Jyotirmoy Sil
Assistant Professor of English
Malda College
Academic Qualification:
M.A.,
NET/JRF JUNE 2015, WB SET 2015
Academic Activities
Published Research Papers/Articles:
"Denationalisation, Islamophobia, and Rohingya Crisis in First, They Erased Our Name: A Rohingya Speaks (2018)." Inclusive: An Open Access Peer Reviewed International Journal of Kolkata Centre for Studies, Vol II, No. 24, December 2023 – January 2024, pp. 259-272, ISSN: 2278-9758, (UGC-CARE; Sl. no. 137 in Social Sciences), https://inclusivejournal.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/journal-dec23-jan24.pdf
“The Formidable Bond: Tales of Dacoits and ‘Dakat’ Kali in Colonial Bengal.” Dristhi: The Sight, May-November, 2023 edition (Vol. XII Issue I), ISSN 2319-8281 (UGC-CARE; Sl. no. 83 in Arts & Humanities).
"Intoxications, Baiji Dance, and Babu Culture of Colonial Calcutta: A Literary Survey." Assonance: A Journal of Russian & Comparative Literary Studies, No 2., January 2023, Department of Russian & Comparative Literature, University of Calicut, pp. 285-95, ISSN: 2394-7853 (UGC CARE; Sl. no. 42 in Arts & Humanities) https://russian.uoc.ac.in/images/Assonnce%202023%20df.pdf
"Gay Subculture, AIDS, and Neo-Decadence: 1980s in Will Self’s Dorian: An Imitation (2002)." Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, Vol. 14, Issue 2, April-June 2022, (SCOPUS Indexed), https://rupkatha.com/v14n218/ (https://doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v14n2.18).
"Discordant Devotion of Transsexuality: A Transgender, Sri Chaitanya, and Gaudiya Vaishnavas in Kaushik Ganguly’s Nagarkirtan (2017)." Drishti: The Sight, May-October Issue, 2022 (UGC CARE; Sl no. 83 in Arts & Humanities), pp. 111-115. ISSN 2319-8281
"Retreat to Primordial 'Id': Reflection on the Marooned Boys' Transposition from R.M. Ballantyne's The Coral Island to William Golding's Lord of the Flies." Young Adult Fiction, edited by Sunita Sinha, Atlantic, 2018, pp. 154-165.
"Iconoclasm or Pseudo-ethics?:A Verification of Elizabeth Costello’s Anti-Anthropocentric Idiosyncrasies Regarding the Animal Victimization in Coetzee’s The Lives of Animals." Galaxy, Vol 6, Issue: 1, Jan, 2017. pp. 29-36.
"Resurrecting ‘Her-Story’ from Robinsonnade ‘(Hi)story’: Coetzee’s Foe and (De)Foe’s ‘Making’ of Robinson Crusoe" . Gnosis. special issue on the "New Literature" (September, 2018 issue). Ed. Arpita Kothati. 101-111.
"Re-Framing ‘Great Expectations’ in Peter Carey’s Jack Maggs and Llyod Jones’s Mister Pip : A Study under Postmodernist Lens". Criterion. Vol 8, issue 1. 2017.
"In Breaking the Master-Narrative: Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea as a Postcolonial Response to Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre". Atlantic Literary Review. January 2017.
"Brokered Subjects and Conditional Liberty: A Study of Select India-Based Narratives on Sexual Slavery." Shakbol, Vol. VII, Issue 1, May 2023, pp. 27-31, ISSN: 2583-5556, http://shakbol.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/jyotirmay-shil.pdf
Papers Presented at Seminars and Conferences:
"Hues of Red for the Green: An Eco-Marxist Study of Select Texts on Maoist Insurgency in Contemporary India." International Conference on "in Search of Creative Commons: Crisis, Catastrophe, and Responsive Literature in India", organised by the Department of English, Gour Mahavidyalaya and Dr. Meghnath Saha College, 1-2 September 2023.
"Plastic Economy and the Climate/Waste Apocalypse: A Study of Alison Stine’s Trashlands (2021)." Two-Day Internation Conference on Plastic Turn, organized by the Department of English, University of North Bengal, August 3-4, 2023.
Presented a paper on Rohingya literature at Two-Day International Seminar on "South Asian Literature and Culture: Interdisciplinary Perspectives", organized by the Department of English, University of Gour Banga, on 26-27 April 2023.
Presented a paper at 5th South Asia Conference (online), organized by Ireland-India Institute (affiliated to Dublin City University) on 27th April, 2022.
"Lesbian Identity and Queer Stigma: Hetero-Patriarchal Bengal in Debalina Majumder's ...Ebong Bewarish (...and the Unclaimed) (2013) and Abar Jodi Ichchha Karo (If You Dare Desire) (2017)". Online International Conference on Queer Temporalities in Literature, Cinema, and Video Games, organized by the University of Murcia, Spain, 2 to 4th December 2021.
Presented a paper at International Virtual Conference on "Humanities, through Literature, Film and Media", organized by Vellore Institute of Technology, on 19th and 20th October 2021.
"Gay Subculture, AIDS, and Neo-Decadence: 1980s in Will Self’s Dorian: An Imitation (2002)." National Conference on "Contemporary Perspectives in English Language, Literature & Cultural Studies", organized by University Institute of Liberal Arts and Humanities, Chandigarh University, on 11 &12 June, 2021.
Sil, Jyotirmoy and Surojit Kayal. "From Denmark to Kashmir: A 'Dystopian' Reconfiguration of Shakespeare's Hamlet in Vishal Bharadwaj's Haider." Two Day International Seminar on "Nature, Culture and Shakespeare: Interrogating and Negotiating the Significations," organized by the Department of English, Aliah University,January 10 and 11, 2017.
Sil, Jyotirmoy and Barindra Brahmachari. "Hues of Paintings on the Canvas of Poetry: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Literature and Painting." Interdisciplinarity: Modes and Practices, organized by Department of English, RKMC (A), Narendrapur, 20-21 April, 2015.
Teaching Experience
7th June, 2019 to 30th September, 2019: Lecturer of Humanities (WBGS, Gazetted-A) , Arambagh Government Polytechnic
1st October, 2019 to present: Assistant professor of English, Malda College
22th April, 2022 to present: Guest Lecturer at Netaji Subhas Open University (Study Centre: Malda Women's College)
14th May 2023 to present: Guest Lecturer at Open Distance Learning, University of Burdwan, (Study Centre: Malda College)
Professional Courses Completed
Completed a one month Orientation Programme from UGC-HRDC, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, from 08-06-2022 to 05-07-2022
Completed a two week Refresher Course on "Literature & Literary Works in Post Modern Era" conducted by the UGC-HRDC, University of North Bengal, from 13-02-2023 to 27-02-2023.
Academic Membership: Life Member of Ecosophical Foundation for the Study of Literature and Environment (EFSLE) since 27th July, 2021
Academic Duties Performed
1st April 2023- present: Coordinator, Postgraduate Section (English), Malda College,
1st April 2021-31st March 2023: Head of the Department of English, Malda Colllege
Contact me
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Email address: siljyotirmoy@maldacollege.ac.in
Mobile numbers: 7278541009 (WhatsApp)/8777541505