Areas of Interest/Specialization  :

• Indian Literature in English;
• Popular Fiction;
• Literary and Cultural Theory;
• Literature and Environment

Experience: 23 years

Fellowships: Associate Fellow of the UGC Inter-Universities Centre for Humanities and Social Sciences at IIAS, Shimla from 2016 - 2018

PhD Awarded/Supervised: 03

Administrative responsibilities undertaken:

• HOD from 16.12.2014 to15.12.2017
• 16.12.2020 till date 

Research Projects

Research Projects : 

• Minor Research Project (UGC) – 2;
• Major Research Project (ICSSR) – 1.

Publications

Books:

• Sharma, Dwijen. ed. Indian Fiction in Translation: Issues and Explorations, MRB Publishers (India), Guwahati, 2014; ISBN 978-81-924953-5-4
• Sharma, Dwijen. ed. Writing from India’s North-East: Recovering the Small Voices, Aadi Publications, Jaipur, 2019; ISBN 978-93-87799-14-1

Book Reviews (Last 7 years):

• “The Problematic Relationship between Culture and Ethnicity: A Book Review of Culture, Ethnicity & Identity,” Social Change and Development, Vol. XIII, No. I, July 2016, pp. 90-92; ISSN 0975-4016
•  “Book Review of Arup Kumar Dutta’s The Bag”, Glocal Colloquies, Vol. 4,  (October,  2018), Pp 243-47; ISSN 2454-2423

Book Chapters (Last 7 years):

• Sharma, Dwijen. “Identity in Divakaruni’s The Mistress of Spices” in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni: A Critical Spectrum, ed. Dr. Manoj Kumar, Yking Books, Jaipur, 2017; Pp. 43-49; ISBN 978-93-85528-73-6
• Sharma, Dwijen. “The Mahout Songs of Gauripur Estate: An Inquiry” in Revisiting Orality in North-East India, ed. Deepak Basumatary & Z Khiangte, MRB Publishers (India), Guwahati (Assam), 2017; Pp. 17-30; ISBN 978-93-83403-16-5
• Sharma, Dwijen. “The Politics of Suicide in Indira Goswami’s Novels: A Reading of Nilakanthi  Braja and Datal Hatir Une Khowa Howda,” in Women’s Writing from North- East India, eds. Namrata Pathak and L. K. Gracy, Authors Press, New Delhi, 2020; Pp. 62-72; ISBN 978-81-947920-8-6
• Sharma, Dwijen. “Transcending Identity, Celebrating Humanity: A Reading of Three Contemporary Assamese Women’s Novels” in Narrative Cultures of North East India: Traditions, Texts and Representations, ed. Arzuman Ara, Dhurjjati Sarma, Bhaskar Jyoti Gogoi & Surajit Sen, Pencraft International, New Delhi, 2021; Pp. 186-196; ISBN 978-93-82178-30-9
• Barman, Preetinicha, & Sharma, Dwijen. “Alternative Masculinities in Indira Goswami’s Fiction,” in Indira Goswami: Margins and Beyond, eds. Namrata Pathak and Dibyajyoti Sarma, Routledge India, New Delhi, 2022; Pp. 247-259; ISBN 978-03-67705-46-6
• Anish, Saba, & Sharma, Dwijen. “Alternative Archive of Partition: Revisiting Manto” in Revisiting Partition: Identity, History and Memory, ed. Arzuman Ara, Pencraft International, New Delhi, 2022; Pp. 156-172; ISBN 978-93-82178-39-2
• Gracy, L. K. & Sharma, Dwijen. “Women, Violence And The Matrilineal Society: A Study of the A·Chik Women of Meghalaya in The Shifting Role of Women: From Chores to Cores, ed. Vivek Kumar Dwivedi, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2023; Pp. 1-17; ISBN 978-1-5275-0154-6
• Brahma, Rustam & Sharma, Dwijen. “Kherai Ritual and Cultural Performance: Worldviews of the Bodos” in Cultural Forms and Practices in Northeast India, ed. K. C. Baral, Springer, Singapore, 2023. Pp. 99-109; ISBN 978-981-19-9292-6
• Sharma, Dwijen. “The Politics of Retelling Myths” in Siddhanta, The Conclusions, Vol. III: Myths Revisited and Retold.ed. Nandini Choudhury & Saba Anish, Publication Cell, J. B. College, Jorhat, & Purbayon Publication Pvt. Ltd., Guwahati, 2023. Pp. 59-69; ISBN 978-81-19001-56-9

