Mr. Bidhan Mondal

Curriculum Vitae

Name: BIDHAN MONDAL

Sex: Male

Category: General

E-mail –bidhan.mondal.eng@gmail.com

Present Designation – Assistant Professor in English

Date of Joining – 24.09.2019.

EducationalQualification

M.A. in English and B.Ed. from Burdwan University, M.Phil in Folklore from Kalyani University, pursuing PhD in English from Visva-Bharati University.

NET/SET: Qualified NET in English with the Award of JRF

Specialization:Theatre & Performance Studies

Research Interests: Theatre& Performance Studies, Folklore, Culture Studies, Ecocriticism

Publications

Published Papers in Edited Books (With ISBN):

1. Published a paper entitled “Gendered Capitalism and the Commoditization of Human Body: A Marxist Feminist Approach to Manjula Padmanabhan’s plays Light Out! And Harvest” in the book Why Does Gender Matter?edited by Dr. Rajat Kumar Sant in 2014. (ISBN-978-93-84224-04-2)

2. Published a paper entitled “Jim Corbett’s The Man-Eaters of Kumaon: An Ecocritical Reading” in the book Indian Writing in English: Critical Insights edited by Bijender Singh in 2014. (ISBN-978-81-7273-914-0)

3.Published a paper entitled “Australian Ecopoetics & the Future: An Ecocritical Reading of John Kinsella’s poem ‘The Ocean Forests’” in the proceeding‘The Asiatic Century’: Australia and the Trans-Asian Cultural and Strategic Diplomacy of the 4th International Conference sponsored and organized by IASA (Eastern Region) in collaboration with Australia-India Council & Monash University (Australia) in 2015.(ISBN-978-93-82630-86-9)
4. Published a paper entitled “Decoding the Secrets of Baultattwa in Bengali movie Cosmic Sex: Connecting Sex & Spirituality” in the UGC sponsored DRS (SAP-III) Phase-III National level seminar proceeding Connecting Texts: Literature, Theatre & Cinema organized by Dept. of English, University of Calcutta in 2015. (ISBN-978-81-8211-130-1)

Published Papers in Journals(With ISSN):

1. Published a paper entitled “Abandoning Rifles in favour of Camera: Ecocritical Reading of Hunting Narratives of Corbett & Anderson” in Reyono JIS 3:2 (National Peer-Reviewed Journal) in July 2014. (ISSN 2277-7652)

2. Published a paper entitled “Poetic Protest against Human Ascendency over Animals: The Ecocritical Reading of Ralph Hodgson’s Poem ‘Stupidity Street’”in Literary Quest1:3 (InternationalPeer-Reviewed Journal) in August, 2014. (ISSN 2349-5650)

2. Published a paper entitled “The Environmental Law of Jungle: An Ecocritical Reading of Kenneth Anderson’s Hunting Narratives” in Galaxy IMRJ3:5 (International Peer-Reviewed Journal) in September, 2014 (ISSN 2278-9529)

3. Published a paper entitled “The Location of Struggles of the Third World Women: Postcolonial Feminist Explorations in Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss” in Lapis Lazuli 4:2(International Peer-Reviewed Journal) in August 2014. (ISSN 2249-4529)

4. Published a paper entitled “Painting Riverscape with the Colour of Poetry: the Unvarnished Reality in K.N.Daruwalla’s River Poems” in The Contour1:1 (InternationalPeer-Reviewed Journal) in December, 2014. (ISSN 2349-6398)

5. Published a paper entitled “Medical & Physical Terrorism in Dina Mehta’s play Getting Away with Murder” in The Golden Line 1:1 (International Peer-Reviewed Magazine) in January 2015. (ISSN 2395-1591)

6. Published a paper entitled “The Role of Media in Popularizing Indian Baul Culture & their Songs to the World” in Journal of Content, Community & Communication 1:1 (National Peer-Reviewed journal) in June 2015. (ISSN 2395-7514)

7. Published a paper as the first author jointly with the second author Dr. Sujay KumarMandal entitled “The Bauls of Birbhum: Identity, Fusion & Diffusion” in IRJIMS 1:9 (International Peer-Reviewed Journal) in October 2015. (ISSN 2394-7969)

8. Published a paper entitled “The Image of India & Hinduism in William Jones’ ‘Hymns to Hindu Deities’” in Rupkatha 7:2 (International Peer-Reviewed Journal) in August 2015. (ISSN 0975-2935)

9. Published a paper entitled “Tagore’s Mission as an Internationalist: Socio-political issues in his plays Raktakarabi and Tasher Desh” in The Visva-Bharati Quarterly 26:1 (International Peer-Reviewed Journal) in April 2017. (ISSN 0972-043X)

10. Published a paper entitled “The trend of Shakespearean in Our Life: Appropriations of Shakespeare in Popular Culture” in Yearly Shakespeare 16:16 (International Peer-Reviewed Journal) in April 2018. (ISSN 0976-9536)




Papers Presented in National and International Seminars/ Conferences


1. Presented a paper titled “Changing Scenario of Assamese Folksongs: The Role of Bihu upon the Cultural Identity of Assamese Tribal communities” in theUGC sponsored National level Seminar on Folklore & Tribal Studies in Eastern & North-East Indiaorganized by the Department of Folklore, Kalyani University on 15thand 16th January, 2015.

