M.A., Ph.D. Head of DepartmentAssociate ProfessorDepartment of M.A. in EnglishLoreto College, Kolkata
Email:
sdasgupta.eng@loretocollege.in
Qualifications:
M.A., Ph.D.
Awards and Recognition:
2017: UGC Travel Grant to present a paper at ‘The Othello’s Island Annual Conference on Medieval
and Renaissance Studies’, Centre for Visual Arts and Research (CVAR) Nicosia, Cyprus, April 2017
2016: ICSSR Travel Grant to attend the international conference on ‘Shakespeare and Money’,
University of Pisa, Italy, October, 2016
2015: ‘Grant-in-aid from the University of Exeter to attend the conference ‘Poly-Olbion and the
Writing of Britain Conference’ at the Royal Geographical Society, London, September, 2015
2014: Charles Wallace India Trust Visiting Research Fellowship (2014 - 2015) at CRASSH (Centre
for Research in Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities), University of Cambridge, UK. Joint Visiting
Fellow at Wolfson College, Cambridge for the Michaelmas Term (August 2014 – January 2015)
2012: UGC Travel Grant to attend MLA annual conference at the University of Colorado, Boulder,
USA, October 2012.
2008: Grant-in-aid from the University of Reading to attend the conference ‘Land, Landscape and
Environment 1500- 1750,’ University of Reading, UK, July 2008.
2001: Charles Wallace India Trust Grant-in-Aid for pre-doctoral research in the UK (May – July,
2001) and UGC Travel Grant (Cultural Exchange Programme) to the UK to collect archival material.
Teaching Experience:
27 years
Administrative Experience:
Head of Department (2023 - Present)
Governing Body (2013-2016)
IQAC Coordinator (2018-2020)
Post Graduate Section Examination-in-Charge (2016-2023)
Loreto College Provident Fund Trust (2013-2018)
Admissions Committee (2024 – Present)
Planning Board (2014 – 2020)
Building Committee (2014 – Present)
Internal Committee (Presiding Officer, 2024-Present)
Career Counselling Cell (2023 – Present)
Research Interests:
Early Modern English Poetry, Elizabethan and Stuart Historiography, Renaissance Art and Iconography, Early Modern Women’s Writing, Renaissance Travel Literature
Orientation / Refresher Courses:
Oct 27 - Nov 22, 2003: Orientation Course, UGC Academic Staff College, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla
March 1 - March 21, 2005: Refresher Course in English, UGC Academic Staff College, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry.
February 20 – March 11, 2008: Refresher Course in English, UGC Academic Staff College, University of Calcutta, Kolkata.
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