SHIV   

Dr. Shiv Kumar

              Associate Professor

              Dept. of English, Faculty of Arts 

              University of Delhi

              Residence: Pitam Pura, Delhi

              Mobile: 9711433510

Education Qualifications

     Class University/ College     Year

          B.A. in (Hons.) English  Sri Aurobindo College, (Morning), University of Delhi 2008

          Masters in English (MA) Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi 2010

          M.Phil.                  Jamia Millia Islamia New Delhi 2012

          Ph.D. Jamia Millia Islamia New Delhi 2020

          UGC NET UGC Delhi 2011

Career Profile/Work Experiences

         S. No University/College

           1 Miranda House College, University of Delhi 2011-13

               2 Maitreyi College.                         2013-2014

           3       Ambedkar University Delhi.      2014-2018

           4 Avvaiyar College, Karaikal, Puducherry 2018-2019

           5 Department of English, Faculty of Arts, Banaras Hindu University 2019-2025

               6 Department of English, Faculty of Arts, University of Delhi     2025-----

Administrative Assignments

1. Chairman of Shooting in BHU Sports Board from 2022-2023

2. Member of the Annual Report Compilation Committee at University level for 2022-2023 at BHU

3. Member of various Department level committees like, Timetable, UG, PG and PhD Admission, Reevaluation, Cultural Activities, etc., from 2019 to 2025.

Areas of Interest

1. Autobiographies, Biographies and Life Writings

2. Cultural Studies 

3. Dalit Writings

4. Diaspora studies

5. Indian Writings in English

6. Postcolonial Writings

7. South Asian Writings

8. Visual Narratives

9. Writings from the Northeast of India

Papers/Courses Taught

1. American Literature

2. British Literature

3. Contemporary Literature in Translation

4. Dalit Writings 

5. Indian Postcolonial Literature 

6. Modern Literature

7. Victorian Writings

Research guidance:

PhD Supervision (03 Pursuing)

MA Supervision (02 Completed)

Recent Publication

1. Published entries on, “Acculturation”, “Madhur Jaffrey” and “Braj B. Kachru” in the Encyclopedic Dictionary of Diasporic Indian English Writing, Ed. Manju Jaidka, Tej N. Dhar and Natasha W. Vashisht. Published by Springer, May 2025. 

2. “Emerging South Asian Dalit Feminists Voices of Dissent and Empowerment” 2025. Contemporary Voice of Dalit, 0 (0). https://doi.org/10.1177/2455328X251321296

3. ‘Imagined Ethnography and Cultural Strategies: A Study of Easterine Kire’s ‘Sky is My Father and Don’t Run, My Love’ for special edition under Themed Collection on Literature of Northeast India. Ed. Prof. Jyotirmoy Prodhani. Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities. Vol. 14, No. 2, 2022. E-ISSN-0975-2935. June 30, 2022. Page No. 1-12. https://rupkatha.com/v14n2ne29/

4. ‘Becoming Dalit Women’s Voice: Engaging with self-reflective narrative in Bama’s Karukku’ Contemporary Voice of Dalit. Sage Publication. September, 05, 2022. 1-14. ISSN: 2456-0502. https://doi.org/10.1177/2455328X221117406

Edited Books

02

Recent Conferences 

1. Presented Paper titled ‘Politics of Storytelling and its concerns: A Reading of the Graphic Novel Bhimayana: Experiences of Untouchability’ in International Virtual Conference on “Humanities through Literature, Film and Media”, organized by School of Social Sciences and Languages, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, on 19-20, October, 2021. 

2. Presented Paper titled ‘From an Untouchable to a Dalit: Past, Present and Un/Futuring in Dalit Writings’ in the Second International Online International Conference on “Memory & Past in South Asia”, organized by Soka University, South Asia Research Center (SARC) and Global Core Centre, on 26-27, November, 2021.

3. Presented Paper titled ‘Ecological Consciousness in the Graphic Novel Bhimayana: Experiences of Untouchability’ in the International Webinar on Environment Across Disciplines: Perspectives on the 21st Century. (9th to 11th February 2022) Organized by Bodoland University (Sponsored by ICSSR-NERC).

4. International Conference paper titled, ‘Space, Spatiality of Dalit Body and Diasporic Tradition: a Reading of Sujatha Gidla’s Ants Among Elephants’ presented on 24-02-23 in The Global Indian Diasporas: Literary, Cultural and Socio-Economic Perspectives in the 21st Century’ organized by the Centre for Diaspora Studies, Central University of Gujarat on 23-25 February 2023.

5. International Conference paper titled ‘Who and What is Dalit: Interrogating the Formation of Dalit in Select Texts’ accepted in the panel ‘Who Dalit? Why Dalit? How Dalit?: Reading Mediums of the Caste Phenomenon (Part2)’ at North East Modern Language Association Convention 2023 (NeMLA 2023) scheduled to be held in March 2023 in 54th Annual NeMLA Convention March 23-26, 2023 in Niagara Falls, New York, USA.

Research Project

1. PI for the Research Project titled “Haryanavi Folk Songs” under the aegis of Institute of Eminence BHU Seed-Grant from 2020-2024.