Professional Background:

Assistant Professor of English at Jyoti Nivas College Post Graduate Centre, Bangalore. August 2022-present
UMRAN Green School (online platform): Lead English Teacher, January 2022-August 2022.
Freelance Consultant (Assessments), Harappa Education, February 2020-March 2020.
Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas. USA (August 2017-May 2018).
Visiting DAAD Research Fellow, Literary Cultures of the Global South, University of Tubingen, Germany (March 2017-April 2017).
Teaching Assistant, Jawaharlal Nehru University (July 2014-May 2017).

Education

Doctor of Philosophy in English Literature, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. (defended on 10 January 2022).
Master of Philosophy in English Literature, Christ University, Bangalore (2012)
Master of Arts in English Literature, Jyoti Nivas College, Bangalore (2011).
Bachelor of Arts in English Literature, University of Kerala, Trivandrum (2009).

Papers Presented

M, Fathima. “Postcolonialism and Refugee Experiences: A Study of Select Literary Texts” at the 9th SLACLALS Conference held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 21-22 July 2023

M, Fathima. “Climate Change and Social Inequalities in Literature”. Paper presented at Oregon State University, 21 April 2023

M, Fathima. “The Language and Repetition of Resistance in Contemporary Palestinian Poetry”. Paper presented (online) at the University of Porto, Portugal. Expanded Poetry: The Poetics and Politics of Repetition. 23-25 November 2022.

M, Fathima. “Palestinian Resistance Poetry and the Genre of Poetry: The Language of Reclaiming a Lost Home”. Paper presented (online) at the University of Tubingen, Germany. International Forum on Global South Studies 2022. 4-14 October 2022.

M, Fathima. “Deconstructing the Personal and the Political in Margaret Laurence’s The Diviners: A Study of Metis Struggle”. Paper presented at an international webinar organized by Jyoti Nivas College, Bangalore.16 May 2022.

M, Fathima and Zahra Soltanmohammadi. “Examining the Intersection of Gender and Displacement in Contemporary Palestinian Literature in English”. Paper presented at Second Umran International Symposium. 20-21 November 2021.

M, Fathima. “Analyzing the Meanings of Ethics and Migration in Nilufer Demir’s Photography”. Paper presented at the Intermediality and Storytelling Workshop organized by Delhi Comparatists. 6-7 November 2021.

M, Fathima. “Cosmopolitanism and the Intersection of ‘Old’ and ‘New’ Spaces in Kamila Shamsie’s Burnt Shadows. Paper presented at the National Seminar Paritions Revisited: Postmemory, History, Identity held at Zakir Husain Delhi College, University of Delhi. 20 February 2020.

M, Fathima. “Alienation at ‘home’: A Critical Study of Select Contemporary Indian Novels”. Paper presented at the National seminar on Displacement and Diaspora: Indian Literary Response held at the Department of Modern Indian Languages and Literary Studies, University of Delhi. 5-6 February 2020.

M, Fathima. “Disturbing Beauty: A Comparative Study of Githa Hariharan’s I Have Become The Tide and Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye”. Paper presented at the National conference held at Dyal Singh College, University of Delhi. Comparative Study of African-American and Dalit and Minority Literature UGC Sponsored Conference. 20-21 August 2019.

M, Fathima. “Literary Modes and Representations from the Global South: A Critical Study of Select South Asian and African Novels.” Ethics in the Global South, Spring School, University of Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany. 5-8 April 2017.

M, Fathima. “The Critique of Identities in Michael Ondaatje's Writings.” Sri Lanka Association of Commonwealth Language and Literary Studies, Sri Lanka. 29-30 October 2016.

M,Fathima. “One Truth or Multiple Truths: a Critical Study of Select South Asian Novels”. Truth Commissions and the Culture of Dissenting Memory in the Global South. University of Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany. 25-29 July 2016.

M, Fathima. “The Politics of Public and Private in Daphne du Maurier”. Paper presented at Exploring Moral Interfaces: Private Worlds and Public Systems, The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad. 7-9 October 2015.

M, Fathima. “Adaptation: An Inevitable form of Delusion”. Paper presented at International Conference on Comparative Literature and Culture, Morris College,Nagpur. September 11-12, 2015. Published as conference proceeding in Journal of Higher Education and Research Society, Vol 3, Issue 2, 2015.

M, Fathima. “Jhumpa Lahiri: A Second Generation Diasporic Writer”. Paper presented at Jyoti Nivas College, Bangalore. 18 March 2011.

