PARNIKA AGARWAL
PhD Student | Cinema Enthusiast
About Me
I am a PhD student in Film Studies, School of Liberal Arts, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur. I love to research on cinema history and filmmakers every day, and want to make my study more accessible to people. I like old songs, my harmonium, books, aloo paratha, dosa and a peaceful night. I am from Aligarh (U.P.) the city of locks, and currently live in Jodhpur.
Publication
Research Article (2023)
"Calvin and Hobbes: satirising work, leisure, imagination and agency within the context of the pervasive forces of capitalism." Journal Of Graphic Novels and Comics, 14(1), 29-40. (Published online Dec 16, 2021) DOI: 10.1080/21504857.2021.2014543
Paper Presentation
"Cine-buildings and the Question of Access: Interdisciplinary Interventions through 'Space'." Graduate Research Meet, Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, on 6.1.23.
Education
PhD Film Studies (2021-present)
School of Liberal Arts, IIT Jodhpur
M.A. Sociology (2016-2018)
Centre for the Study of Social Systems, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
B.A. (Hons.) Sociology (2013-2016)
Lady Shri Ram College for Women, University of Delhi, New Delhi
Other Courses
Diploma in Creative Writing in English (2019)
School of Humanities, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi
Certificate Course in Performing Arts: Hindustani Music (2018)
School of Performing and Visual Arts, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi
Work
Film Researcher (July-Nov 2018)
Shaolin Cinevision, Dwarka, New Delhi
Intern (2019)
National Film Archive of India (NFAI), Pune
Workshops
Remembering Guru Dutt (2019)
Film & Television Institute of India’s Skilling India in Film & Television (SKIFT) initiative, at IIMC, Delhi
Memories and Mixed-Media: A Workshop on Curating Controversial Media Accounts of the 1970s (2021)
Departments of HSS, IIT Jodhpur & IIT Ropar
How to Write a Film Review (2021)
Talking Films Online
Memberships
British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies (BAFTSS)
Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS)
Mukesh Smriti Kala Sangam
A society of die-hard fans of Legendary Singer Mukesh.