Dr. Himakshi Kalita
Dr. Himakshi Kalita
Publications:
Book: Breaking New Grounds: Perspectives on Recent Indian English Fiction
(Edited book of critical essays. In Press, to be published by Routledge)
Journal Papers:
1.Kalita, H. (2020). “Vain Verses of Adonis” (Translation of the Malayalam short story by B. Murali from English Translation by Ravishankar). Garioshi, September, 67-69.
2.Kalita, H. (2019). Reading Women in Love by D. H. Lawrence as a Polyphonic Novel. New Academia: An International Journal of English Language, Literature and Literature Theory. Vol. VIII, issue III. 162-169.
3.Kalita, H. (2019). Ideas of Modernity in T. S. Eliot’s Poetry. MSSV Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences. Vol. IIII, No. 1, 1-5.
4.Kalita, H., Dowerah, H. (2017). Ethnic Life-Scapes with Special reference to Rongbong Terang’s Novel Ranglilir Hanhi. Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences. Vol. II, No. 1, 22-29.
5.Kalita, H. (2016). Wounded/Tortured Bodies in Nayantara Sahgal’s Rich Like Us. MSSV Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences. Vol. I, No. 1, 66-75.
6.Kalita, H. (2015). Local Colour in Srimanta Sankardeva’s Rukmini-Harana Kavya. Online International Interdisciplinary Research Journal. Vol. 5 (May), 215-219.
7.Kalita, H. (2015). A Brief Study of the Dramatic Features of Srimanta Sankaradeva’s Ankiya Nat. Scholars’ View: A Journal of Multidisciplinary Research. Vol. III, No. I, 106-112.
8.Kalita, H. (2013). Ethnic Crisis and Problematic of Home in The Point of Return and A Bowstring Winter. Scholars’ View: A Journal of Multidisciplinary Research. Vol. I, No. I, 203-209.
Book Chapters
1.Kalita. H. (2018). Tradition, Modernity and Negotiating Change in the Adi Life-World in Mamang Dai’s Legends of Pensam. Development of Tribes in North East India Ed. Dr. Haimya Gohain. Guwahati: H. D. International Educational Publishers, 168-175.
2.Kalita, H. (2014). Female Victimhood and Agency in Temsula Ao’s These Hills Called Home. Women Through the Ages. Ed. Dr. Swapna Kakati. Guwahati: Kasturi Prakashan, 286-293.
3.Kalita, H. (2013). The Songs of Bhupen Hazarika: Mirroring the Contemporary Scene. Bhupen Hazarika: A Voice, A Mystery. Ed. Prof. Umesh Deka. Guwahati: Chandra Prakash, 216-222.
- Co-ordinator of Add-on Course on Sankaradeva Studies
- Member of Board of Studies
- Member of Editorial Board of MSSV Journal of Humanities and Social Science
- Member of Sexual Grievances Cell, IQAC, MSSV, Nagaon
- Member of Research Committee
- Member of Literary Forum
- Attended a One Day National workshop on “Accessibility of Massive Open Online Courses Through SWAYAM: Issues and Relevance” organized by IQAC, Behali Degree College, Borgang, 29 April, 2019.
- Attended a Workshop on “Question Paper Setting and Evaluation” Organized by Academic Forum, MSSV, Nagaon, 14 May, 2019
- Attended a One Week Faculty Development Programme on “Use of ICT Tools for Classroom Teaching” organized by E & ICT Academy, IIT, Guwahati in association with MSSV, Nagaon, 11-17 June, 2018.
- Workshop cum Training Programme on “Research Methodology in Humanities and Social Sciences” organized by MSSV, Nagaon, 4-13 July, 2017.
- Attended a One Day Workshop on “Empowering Teaching-Learning Through ICT in Higher Education” organized by Department of English, Chaiduar College, Gohpur, 23 January, 2014.
- Attended a National Workshop on “Documentation and Preservation of Northeast India’s Culture” organized by Gauhati University Institute of Northeast India Studies, GU, 9-11 March, 2013.
Seminar/Conference/Workshop Organized:
Assistant Co-ordinator in the International Seminar on “Srimanta Sankaradeva: His Multi-Dimensional Contributions” organized by the Department of Sankaradeva Studies, MSSV, Nagaon, 2016.
- Topic of PhD: “Quest for Identity in Fictional Writings from Northeast India”
- Current Area of Research: Indian English Fiction, Northeast Literature, Ecocriticism
- Papers Presented in Conferences/Seminars:
- Presented a paper “Textual Representation as Cultural Translation: A Reading of Modernity, Orality and Memory in The Legends of Pensam” in the National Seminar on “Changing Dynamics of Tribal Society in India with Special Reference to North Eastern Region” organized by the Dept. of Sociology and IQAC, Shillong College, Shillong, on 5-6 November, 2019.
- Presented a paper “Militant Literature from Northeast India: Towards a Counter-Canon” in the International Seminar on “Eye for an Eye: Conflict in South East Asia” organized by the Dept. of English, Synod College, Shillong (Sponsored by ICSSR) on 6-7 November, 2019.
- Presented a paper “Borders and Boundaries in Northeast India: A Literary Perspective” in the International Seminar “Cross Border Connectivity and Inclusive Growth: Possibilities and Challenges with Special Reference to the North-Eastern Region” organized by the Shillong College, Shillong (Sponsored by North Eastern Council and ICSSR, New Delhi) on 23-24 September, 2017
- Presented a paper “Home, Belonging and Nostalgia in Dhruba Hazarika’s Bowstring Winter” in the National Seminar “Language, Literature and Culture of North East India with Special Reference to Assam” organized by the Department of Assamese, Gauhati University in collaboration with Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi, 15-16 March, 2016
- Presented a paper “Indian English Writings and the English Language Debate” in the ELTAI and CTE Sponsored One Day National Seminar “The Role of English in the Twenty First Century” Organized by South-East Manipur College, Manipur, 11 February, 2014.
- Presented a paper “Female Victimhood and Agency in Temsula Ao’s These Hills Called Home” in the National Seminar “Feminism and Women’s Texts in North East India” organized by the Department of English Tihu College, Tihu, Nalbari on 20-21 June, 2013
- Presented a paper “Ethnic Assertion for Identity in the Northeast: A Reading of the Novels” in the National Seminar “Language, Literature and Culture of Northeast India: Their Impact on Ethnic Integration in the Region” organized by the Department of Language & Literature (Assamese, Bodo and Nepali), Chaiduar College, Gohpur on 17-18 February, 2012