Assistant Professor

Dr Partha Bhattacharjee

Department of English

Interests

  1. Comics and Graphic Narratives
  2. Gender Studies
  3. Memory and Trauma Studies

Education

2010

The University of Burdwan,
India
BA (Hons.) in English

2012

The University of Burdwan,
India
MA in English

2015

The University of Burdwan,
India
MPhil

2019

Indian Institute of Technology Patna,
India
PhD

Experience

  • 4th July 2022 – till date- Assistant Professor of English (Grade I), Department of English, SRM University-AP, Andhra Pradesh
  • 17th July 2019 – 30th June 2022- Assistant Professor of English (Grade I)- Amity Institute of English Studies & Research, Amity University, Patna
  • 11th Sept 2014 – 15th Sept 2016- Lecturer in English in Srikrishna College, Bagula (Near Krishnagar), Nadia, West Bengal

Research Interest

  • South Asian Comics and Graphic Narratives
  • Autobiographical Comics
  • Autobiography Studies
  • Gender Studies
  • Trauma and Post-memory Studies

Awards & Fellowships

  • 2018 – IIT Patna Travel Grant to present paper at the University of Florida
  • 2018 – IIT Patna Travel Grant to present paper at South Central Modern Language Association
  • 2018 – Senior Research Fellowship – MHRD, Govt. of India through IIT Patna
  • 2016 – Junior Research Fellowship - MHRD, Govt. of India through IIT Patna

Memberships

  • Modern Language Association (MLA)
  • Postcolonial Studies Association
  • Comics Studies Society

Publications

  • Journal Publications (Select)

    • Gupta, Rounak, Partha Bhattacharjee, and Priyanka Tripathi. “Fractured Identities and Wounded Memories in Indian Comics on Partition: A Decolonial Reading of Frame and Panel.” Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, 2024, IF – 0.36, https://doi.org/10.1080/21504857.2024.2422101
    • Pal, Bidisha, and Partha Bhattacharjee. “Transcending the Trouble, Trauma, and Pain of Failed Marriage and Closeted Sexuality in Indian Web Series Made In Heaven.” Quarterly Review of Film and Video (Q2), 2024, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10509208.2023.2293428. IF - 0.199.
    • Bhattacharjee, Partha, and Priyanka Tripathi. “Spit bubbles, speech bubbles, and COVID-19: Creating comics in the age of post-infection India.” Journal of Visual Communication in Medicine (Taylor & Francis), vol. 45, no. 3, 2022, pp. 205 – 220, https://doi.org/10.1080/17453054.2022.2037408, PMID: 35188036, ISSN / eISSN: 1745-3054 / 1745-3062, ESCI, IF – 1.4.
    • Bhattacharjee, Partha, and Priyanka Tripathi. “Penning the Pain of Partition: Refugee Camp Narratives in Indian Comics.” Studies in Comics, vol. 12, no. 2, 2022, pp. 179 – 200, https://doi.org/10.1386/stic_00062_1. (Scopus Indexed), ISSN 20403232, ONLINE ISSN 20403240, ESCI, IF – 0.16.
    • Bhattacharjee, Partha, and Priyanka Tripathi. “Performance beyond the Panel: (S)exploitation and Trafficking in Ram Devineni’s Priya and the Lost Girls.” Journal of Gender Studies (Taylor & Francis), vol. 31, no. 6, 2022, pp. 712-725, https://doi.org/10.1080/09589236.2021.1950660, Print ISSN: 0958-9236 Online ISSN: 1465-3869, SSCI, IF – 2.539.
    • Pal, Bidisha, and Partha Bhattacharjee. “What is Translated; What is not Translated: Studying the Translation Process of Select Bengali Dalit Short Stories.” The Translator (Taylor & Francis), vol. 28, no. 1, 2021, pp. 41 – 53, https://doi.org/10.1080/13556509.2021.1894763, ISSN /eISSN: 1355-6509 / 1757-0409, SSCI, IF – 0.744.
    • Pal, Bidisha, Partha Bhattacharjee, and Priyanka Tripathi. “Gendered and Casteist Body: Cast(e)ing and Castigating the Female Body in select Bollywood Films.” Journal of International Women’s Studies, vol. 22, no. 10, 2021, pp. 57-67,https://vc.bridgew.edu/jiws/vol22/iss10/6

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    Peer-reviewed Interviews (Select)

    • Bhattacharjee, Partha, Rounak Gupta, and Priyanka Tripathi. “Interview with Karin Hauser.” Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics (Taylor& Francis), 2024, https://doi.org/10.1080/21504857.2024.2348468.
    • Bhattacharjee, Partha, and Haleema Badar. “Interview with Somesh Kumar.” Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics (Taylor & Francis), 2024, https://doi.org/10.1080/21504857.2024.2349221.
    • Badar, Haleema, and Partha Bhattacharjee. “Interview with Ikroop Sandhu.” Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics (Taylor & Francis), vol.14, no. 2, 2023, pp. 307 – 319, https://doi.org/10.1080/21504857.2022.2109705.
    • Bhattacharjee, Partha, and Priyanka Tripathi. “Discovering the Self: In Conversation with Dyuti Mittal.” Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics (Taylor & Francis), vol. 12, no. 6, 2021, pp. 1385-1398, https://doi.org/10.1080/21504857.2021.2010998. (Scopus Indexed).
    • Bhattacharjee, Partha, Priyanka Tripathi, and Bidisha Pal. “The problem of gender violence in India… was not a legal problem, but a cultural problem”: a conversation with comics creator Ram Devineni.” Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics (Taylor & Francis), vol. 13, no.4, 2022, pp. 620 – 631, https://doi.org/10.1080/21504857.2021.1918736. (Scopus Indexed).
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