Department of

English and Cultural Studies

About

The Department of English and Cultural Studies in consonance with its mission statement is committed to promoting an intellectual climate through artistic creation, critical mediation, and innovative ideation. The Department inculcates among its students a critical reading of the self, the society, and the imagined with the aim of molding them into responsible and socially sensitive citizens. The Department facilitates their holistic development by building emotional, academic, social, professional, and global competencies. The Department aspires to create a nuanced understanding of canonical and non-canonical literary and cultural texts, their social milieu for an engaged and enduring understanding of life.

The Department of English and Cultural Studies in consonance with its mission statement is committed to promoting an intellectual climate through artistic creation, critical mediation, and innovative ideation. The Department inculcates among its students a critical reading of the self, the society, and the imagined with the aim of molding them into responsible and socially sensitive citizens. The Department facilitates their holistic development by building emotional, academic, social, professional, and global competencies. The Department aspires to create a nuanced understanding of canonical and non-canonical literary and cultural texts, their social milieu for an engaged and enduring understanding of life.

Department

Overview

The department promotes an intellectual climate of critical and creative ideation that aims to inculcate among its students a critical reading of the word and the world alike. It has geared its academic engagements towards molding students into responsible and socially sensitive citizens through programs that are designed to facilitate holistic development. The academic

The department promotes an intellectual climate of critical and creative ideation that aims to inculcate among its students a critical reading of the word and the world alike. It has geared its academic engagements towards molding students into responsible and socially sensitive citizens through programs that are designed to facilitate holistic development. The academic programs seek to build academic, social, and professional competencies along with an ethical outlook.
The academic programs offered by the department are aligned with the University’s vision and mission. Offering programs at the undergraduate, postgraduate, and research levels, the core areas of inquiry range from the domain in language and literature, to those in and around culture.
Programs currently offered include BA English (Hons), MA (English and Cultural Studies), and Ph.D. (Cultural Studies)

Message

from the HOD

The Department of English and Cultural Studies (BGR Campus) is a vibrant community of faculty and students who strive towards intellectual growth and societal engagement. In keeping with the times, the department offers courses in emergent fields of English and Cultural Studies with focus on the literary, the social and the cultural. The courses offered in the department are an interdisciplinary fusion of history, anthropology, digital humanities, linguistics, philosophy, sociology, anthropology and cultural studies.

Our faculty have expertise in various fields that include Translation Studies, English Language instruction, Gender Studies, Screen Studies, Fandom Studies, Postcolonial Studies, Comparative Literature, Disability Studies and Sociolinguistics. This eclectic mix contributes to the intellectual, social and holistic development of the students, enabling their growth as thinkers and practitioners in society. The department also fosters the creative and thinking spirit in students through a set of student managed clubs and forums like the FIlm Club: 24FPS, the Theatre Club: Prathibimb, the Research Club: Tafteesh, the Book Club: Shared Shelf , the Gender Studies Forum, a student run blog Christribute, a monthly literary magazine Litscape and a biannual research magazine Paracosm.

Ms Renu Elizabeth Abraham
hod.english.culturalstudies.bgr@christuniversity.in

PROGRAMMES

Master of Arts English and Cultural Studies

Bachelor of Arts English (Honours)

Our

Achievements

Dr. Dishari Chattaraj

Dr. Dishari Chattaraj had been hosted by Dhar India Studies Program, Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies at Indiana University Bloomington in the USA as a Fulbright Foreign Language Instructor for the academic year 2019-2020.

Faculty

Members

Name	Specializaion	Department
ANAGHA BIJU MA View	MA	ENGLISH AND CULTURAL STUDIES (BGR)	View
Dr ARYA S MA, PhD View	MA, PhD	ENGLISH AND CULTURAL STUDIES (BGR)	View
Dr CHANDAN KUMAR MA, MPhil, PhD View	MA, MPhil, PhD	ENGLISH AND CULTURAL STUDIES (BGR)	View
Dr DHANESH M BEd, MA, PhD View	BEd, MA, PhD	ENGLISH AND CULTURAL STUDIES (BGR)	View
Dr KEKHRONGUU DAZO MA,PG Diploma, PhD View	MA,PG Diploma, PhD	ENGLISH AND CULTURAL STUDIES (BGR)	View
Dr MEGHNA MUDALIAR MA, MPhil, PhD View	MA, MPhil, PhD	ENGLISH AND CULTURAL STUDIES (BGR)	View
Dr MUSKAAN MA, MPhil, PhD View	MA, MPhil, PhD	ENGLISH AND CULTURAL STUDIES (BGR)	View
Dr NAYANA GEORGE MA, PhD View	MA, PhD	ENGLISH AND CULTURAL STUDIES (BGR)	View
Dr NEESHA DUTT MSc, PhD View	MSc, PhD	ENGLISH AND CULTURAL STUDIES (BGR)	View
Dr NIVEA THOMAS K MA, MPhil, PhD View	MA, MPhil, PhD	ENGLISH AND CULTURAL STUDIES (BGR)	View
Dr RAJAT SEBASTIAN MA, PhD View	MA, PhD	ENGLISH AND CULTURAL STUDIES (BGR)	View
RENU ELIZABETH ABRAHAM MA, MPhil View	MA, MPhil	ENGLISH AND CULTURAL STUDIES (BGR)	View
Dr SANTOSH KUMAR MA, MPhil, PhD View	MA, MPhil, PhD	ENGLISH AND CULTURAL STUDIES (BGR)	View
Dr SUCHETH P R MA, MPhil, PhD View	MA, MPhil, PhD	ENGLISH AND CULTURAL STUDIES (BGR)	View
Dr SURABHI JIWRAJKA MAWANDIA MA, PhD View	MA, PhD	ENGLISH AND CULTURAL STUDIES (BGR)	View
Dr SURYA KIRAN MA, MPhil, PhD View	MA, MPhil, PhD	ENGLISH AND CULTURAL STUDIES (BGR)	View
Dr VIDYA S MA, PhD View	MA, PhD	ENGLISH AND CULTURAL STUDIES (BGR)	View
Dr YADUKRISHNAN P T MA, PhD View	MA, PhD	ENGLISH AND CULTURAL STUDIES (BGR)	View

Vision

To enable a transformative learning experience through critical, creative and intellectual engagements.

Mission

The Department of English and Cultural Studies works towards the advancement of knowledge through creative and critical modes of enquiry that would equip the student to be socially and ethically aware. We enable this awareness through an inclusive and transformative learning ecosystem in which learners can explore nuances of language, literature and culture. By promoting critical thinking, multicultural competence and respect for diverse perspectives, we aim to nurture a community of socially sensitive and empathetic individuals.

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CHRIST UNIVERSITY

(Deemed to be University)

Dharmaram College Post, Hosur Road, Bengaluru - 560029,
Karnataka, India

Tel: +91 804012 9100 / 9600

Fax: 40129000

Email: mail@christuniversity.in

Web: http://www. christuniversity.in

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