Sharmita Lahiri
Department : Humanities and Social Sciences
Research Interests
● Indian Writing in English
● Postcolonial Literature
● Bengali Literature
● Representation of Women in literature
● Writing and Composition
● Communication
Professional Summary
Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (Nov 2021 to present)
Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (July 2009 – Nov 2021)
Postdoctoral Fellow and Instructional Coordinator, Writing Center, University of Houston (July 2008 – July 2009)
Teaching Fellow, Department of English, University of Houston (Jan 2002 – May 2008)
Publications
1. Jooyoung Kim and Sharmita Lahiri “Maximum Engagement, Minimum Distraction and Knowledge Transference” International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Vol. 35 No. 1, 2023, 208-218.
https://www.isetl.org/ijtlhe/ijtlhe-issue.php?v=35&n=1&y=2023
2. “Iswar” Bengali translation of Anne Enright’s “God”, & Commentary on translation: “Translating Anne Enright’s “God” into Bengali”. The Anne Enright Project: The European Federation of Associations and Centres of Irish Studies: June 2022
https://enright.efacis.eu/author/sharmita-lahiri
& https://enright.efacis.eu/translation-overview – Section- Commentary
3. “Bakshakti” Bengali translation of Anne Enright’s “Speech”, & Commentary on translation: “Translation of Anne Enright’s ‘Speech’ into Bengali- A commentary”. The Anne Enright Project: The European Federation of Associations and Centres of Irish Studies: June 2022
https://enright.efacis.eu/author/sharmita-lahiri & https://enright.efacis.eu/translation-overview – Section- Commentary
4. Finding Her Own Voice: Protham Protisruti, Subarnalata, Shwet Pathorer Thala & Dahan” South Asian Review (Routledge: Taylor and Francis Group), 2019: DOI: 10.1080/02759527.2019.1672441
5. “Can a Spirit of Our Own be Expressed in the Language of Our Colonizer.” Asiatic IIUM Journal of English Language and Literature 7.1 (2013) 39-55. (Paper cited in The Year’s Work in English Studies 2015, Vol. 94: Issue 1)
6. “Where Do I Come From? Where Do I Belong? Identity and Alienation in Bharati Mukherjee’s Desirable Daughters and Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake.” South Asian Review 31.1 (2010), 118-140.