1 Curriculum Vitae Name : Seemin Hasan Date of Birth : 23.03.1960 Designation : Associate Professor Department of English, AMU Gender : Female Marital status : Married Contact : 134, Street 4, Greater Azad Enclave (W) Dhorra Mafi, Aligarh 202002 Tel : 0571-2720588 Cell : 9837326553 Email : seeminhasan@yahoo.com Academic Qualifications: S.No Exam Year Institution Div. %age 1. I.S.C. 1975 Loreto Convent Lucknow I st 70.4% (95% in English Literature) 2. B.A. 1979 AMU I st 65.6% 3. M.A. 1981 AMU I st 65% I st Position (Awarded University Medal) 4. M.Phil 1986 AMU - Degree Conferred Topic Keats s Use of Mythology in his Odes and Hyperion. 5. Ph.D. 1993 AMU - Degree Conferred Topic The Use of Mythology in the Poetry of John Keats. Teaching Experience : 30 Years
2 1. Lecturer : 22.10.1984 to 12.12.1997 2. Reader/ Associate Professor : 12.12.1997 till date Teaching Assignments: Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Research Level 1. PhD course work 2. Teaching English, Irish, African,Indian and Diaspora Literature 3. Teaching ELT, Communicative English 4. Teaching Women s Studies Research Supervision Ph.D awarded: 05 1. Ambreen Khanam, The Immigrant in Bharati Mukherjee s Novels: An Analysis with special reference to Identity Crises and Cultural Transplant. 2006 2. Haris Qadeer, Compromises, Compensations and Colonial Division in Seamus Heaney s Poetry.2008 3. Nahid Akhtar, Modes and Genres in the Poetry and Letters of John Keats: An Analysis from the Standpoint of Deconstructive Phenomenology and Feminist Discourse. 2008 4. Kamran Ahsan, Feminine Identity and Cultural Displacement in the works of Four Women Authors: Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, Attia Hosain, Arundhati Roy and Jhumpa Lahiri.2011 5. Mohammad Yusuf Ansari, Antique Modes and Contemporary Narratives in the Works of Girish Karnad. 2014 MA Dissertations 1. Tarun Lata Singh, Syllabus Designing: Issues and Perspectives. 2009 2. Zainab Sarwat, Syllabus Methods and Materials for Teaching English. 2009 3. Ayesha Khatoon, Communicative Language Teaching: Material and Activities for the Indian ELT Classroom 2010 4. Sadaf Zarrin, ESL Syllabi in Indian Context, 2010 5. Ayesha Vaseem, Aspects of Syllabus Designing: Definition, Role and Functions,2011 Publications: Books I. Folktales of UP Tribes (1982, The Academic Press, Gurgaon, Haryana) Co-authored with Amir Hasan. Reviews 1. The Times of India, June 27, 1982 Sunday Review, Literary page. 2. Indian Express, April 17, 1983. 3. Citation in the work of Sri. L. Mohanty.
3 II The Voice of Feeling Myth and Mythology in Keats s Major Poems (1998, The Academic Press, Gurgaon, Haryana) Reviews 1. University News, April 26, 1999. 2. Indian Book Chronicle, June 1999 (Jaipur). Chapters in Books 1. Chapter entitled Feminism and Feminist Utopia in Rokeya Sakhawat Hussain s Sultana s Dream, in Behind the Veil ed. Professor A.R. Kidwai, (APH Publishing Corporation, New Delhi, 2007), ISBN:8131-301-508 2. Chapter entitled Secular-Humanism in Indian Women s Poetry in English in Critical Response to Indian Poetry in English ed. Amar Nath Jha & Bithika Sarkar (Sarup & Sons, New Delhi,2008) ISBN:81-7625-825-0 3. Chapter entitled Status of Women in Higher Education ed. AR Kidwai (Viva Books, New Delhi,2010) Revised and reprinted 2014. 4. Chapter entitled Cultural Narratology in Qaisara Shahraz s Fiction in The Holy and The Unholy ed. Kidwai & Siddiqui, (Sarup and Sons,New Delhi,2011)ISBN:978-81- 7625-770-1 5. Chapter entitled Unweaving a Rainbow: Heroines of Keats s Lyrics in Criticism and Counter Criticism ed. Abdur Raheem Kidwai & Siddiqui,Viva Books Private Limited, New Delhi,2013) ISBN:978-81-309-2302-4. Research Papers 1. The Mythic Modes in Shelley s Lyrics of 1920, AJES, 16, 1994. This paper has been included in Current Bibliography, Keats-Shelley Journal Scholarly Resources Romantic Circles. http://www.rc.umd.edu/reference/kjsbib/pbshelley/shellpb _98.html 2. The Myth of the Goddess in Endymion, AJES, 18, 1996. 3. The Mythological Perspective in John Keats s Ode to Psyche, AJES, 19, 1997. 4. The Power of Feminine in Keats s Poetry: Unraveling Gordian Complications, AJES, 22, 2000. 5. Bharati Mukherjee s Wife: The Gender Experience, AJES, 24, 2002.
