Personal Profile
| Name | Ms. Monalisa Jha |
| Designation | Assistant Professor |
| Department | English |
| Email Id | monalisajha81@gmail.com |
| Year of Joining present service | 2006 |
| Date of Joining WBES | 14-11-2006 |
Educational Qualifications
| Passout Year | Examination | Passout From | Division |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | SLET | ||
| 2003 | Master of Arts (M.A) | Presidency College Kolkata | First Class |
| 2001 | Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) | Presidency College, Kolkata | Second Class |
College Served
| College Name | Served From | Served Till |
|---|---|---|
| Lady Brabourne College | Apr, 2012 | Jun, 2025 |
| Haldia Government College | Nov, 2006 | Apr, 2012 |
Teaching Experience
| UG Experience | PG Experience |
|---|---|
| 18 Years 7 Months | 13 Years 2 Months |
| UG or PG | College Name | From Date | To Date | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UG | Lady Brabourne College | Apr, 2012 | Jun, 2025 | 13 Years 2 Month |
| PG | Lady Brabourne College | Apr, 2012 | Jun, 2025 | 13 Years 2 Month |
| UG | Haldia Government College | Nov, 2006 | Apr, 2012 | 5 Years 5 Month |
Area of Research and Interest
| Details |
|---|
| Interested in Literary and Feminist theory, Biography Studies and Neo Victorian Studies |
Publication: Research Papers in Journals
| Sl No. | Year/Month | Title | Name of Journal | Volume / Page No. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mar, 2025 | Rethinking South Asian Flanerie: Taran N Khan's "Shadow City: A Woman Walks Kabul". | Newsletter | 13 |
| 2 | Feb, 2025 | Paratextual Jouissance in Ali Smith's "Girl Meets Boy". | The Literary Herald | Volume 10, Issue 5 |
| 3 | Dec, 2024 | A Life of one's Own: Autonomous Self Fashioning in Temsula Ao's "Once Upon a Life: Burnt Curry and Bloody Rags". | Lady Brabourne College Journal of Humanities | 2 |
| 4 | Dec, 2024 | Memory and History in krishna Sobti's "A Gujarat Here, A Gujarat There". | Criterion | Volume 15, issue 6 |
| 5 | Dec, 2024 | Fiction as Metahistory in Janice Pariat's "Everything the Light Touches". | Antarmukh | Vol.14, Issue 2 |
| 6 | Jul, 2024 | Obscene and Perverse Fictions: Sadat Hasan Manto and Censorship | Litinfinite | 6, Issue 1 |
| 7 | Jun, 2024 | Construction of a Socialist Feminist Consciousness in Vina Mazumdar's "Memories of a Rolling Stone". | The Interiors | 13 |
| 8 | Mar, 2016 | Translating Gender, Translating Activism: Gayatri Spivak's Translation of Mahasweta Devi's Draupadi in Newsletter | Newsletter, Published by the Women's Study Centre, Lady Brabourne College. | Vol. 7 |
| 9 | Mar, 2015 | Cornelia Sorabjee and Feminist Activism in British India | Newsletter, Published by the Women's Study Centre, Lady Brabourne College. | Vol. 6 |
Publication: Books
| Sl No. | Year/Month | Book Title | Editor/Author | ISBN No. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jan, 2019 | Beyond the Veil: Muslim Women in South Asia. | Prof Sanjukta Das and Monalisa Jha | 9788177680287 |
| 2 | Mar, 2025 | Gendered Trajectories | Dr, Parna Ghose and Monalisa Jha | 9788195816571 |
Oral/Poster Presentation
| Sl No. | Date | Title | Title of Conference | Organised By |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 04-10-2024 | Dismantling the nature/Culture binary in the Nature Writing of Helen Macdonald and Erica Berry | Bridging Realms: Exploring Intersections in Humanities and the Social sciences | University of Rome, Tor Vergata ,Central University of Karnataka and New Literaria |
| 2 | 19-09-2024 | Taran N Khan's "Shadow City" as a Flanerie Text | Bridging the Gulf: gendering Empowerment and Progress | Women's Studies Center, Lady Brabourne College |
| 3 | 03-04-2024 | Memoir as Archive: Vina Mazumdar's "Memories of a Rolling Stone". | Women in South Asian Literature: Texts and Contexts | Sewnarayan Rameswar Fatepuria College |