Our research group 'Medical Humanities' tries to make sense of different discourses, from the biological to the social, economic, political, and aesthetic, that influence health and shape our perceptions of physical and psychological well-being.
Read MoreOur works will foreground the muted conversations about Medical Humanities in India
We aim to create a collaborative research space that fosters interdisciplinary discussions.
We together explore and critically examine the intersection of medicine and humanities.
We aims to foray into yoking the explanatory medicine model with the experiential model of suffering.
Topic: An Image of Subversion: Initiation of the Goddess Kali in Mainstream Hinduism
Read MoreTopic: George Eliot’s Middlemarch.
Read MoreTopic: “Ghosts, Goddesses, and Medicine from Nineteenth Century Bengal”,
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Research Interest
Nineteenth Century British Literature,Gothic,Medical Humanities,Writing Pedagogy
Date of Joining: 26th July 2022
Area of Research
Gerontology, Medicine and Ageing Women
Date of Joining: 3rd January 2023
Area of Research
Bipolar Disorder and Indian Memoirs of Psychiatric Patients
Date of Joining: 24th July 2023
Area of Research
Narratives of epidemics and pandemics in Indian English Literature
Date of Joining: 24th July 2023
Area of Research
Intersection of Blue Humanities and Postcolonial Literature, representation of water in Indian Graphic Narratives.
Date of Joining: 02 January 2024
Area of Research
Post-structuralist/fluid perspectives on Social Production, Control Societies, and intersectional analyses of Class, Caste, and Gender.
Date of Joining: 26th July 2022
Area of Research
Consent and Autonomy in Mental Illness Narratives
Research duration:
1st August 2022 - 30th January 2023
Topic
Fieldwork and archival research on folk deities and religious writings from North Bengal, India.
Research duration:
1st June 2023 - 31st July 2023
Topic
Archival research on government documents related to river Teesta.
