DR. MEENAKSHI PAWHA

Professor

Twentieth Century Drama and Theatre; Contemporary Drama and Theatre; Performance Studies

English and Modern European Languages

Basic Details

DR. MEENAKSHI PAWHA
12060821
Professor
English and Modern European Languages

Qualification Details

S.No. Qualification Name Of University Passing Year
1 B.A. University of Lucknow 1982
2 M.A. University of Lucknow 1985
3 Ph.D. University of Lucknow 1993

Positions Held

S.No. Employer Designation Employment Period
Date from Date to
1 O356Avadh Girls' Degree College Lecturer (Leave Vacancy) 01/01/1991 01/01/1992
2 O357Avadh Girls' Degree College Part- Time Lecturer 01/01/1992 01/01/1994
3 O358University of Lucknow Part- Time Lecturer 01/01/1995 01/01/2001
4 O359University of Lucknow Lecturer 01/01/2001 01/01/2010
5 O360University of Lucknow Reader 01/01/2010 01/01/2013
6 O361University of Lucknow Associate Professor 01/01/2013 Presently Working

Academic Details

Recent Significant Publications, Articles, Cases

S.No. Title Journal Volume/Issue Year
1 O705Theatre Review of 50 Years of TAW Hindustan Times, Lucknow Feb 12 2016
2 O702‘Screams Somehow Echoing’:Yael Farber’s Woman in Waiting as Testimonial Theatre. The Quest Vol 29,Number 1, June 2015.ISSN0971-2321.pp46-60. 2015
3 O701Fretwork of Trees: “Fretwork of Trees: Connectedness and Alienation In Girish Karnad’s Cheluvi” Research Scholar: An International Refereed e-Journal of Literary Explorations Vol 2,Issue III, August 2014, ISSN 2320-6101 2014
4 O697Translation- Hunger(Bhookh) by C.B.Bharti. Indian Literature. Sahitya Akademi.(National Institute for Letters) July 2014 2014
5 O700Dancing on Macadam: Mahesh Dattani’s Brief Candle as Theatre of Healing. The Quest Vol 27, Number 1, June 2013.ISSN 0971-2321. 2013
6 O699Memory as Narratives: Sally Morgan’s My Place and I… Rigoberta Menchu (Rigoberta and Catherine Burgos- Debray :Trans by Ann Wright. The International Journal of Culture, Literature and Criticism. Issue No:7 / April-2013 ISSN: 0976-1608. 2013
7 O704Theatre Review Where did I leave My Purdah Hindustan Times, Lucknow Jan 13 2013
8 O698“Talking Drums: Music as a Second Language in Contemporary African Women Playwrights” Dialogue Volume VIII Number II December 2012 . ISSN 0974-5556. 2012
9 O703Theatre Review of a Hindi adaptation of Peter Shaffer’s White Liars HT City Feb 19 2012
10 O694Translation- “The Rape” by Meera Sikri Hindi Language Discourse Writing October-December 2012
11 O696Translation- Difficulties of Literary Criticism by Nirmala Jain Hindi Language Discourse Writing July-September 2012
12 O695Translation- The Language of the Subcontinent by Vibhuti Narain Rai Hindi Language Discourse Writing January-March 2012

