DR. RANU UNIYAL

Professor

Women and Literature

English and Modern European Languages

Basic Details

DR. RANU UNIYAL
12060632
Professor
English and Modern European Languages

Qualification Details

S.No. Qualification Name Of University Passing Year
1 BA LUCKNOW 1982
2 MA LUCKNOW 1984
3 PhD UNIVERSITY OF HULL, UK 1992
4 MPhil JNU, NEW DELHI 1988

Positions Held

S.No. Employer Designation Employment Period
Date from Date to
1 O2517UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW READER (CADRE) 15/09/2001 05/06/2009
2 O2518UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW PROFESSOR (CADRE) 05/06/2009 01/01/1900
3 O2519UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW Part- Time Lecturer 01/01/1987 01/01/1988
4 O2520UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW LECTURER 22/07/1988 01/01/2001
5 O2521JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY PART-TIME LECTURER (PROJECT) 01/01/1985 01/01/1987

Academic Details

Recent Significant Publications, Articles, Cases

S.No. Title Journal Volume/Issue Year
1 O9321Co-edited (with Cecile Sandten) a special issue on South Asian Women’s Writing and written an Introduction ZAA, A Quarterly of Language, Literature and Culture Vol 66, Issue I 2018
2 O9322The Day We Went Strawberry Picking in Scarborough (Poems) Dhauli Books 1 2018
3 O9328Voices of Resolution and Resistance in Indian Women’s Poetry ZAA, A Quarterly of Language, Literature and Culture Vol 66, Issue I 2018
4 O9338Hindi Poems Sanskratik Samanvay (New Delhi) Issue 31 2017
5 O9325“Kindred souls: Spiritual concerns in Rumi and Kabir” Kavya Bharati No. 27 2015
6 O9337Four Poems Muse India March- April 2015
7 O9336'Poem- When God Came Down to Earth' Bengal Lights Summer 2015
8 O9320Poems in The Enchanting Verses Literary Review The Enchanting Verses Literary Review Contemporary IndianEnglish Poetry Issue XX11 2015
9 O9327Rashid Jahan “Angareywali”: “Behind the Veil” Journal of the School of Language and Culture Studies (JNU) Spring /Autumn 2015
10 O9326“कलमएकमशालहीतोहै" संस्करण"- आखिरक्योंलिखतीहैंस्त्रियां शिल्पायनपब्लिकेशन 1 2014
11 O9332Hindi Poems Doosri Parampara March 2014
12 O9333Poem- 'Mother's Instructions to a Daughter Who Wishes to Write" Cha (An Asian Journal from Hongkong) March 2014
13 O9334Poem- 'The Day We Went Strawberry Picking in Scarborough' Asia Literary Review (Hongkong) 1 2014
14 O9335Poems Bengal Lights Summer 2014
15 O9331Poems Muse India Jan- Feb 2014
16 O9319Poems in An Anthology Suvarnarekha The Poetry Society Of India 1 2014
17 O9330Poem-'At the Dancing Square- Chowk' Jaggery (US) Issue One 2013
18 O9317Poems in an Anthology Building Bridges Poems from Australia and India Cyberwit.net. 1 2013
19 O9318Poems in Dance of the Peacocks: An Anthology of Contemporary Indian Poets in English 2013 Dance of the Peacocks: An Anthology of Contemporary Indian Poets in English 1 2013
20 O9323Review- Beyond the Chameleon’s Skill by Darius Cooper Kavya Bharati No. 25 2013
21 O9329Three Poems Mascara Literary Review (Australia) 1 2013
22 O9324“Life is made for woman, man is a stranger to the earth: Recognizing Resistance and Feminine Sensibility in Raja Rao.” Indian Literature (Sahitya Akademi) 1 2012
23 O9316December Poems Writers Workshop 1 2012

