Vibha Sharma
Assistant Professor,
Department of English,
Aligarh Muslim University [AMU],
Aligarh, 202002, India.
Email: vibz_s@yahoo.co.in
Academic Qualifications:
i.PhD in English at Department of English, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh.
a.Topic of Research:
b.“Application of Psychoanalysis as a Literary Theory with reference to Psychoanalysis to the Plays of George Bernard Shaw”.
M.A. in English Literature (Gold Medalist) from Aligarh Muslim University, India, 2000.
University Grants Commission-National Eligibility Test for Lectureship in December 2000.
B.A. English Honours from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 1998.
SSC from AMU Girls +2, Aligarh, 1995
SSSC from AMU Girls High School, Aligarh, 1993
Appointments:
Lecturer in English at Department of English, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh since October, 2001.
Scholarship:
Awarded Postgraduate Merit Scholarship by Aligarh Muslim University in 1998- 99 and 1999-2000 for Post-Graduate Studies in English Literature.
Area of Specialization:
Translation Studies, Post Colonial Studies
Field of Interest:
Modern British Drama, Literary Theory, Postcolonial Studies, Indian Literature, Theatre Studies and English Language Teaching (ELT)
Courses Taught:
1.Continental Fiction in Post Graduation (PG) since 2003
2.ELT (PG): Teaching Prose and Teaching Dram
3.Criticism (PG): Practical Criticism and John Crowe Ransom, I. A. Richards, Cleanth Brook
4.Elizabethan Drama (PG): Ben Johnson
5.Translation Studies (UG)
6.Communication Skills (Under Graduate)
7.Victorian Poetry (English Honours): Browning, Tennyson, Arnold
8.Indian Literature (English Honours):Raja Rao and Nayantara Sehgal
9.Essays and Short Stories (Under Graduate)
10.Functional and Communicative English (Honours): Reading and Writing Skills
11.Functional and Communicative English (Honours): Print Media
Publications:
1.‘Pakistan Theatre’ in Encyclopedia on Asian Theatre, ed. Samuel Leiter, Greenwood Press, London 2007.
ØThe Encyclopedia was listed on the 2008 annotated list of Reference and Users Service Association (a division of American Library Association) for representing outstanding reference work.
ØThe Encyclopedia of Asian Theatre has been named an "Outstanding Academic Title" of 2007 by Choice Magazine.
2. ‘Sin, Suffering and Salvation: A Thematic Build-up in Shaw’s Saint Joan’, in anthology entitled Sin, Suffering and Salvation in Literature, ed. Hemant Gehlot, Radha Publications, New Delhi, 2004.
3. ‘Semiotics and Psychoanalysis: Julia Kristeva’ in Journal of the Faculty of Arts (AMU), ed. Azarmi Dukht Safavi, Aligarh Muslim University Press, Aligarh 2004.
4. ‘Nationalism and Kanthapura: A Cultural Materialist Critique’ in Caraiveti,’ed. D.K. Singh, Banaras Hindu University Press, Banaras 2005.
5. ‘Ethnic Symbolism in the Plays of Wole Soyinka’ in Ethnicity and Identity: Global Performance, Annual Publication of International Publication of International Federation of Theatre Research, ed(s). Brian Singleton and Ravi Chaturvedi, Rawat Publications, New Delhi 2005.
6. ‘Shaw and Psychoanalysis’ in Journal of the Faculty of Arts (AMU), ed. Syeda Nuzhat Zeba, Aligarh Muslim University Press, Aligarh 2005-2006.
Papers Presented at Lectures, Conferences, Seminars, and Workshops Attended:
International Conferences and Seminars:
2003, 4-9 January, presented a paper entitled ‘Ethnic Symbolism in the Plays of Wole Soyinka’ at International Conference of International Federation of Theatre Research (IFTR) on Ethnicity and Identity: Global Performance organized by the University of Rajasthan and Jawahar Kala Kendra in Jaipur.
004, 16-18 January, presented a paper entitled ‘A Psychoanalytic Interpretation of Theatrical Devices in the Plays of Bernard Shaw’ in the Annual International Conference of Indian Studies of Theatre Research (ISTR) on ‘Text and Performance’ in Sarojini Naidu School of Performing Arts at Hyderabad Central University, Hyderabad.
2005, 24-26 February, presented a paper entitled ‘Problematizing the Teaching of English Drama in Non-native Context’ in the International Conference on Non-Native Phenomena of English IASE organised by the University of Pune and Cambridge University Press in Pune.
2007, 4-6 January, presented a paper entitled ‘Political Content and Democratic Spirits: A Study of Theatricality in Soyinka’s Plays’ in the Third International Conference of ISTR on ‘Theatre and Democracy’ in the University of Rajasthan, Jaipur.
