ABOUT ME
ACADEMIC CURRICULUM VITAE
NAME: Koushik Goswami
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:
Humanities Visiting Scholar (2020): Exeter University, UK.
Ph.D (2018-19): Pursuing Ph.D (Arts) from Jadavpur University. 80% in course work.
M.PHIL (2015-17): With 68.80% (specialization in South Asian Literature) from The University of Burdwan (Department of English and Culture Studies) Burdwan, W.B. India.
M.A. in English (2014): With 61.12% (specialization in Indian Literature in English) from Malda College Post Graduate Section under the University of Gour Banga, Malda, West Bengal.
B.A (Hons.) in English (2012): With 55% (with Philosophy and Sanskrit as pass course subjects).
Higher Secondary Education (2009): From WBCHSE Examination Board with 82.2%
Secondary Education (2007): From WBBSE Examination Board with first division
OTHER ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS;
B.Ed in English and Education: (2014-15) with 64.35% under the University of Gour Banga with specialization in Guidance and Counselling.
Advance Diploma in Computer Application: From Sadhana Group, registered under the govt. of West Bengal,
PUBLICATIONS:
Goswami, Koushik. “Politics of fencing and exchanges of enclaves: A study on Indo-Bangladesh border”. Border, Globalization and Identity. Ed. Sukanta Das. Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 2017.
Goswami, Koushik. “Silent Suffering and Danger of Gender Politics: Rereading the Poetry of Mamta Kalia.” Ed. Anuradha Kunda and Arnab Bhattacharya. Gender and Commonwealth Studies. Kolkata: Books Way. 2015. Print. [978-93-5225-029-5]
Goswami, Koushik. “Female Psyche in the Works of Mamta Kalia and Sylvia Plath”. Exposure:the Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities l.1 (2015). Print. [ISSN-2454-6429].
Goswami, Koushik. “Nation and Diaspora in Manjushree Thapa’s Select Stories.” Borders and Border Crossing: Reading Partition, Reading Diaspora. Ed. Deb Narayan Bandhopadhya, Himadri Lahiri, and Nandini Bhattacharya. Burdwan UP, Burdwan. 2016. Print. [ISBN- 81-87259-93-0]
Goswani, Koushik. “Viloence as Spectacle: Manjula Padmanabhan’s Treatment of Ethical Responsibility in Lights Out.” Ed. Somdatta Mandal. Apperception. IX (July 2016- June 2017). Visva-Bharati. Print. ISSN No. 2321-1261
WORKING EXPERIENCE- At present working as a Guest Lecturer at Malda College (UG and PG faculty English) since 5th January 2015.
PAPER PRESENTED IN SEMINARS:
1.Presented a paper entitled “ Chitmahals and Their Afterlife” in the SAP-DRS II International Conference Statelessness at the Department of English and Culture Studies on the 18th of January 2019 in Kadambini Hall, of The University of Burdwan, West Bengal.
2. Presented a paper entitled “Home and Nostalgia in Manjushree Thapa’s Select Diasporic Works” in the International Conference on Transitions in Policy, Resilence and Identity: New Challenges in Indo-Canadian Studies at the Centre for Canadian Studies, Jadavpur University on 6-7-8 February, 2019.
3. Presented a paper entitled “Re-Writing the Nation: Tibetan Exilic Consciousness in Tenzin Tsundue’s Kora” in two day International Seminar “Nation and Beyond: Interdisciplinary Perspectives” organised by department of English University of Gour Banga on April 14-15, 2017.
4. Presented a paper entitled “Nation-Diaspora Dialectics in Manjushree Thapa’s select stories” in two day UGC sponsored International Seminar (Under the DRS SAP programme) on Reconstructing the English Literary Map: Literatures of Partition and Diaspora from Asia and the Asia Pacific organised by Department of English and Culture Studies, The University of Burdwan, held on 10 & 11 March, 2016.
5. Presented paper on “Representation of Early Sikh Diaspora in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s “Yuba City Poems”: A Postcolonial view” organised by Malda College on June 24-25, 2016.
6. Presented Paper on “The Female Psyche in the Poetry of Mamta Kalia” in two day International Seminar “Exploring Trauma: Interdisciplinary perspectives” organised by department of English University of Gour Banga in collaboration with British Council on January 28-29,2016.
7. Presented Paper on “Geopolitical Cross Border Identity: Indo-Bangladesh Border Fencing and Related Problems with Special Reference to the Politics of Physical Exchanges of Enclaves” in UGC Level National Seminar organized by the Dept of English, P.D Women’s College, Jalpaiguri.
8. Presented a paper entitled “ Death-in-Life: Gender Politics and Sexual Exploitation in Jayanta Mahapatra’s poem ‘Hunger’, ‘The Whorehouse in a Calcutta Street’ and Manjula Padbanabhan’s Lights Out” in a National Seminar on Literature and Marginality Issues and Perspectives, Department of English, Balurghat College, Dakshin Dinajpur, W.B.
9. Presented a paper entitled “Silent Suffering and Danger of Gender Politics ”: Rereading the poetry of Indian Women Poets With Special Reference to Mamta Kalia” in a college level seminar and workshop on "Addressing Gender Discrimination and Initiating Women Empowerment" organized by the Department of English, Malda College, Malda. W.B.
10. Presented a paper entitled “The Muffled Voices Speak: Dalit Consciousness in Mulk Raj Anand’s Novel Untouchable” In UGC sponsored Trilingual National Level Seminar on Dalit Consciousness in 19th C Autobiographical Literature and its relevance in Post Colonial India, organized by Dept of Bengali, Political Science, Gour Mahavidyalaya, Malda and supported by SERA and INQUEST, Kharagpur.
11. Presented a paper entitled “Cross Border Identity: Indo-Bangla Border Fencing and Related Problems” State level seminar on "Geopolitics in the Eastern Frontier of India with Special Reference to Indo-Bangla Boarder." organized by the Department of Geography, Malda College, Malda, W.B.
12. Attended I.C.H.R. Sponsored International Level Conference on "The Great War(1914) In Memories and Letters." organized by the Post Graduate Departments of History and English, Malda College, Malda , W.B.
13. Attended University of Gour Banga sponsored National seminar on “Recent Trends in Indian Politics” organised by Department of Political Science on 22 January,2016.
14. Attended Two day International seminar on “Literature, Border and Identity” organised by the Department of English and other modern European Languages, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, on 29 february and 1 March 2016.