Articles in Peer-reviewed Journals (Last 7 Years):

• Jamir, Imtijungla. & Sharma, Dwijen. “Memory Mechanics in Temsula Ao’s These Hills Called Home: Stories from a War Zone” Reflections, Vol. XV– XVIII, No.1- 4: 2017; pp. 73-80; ISSN 0973-046X
• Anish, Saba. & Sharma, Dwijen. “Celebrating Silence and Otherness: A Reading of Kavita Kane’s Lanka’s Princess and Anand Neelakantan’s Asura: Tale of the Vanquished”Daath Voyage (e-journal), Vol. 2, No.2,June, 2017; pp. 73-82; ISSN 2455-7544
• Marak, Pharmenash Ch. & Sharma, Dwijen. “Women’s Body and Capitalist Space: A Reading of Mahasweta’s “Douloti the Bountiful,”” Srotaswini, Vol. III,  2017; pp. 26-32; ISSN 2277-5277
• Sharma, Dwijen. “Oral Literature: A Note on Some Interpretative Strategies,”Apperception: Journal of the Department of English, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, Vol. VIII, July 2015 – June 2016, pp. 106-113; ISSN 2321-1261
• Anish, Saba. & Sharma, Dwijen.“Animalization of Women and Feminization of Nature: Reading a Few Advertisements” Literaria, Vol. 7, No.1-2, January - December, 2017; pp. 257-269; ISSN 2229-4600
• Anish, Saba. & Sharma, Dwijen. “Indian Women, Changing Roles and Advertisements: Setting New Stereotypes” The Critique, Vol. VIII to XIV, January 2018; pp. 42 - 51; ISSN 2249-6769
• Gogoi, Leenasri. & Sharma, Dwijen. “Memory, Identity and Social Structure: Material Culture in Bhupen Hazarika’s Songs,” Drishti: the Sight, Vol. VII, Issue: II (November, 2018 – April, 2019); pp. 20 - 25; ISSN 2319-8281
• Sharma, Dwijen. “Fake News, Rumours and Conspiracy Theories: Contriving New Normal Post COVID-19”, Transcript, Issue: 6, 2019, pp. 36-46; ISSN 2347- 1743
• Sharma, Dwijen. “Negotiating Ecological Crisis in North-East India: An Ecocritical Reading of Select Literary Texts”, Drishti: the Sight, Vol. IX, Issue: I, (May, 2020 – October, 2020); pp. 14 - 20; ISSN 2319- 8281
• Anish, Saba. & Sharma, Dwijen. “Language, Semiotics and Advertisements: Manufacturing Myths in Consumer Culture” Reflections, Vol. 19, Nos.1 & 2: 2020; pp. 57-70; ISSN 0973-046X
• Marak, Silba R. & Sharma, Dwijen. “Locating Homophobic Violence and Trauma in the Short Film Touch”, Drishti: the Sight, Vol. IX, Issue: II, (November, 2020 – April, 2021); pp. 89 - 94; ISSN 2319- 8281
• Anish, Saba. & Sharma, Dwijen. “The Image of Mahatma Gandhi in Advertisement: Subverting its Conventional Semiotics” DUJES, Vol. 29 (June 2021); pp. 326-42; ISSN 0975- 5659
• Marak, Silba R., Sharma, Dwijen, & Sarma, Hemen. “Ethnic preparation of Chubitchi, an alcoholic beverage of the Garo tribe of Meghalaya: a sociocultural analysis,” Journal of Ethnic Foods, Vol. 8, No. 29 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s42779-021-00102-7
• Marak, Silba R. & Sharma, Dwijen. “Situating Lesbian Desire:A Comparision of Janice Pariat and Monique Wittig’s Fiction, Dogo Rangsang Research Journal, Vol. IX, Issue XV (January 2022); PP. 521-530; ISSN 2347- 7180
• Sharma, Dwijen. “Indian Regional Theatres: An Overview”, Anvesan, Vol. XIV (2021-22); PP. 176-191; ISSN 2250- 2475
• Sharma, Dwijen. “Buranji in North East India: A 13th Century History Project of Assam”, Rupkataha Journal, Vol. 14, Issue: 2 (April- June 2022); pp. 1 - 11; ISSN 0975- 2935; https://doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v14n2.ne01
• Marak, Silba R. & Sharma, Dwijen. “Aldous Huxley, Freud and Sexology: The Figure of Trans Femininity”, DUJES, Vol. 30 (June 2022); pp. 326-42; ISSN 0975- 5659

