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Suchitra Mathur
PhD (Wayne State University, USA)
Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Research Interest
Feminist Theory and Literature; Indian literature in English; Indian writing in English including Science Fiction and Detective Fiction; Dalit Studies
Education
PhD, English, Wayne State University, Detroit, USA, 1998
M.A., English, Delhi University, Delhi, 1989
B.A.(Hons), English, Delhi University, Delhi, 1987
Selected Publications
"Caught Between the Goddess and the Cyborg: Third World Women and the Politics of Science in Three Works of Indian Science Fiction" in The Journal of Commonwealth Literature 39.3 (2004): 119-138
"Holmes' Indian Reincarnation: A Study in Postcolonial Transposition" in Postcolonial Postmartems, ed. Christina Matzke. New York: Rodopi, 2006. 87-108
"From British "Pride" to Indian "Bride": Mapping the Contours of a Globalised (Post?)Colonialism." M/C Journal 10.2 (2007). 07 May, 2007. <http://journal.media-culture.org.au/0705/06-mathur.php>
"From Capes to Snakes: The Indianisation of the American Superhero" in Comics as a Nexus of Cultures, ed. Mark Berninger, Jochen Ecke, and Gideon Haberkorn, London: McFarland and Company, Inc., 2010. 175-186
"The Superhero Goes Native: 'Translating' Spiderman for an Indian Audience" in Translation and Postcolonialities, ed. Vijaya Guttal and Suchitra Mathur, New Delhi: Orient Blackswan, 2013
Awards & Fellowships
Gopal Das Bhandari Memorial Distinguished Teacher Award, 2011
CDN Prize for Best Research Paper at the annual IACLALS International Conference held at the Karnataka University, Dharwad in Feb. 2009
Director's commendation letters for excellence in teaching at IIT Kanpur, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013