Trina Bose

Assistant Professor of English

Department of English and Literary Studies

Brainware University


398, Ramkrishnapur Rd, Barasat, Kolkata, West Bengal 700125


Academic Qualifications

Ph.D. Joined as Doctoral Research Scholar (English) at Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar in 2019

Qualified National Eligibility Test (UGC NET) (for Assistant Professor) in English (July 2018)

M.A. Master of Arts in English from Banaras Hindu University, Uttar Pradesh. First Division (69.30%) (2017)

B.A. B. A. (Honours) from the University of Burdwan, West Bengal. First Class in English Honours (64.13%) (2015)

10+2 Higher Secondary (10+2) from West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education. First Division (86.60%) (2012)

10 Secondary (10) from West Bengal Board of Secondary Education. First Division (78.88%) (2010)

Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant: School of Humanities, Social sciences, and Management Indian Institute of Technology (January 2019 to Present)

Courses assisted: English for Communication (HS1L001), Learning English (HS1L002), Speaking and Presentation (HS2L002), Global Communication (HS2L006)

Assistant Professor of English at Brainware University from August 2022 to present

Publications

Web of Science/ Scopus Indexed Journals

1. Bose, T. & Panda, P. Cultural memory of climate crisis and human displacement in Amitav Ghosh’s Gun Island. Routledge. [Accepted]

2. Bose, T., & Panda, P. Anthropogenic climate crisis and human adaptation: An ecocritical analysis of Exodus and Not a Drop to Drink. The IUP Journal of English Studies. [Accepted]

3. Bose, T., & Panda, P. (2022). Pacific seascapes of the Anthropocene: Changing human-nature relationships in Jeff Murray’s Melt. eTropic: electronic journal of studies in the Tropics, 21(1), 326-347. [Scopus indexed]

4. Panda, P., & Bose, T. (2021). Cultural imperialism versus nativity in Purple Hibiscus and Americanah. IUP Journal of English Studies, 16(4), 27-36. [Scopus indexed]

5. Bose, T., & Satapathy, A. (2021). The crisis of climate and immigration in Amitav Ghosh’s Gun Island. Litera, 31(2), 473-489. do.org/10.26650/LITERA2021-871879 [Web of Science]

UGC Journal

6. Panda, P., & Bose, T. (2021). Postmodern feminist interpretation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun and Michael Grant’s Front Lines. DUJES, 29.

Papers Presented

1. Bose. T. (2022). “Climatological Water Crisis, Human Resilience and Adaptation in Emmi Itäranta’s Memory of Water.” Presented at “Virtual International Conference on Environmental Imagination & Greening Literary Studies,” Bishop Heber College, Tamilnadu, India (27-28 July 2022)

2. Bose, T. (2022). “Climate Crisis, Human Resilience and Adaptation: A Postcolonial Ecocritical Analysis of Sorayya Khan’s Noor.” Paper presented at “Adaptation and Resilience to Climatic and Environmental Changes in the Indian Ocean World, Past to Present,” organized by the Indian Ocean World Centre, McGill University, Quebec, Canada (25-27 May)

3. Bose, T. (2022). “Eco-Apocalypse, Posthumanism, and Collective Trauma in Cherie Dimaline’s The Marrow Thieves.” Paper presented at the Virtual International Symposium on “Mapping Memory in the Wake of the Posthuman: India and Canada,” organized by IIT Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar (25-26 March)

4. Bose, T. (2022). “Anthropogenic Water Scarcity and the Quandary of the Poor in Asian Giants: A Postcolonial Ecocritical Analysis of Leila: A Novel and Don’t Cry, Tai Lake.” Paper presented at “Environment Across Disciplines: Perspectives on the 21st Century,” organized by Bodoland University, Gauhati, Assam (9-11 February)

5. Bose, T. (2021). “Climate Change, Refugee Crisis, and Human Adaption in Melt.” Paper presented at “Migration, Adaptation, and Memory4th International Interdisciplinary Conference (ONLINE).” InMind Support, Poland (17-18 June)

6. Bose, T. (2021). A Tale of Social Conflict, Concord, and the Paucity of Water in Prayaag Akbar’s Leila: A Novel.” Paper presented at “The 11th Asian Conference on Cultural Studies (ACCS2021)” Online from Tokyo, Japan | (3-5 June)

7. Bose, T. (2021). “A Tale of Difference and Resilience in Amitav Ghosh’s Gun Island.” Paper presented at “The 12th Asian Conference on Arts & Humanities (ACAH2021)” Online from Tokyo, Japan | (24-26 May)

8. Bose, T. (2021). “Dystopian Climate Change and Human Adaptation in Exodus and Not a Drop to Drink.” Paper presented at “Living Dystopian”: Post-Millennial Perceptions and Post-Pandemic Realities,” An International Conference Organized by Inspirare Arts Foundation in Collaboration with Osmania University Center for International Programmes. Osmania University Center for International Programme, Hyderabad (22-24 March)

9. Bose, T. (2021). “Politics of Human Migration in Amitav Ghosh’s Gun Island.” Paper presented at “Migrating World: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Migration and Integration.” International Conference London/Online, organized by London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, London (20-21 February)

10. Bose, T. (2020). “Cultural Memory of Human Displacement in Amitav Ghosh’s Gun Island.” Paper presented at “Rethinking the Politics of Memory in South Asia,” SASNET Online Conference, Lund University, Sweden (9-10 December)