Invited Lecture (Last 7 Years):

• Delivered one lecture on “Literature Review and APA Referencing” in the ICSSR sponsored Research Methodology Workshop for PhD Students in Social Sciences organized by the Department of Management, NEHU, Tura Campus from 17th to 26th April, 2017  
• Delivered the Key Note Address in the National Seminar on Emerging Trends in Women’s Writing in India at Rangapara College, Assam on 27th October, 2017
• Delivered a Talk on ‘Indian Intellectual Tradition: From Gandhi to Khilnani’ at Lanka Mahavidyalaya, Lanka, Hojai, Assam on 21st April, 2018
• Delivered a Talk on ‘The Postcolonial Lens and Reading Literature’ at Bomdila Govt. College, Arunachal Pradesh on 11th October, 2018
• Presented a paper entitled “The Indian English Novel after the Liberalization, Privatization and Globalization” in a National Seminar on Literature in English: Post 1990 at A. M. College, Pune on 8th and 9th February, 2019
• Delivered a Plenary Talk on “Conceptualizing North-East Indian Writing in English” in a National Seminar on Recent Issues in Literature and Language Studies at the Department of Assamese, Dibrugarh University on 30th March, 2019
• Delivered Two Lectures on ‘Research Methodology’ in the National Workshop on Research Methodology at Rani Channamma University, Belagavi, Karnataka on 29th April 2019
• Delivered One Special Guest Lecture on ‘Research Methodology’ in KLE Society’s Lingaraj College, Belagavi, Karnataka on 30th April 2019
• Delivered One Extension Lecture on ‘Tenets of Postcolonial Theory’ in Rani Channamma University, P G Centre, Bijapur, Karnataka on 2nd May 2019
• Delivered Two Special Lectures on ‘Modern Critical Theories and ‘The Background to 20th Century British Literature’ respectively’ in Shri S. R. Kanthi Arts, Commerce and Science College, Mudhol (Bagalkot), Karnataka on 3rd  May 2019
• Delivered Four Lectures on ‘Research Methodology in Cultural Studies’ in the Eleven-Day Workshop on Research Methods in Literary Studies at Bodoland University, Kokrajhar, BTAD, Assam from 11th to 14th September 2019
• Delivered One Invited Lecture on ‘Intertextuality’ at Kokrajhar Govt. College, Kokrajhar, BTAD, Assam on 13th September, 2019
• Presented a Plenary paper entitled “Doing Environmental Humanities: A Case for Happiness and Wellbeing” in a National Seminar on Environment, Happiness and Health: Re-reading Literature in 21st Century at Bodoland University, Kokrajhar, Assam on 14th and 15th November 2019
• Presented a Plenary paper entitled “Does Indian Culture Resist Scientific Temperament?” in the National Seminar on Indian Culture and Scientific Temperament in 21st Century at Central Institute of Technology, Kokrajhar, Assam on 28th January 2020
• Delivered One Invited Lecture on ‘The Author and the Reader’ at Bongaigaon College, Bongaigaon, Assam on 29th January, 2020 
• Delivered a talk entitled “The Politics of Storytelling and Constructing History” in the International Webinar on Telltale Signs: Making Stories, (Un)making Histories organised by St. Xavier’s College, Rajganj, North Bengal on 20th November, 2020
• Delivered One Virtual Lecture on “Indian Writing in English and the Canon” in Mahapurusha Srimanta Sankardeva Viswavidyalaya, Assam on 5th July, 2021
• Delivered a talk entitled “Modernity and Indian Literature” in the National Webinar on Modernity to Post Modernity: Trends of Literature (Theory & Practice) organised by Girls’ College, Kokrajhar, Assam on 17th July, 2021
• Delivered a Plenary talk on “Ageing and Humanities: An Agenda” in an International Webinar on Rethinking Ageing, Disease and Death in 21st Century at Bodoland University, Kokrajhar, Assam on 13th and 14th September 2021
• Delivered One Invited talk on ‘Women, Ecology and Creative Writing in Northeast India’ at the Webinar organised by Zubaan and Heinrich Böll Stiftung on 21st October, 2021
• Presented a Plenary paper entitled “Indigenous Faith and Institutionalized Religions: A Philosophical Discourse” in the National Seminar on Faith and Identity: Traditional Worldviews and Institutionalized Religions in Arunachal Pradesh organized by J N College, Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh in collaboration with MAKAIAS, Kolkata on 5th and 6th September 2022
• Presented a Plenary paper entitled “Digital Divide and the Knowledge Gap” in the National Seminar on The Role of Mass Media in Education Organized by Bajali T. T. College, Patacharkuchi, Assam on 16th and 17th December, 2022

