Faculty
Member
Amit
Sen
Reader
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Department
English
& OMEL
Areas of Specialisation
Eighteenth
Century Studies with special emphasis on
Eighteenth Century Fiction
Narrative
Theory
| Date of Birth | 22nd January 1956 | |
| Qualification | ||
| Year | Degree | College/University |
| 1994 |
B.A (Hons) in English | Presidency College, Kolkata |
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1996 |
M.A. in English | Jadavpur University, Kolkata |
| 1999 | Ph.D |
Jadavpur University, Kolkata |
| Research Projects, Papers, Books | ||
| Projects Ongoing UGC Sponsored Minor Research Project on From Philosophy to Literature: the Novel Interrogates the Enlightenment (Total amount sanctioned Rs 40,000, Project initiated in March 2003,tentatively to be submitted by January, 2004) Completed University Project entitled Many Masks, Many Tasks: The Masquerade in Fielding. submitted in March,2002 Select list of publications "Walter Savage Landor and the Poetry of Contradictions " in Riti (A Bilingual Literary Miscellany) Vol 2, No 2, January 2002. "Many Masks, Many Tasks: Henry Fielding and the Eighteenth Century Masquerade" in Essays and Studies (Journal of the Department of English, Jadavpur University) March, 2002. Forthcoming "This Delightful Country: Writing India Back in The Travels Of Dean Mahomet" in The Atlantic Critical Quarterly "The Tale's Lost Betwixt us: The Novel and the Enlightenment" accepted for publication in Apperceptions (Journal of the Department of English and Omel, Visva-Bharati) |
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| Teaching Experience | ||
 5
years in Visva Bharati1 year in Narendrapore
Ramkrishna Mission College, Narendrapore2 Months at Rabindra
Bharati University, Kolkatta ( on lien) |
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| Awards and other Academic Distinctions | ||
| Awarded
National Scholarship from the Government of India in 1994Winner of Gold Medal
at Jadavpur University for topping the M.A. Examinations. |
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| Other Co-curricular Interests | ||
| Debating, Quizzing, Sports Theatre and Media | ||