2. Presented a paper entitled“Australian Ecopoetics & the Future: An Ecocritical Reading of John Kinsella’s poem ‘The Ocean Forests’” in the International Conferenceon The Asian Century: Australia and the Trans-Asian Cultural and Strategic Diplomacy, organized by IASA in collaboration withAustralia-India Council & Monash University (Australia) on 27th &28th January, 2015.

3. Presented a paper entitled “Tradition vs Postmodernity: The Impact of Glocalisation on Baul”in UGC Sponsored National level SeminarNegotiating Tradition and Postmodernity: Recent Trends in Culture Studiesorganized by Centre for Cultural Studies of Kalyani Universityon 28th&29th January, 2015.

4. Presented a paper entitled “Translation of the local oral tradition of Baul songs and its global reception” in the National level seminar on Translation & Reception of Indian Literature: It’s Role in National Culture organized by Assamese language unit of Visva-Bharati in collaboration with CIIL, Mysore on 26th& 27th February, 2015.

5. Presented a paper entitled “Decoding the Secrets of Baultattwa in Bengali movie Cosmic Sex: Connecting Sex & Spirituality” in the UGC sponsored DRS (SAP-III) Phase-III National level seminar onConnecting Texts: Literature, Theatre & Cinema organized by the Dept. of English, University of Calcutta on 23rd, 24th, 25th March, 2015.

6. Presented a paper entitled “The Role of Media in Popularising Indian Baul Culture and their Songs to the World” in the National level seminar on Role of Media in Nation Building organized by Amity School of Communication on 27th March, 2015.

7. Presented a paper entitled “Comparative Reading of Chinese Taoism & Bauls of Bengal: The Cross-cultural Literary Transactions” in the National level conference on History, Literature, Translation: Bhasha Culture and its Pervasive Networks organized by Centre for Comparative Literature, University of Hyderabad held from 9th to 11th September, 2015.

8. Presented a paper entitled “The Impact of Media & Technology upon the speech & music of Baul Songs of Birbhum: An Ethno-musicological Analysis” in the International Symposium on Frontiers of Research on Speech and Music organized by IIT, Kharagpur on 23-24, November, 2015.

9. Presented a paper entitled “The Current Status of Baul Culture at Sonajhuri: Change in Text, Context & Performance” in UGC sponsored National level Seminar on Emerging Issues in Inter-& Intra-disciplinary Studies: An Indian Perspectiveorganized by IQAC, Suri Vidyasagar College in collaboration with Amar Kutir Society for Rural Development of Ballavpur on 5th March, 2016.

10. Presented a paper entitled “Revaluating the Trend of Shakespearean: Appropriations of Shakespeare in Modern Culture” in the UGC sponsored International Seminar on Negotiating Shakespeare: Text, Context, Performance organized by the Dept. of English and Culture Studies, the University of Burdwan on 29th March, 2016.

11. Presented a paper entitled “Representing Multicultural Identity and Politics in Theatre: A Case Study of the Theatres and Performances of Birbhum district” in the International level conference on Multiculturalism organized by English Literary Circle (Manipur) in collaboration with College Development Council of Manipur University on 25th& 26th January, 2018.

12. Presented a paper entitled “Theatrical Resistance against Marginality: A Case Study of the Theatres and Performances of Birbhum District” in the International level Conference on Frames of Marginality: Interpreting & Interrogating Theory & Praxis organized jointly by the Departments of English of R.P.M.College (Uttarpara) and P.R.M.S. Mahavidyalaya (Bankura) on 21-22 February, 2018.

13. Presented a paper entitled “’The Wings of the Root & the Root of the Wings’: Modernity in Rabindranath & Abanindranath Tagore’s Plays” in the International level Seminar on Rethinking Modernity: Interdisciplinary Perspectives organized by the Dept. of English, Aliah University in collaboration with Byanjanbarna Foundation on 11-12 August, 2018.

14. Presented a joint paper with Gourav Chowdhury, an Assistant teacher of Music, entitled “Tagore & Travel: Weaving the World through Songs” in UGC sponsored DRS SAP II International level Conference on Rabindranath Tagore & Travel organized by the Dept. of English, Visva-Bharati on 29-30 March, 2019.

15. Presented a paper entitled “The Confluence of Gurudeva & Mahatma in Critique-(ing) Civilisation: A Study of Selected Writings by Tagore and Gandhi” in the International Seminar on Gandhi’s Vision and its Resonance in Pre/Post Independence India organized by the Dept. of History, Kandra R.K.K. Mahavidyalay on 26-27 January, 2020.







Workshop/ Refresher Course/ Orientation Programme Attended:

1. Attended a Workshop on Baul Songs as a participant organized by EZCC, Kolkata on 3-6 June, 2015.

2. Participated in a National level Workshop on “Research Methodology Course in Social Sciences”, organized by A. K. Dasgupta Centre for the Planning and Development, Visva-Bharati from 1st to 10th November, 2017.

3. Participated in the National level Workshop on “Research Methodology in Language, Literature and Culture: Theory and Application”, organized by Bhasha-Bhavana, Visva-Bharati from 18th to 27th November, 2018.

Work Experience:

Served as a Guest Lecturer (UG) at the Dept. of English of 4 colleges (M.U.C. Women’s College, Gushkara Mahavidyalaya, P.D.C. Girls’ College & Kobi Joydeb Mahavidyalaya) under Burdwan University with more than 4 years of experience.