Conferences, Seminars &Talks

S.No. Details Year.
1 O10454Key Note Speaker at a National Seminar on Ecofeminism: A Chief Concern in Indian English Literature organised by PG Dept of English, MDDM College, Muzzafarpur, Bihar, 2nd February 2018. 2018
2 O10455Guest of Honour at an International Conference on Language Skills: Mother of All Employability organised by Amity School of Languages, Amity University, Lucknow Campus, 22nd February 2018. 2018
3 O10456Invited to Chair a session and as a Discussant at an International Conference on A Century of Abolition of Indian Diasporas: Historic Struggles of Girmitiyas and Contemporary Engagement Options for India at JNU, New Delhi, 20th -21st March 2018. 2018
4 O10457Invited to a full day workshop on Supported Employment for Differently Abled by Keystone Institute India, New Delhi, 27th March 2018. 2018
5 O10458Delivered a Special Lecture on Indian Poetry in English at a National Training Course for CBSE Teachers at Kendriya Vidyalaya, SGPGI, Lucknow 19thMay, 2018. 2018
6 O10459Invited to The Arts and Poetry Festival in Madrid, Spain on 16th July 2018 for Book launch and Poetry Reading. 2018
7 O10449Invited to a Lecture and Poetry reading organized by Centre for Women’s Studies, Jodhpur University, Jodhpur 10th-11thfeb 2017. 2017
8 O10450Invited Speaker on Rashid Jahan, National Conference on The Feminist Quartet of IT College: The Writings of Rashid Jahan, IsmatChughtai, Attia Hosain and QuarratulainHyder, 8th February 2017 2017
9 O10451Special Lecture at a Workshop “The Politics of Post: Theory, Literature and Culture” organized by Dept of English MahilaMahavidyalay, BHU, Varanasi, 28th March 2017. 2017
10 O10452Poetry Reading, Department of English, Goa University, 5th Oct 2017. 2017
11 O10453Invited Speaker at a National Conference on Indian Renaissance and the Emergence of Modern Indian Literature: A Re-evaluation organised by SHUATS, Allahabad, Presented a paper on PanditaRamabaiSaraswati, 3rd November 2017 2017
12 O10444Poetry Reading and Interactive Session, UGC (HRDC), Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 30th January 2016 2016
13 O10445Key Note Address at a UGC sponsored National Seminar on Fifty Years of Culture Studies: Promise, Euphoria & After organised by Dept of English, DDU Gorakhpur University, 11th March 2016 2016
14 O10446Delivered a Lecture on "Indian English Poetry: Assertion and Affinity" on 28th September, 2016 at JNPG College, Lucknow 2016
15 O10447Invited as a Plenary Speake for the D.K. Rampal Memorial National Seminar “Changing Contours of Culture in Literature of the 21st Century” organised by Dept of English, University of Jammu, Jammu, 7th Oct 2016 2016
16 O10448Invited as a Poet and a Speaker to KaflaIntercontinental’s 11th International Writer’s Festival in collaboration with the Dept of English, MLS University, Udaipur 14-15th Oct 2016. 2016
17 O10434Invited to deliver a lecture at a National Seminar on Theory and Teaching on English by Department of English & Modern European Languages, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, “Breaking Stereotypes: Feminist Literary Theory” 21st January’ 2015 2015
18 O10435Invited as a Chief Guest at the Annual Fest, Intercollegiate Competition, Navyug Kanya Mahavidyalaya, Lucknow, 3rd February 2015 2015
19 O10436Poetry reading organised by the Literary Society, Isabella Thoburn College, Lucknow, 10th February 2015. 2015
20 O10437Chaired a session at a National Seminar on Trajectory of Indian Diaspora, Culture and Ethnicity organised by Dept of English and MEL, University of Lucknow, 20th March 2015 2015
21 O10438Special Guest Address at a National Seminar on Empowering the Role & Images of Women through Literature organised by Department of Applied English, MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, 27th March 2015 2015
