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Ms. Mousumi Hazra
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Ms. Mousumi Hazra

Assistant Professor

(M.A. in English)

Educational Qualifications

  • PhD, Department of English, University of North Bengal (Submitted)
  • M.A. in English from Presidency University
  • B.A. in English from Sukanta Mahavidyalaya, NBU

Academic Achievements

  • Qualified West Bengal State Eligibility Test (SET) for Assistant Professor in English, 2020.
  • Qualified National Eligibility Test for Assistant Professor (NET and NFSC JRF) in English, 2020.
  • Qualified GATE 2021 in English, organised by IIT Bombay.

Teaching Experience

  • Academics - 3+ years

Areas of Specialization

  • Film and Media Studies
  • Feminism and Gender Studies
  • Cultural Studies
  • Partition Studies
  • Victorian Literature

Research and Publications

  • 1.Published article named “Shantih, Shantih, Shantih: Western Discordance Resolved by East in Eliot’s The Waste Land” in Litinfinite: Journal of Literature and Social Sciences, a peer-reviewed journal and UGC Approved journal [ISSN: 2582-0400], 2020.
  • 2.Publication of paper named “Equality and not about Equal Rights: Redefining Fourth-Wave Inclusion and Intersectionality through the Digital Platform Agent of Ishq” in the Journal of Women’s Studies, University of North Bengal, a Peer Reviewed journal [ISSN: 2320-3625], 2021.
  • 3.Publication of research article named “Acid Attack Survivors ki koi Category nehi thi: Finding Space through Postmodern Feminism and its ‘Sequins’ in Meghna Gulzar’s Chhapaak (2020) in Postscriptum: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Literary Studies, a peer-reviewed and UGC Approved journal [ISSN: 2456-7507], 2022.
  • 4.Publication of paper named “The (Fe)Male Body in Focus: Staging Performance and Performativity in Anuradha Kapur’s Sundari: An Actor Prepares (1997)” in Tripura Theatre Journal, a peer-reviewed and UGC-CARE listed journal [ISSN: 3048-6548], 2024.
  • 5.Publication of paper titled “From Screen to Word: Modernity and Mitra’s Me, Sarbajaya” in Literary Herald, a peer-reviewed and UGC approved journal [ISSN: 2454-3365], 2024.
  • 6.Publication of paper titled “Remembering the Trauma of Partition in Sadaat Hasan Manto’s Fictional Works: A Poststructural Critique” in SCHOLARS: Journal of Arts & Humanities, Central Department of English, Tribhuvan University, Nepal [ISSN: 2773-7837], 2025.
  • 7.Publication of Paper titled “The Other of Authorship: Feminism, Piracy, and the Moral Economy of Copyright in Partners in Crime: A Love Story” in The Context: Journal of English Studies, a peer-reviewed and UGC approved journal [ISSN: 2349-4948] in March, 2026.
  • 8.Publication of Paper titled “Feminism in Dino: Women in the General Compartment!” in Rajasthan University Studies in English, published by Department of English, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur [ISSN: 0448-1690], 2026.

Conferences/seminar Presentations

  • Presented a paper titled “What Does Feminist Do at ‘Home’? Recentring and Decentring the ‘Real’ of Feminism in Documentary” in the 30th international conference of Visible Evidence, hosted by Monash University, Australia on December 20, 2024.
  • Presented a paper titled “Highways and the Ways Inward: Exploring the Space, Place, and the Self in Imtiaz Ali’s Highway (2014)” in the 45th conference of Literary Association of Nepal (LAN), held in Pokhara, Nepal in March 1-2, 2025.
  • Presented a paper titled “Reforming the Apu Trilogy: Reading, Watching, again Reading Sarbajaya” in an international seminar, organized by Central Department of English, University of Himachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh on September 19-21, 2025.
  • Presented a paper named “Generalising Pooro from Pinjar: Amrita Pritam and 21st century Social Media” at the Department of Comparative Indian Language and Literature, organised by University of Calcutta, on 31st January, 2019.
  • Presented paper titled “Plan Number Seven: The Life of Richard Parker in Life of Pi” at the Department of English, organised by Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira and co-powered by Wild Life Trust of India, on 27th February, 2019.
  • Co-presenter and co-authored seminar paper titled “The Religion of a Prostitute: Soniya and the Women’s Body in 19th Century Russia” at Presidency University on 1st April, 2019.
  • Presented another paper titled “Acid Attack Survivors ke liye koi category nehi thi: Finding Postmodern Feminism and its ‘sequins’ in Meghna Gulzar’s Chhapaak (2020)” at University of North Bengal on March 05, 2020.
  • Presented paper titled “Trust me, I am Speaking the Truth: Witnessing the Language, Fiction and Testimony with Reference to Manto’s Short Stories”, organised by North Bengal St. Xavier’s College, Rajganj on 31st of May, 2022.
  • Presented paper titled “Contextualizing Kartiki Gonslaves’ The Elephant Whisperers (2022) in Nature-Culture Conflict: A Perspective from South Asia” at University of Gour Banga, Malda on 27th of April, 2023.

Editor-in-chief

  • Polyglot Journal, Published by Siliguri LIterary Society
  • Palimpsest: A Peer-reviewed Journal of Creative Writings.
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