Research Activities

Offices Held (On Campus)

  • Chief Coordinator, European Union-funded international Transcultura project EuropeAid DDH CULT/2005/113-143 Cooperation with Developing Countries

 

Offices Held (Off-Campus)

  • Advisory Fellow, Krishna Somers Foundation

 

Publication Series Editor

  •     Transcultural Anglophone Studies, Lit Verlag, Münster

 

Editorial Board Member

  • SOPHIE, Saarland University Feminist Publications
  • ASNEL, Proceedings of the annual ASNEL conferences
  • Transcultura, Publications European Project Conference Proceedings and Other Documentation

 

Union, NGO and Mentoring Commitments

  • Mentor, Saarland University Pilot Mentoring Programme for Female Academics

 

Membership in Associations

  • ACLALS (Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies)
  • AILC/ICLA (International Comparative Literature Association)
  • ASNEL/GNEL (Association for the Study of the New Literatures in English/Gesellschaft für die neuen englischsprachigen Literaturen)
  • Deutscher Anglistentag
  • DGA (German Society of Asianists)
  • NZS (DGA Chapter Contemporary South Asia)
  • EACLALS (European Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies)
  • IACLALS (Indian Association of Commonwealth Literatures and Languages)
  • MLA (Modern Language Association)
  • Transcultura International Network

Archive

2007

Position

  • Tenured Full Professor, New English Literatures and Cultures, FR 4.3, Saarland University
  • Initiator and Director, TAS – Transcultural Anglophone Studies, Saarland University
  • Chief Coordinator, 'EuropeAid/DDH CULT/2005/113 Cooperation with Developing Countries' Project
  • Deputy Head of Department, FR 4.3, Saarland University

 

International Visiting Professorships and Fellowships

  • Krishna Somers Foundation Research Fellow (Fall Term 2007), School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia (Fall 2007)
  • Departmental Visitor (Fall Term 2007), English Department, University of Adelaide, Australia
  • Departmental Visitor (Fall Term 2007), Centre for Science Research, National University of Australia, Canberra, Australia

 

Invited Speaker - Conferences/Public Lectures (selected)

  • 'A Local Habitation' for Virtual Representations?: Transitionality in India and its US Diaspora', Moving Cultures, Shifting Identities", Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia, 3–5 December 2007
  • 'Political Autobiography in Transitional Times', The Krishna Somers Foundation Lecture, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia, 12 March 2007
  • 'Debating English Legitimacy, Or Will The True Native User Please Speak Up!', International Linguistics Conference: In Dialogue with the Native Speaker, Central Institute of Indian Languages and J.N.U. Linguistics Department, Mysor, India, 3–6 January 2007

 

Session Chair/Moderator (selected)

  •  'Multiculturalism, Conflict and Belonging&quot: Redefining Belonging', Global Conference, InterDisciplinary-Net, Mansfield College, 6 September 2007, Oxford

 

Third-Party Fundraising

  • European Union, EuropeAid / DDH CULT / 2005 / 113–143 Cooperation with Developing Countries", 2006. Partnership between TAS and IFRI at the University of Saarland with CASS – Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Beijing, University of Paris VIII, Paris; IIT – Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai; University of Bamako, Mali
  • Saarland University, Anschubfinanzierung 'The Art of Reportage' (Dr. Zehle), 2007

 

Off-Campus Academic Organisational Activities

  • Conference Convenor: International Transcultura Conference 'Mathematics and Cultures', Merzig, Germany, 19 November 2007
  • Conference Convening Board Member: International Transcultura Conference 'Order and Disorder', Centre for Social Sciences, Beijing, China, 1–3 March 2007

 

Offices Held (On Campus)

  • Member, Faculty Board, Philosophical Faculty II Saarland University
  • Deputy Head of Department, British, American and Anglophone Studies, Saarland University
  • Advisory Fellow, Krishna Somers Foundation

 

Offices Held (Off-Campus)

  • Chief Coordinator, European Union-funded international Transcultura project EuropeAid/DDH CULT/2005/113-143 Cooperation with Developing Countries
  • Sprecherrat, DGA (German Society of Asianists) Chapter Contemporary South Asia

 

Publication Series Editor

  • Transcultural Anglophone Studies, Lit Verlag, Münster

 

Editorial Board Member

  • SOPHIE, Saarland University Feminist Publications
  • ASNEL, Proceedings of the annual ASNEL conferences
  • Transcultura, Publications European Project Conference Proceedings and Other Documentation

 

Union, NGO and Mentoring Commitments

  • Mentor, Saarland University Pilot Mentoring Programme for Female Academics

 

Membership in Associations

  • DGA (German Society of Asianists)
  • DGA Chapter Contemporary South Asia
  • DGAVL (German Assoc. of Comparative Literature Scholars)
  • IACLALS (Indian Association of Commonwealth Literatures and Languages)
  • IAUPE (International Association of University Professors of English)
  • MLA (Modern Language Association)
  • Transcultura (International Society of Transcultural Studies)

2006

Position

  • Tenured Full Professor, New English Literatures and Cultures, FR 4.3, Saarland University
  • Initiator and Director, TAS – Transcultural Anglophone Studies, Saarland University
  • Chief Coordinator, 'EuropeAid/DDH CULT/2005/113 Cooperation with Developing Countries' Project

 

Invited Speaker - Conferences/Public Lectures (selected)