22 O10439Invited to deliver a Special address and a Poetry Reading at a Conference on South Asian Women’s Voices organized by the University of Chemnitz, Germany in June 2015. 2015
23 O10440Open Lecture on Women’s Writings at CSJM University, Kanpur on 6th October 2015 2015
24 O10441Coordinated a session with Writer DebashishIrengbam on his book Me, Mia, Multiple organised by Dastak Cultural Forum and Milan on 15th October 2015 2015
25 O10442Chaired a session at a National Conference on Ismat Chugtai organised by Dept of English and MEL, University of Lucknow, 21st November 2015 2015
26 O10443Guest of Honour, Golden Jubilee Celebration – 2015, BhagvandeenAryakanya A PG College, Lakhimpur Khiri, 21st December 2015 2015
27 O10427Invited to deliver a plenary lecture “Repression and Servitude lead to Death: Poetry and the Joy of Living” at a National Seminar on Indian English Poetry by Women since 1980s. 30th – 31st January 2014, at ISM Dhanbad. Chaired two sessions and Poetry Reading. 2014
28 O10428Invited to deliver a plenary lecture “Demystifying Postmodernism: Evaluating History in the short fiction of Amar Jaleel” at a National Seminar on Narratives of Violence in Postmodern Literature” at Dr Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar 27-28th Feb 2014. Chaired one session and a panel discussion. 2014
29 O10429Invited to deliver a Special Lecture on Women and Writing at Kanpur University May 2014 2014
30 O10430Invited as a Chief Guest on World Literacy Day by the Department of English, Integral University, Lucknow, September 2014 2014
31 O10431Invited to deliver a lecture on Women Empowerment by Department of Sociology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar (Central University), Lucknow at Two Day National Seminar on Gender Discrimination and Inequalities in Contemporary India: Status, Causes and Solutions, Nov 11 – 12, 2014 2014
32 O10432Invited as a Resource Person to deliver four lectures on Contemporary Theory at the refresher course in English at Academic Staff College, Kumaon University, Nainital, in December 2014 2014
33 O10433Colloquium on Philosophy, Language and The Political: Reevaluating Poststructuralism at JNU, New Delhi, in 10th to 12th December 2014, Paper presented “Somewhere There Must be People Who are Like Me”: Reading Helene Cixous 2014
34 O10423Invited to Hyderabad Literary Festival 2013 for Poetry Reading, Hindi & English. Jan 2013. 2013
35 O10424Invited to Lucknow Literary Carnival for Poetry Reading Dec 6th -8th 2013. 2013
36 O10425Invited to deliver a plenary lecture onFeminism and Literature at Navyug PG College, Lucknow Dec 2013. 2013
37 O10426American Studies Workshop organised by the Department of English, Lucknow University and American Embassy. Dec 2013. Chaired a session. 2013
38 O10422Resource Person - Writing workshop organised by Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-110067 during 6-7 Sept 2012. Delivered three lectures. 2012

Academic/Administrative Services to the University

S.No. Details
1 O7435Organised Lecture Series as Director, The Institute of Women's Studies from August 2015 to May 2016.
2 O7436Director, The Institute of Women's Studies (2015-2016)

Teaching Areas / Specialization

S.No. Details
1 O7437Twentieth Century Literature
2 O7438Women and Literature
3 O7439Indian Poetry in English
4 O7440Postcolonial Studies

Research Areas & Interests

S.No. Details
1 O7446Gender Studies
2 O7447Disability Studies
3 O7448Poetry
4 O7449Postcolonial Studies
5 O7450British Literature

Consulting Areas

S.No. Consulting Areas
1 O7441Working in the field of Women's Social and Health Issues
2 O7442Board Member, PYSSUM- A Centre for Differently Abled in Lucknow
3 O7443Member, Board of Studies, Department of English, Kanpur University
4 O7444Member, Research Committee, Department of English, Kumaon University, Nainital
5 O7445Member, Syllabus Committee,Department of English, DDU Gorakhpur University