BIOGRAPHY
Arya Priyadarshini holds a Ph.D. in literary trauma studies from Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, India. Her research interests include trauma and memory studies, popular culture, children’s and young adult literature. She is a recipient of the visiting fellow research grant under Newton-Bhabha PhD Placement Programme 2020-2021, jointly sponsored by British Council (UK) and Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) for academic research visit at the University of Northampton, UK. She has published her work in international, peer-reviewed journals as well as presented her research in various international and national forum. She is a member of various international societies such as International Research Society for Children’s Literature (IRSCL), Indian Association of Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (IACLALS), The Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the World (MELOW) and Indian Network for Memory Studies (INMS), Centre for Memory Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Madras.
EXPERTISE INFORMATION
Research Group
- Language and Literature
Areas of Interest
- Trauma Studies
- Memory Studies
- Children's and Young Adult Literature
ARYA PRIYADARSHINI Assistant Professor Grade-II
Humanities and Social Sciences
priyadarshinia@nitrkl.ac.in
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PUBLICATIONSPERSONAL INFORMATION
ARYA PRIYADARSHINI
Assistant Professor Grade-II
Humanities and Social Sciences
Room Number: 00-000
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Sundargarh, Odisha, India - 769008
2023
Ph.D.
EnglishIndian Institute of Technology Mandi
2018
M.A
LinguisticsUniversity of Delhi
2016
B.A (Hons)
EnglishUniversity of Delhi
Teaching Experience
- Communication Skills, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, 30 Jul 2024 - Present
Total Publications: 4
A. Priyadarshini and S. Sigroha,"The ‘gentle recitation’: writing trauma in contemporary children’s and young adult literature", International Research in Children's Literature, vol.17, no.2, pp.115–128, Edinburgh University Press, March 2024, 10.3366/ircl.2024.0558 Article
A. Priyadarshini, S. Andermahr, and S. Sigroha,""You have to survive”: reading trauma, survival, and adolescent resilience in N.H. Senzai’s contemporary young adult war narrative, Escape from Aleppo", Journal of Postcolonial Writing, vol.60, no.1, pp.28-42, Taylor and Francis, January 2024, 10.1080/17449855.2023.2288650 Article
S. Sigroha and A. Priyadarshini,"Love, longing, and trauma in children and young adult's literature in Japan", Articulating Childhood Trauma, ch.14, pp.165-179, Taylor and Francis, February 2024, View Details Inbook
A. Priyadarshini and S. Sigroha,"Recovering the Palestinian history of dispossession through graphics in Leila Abdelrazaq’s Baddawi", Eikón Imago, vol.15, no.1, pp.395-418, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, July 2020, 10.5209/eiko.73329 Article
- HS1300 : Communicative English {Theory}
- HS2270 : Language Laboratory {Practical}
Awards And Honours
- American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA) Travel Grant, 2023
- CAITY Travel Grant by Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA), 2023
- Newton-Bhabha PhD Placement Programme 2020-21 Visiting Research Grant, 2021
Memberships / Fellowships
- International Research Society for Children's Literature (IRSCL), 2022
- Indian Association of Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (IACLALS), 2022