Department of English
Name: Dr. Amrita Bannerjee
Area: English
Affiliation: St. Josephs College, Bangalore
Qualification: B.A, M.A, Ph.D Teaching Experience: 7 years
Affiliation: St. Josephs College, Bangalore
Qualification: B.A, M.A, Ph.D Teaching Experience: 7 years
E-mail id: amritabulai84@gmail.com
Professional Qualification
| Programme | Institution/University | Year of Passing |
| B.A | Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi | Jul 2003 - Apr 2006 |
| M.A | Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi | Jul 2006 - Apr 2008 |
| Ph.D | Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi | Jul 2008 - Jul 2012 |
Research Interests
- Postcolonial theory and the question of nationalism
- Subaltern historiography
- Indian feminist theatre and theory
Awards
UGC NET (June 2012)
UGC Research Fellowship: 2008 - 2011
B.H.U. Gold Medal for Best Academic Performance in Masters, 2008.
Publications
- “Hostile Spaces, Gendered Response: A reading of Amitav Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide” in Muse India, Issue 30, Mar-Apr 2010.
- “Re-visioning History: A Study of Amitav Ghosh’s The Glass Palace” in Humanities and Social Sciences: Interdisciplinary Approach, Vol. 03.1, June 2011.
- “A Dumping Ground of the West”: A Reading of Amitav Ghosh’s The Circle of Reason” accepted for publication in Literary Insight, Vol. 4.1, January 2013.
- “A Prompter’s Whisper”: Modernity, Development and the Subaltern in Amitav Ghosh’s In An Antique Land” in Asian Academic Research Journal of Multidisciplinary, Vol. 1.2, Sept-Oct 2012