Invited Talks

Delivered a talk on the fiction of Kamila Shamsie, 2 April 2022 at UMRAN, UARA (India/Turkey).
Delivered a talk on the representation of refugees and rebels in the work of Dina Nayeri at the University of Tubingen, Germany, 20 January 2022.
Invited talk titled “Cultural and Diplomatic Ties between India and Pakistan.”
Liberal Arts and Science Academy High School, Austin, Texas. 15 February 2018.

Publications:

Articles in Newspapers and Magazines

“Shaheen Bagh and a new wave of feminism” co-authored with Sharonee Dasgupta in Cafe Dissensus Magazine, Issue 55, 28 September 2020.
“Celebrating Eid in uncertain times” co-authored with Sharonee Dasgupta, published in Cafe Dissensus Everyday. 23 May 2020.
“Using art as a medium of protest” co-authored with Sharonee Dasgupta, published in Cafe Dissensus Everyday. 3 May 2020.
“ Love and Resistance in Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh” co-authored with Sharonee Dasgupta, published in Bangladeshi newspaper The Daily Star, 3 February 2020.

Book Reviews

Review of Refuge by Dina Nayeri in Cha journal. 22 September 2023.
Review of The Joyluck Club by Amy Tan published in Cha journal. 12 June 2023.
Review of A God At The Door by Tishani Doshi in The Kathmandu Post. 3 June 2023.
Review of A Red-necked Green Bird by Ambai in The Kathmandu Post. 7 January 2023.
Review of Fuse by Hollay Ghadery in The Kathmandu Post. 3 September 2022.
Review of Qabar by K R Meera in The Kathmandu Post, 25 June 2022.
Review of Reminders on the Path by Sheniz Janmohamed in Minola Review, June Issue, 2022.
Review of A Death in Shonagachhi by Rijula Das in The Kathmandu Post, 7 May 2022.
Review of A Mirror Made of Rain by Naheed Phiroze Patel in The Kathmandu Post, 9 April 2022.
Review of The Beauty of your Face by Sahar Mustafah in The Kathmandu Post, 4 September 2021.
Review of The Ungrateful Refugee in The Kathmandu Post, 10 July 2021.
Review of Estuary by Perumal Murugan in World Literature Today. Spring Edition 2021.
Review of The Stationery Shop of Tehran by Marjan Kamali in The Kathmandu Post. 28 November 2020.
Review of Three Asian Divas: Women, Art and Culture in Shiraz, Delhi and Yangzhou by David Chaffetz in Cha: An Asian Literary Journal. 9 October 2020.
Review of Quichotte by Salman Rushdie in World Literature Today, January 2020.
Review of Night of Happiness by Tabish Khair. Wasafiri Issue 99, Autumn 2019.
Review of I Have Become The Tide by Githa Hariharan in The Kathmandu Post. 20 August 2019.
Review of Hijabistan by Sabyn Javeri in The Kathmandu Post. 24 May 2019.
Review of Poonachi by Perumal Murugan in Bangladeshi newspaper The Daily Star. 4 May 2019.
Review of Milk Teeth by Amrita Mahale in The Wire . 26 March 2019
Review of Jasmine Days by Benyamin in The Wire. 27 December 2018
Review of Dark Circles by Udayan Mukherjee in The Wire. 23 December 2018.
Review of All the Lives We Never Lived by Anuradha Roy in The Wire. 30 October 2018.
Review of Desi Girls by Divya Mathur and The Lovers and the Leavers by Abeer Hoque. Wasafiri, Vol 133, Issue 94. 2018.
Review of Mrs. Shaw by Ngugi Wa Thing’O and The Bones of Grace by Tahmima Anam. Wasafiri, Vol 32, Issue 90. 2017.
Review of Chander & Sudha by Dharamvir Bharati (tr. Poonam Saxena) in The Wire. 2 May 2016.

Research Papers:

M. Fathima. “Adaptation: An Inevitable form of Delusion”. Paper presented at International Conference on Comparative Literature and Culture, Morris College,Nagpur, 11-12 September 2015. Published as conference proceeding in Journal of Higher Education and Research Society, Vol 3, Issue 2, 2015.

Prizes/Awards:

Jury commendations were received for translating the Urdu short- story “Saaye” by Khalid Jawed, translated into English as “Shadows”, by the judges of the Jawad Memorial Prize for Urdu-English translation, December 2021.

Won Best Paper Award and a cash award at the National Seminar at Zakir Husain College, University of Delhi. 20 February 2020.

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