Subhadeep Paul, Ph.D., is currently Assistant Professor, Department of English, School of Literature, Language and Cultural Studies, Bankura University, West Bengal. He has previously taught at the P.G. Department of English, Maulana Azad College, Kolkata and was a Guest faculty at the P.G. Department of English, Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata. He was a University Grants Commission-Sponsored Senior Research Fellow at Jadavpur University. He was Co-Director of a Two-Year Major Research Project (2016-18) entitled “Discoursing the Homeless Elderly: Tropes, Desires, Containment” (funded by the Indian Council of Social Science Research, in collaboration with The University of Swansea, UK).
Books:
1. Anxieties, Influences & After: Critical Responses to Postcolonialism & Neocolonialism, Co-ed. Subhadeep Paul. New Delhi: Worldview Publishers, 2009. Print. [ISBN: 81 86423 13 3].
2. Finite Sketches, Infinite Reaches (A Book of Poems). By Subhadeep Paul, Writers Workshop, Kolkata, India, 2007. Print. [ISBN: 81-8157-650-0].
3. The Posthuman Temporal: Towards a Radical Ontology. Eds. Subhadeep Paul & Sukhendu Das. (Publisher Under Consideration) [Forthcoming].
4. Beyond Museumised Identities: History, Politics and the Radicalization of Memory. Ed. Subhadeep Paul (Publisher Under Consideration) [Forthcoming].
5. Gender Cultures: Body, Identity, Expression. Eds. Subhadeep Paul & Goutam Majhi. (Publisher Under Consideration). [Forthcoming].
Book Chapters in Edited Volumes:
1. “The Kinetic Mission of Kalimpong: The Enduring Legacy of Reverend Dr. John Anderson Graham and Dr. Graham’s Homes in the History of Scottish Foreign Missions” in Lakshmi’s Footprints and Paisley Patterns: Perspectives on Scoto-Indian Literary and Cultural Inter-relationship. Eds. Bashabi Fraser and Deb Narayan Bandopadhyay. (Routledge). [Forthcoming].
2. “W(Rites) of Dissemi-(nation): Spatio-Memorial Spectrums and Insurgent Cartographies in Temsula Ao’s ‘These Hills Called Home: Stories From A War Zone’ in Evolving Perspectives On English Studies In India: Views From The NorthEast And Beyond. (Springer). [Forthcoming].
3. “Subjective Estrangement in a Transnational Circulatory: A Case-Analysis of Chinua Achebe’s ‘No Longer at Ease’” in Chinua Achebe: A Tribute. Ed. Hossain Al Mamun. Dhaka: University Press Limited, 2021. [Forthcoming].
4. Palimpsestic Jungle/Jumble: Visceral Urbanism in Rajat Chaudhuri’s ‘Hotel Calcutta,’ in City Speaks: Representation of City in Indian Literature. Eds. Subashish Bhattacharjee and Goutam Karmakar. (Routledge). [Forthcoming].
5. “Stigmatising Mental Un-health: Rehabilitative Poetics and the Gendered Pandemic Playlist” in Disease and Discrimination: Sickness and the Woman Question. Ed. Sourav Kr. Nag. (Routledge). [Forthcoming].
6. “Momism Makes Vanilla-Men: Effeminacy, Stigma and the Mama’s Boy” in Body Politics: Rethinking Gender and Masculinity. Eds. Tanmoy Baghira & Ananya Mukherjee. Delhi: Akhand Publishing House, 2021. 14-31. [ISBN: 978-81-948850-0-9].
7. “Drifters in the Desert: The Role of Nomadology in the Configuration of Identity in Patrick White’s ‘Voss’” in The Asian Century: Australia and the Trans-Asian Cultural and Strategic Diplomacy. Ed. Deb Narayan Bandopadhyay. Jaipur: Aadi Publications. 2016. [ISBN: 978-93-82630-86-9].
8. “Pro-In(?)-active Autumn Years: Is Hollywood Conventional or Radical in its Approach to Ageing?” in Theory, Policy and Practice: Re-interpreting Historical and Social Contexts of Ageing. Ed: Dr. Sanjoy Mukherjee. Rangamati: Kabitika, 2016. 120-5. [ISBN: 978-93-85248-19-1].
9. “India’s Tryst with Destiny in Sports” in India Since 1947: Looking Back at a Modern Nation. Ed. Atul Kumar Thakur. New Delhi: Niyogi Books, 2013. 326-335. [ISBN: 978-93-81523-92-6].
10. “Fighting against Forced Harmony: Critiquing Stereotypes in ‘Bravely Fought The Queen’ and other plays” in The Plays of Mahesh Dattani: An Anthology of Recent Criticism (New Series). Ed. Tutun Mukherjee. New Delhi: Pencraft International, 2012. 94-101. [ISBN: 978-93-82178-03-3].
Journals:
- “A Tough Carapace: Configuring Blake’s Mysticism through his Visionary Paintings and Engravings” in The Contour: An International Peer-Reviewed Online Journal of Studies in English. (Vol. 6, Issue 1), Dec, 2020. https://thecontour.infowiki.com/volume-6-issue-1-2-3-4-december-2020/. [ISSN: 2349-6398].
- “Hijacked Entities: Reconnoitring Contrived Cultural Representations through Appropriation in Contemporary Western Music Videos” in Journal of Literary and Cultural Studies (Vol. 1, No. 1), Apr. 2020. Ed. Tanima Shome. Pub: Vishvanatha Kaviraja Institute of Comparative Literature and Aesthetics, India.
- “Indo-Raj Syncretism and the Modern ‘Sarbojonin’ Durga Puja: A Cultural Study” in Rock Pebbles: A Peer-Reviewed Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies (UGC-CARE Listed, vide Sl. No. 168, Gr-D), Mar & June, 2020. [Vol. XXIV. No. 1 & 2].
- “No Rusting Raj in Smart Swaraj: What not to do with the Victoria Memorial – A Conservationist Viewpoint” in Amity Global History Review – the Research Journal of Amity Institute of Social Sciences (AISS). (Vol 1.), Noida. Sep., 2016. 54-8.
Areas of Interest:
Postcolonial & Neocolonial Studies, Multiculturalism and multicultural literatures, Indian Writing in English, American Literature, Diaspora Studies, Cultural Representations of Hollywood, Cultural and Literary Gerontology, Literature and Trauma, Literature of the Border, Posthumanism and critical appropriations of Futurism.
Statement of Interest:
I am interested in examining critical interfaces between posthumanism and ecocriticism; posthumanism and ethics; posthumanism and metaphysics; posthumanism and pluri-hermeneutic subjectivities. My sub-thematic preoccupations include apertures between contemporary materiality and virtual signifiers, and bio-social identities in algorithmic frames and ultra-digital spaces. I am especially interested in examining and investigating radical ontologies and neo-millennial epistemological configurations of the posthuman order. I am presently researching on post-Anthropocene possibilities, neo-cyborg technologies, techno-futurist heterotopias, multispecies justice and precarities associated with the Virocene. I hope to contribute to the Indian Posthumanism Network, in terms of my overall research on South Asia in general and the Indian subcontinent in particular.