2007, November, presented a paper entitled ‘Theatricality and Feminism: a Critique to the Indian Situation’ in the International Seminar on ‘Women’s Studies in Third World Countries’ at Centre for Women’s Studies, AMU.
2008, 6-8 January, presented a paper entitled ‘A Study of Linguistic Deviations in the Novels of Raja Rao’ in International Council of South Asian Languages in the Dept. of Linguistics, AMU, Aligarh
2009, 28-30 January, presented a paper entitled ‘Language, New Identities and Re-Creating Culture: A Critique to the Plays Of Wole Soyinka And Girish Karnad’ in the Fifth International Conference of ISTR at School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawahar Lal Nehru University, New Delhi.
2010, 6-9 January, presented a paper entitled ‘The Portrayal of Women in Media and Performing Arts in India: A Feminist Critique’ in the Sixth International Conference of ISTR at Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidhyanagar, Anand, Gujrat.
National Conferences and Seminars:
2002, 19-21 October, presented a paper entitled ‘Sin, Suffering and Salvation: A Thematic Build-up in Shaw’s Saint Joan’in theNational Seminar on ‘Sin, Suffering and Salvation in Literature’ Madhav Science College, Vikram University, Ujjain.
2. 2002, 26-27 October, presented a paper entitled ‘Canon Formation in Indian English Writing’ in the National Seminar on ‘Indian Writing in English: Tradition and Modernity’ Department of English, AMU, Aligarh.
2003, presented a paper entitled ‘Semiotics and Psychoanalysis: Julia Kristeva’ at a National Conference on ‘Literary Theories and Literature Studies’ organized by CIIL, Mysore and Department of Linguistics, AMU, in Aligarh.
2002, 27-29 December, presented a paper entitled ‘Subaltern Themes in the Select Short Stories of Premchand’ at the 47th All India English Teachers’ Conference in Department of English, Lucknow University.
2004, 25 February, participated in a Seminar in DAVPG College, CCS University, Bulandshahar.
2004, 1-3 November, presented a paper entitled ‘A Cultural Materialist Critique to Raja Rao’s Kanthapura’at the National Seminar on ‘Nationalism and Literature’ in the Department of French Language, Banaras Hindu University, Banaras.
2005, 28-30 January, presented a paper entitled ‘Moods and Modes in the Theatrical Techniques of Karnad’s Hayavadana: A Critique’ in the 49th All India English Teachers’ Conference organized by IASE and Feroze Gandhi College, Rae Bareilly.
2006, 16 December, presented a paper entitled ‘Teaching Kanthapura: A Pedagogical Study’at the National Seminar on ‘The Narrative Strategies for Teaching and Evaluation’ organised by RLA College, Delhi University and FORTELL, New Delhi.
2007, 28 March, presented a paper entitled ‘Diasporic Critique to Deepa Mehta’s Fire’, at the National Seminar on ‘Diaspora and Cultural Diversity: India and Canada’ organized by Delhi University, South Campus.
Workshops:
1.2007, 16-18 March, participated in the Workshop on ‘E-Learning and Capacity Building’ Centre for Distance Education, AMU, Aligarh.
2. 2004, Participated in the Workshopon‘Methodologies in Language Teaching’ sponsored by Hornby Foundation UK, held at AMU, Aligarh.
3.2006, Participated in a Workshop on Using Literature in Language Classroom given by Barbara Cassleton at AMU
Resource Person and Chair:
Associated with National Translation Mission, sponsored by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India at CIIL Mysore, as a resource person.
Delivered an invited lecture: ‘Theatrical Techniques in Wole Soyinka’s Plays’ to M. Phil students at School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawahar Lal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi in September 2008.
Associated as a resource person with the English Access Micro-scholarship Programme, a reputed academic programme sponsored by the American Centre, running at Academic Staff College, AMU.
Organised seminar for research scholars in the Fifth International Conference of ISTR at School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawahar Lal Nehru University, New Delhi, 28-30 January, 2009.
Chaired a session in the Sixth International Conference of ISTR on Indian Theatre Criticism: National and International Perspectives at Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidhyanagar, Anand, Gujrat, 6-9 January, 2010.
Membership of Academic Societies, Organisations and Journals:
Founding member and member of the executive committee of Indian Studies of Theatre Research (ISTR), the Indian chapter of International Federation of Theatre Studies (IFTR).
Represented ISTR as an executive member in the panel discussions for the joint collaboration on research and studies in theatre, between Warwick University, UK and Jawahar Lal University (JNU), at JNU, New Delhi, 19-20 March 2009.
Life-member of Forum for Teachers of English Language and Literature (FORTELL), an Associate of International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language, U.K.
