Kopal

kopal@aud.ac.in

PhD in English Literature, JNU (2017) Thesis Title: Literary Lineages of Hindi: An Enquiry into Select Historiographical Accounts of Hindi Literature
M Phil in English Literature, JMI (2011) Dissertation Title: Exploring Indian Culture: Translating Five Essays of Hazariprasad Dwivedi
Masters in English Literature, Delhi University, 2007-09
BA Honours in English, Gargi College, Delhi University, 2004-07

Assistant Professor (Guest), Deshbandhu College (2012-13)
Assistant Professor (Adhoc), Zakir Husain College (Eve), Delhi University (2014-15)
Assistant Professor (Regular), AUD (2017 onwards)

Literary Historiography, Indian Literatures, Hindi Literature, Literatures of Resistance, Crime Fiction, Critical Theory

Courses Offered at AUD

Literary Theory

Dwivedi, Hazariprasad. “The Assembly of Pundits”, Tr. Kopal. Indian Literature, Journal Issue no. 282 July/August 2014.
Kopal (2019).[Review of the book Ācārya Hajārīprasād Dvivedī kī Jayayātrā by Santosh, Gyanendra K.] Hindi Special Issue of The Book Review. XLIII(5),26-7.
कोपल (2022). हिंदुस्तानी और चीनी महिलाओं का साम्राज्यवाद विरोधी इतिहास दर्ज करता एक काव्यात्मक उपन्यास. समीक्षा वार्ता. Oct-Dec 2022. Vol 1, No.1 , pg. 27-28.
कोपल (2023). “तासीकृत साहित्येहास में भारतीय ज्ञान को संगठित करने के प्रयोग” in हिंदी साहित्य का इतिहास : कुछ पाठ, कुछ विमर्श. आधार प्रकाशन . 978-93-92635-10-6
Kopal (2023). Review of Bhaga Hua Ladka by Manoranjan Byapari,translated by Amrita Bera. The Book Review. XLVII (10), pg.59-60.
Book Chapter, “Women and Songmaking in the Anti Farm Laws Movement: A Case Study of the Badowal Toll Plaza in Haryana” in A People's History of the Farmers' Movement (2020-21), Routledge. (Forthcoming)

Presented a research paper titled “IPL:The Postmodern Phase of Cricket” at ' The Game's Afoot...Sports, Literature and Culture' National Seminar, Department of English, Indraprastha College, University of Delhi, 10^th - 12^th March, 2011.
Presented a paper titled “Conception of Indian Culture in Hazariprasad Dwivedi’s Essays: A 21^st Century Appraisal” at "Challenges and Prospects of Indian Culture in Present Times", a National Seminar, Department of Sociology, Banaras Hindu University, 29th - 30th March, 2014.
Presented a paper titled, “Chronology, Classification and Colonialism: Towards Writing a History of Hindi Literature” at the National Seminar “Writing India: Revisiting Historiography, Ideology and Genre” held at the Centre for English Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 16 and 17 January 2017.
Presented a paper titled “Women in Social Movements: Understanding Women's Songmaking Practices” at XVIIth National Conference of Indian Association of Women’s Studies (IAWS) in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 7.09.2023-10.09.2023.
“In Search of Contemporary Indian Noir Crime Fiction” at Shodhotsav 2023
G20 Research Conclave for Faculty & Researchers On Knowledge Exchange in a Globalised World, 31st August – 01st September, 2023.

Participation in Orientation /Refresher Courses:

AUD DLICD (Digital Learning Integrated Course Design), December 2018-May 2019.
Faculty Development Programme on "ADVANCED CONCEPTS FOR DEVELOPING MOOCS" organised by Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College under PMMMNMTT from July 02 - July 17, 2020.
Faculty Development Programme in English Studies,“REMAPPING THE INDIAN NOVEL IN ENGLISH” organised by Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi and the Faculty Development Centre, Mizoram University, Aizawl under PMMMNMTT of MoE, June 21-25, 2021.