  • 'Gurinder Chadha's Bend It Like Beckham In Transcultural Perspective', International Symposium 'Playing By the Rules of the Game: An International Transcultura Symposium', 10–14 July 2006, Saarland University, Merzig, Germany, 12 July 2006
  • 'Writing In the Self: R.K. Narayan's Transitional Self-Narratives', International Symposium 'R.K. Narayan', IACLALS and Sahitya Akademi, Mysore, India, 10–12 October 2006
  • 'Megalopolis Bombay', Public Interdisciplinary Lecture Series 'Die Sprachen der Stadt', Saarland University, Saarbruecken, Germany, 7 February 2006

 

Third-Party Fundraising

  • European Union, EuropeAid / DDH CULT / 2005 / 113–143 Cooperation with Developing Countries", 2006. Partnership between TAS and IFRI at the University of Saarland with CASS – Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Beijing, University of Paris VIII, Paris; IIT – Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai; University of Bamako, Mali
  • Saarland Ministry for Culture and Education, International Transcultura Conference on the Rules of the Game, 2006
  • Sparkasse Merzig, International Transcultura Conference on the Rules of the Game, 2006
  • Saarland University, Anschubfinanzierung 'Friendship as a Literary Concept', 2006

 

Off-Campus Academic Organisational Activities

  • Conceptualiser and Organiser, 'Bollywood Rising: Analysing The Rising with the Filmmakers',BOZAR INDIA FESTIVAL , Musèe des Beaux Arts, Brussels, Belgium, 5 November 2006
  •  Event Co-Organiser, with Geerd Van Looy (Festival Director), 'V.S. Naipaul in Conversation: Focus India', BOZAR INDIA FESTIVAL, Musèe des Beaux Arts, Brussels, Belgium, 4 November 2006
  • Moderator/Interlocutor, 'V.S. Naipaul in Conversation', BOZAR INDIA FESTIVAL, Musèe des Beaux Arts, Brussels, Belgium, 4 November 2006
  • Event Co-Organiser,'Bollywood Rising: Analysing The Rising with the Filmmakers', BOZAR INDIA FESTIVAL, Musèe des Beaux Arts, Brussels, Belgium, 5 November 2006
  • Conference Convenor, 'International Transcultura Conference in Germany: Playing by the Rules of the Game', Saarland University, Merzig, Germany, 10–14 July 2006

 

Offices Held (On Campus)

  • Member, Faculty Board, Philosophical Faculty II Saarland University

 

Offices Held (Off-Campus)

  • Chief Coordinator, European Union-funded international Transcultura project EuropeAid/DDH CULT/2005/113-143 Cooperation with Developing Countries
  • Sprecherrat, DGA (German Society of Asianists) Chapter Contemporary South Asia

 

Publication Series Editor

  • Transcultural Anglophone Studies, Lit Verlag, Münster

 

Union, NGO and Mentoring Commitments

  • Mentor, Saarland University Pilot Mentoring Programme for Female Academics

 

Membership in Associations

  • DGA (German Society of Asianists)
  • DGA Chapter Contemporary South Asia
  • DGAVL (German Assoc. of Comparative Literature Scholars)
  • IACLALS (Indian Association of Commonwealth Literatures and Languages)
  • IAUPE (International Association of University Professors of English)
  • MLA (Modern Language Association)
  • Transcultura (International Society of Transcultural Studies)

2005

Position

  • Tenured Full Professor, New English Literatures and Cultures, FR 4.3, Saarland University
  • Initiator and Director, TAS – Transcultural Anglophone Studies, Saarland University
  • Chief Coordinator, 'EuropeAid/DDH CULT/2005/113 Cooperation with Developing Countries' Project

 

International Visiting Professorships and Fellowships

  • Departmental Visitor, Centre for Diaspora Studies, Sociology Department, Central University, Hyderabad, India (Spring Term 2005)

 

Invited Speaker - Conferences/Public Lectures (selected)

  • 'Life as an Indo-German', Panel Discussion 'Visualising the Future: A Dialogue among the Indian Diaspora"', International conference, 'Indian Diaspora: Trends, Issues and Challenges', Central University Hyderabad, India, 26 February 2005
  • 'Centre-Periphery Relations in Anglophone Postcolonialism', Public Lecture Series 'Literary Studies', Essen-Duisburg University, Germany, 2 November 2005
  • 'Dis-affectedly Yours: Jawaharlal Nehru's and Nelson Mandela's Political Autobiographies', International Conference 'Postcolonial (Dis-)Affections', Stuttgart University, Germany, 18–20 July 2005
  • 'Dealing with Violence in Ubu and the Truth Commission: A Transcultural Example from South Africa', International Conference 'Violences postcoloniales. Perceptions littéraires et représentations médiatiques', Saarland University, Saarbruecken, Germany, 16–19 June 2005
  • 'Transcultural Communication: Some Examples from India and Its Virtual Diaspora', International Conference, 'Indian Diaspora: Trends, Issues and Challenges', Central University Hyderabad, India 24–26 February 2005
  • 'Central Peripheries, Peripheral Centres: Contextualising Indian English', International Conference 'Prof. M.B. Emeneau Centenary International Conference on South Asian Linguistics', Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore, India, 1–4 January 2005

 

Offices Held (Off-Campus)

  • Full Member, Scientific Council, Transcultura (International Society of Transcultural Studies)

 

Publication Series Editor

  • Transcultural Anglophone Studies, Lit Verlag, Münster

 

Union, NGO and Mentoring Commitments

  • Mentor, Saarland University Pilot Mentoring Programme for Female Academics

 

Membership in Associations

  • MLA (Modern Language Association)
  • IACLALS (Indian Association of Commonwealth Literatures and Languages)
  • Transcultura (International Society of Transcultural Studies)