Resource Person in the UGC-ASC Refresher Courses (Last 7 Years):

• Delivered Two Lectures on ‘Gender Studies and Assamese Fiction’ in the Refresher Course on Assamese Literature, Language and Culture organised by the Academic Staff College, Gauhati University on 12th September, 2017 
• Delivered Two Lectures on ‘Research Methodology’ as a Resource Person in National Workshop on Research Methodology at Rani Channamma University, Belagavi, Karnataka on 29th April 2019
• Delivered Four Lectures on ‘Research Methodology in Cultural Studies’ as a Resource Person in the Eleven-Day Workshop on Research Methods in Literary Studies at Bodoland University, Kokrajhar, BTAD, Assam from 11th to 14th September 2019
• Delivered Two Lecture on “Research Methodology in Cultural Studies” and “Developing a Qualitative Research Synopsis” in the ICSSR sponsored Training Programme on Research Methodology organized by the Department of Education, NEHU, Tura Campus from 14th to 19th October, 2019
• Delivered Two Lectures on ‘Indian Writing in English’ in the Refresher Course on Language and Literature of India organised by the HRDC, Gauhati University on 19th October, 2019 
• Delivered Two Lectures on ‘Understanding Cultural Studies’ in the Refresher Course in Comparative Literature & Cultural Studies jointly organised by the Depts. of English and Garo, NEHU, Tura Campus from 10th to 23rd March 2021 
• Delivered One Lecture on ‘Ecological Writings as a Literary Canon in North-East India’ in the Faculty Development Programme on Literature and Environmental Humanities: Ecology, Ecocriticism and Environmental Studies organised by the School of Management Studies, NIT, Calicut between 25-30 October, 2021
• Delivered One Lecture on ‘Project Proposal, Project Report and Action oriented Research in Humanities’ in the 34th Refresher Course on Assamese (Literature and Language) organised by the Academic Staff College, Gauhati University on 15th December, 2021
• Delivered One Lecture on ‘The Project of Bharat Nirman through Comparative Indian Literature’ in the Refresher Course on Comparative Indian Literature & Culture and Bharat Nirman organised by the HRDC, Gauhati University on 4th November, 2022.

  Membership of Associations and Academic Bodies:

• Life Member, Forum on Contemporary Theory (FCT), Baroda
• Life Member, Indian Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (IACLALS)
• Life Member, Comparative Literature Association of India (CLAI), Kolkata
• Life Member, Indian Association for the Study of Australia (IASA), New Delhi
• Member, North East India Forum for English Studies, Guwahati
• Life Member, North East India History Association (NEIHA), Shillong
• Member, Editorial Board, Reflections, a peer reviewed journal, Delhi
• Member, Editorial Board, The Critique, a peer reviewed journal, Delhi
• Member, Editorial Board, Creative Saplings, a peer reviewed journal, Delhi
• Member, Advisory Board, Drishti- the sight, a UGC care list journal
• Member, Research Council, Bodoland University, Kokrajhar (2020-23)
• Member, BPGS in English, Nagaland University (2022-25)
• Member, BOS in English, Ranchi University, Jharkhand (2022-25)
• Member, BUGS in Ao (MIL), Nagaland University (2023-26)