Partha Bhattacharjee
SRM University, Andhra Pradesh, SRM University AP, Indian Institute of Technology Patna, The University of Burdwan, Amity University Patna
About
I am currently working as an Associate Professor of English in SRM University Andhra Pradesh. I earned my Doctoral Degree from the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Patna on 15th April 2019 under the supervision of Dr. Priyanka Tripathi, Associate Professor of English and Head. Prior to that, I pursued MPhil (67.2% in 2016), B. Ed. (70.7% in 2013), M.A. in English (61.125% in 2012) respectively from The University of Burdwan, India. Apart from three book chapters in edited volumes, Tintin in Tibet by Herge: A Critical Companion (2021), The Routledge Handbook of Translation and Activism (2020), and Performativity, Cultural Construction, and the Graphic Narrative (Routledge Advances in Comics Studies, UK) (2019), I have published with reputed journals, Journal of Visual Communication in Medicine (Taylor & Francis, Q1), Studies in Comics (Q2), Journal of International Women's Studies, Journal of Gender Studies (Taylor & Francis, Q1), Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics (Taylor & Francis, Q1), The Translator (Taylor & Francis Q1), IUP Journal of English Studies (Q3), Atlantic Literary Review, to name a few. I have also reviewed two books for reputed journals. I serve as an Editorial Board Member of Journal of International Women's Studies (Q3). Currently, I have been added in reviewers' board in Journal of Gender Studies and I have also reviewed manuscripts for Feminist Media Studies (Taylor & Francis), Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics (Taylor & Francis), Journal of Human Trafficking (Taylor & Francis), Journal of International Women's Studies, and Feminist Encounters: A Journal of Critical Studies in Culture and Politics. Recently, I (along with Dr. Priyanka Tripathi) have received fund from Postcolonial Studies Association, UK for organizing an International Conference on Postcolonial Studies in Comics and Graphic Narratives from South Asia at IIT Patna (25th – 26th September 2021).
Employment
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SRM University, Andhra Pradesh Associate Professor2025 - Present
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SRM University AP Assistant Professor of English (Grade I & II)2022 - 2025
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Amity University Patna Assistant Professor2019 - 2022
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Srikrishna College, Bagula Guest Lecturer2014 - 2016
Education
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Indian Institute of Technology Patna PhD in Comics and Graphic Narratives2016 - 2019
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The University of Burdwan MPhil2013 - 2015
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The University of Burdwan B.Ed.2012 - 2013
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The University of Burdwan Master of Arts2010 - 2012
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The University of Burdwan Bachelor of Arts (Honours)2007 - 2010
Projects & Funding
Projects & funding information is unavailable.
Publications (43)
- Fractured identities and wounded memories in Indian comics on partition: a decolonial reading of frame and panel Save
- The clear line in comics and cinema Save
- Comics and Migration: Representation and Other Practices, Ralf Kauranen, Olli Löytty, Aura Nikkilä and Anna Vuorinne (eds) (2023) Save
- Narrating India through comics, crisis, and gendered subjectivities Save
- Traversing through transmedia: dynamism of augmented reality comics and gender-based violence in Ram Devineni’s Priya series Save
- Representing Acts of Violence in Comics Save
- Review of Contexts of Violence in Comics Save
- Transcending the Trouble, Trauma, and Pain of Failed Marriage and Closeted Sexuality in Indian Web Series Made in Heaven Save
- Drawing (in) the margins: decolonising human rights and political frames in Indian comics on indigeneity Save
- Framing the feminine fury: gender performativity through decolonial visuality in select Indian comics Save