Conferences, Seminars &Talks

S.No. Details Year.
1 O553“Deconstructing Historiography: Reading C.B.Bharti’s Swatantra Sangram ke Krantiveer Madari Pasi”. National Conference on “Translating India: India in Translation” Centre for English Studies. Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, March 7th- 9th, 2018. 2018
2 O552“Cultures in Dialogue: Encounter and Negotiation in Parsi Theatre During Indian Renaissance.National Conference on Indian Renaissance and the Emergence of Modern Indian Literature: A Reevaluation. Department of English.Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture,Technology and Sciences (SHUATS).Allahabad.2-3 November, 2017. 2017
3 O542Plenary Speaker. “Role of Gender and Class in English Language Learning: A Study of Rural and Urban Areas in and around Lucknow.” Workshop on Language and Learning. Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla. 6-8 Oct, 2016 2016
4 O551“Translating ‘India’’: Hip-Hop and Rap as Cultural Artifacts”.UGC Sponsored Seminar on Fifty Years of Culture Studies: Promise, Euphoria and After. Department of English, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, Gorakhpur University, March 11th -12th , 2016 2016
5 O548“Postcolonial Issues of Land Ownership and reconsideration of the notion of Landscape as a Cultural Construct: An Ecocritical reading of George Weiderman’s play My farm’s name is Vergenoeg (My plass se naam is Vergenoeg (2005)”. ICSSR Sponsered National Seminar on Social Ecology andEnvironmental Movements in India.Department of Sociology, University of Lucknow 13-14Oct, 2015. 2015
6 O549“Maverick Palette:Unveiling the Doxic Conflation in Ismat Chugtai’s Plays Fasadi (Troublemaker) and Intekhaab ( Selection).National Seminar on the Birth Centenary of Ismat Chugtai. Department of English and Modern European Languages, University of Lucknow.20-21 November, 2015. 2015
7 O550“Travel and Unsettlement in Timberlake Wertenbaker’s Our Country’s Good”. UGC Sponsored National Seminar on Postcolonial Theory and Literature. Department of English and Other Languages,Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth 22nd-23rd December, 2015. 2015
8 O541Plenary Speaker.“Whose Shakespeare:Mutations of Cultural Capital and Appropriation of New Media by Traditional Shakespeare Institutions”. National Seminar on Multiple Shakespeares.Serampore College, Serampore 6-7 Oct, 2015. 2015
9 O539Plenary Speaker- Performance Theory: Refresher Course in English on Contemporary Theory U.G.C.Academic Staff College, Kumaun University, Nainital,26th Nov, 2014 2014
10 O540Plenary Speaker- Drama Theory: An Overview. Refresher Course in English on Contemporary Theory. U.G.C. Academic Staff College, Kumaun University, Nainital,26th Nov, 2014. 2014
11 O535Plenary Speaker- Realizing Gender in Women’s Theatre: Mahesh Dattani’s Where Did I Leave My Purdah and Toni Morrison’s Desdemona.Women’s Studies Centre, University of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, 1st May, 2013. 2013
12 O536Plenary Speaker- Gender in Theatre. Women’s Studies Centre University of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, 1st May, 2013. 2013
13 O537Plenary Speaker- Women’s Empowerment and its Representation in 100 Years of Indian Cinema. Centre for Women’s Studies, Aligarh Muslim University, 19th Nov, 2013. 2013
14 O538Plenary Speaker- Women Empowerment. Centre for Women’s Studies, Aligarh Muslim University, 19th Nov, 2013. 2013
15 O547“Bhuvaneshwar Prasad’s Tambe ke Keere: Precursor to the Theatre of the Absurd”. IACLALS Conference on Postcolonial and/in Indian Languages. Department of English and Modern European Languages,University of Lucknow, Feb 7-9, 2013. 2013
16 O544“Screams Somehow Echoing”:Yael Farber’s A Woman In Waiting as Testimonial Theatre. International Seminar on African, American, Afro-American,Caribbean and Australian Literatures. Shakespeare Society of Eastern India, Kolkata, August, 24, 2013 2013
17 O545“Fretwork of Trees: Connectedness and Alienation In Girish Karnad’s Cheluvi”. International Conference on Literature, Language and Communication:’An Essential Trident’, Amity University, Lucknow Campus, 9th-10th December, 2013. 2013
18 O546“The Habitat of Humanity:Reading the ‘Humanism of Otherness’ in Kunal Basu’s Text and Aparna Sen’s Film The Japanese Wife. UGC sponsored Seminar on Text Screen Interface : Cinematic Encoding and Indian English Literature. Department of English and Other Foreign Languages, Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth ,Varanasi, 4-5 Feb, 2012. 2012
19 O543Attended the NZSN Inaugural Conference on New Zealand’s Cultures: Histories, Sources,Futures. Birkbeck University of London, 6-7.July,2012. 2012
20 O534Plenary Speaker - “Contemporary Indian Theatre at the Crossroads? Challenges and Opportunities in an Age of Globalisation”. UGC sponsored National Seminar on Contemporary Trends in Indian Drama : Theory, Practice and Criticism. Rishi Bankim Chandra College, Naihati, West Bengal, 27th March 2012. 2012

Awards & Recognitions

S.No. Name Of Awards Year.
1 O554LMA Outstanding Woman Achievers' Award 2018 (Category- Academics) 2018

Academic/Administrative Services to the University

S.No. Details
1 O679Nominated as a Student Counselor by the Dean, Faculty of Arts, 2016, University of Lucknow
2 O680Assistant Provost, Balrampur International Hall, University of Lucknow, 2015-2017
3 O681President, Dramatics Club, Sanskritiki, University of Lucknow (2013- )

Teaching Areas / Specialization

S.No. Details
1 O676Twentieth Century Drama and Theatre
2 O677Performance Studies
3 O678Contemporary Drama and Theatre

Research Areas & Interests

S.No. Details
1 O66920th Century and Contemporary Drama and Theatre
2 O670Film Studies
3 O671Postcolonial Studies
4 O672Translation Studies
5 O673Cultural Studies
6 O674Communication and ELT
7 O675Ecocriticism