With academic programs that have been designed to provide a comprehensive learning environment through faculty members trained in institutions of various national and international repute, the Department of English and Cultural Studies provides a holistic approach to engaging with literature, digital humanities, language and culture. The department has geared its academic engagements towards moulding students into responsible and socially sensitive citizens through programs that are designed to facilitate holistic development, and the academic programs seek to build academic, social and professional competencies with an ethical outlook. Offering programs at the undergraduate, postgraduate, and research levels, the core areas of enquiry of the department range from domains in language and literature to those in and around digital humanities and culture. Programs currently offered include BA (English/Honours/ Honours with Research) with Digital Humanities); MA (English and Cultural Studies), PhD (English Studies) and PhD (Cultural Studies). Our courses draw on disciplines including history, sociology, philosophy, linguistics, ethics, comparative literature, digitality and culture, among others. With faculty members having developed their expertise in a variety of fields, including Gender Studies, Popular Culture, Postcolonial Studies, Screen Studies, Language Instruction, and Sociolinguistics, among others, its academic exercises provide for immense scope for students to learn, unlearn, and relearn, and work towards more informed and effective social citizenship.
With academic programs that have been designed to provide a comprehensive learning environment through faculty members trained in institutions of various national and international repute, the Department of English and Cultural Studies provides a holistic approach to engaging with literature, digital humanities, language and culture. The department has geared its academic engagements towards moulding students into responsible and socially sensitive citizens through programs that are designed to facilitate holistic development, and the academic programs seek to build academic, social and professional competencies with an ethical outlook. Offering programs at the undergraduate, postgraduate, and research levels, the core areas of enquiry of the department range from domains in language and literature to those in and around digital humanities and culture. Programs currently offered include BA (English/Honours/ Honours with Research) with Digital Humanities); MA (English and Cultural Studies), PhD (English Studies) and PhD (Cultural Studies). Our courses draw on disciplines including history, sociology, philosophy, linguistics, ethics, comparative literature, digitality and culture, among others. With faculty members having developed their expertise in a variety of fields, including Gender Studies, Popular Culture, Postcolonial Studies, Screen Studies, Language Instruction, and Sociolinguistics, among others, its academic exercises provide for immense scope for students to learn, unlearn, and relearn, and work towards more informed and effective social citizenship.
With academic programs that have been designed to provide a comprehensive learning environment through faculty members trained in institutions of various national and international repute, the Department of English and Cultural Studies provides a holistic approach to engaging with literature, digital humanities, language and culture. The department has geared its academic engagements towards moulding students into responsible and socially sensitive citizens through programs that are designed to facilitate holistic development, and the academic programs seek to build academic, social and professional competencies with an ethical outlook. Offering programs at the undergraduate, postgraduate, and research levels, the core areas of enquiry of the department range from domains in language and literature to those in and around digital humanities and culture. Programs currently offered include BA (English/Honours/ Honours with Research) with Digital Humanities); MA (English and Cultural Studies), PhD (English Studies) and PhD (Cultural Studies). Our courses draw on disciplines including history, sociology, philosophy, linguistics, ethics, comparative literature, digitality and culture, among others. With faculty members having developed their expertise in a variety of fields, including Gender Studies, Popular Culture, Postcolonial Studies, Screen Studies, Language Instruction, and Sociolinguistics, among others, its academic exercises provide for immense scope for students to learn, unlearn, and relearn, and work towards more informed and effective social citizenship.
VisionTowards critically reading Self, Society and the Imagined
MissionThe Department of English Studies aspires to promote an intellectual climate through artistic creation, critical mediation and innovative ideation in a culture of reciprocal transformation.
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,
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
From the beginning of the department till date
My years as a research scholar in the Department of English and Cultural Studies at CHRIST (Deemed to be) University, Bangalore, Bannerghatta Road Campus (June 2021 Cohort), were a period of learning, questioning, and finding my place as a researcher. With no prior research experience, I learned the fundamentals of research, academic writing, and publishing through the guidance of my supervisor, RAC members, and faculty. The monthly "Research Scholars Forum" provided a valuable space to share my work, engage with diverse perspectives, and reflect on my progress. More than research skills, my time in the Department taught me the value of learning and unlearning, and shaped me into the academic I am today.
Dr Geethu currently works as an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Mount Carmel (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru.
My years as a research scholar in the Department of English and Cultural Studies at CHRIST (Deemed to be) University, Bangalore, Bannerghatta Road Campus (June 2021 Cohort), were a period of learning, questioning, and finding my place as a researcher. With no prior research experience, I learned the fundamentals of research, academic writing, and publishing through the guidance of my supervisor, RAC members, and faculty. The monthly "Research Scholars Forum" provided a valuable space to share my work, engage with diverse perspectives, and reflect on my progress. More than research skills, my time in the Department taught me the value of learning and unlearning, and shaped me into the academic I am today.
Dr Geethu currently works as an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Mount Carmel (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru.
My years as a research scholar in the Department of English and Cultural Studies at CHRIST (Deemed to be) University, Bangalore, Bannerghatta Road Campus (June 2021 Cohort), were a period of learning, questioning, and finding my place as a researcher. With no prior research experience, I learned the fundamentals of research, academic writing, and publishing through the guidance of my supervisor, RAC members, and faculty. The monthly "Research Scholars Forum" provided a valuable space to share my work, engage with diverse perspectives, and reflect on my progress. More than research skills, my time in the Department taught me the value of learning and unlearning, and shaped me into the academic I am today.
Dr Geethu currently works as an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Mount Carmel (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru.
