Piyali Gupta

Dr. Piyali Gupta

M.A.,M.Phil.,Ph.D.
Department English
Designation Assistant Professor in WBES, Stage-III
Specialization Gender Studies, Women’s Autobiography, Victorian Literature, Modern Poetry, Modern Critical Theory, Popular Literature
Email piyali.gupta274@gmail.com

Teaching Experience

  • Since 2009

Education

  • PhD in English Literature, University of Calcutta, 2019. Topic: Autobiographies of Anna Cora Mowatt, Ellen Terry and Binodini Dasi.
  • M.Phil in English Literature, University of Calcutta, 2006. Topic: Harriet Martineau’s Autobiography.
  • M.A. in English Literature, University of Calcutta, 2004.
  • Diplome de la langue in French from L'Alliance Francaise, Kolkata, 2006.

Colleges served

  • Chandernagore College: February 2009 to April 2013
  • Bethune College: April 2013 - present
  • Postgraduate Teaching experience in the Department of English, University of Calcutta, Maulana Azad College and Presidency University (erstwhile College).

Research Interests:

Gender Theory, Self-Writing, Modernism and Postmodernism, Disability Studies, Partition Literature

Teaching Responsibilities:

Modernism, Popular Literature, Women’s Writing, Postmodernism, Partition Literature, Autobiography
 

Publications

Total number of publications: 11

Journals: 05

  • 'Introducing Savitribai Phule: A Translation of her Speeches' in the peer reviewed journal Heritage, vol 8, 2022. ISSN 2349-9588.
  • The women who fought bravely: The absent women characters in Mahesh Dattani's Bravely Fought the Queen in Heritage vol. 5, 2018. ISSN 2349-9588
  • 'The little deaf girl from Norwich' : Harriet Martineau and her Victorian Audience in Heritage vol. 4, 2017. ISSN 2349-9588
  • 'Lumos! Seeing J.K. Rowling's Hermione in myth, literature and the Harry Potter Series' in the peer reviewed journal Heritage, vol 2, 2015. ISSN 2349-9588.
  • 'No Nice Feminine Girls: The Construction of Alternate Femininity in Enid Blyton's School Fiction' in the peer reviewed journal Heritage, vol 1, 2014. ISSN 2349-9588.

Book Chapters: 06

  • 'Binodini Dasi: Texts and Afterlives' in Women's Voices: Representation and Resistance eds Anirban Bhattacharjee and Suranjana Chowdhury, 2023, Worldview Critical Editions, ISBN 978-93-82267-98-0
  • 'Negotiating the wily ways of the World: Tarasundari Dasi's engagement with the theatre and world of Nineteenth Century Bengal' in Voices Beyond Silence: Issues and Insights, 2020. Published by Sopan and WSC, Bethune College. ISBN 978-81-948279-2-4
  • 'Locked in with a Special Needs Child' in Prohor Punthi: Otimari 2020, September 2020, ISBN 978-81-948279-0-0
  • "Dip[ping] her pen in acid: An Introduction to Eunice de Souza's Poetry" in Indian Poetry in English: Critical Essays ed. Zinia Mitra. PHI Learning, 2016. ISBN: 978-81-203-5261-2
  • 'A 'damned charming' 'Fiend like queen': Charlotte Cushman and Ellen Terry's Representations of Lady Macbeth', Reading and Writing Difference: Gender and Literature, (Ed.) Sanjukta Das, Monfakira, 2013.
  • 'Midget's Longing for the Moon: Fashioning the Self in Rassundari Dasi's Amar Jiban', Uneven Terrains: Critical Perspectives on Post colonialism, (Eds.) Abin Chakraborty and Sayan Aich Bhowmik, Booklore, 2011
     

Resource Person

  • Lecture on Women in Theatre, Students' Week Celebrations, Bethune College, January 6, 2023.
  • Lecture on Modernism, Department of English, Heritage College, December 23, 2022.
  • Jaba Chatterjee Memorial Lecture on Women's Autobiographies, S.A. Jaipuria College, December 2, 2022.
  • Lecture on Modern & Postmodern Theory, Literary Theory Series, Department of English, The Bhawanipore Education Society College, April 7, 2022.
  • Lecture on Savitribai Phule, 30 hours Course on Ethics and Value Education, Bethune College, March 16, 2022.
  • Lecture on Rassundari Devi's Amar Jiban, Department of English, Chandernagore College, December 11, 2021.
  • Lecture on "Women's Autobiographies", Women's Writing Course, Department of English, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, October 6, 2021.
  • Lecture on How to Watch a Film, organized by Film and Drama Club, Students' Activity Cell, Bethune College, June 3, 2021. .

Other Academic Pursuits

Books/Journals edited

  • Member, Editorial Board, Heritage, Peer Reviewed Journal of Bethune College, Volume I-VIII, ISSN No 2349- 9583
  • Member, Editorial Board, The Other Half: Meditations on Women's Space in Culture, Past and Present. Bethune College & Sopan Publication. ISBN 978-93-90717-19-4. October 2021
  • Member, Editorial Board, In The Footsteps of Chandramukhi, (Reprint Volume), Bethune College Publication 2019, ISBN No- 819024588-0.

Grants

  • Completed UGC - Sponsored Minor Research Project, 2014-2016 .
    Topic: Disciplining Deafness, Construction of the Disabled Self in Harriet Martineau's Writings
    Sanction Letter No with Date: (UGC PHW-070/13-14 dt 18.3.14)
    Amount sanctioned: 1.75 lakhs.

Awards

  • Gold Medal from University of Calcutta for securing the first rank in the M.A. Final Examination, 2004. Awarded the medal on February 14, 2017.
  • Nominated for the President of India's Gold Medal for General Proficiency, 2007.
  • National Scholarship for being First Class First in BA (Honours) Examination in English conducted by the University of Calcutta, 2002.
  • Swati Bose Memorial Scholarship from the University of Calcutta for securing Highest marks in B.A. English Honours, 2002.

Professional Affiliations

  • Member, Advisory Board, Journal of the Department of English, Naba Ballygunge Mahavidyalaya since July 2021.

Administrative Responsibility

  • Member, Internal Quality Assurance Cell, Bethune College (since August 2021)
  • Convenor, Postgraduate studies, Dept of English, Bethune College (since June 2021)