Kalpana Bora
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. : Indian Institute of Technology GuwahatiResearch Interests:
Postcolonial literatures, Spatial theory and narratives of space, Urban fiction, Gender, Ecology and the EnvironmentJoined the University in Jul 8, 2010
Phone: 9435119768
Email: kalpana.bora@cottonuniversity.ac.in
About
Kalpana Bora has a PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. She worked on the interface between spaces of the urban and literature, pivoting her research on the representation of Bombay/Mumbai in contemporary Indian Fiction in English. She now engages with postcolonial literatures, the interstices of space and literature, literatures on the environment and writings from India’s North East. She is particularly interested in narratives of the urban and has been exploring the complexities of the urban-spatial intertextualities in literature.
Teaching
Postcolonial writing, Drama, Fiction, Writings from India’s North East
Experience
April 2006 to December 2006: Guest Faculty at North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST), Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh.
July 2010 till present: Cotton College (erstwhile) and Cotton University
Chapters/Articles publications in Books (Research Oriented)
- Kalpana Bora Barman and Rohini Mokashi-Punekar, “‘Maximum City[i]’: Bombay, Spatial Politics, and Representation” in The Many Faces of the City—Exploring the Metropolis. (Common Ground, 2020, forthcoming)
- Book chapter for KKHSOU textbook (PG): Birendra Kumar Bhattacharyya's Yaruingam or Love in the Time of Emergency (2019).
Students
| Sl.No | Name | Research Topic | Roll No |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upasana Dutta Sarkar Rabha | Ecomasculinities: Dialogues and Representations in Contemporary South Asian Fiction | |
| 2 | Madhurjya Goswami | "The City Which is Not One": Locating the Queer in Select Representations of South Asian Cities |
Other Informations
Papers published:
“‘Maximum City[i]’: Bombay, Spatial Politics, and Representation.” In Spaces and Flows: An International Journal of Urban and ExtraUrban Studies, 1 (3): 151-166. (2011) ISSN: 2154-8676 (Print), ISSN: 2154-8684 (Online)