuha through Postcolonial Lens Exemplar: The Journal of South Asian Studies. South Asian Studies Association (SASA), USA Vol 1.2 2012
6 O8048Who Wangchu? Why Wangchu?: Revisiting Bhisham Sahni's Hindi Short Story Wangchu Muse India Issue 41 Jan-Feb 2012

Conferences, Seminars &Talks

S.No. Details Year.
1 O9740“Dr. Rajendra Prasad and Indian Freedom Struggle with special reference to Bihar” at Nava Nalanda Mahavihara, Nalanda (Deemed University). 2021
2 O9741“Mahatma Gandhi in Jharkhand”, Special lecture to commemorate the 152nd Birth anniversary of Gandhi as a part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, IGNCA, Ranchi 2021
3 O9742“Translation from Indian languages to languages other than the main European Languages” at Prof Ramkrishna More Arts, Commerce and Science College, Pune under the aegis of the PEN Congress, Pune 2018
4 O9743“Bringing the Wandering Text Home: The Life and Afterlife of Tibetan Buddhist Sermon into Conduct Book in Hindi” at the Plenary Session of the UGC Sponsored National Rewriting the Past: Myth, History and Literature 2017
5 O9744"Curiosities, Much Maligned Monstrosities and Suet Pudding": Indian Art History, Cultural Imperialism and Ananda Coomaraswamy", National Seminar on Re-interpretations of the Past: The Discourse of Cultural Identity in South Asia at the Department of English, NEHU, Shillong 2016
6 O9745"Translation as Ekphrasis: Indian Art History, Cultural Imperialism, and Ananda Coomarswamy." Seminar on Intermedial Translation: Word to Visual and Visual to Word organized by the School of Translation Studies and Training, IGNOU, New Delhi 2016
7 O9746On "Changing Cultural Landscapes and Diminishing Tribal Heritage" at Samvad 15, a Tribal Conclave in Jamshedpur 2015
8 O9747"Lest the Tongues fall Silent: Documenting the Linguistic Diversity of Chhattisgarh" at the Asia Project-IIC & Bhasha Seminar on The Indigenous Languages of Asia: Survival of the Oral in Digital Future 2015

Academic/Administrative Services to the University

S.No. Details
1 O6648Member, Faculty Board (Arts), University of Lucknow.
2 O6649Member, Departmental Research Committee, Department of English, University of Lucknow
3 O6650Member, Board of Studies, University of Lucknow
4 O6651Member, Centre for Cultural Texts, Department of English & Modern European Languages, University of Lucknow
5 O6652Subject Expert, Selection Committees for appointment of lecturers in various undergraduate colleges affiliated to the University of Lucknow

Teaching Areas / Specialization

S.No. Details
1 O6637Contemporary South Asian Literature and Culture
2 O6638Translation Studies
3 O6639Colonial and Postcolonial literatures
4 O6640Comparative literature

Research Areas & Interests

S.No. Details
1 O6641Colonial History and Archives
2 O6642Colonial Epidemics
3 O6643Endangered Languages
4 O6644Indian Jewish Community
5 O6645Translation Studies
6 O6646Indian Renaissance

Consulting Areas

S.No. Consulting Areas
1 O6647Endangered languages of India, indigenous communities, colonial history of India