Afsana Begum Barbhuiyan

Afsana Begum Barbhuiyan

Associate Professor

Ph.D. : Gauhati University

Research Interests:

Postcolonial Studies, Sociolinguistics, Folklore, Cultural Studies.
Joined the University in Nov 17, 1993

Phone: 9435046669
Email: afsana.barbhuiyan@cottonuniversity.ac.in

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About

Afsana Barbhuiyan is an Associate Professor in the Department of English, Cotton University (erstwhile Cotton College).  She holds a PhD from Gauhati University from the Department of Folklore Research. She has worked extensively in the area of folklore. She is also keenly interested in the study of language and ELT that lead her to complete a certificate course from CIEFL, Hyderabad. Her other areas of interest include Performing Arts, Cultural Studies, African Studies, Northeast literature, Films and Contemporary literature.

Teaching

Postcolonial literature, Linguistics

Book publication relating subject/research concerned

"YemlomIkomea: A Poet with a Difference." In Garima Kalita, ed., Reading India North-East: Literature, Language, and People.