4 6. Orphic Elements in Neruda s Poetry, AJES, 25, 2003. 7. The True, the Blushful: A Feminist Reclamation of Fanny Brawne, AJES, 26, 2004. 8. Narration, Focalization and Narrative Situations in Keats s Endymion, Journal of the Faculty of Arts, 3, 2004. 9. Romanticizing Feminism: The Shaping of the Female Identity in Keats s Poems, Point of View, XII, 2005.ISSN:0971-605X. 10.Kahlil Gibran s The Prophet A Post-Colonial Reading, SPIEL, I, 2006 11. Women and Education: Literature as Mouthpiece, Women And Society (Bulletin of The Centre for Women s Studies) 2006 12.. The Heroine in Bharati Mukherjee s Wife, Journal of The Faculty of Arts, Jan 2005-Dec.2006 13.. Poetry by Women in Post-Independence India, Remarkings, 7, Vol 2, September, and 2008.ISSN 0972-611X 14. Redefining Identities: A Feminist Perspective on Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni s Works, Lemuria, Vol II, Summer 2008.ISSN no: 0974-102X 15. The Chronicles of Hintu: A Tharu Folktale, JSL(Journal of the School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies) Autumn 2008. 16. A Comparative Study of Folktales of UP Tribes and European Fairytales, Indian Literature, Mar-April, 2009. ISSN:0019-5804 17. Women in South-Asian Novels in English, The Atlantic Literary Review, Jan-Mar 2009. 18. Locating the Muslim Identity in Popular Hindi Cinema, Silhoutte Vol VIII, 2010 Citation in Spectrum, The Tribune, November 20, 2011
5 19. A Feminist Perspective on Ismat Chughtai s Short Stories, JSL ( Journal of the School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies) Autumn 2011 20. Politics of Representation in Zaiba Malik s We Are a Muslim, Please, Journal of The Faculty of Arts, vol 7, nos1-2, 2012-14 Papers in International Journals 1. Narratology in Auden s Poetry, Explorations, Journal of Department of Department of English Language and Literature,GC University,Lahore,Pakistan Vol 19, 2008.PK ISSN: 0014-4975. 2. Dynamics of Repatriation in Shilpi Soumya Gowda s Secret Daughter, Asiatic: IIUM Journal of English Language & Literature. Jun2012, Vol. 6 Issue 1, p142-153. 12p Creative Writing Poetry Stories 1. The Act of Writing, Women s Era, October (First) 2008 2. The Way Home, Women s Era November (Second) 2008 3. Woman, The Journal of the Poetry Society (India) vol. 29, 2009. 1..For Whom the Bell Tolls. The Aligarh Magazine, AMU, Aligarh, 2005-06 2. The Flip Side Re-Markings, vol10 NO1 March 2011s 3. Fair is Foul and Foul is Fair, La Femme, 2012 Citations 1. Citation under Education at no.127 of article entitled Literature as Mouthpiece published in Women and Society in Current Awareness Bulletin, No.1, 2007, published by Centre for Women s Development Studies, URL http://www.cwds.org/library/library.htm 2. Citation under Book Reviews, Literature Titles, at no.61 in the CV of Professor R.K. Singh, Professor of English, Head of Humanities and Social Sciences Department, Indian School of
6 Mines, Dhanbad. Professor Singh reviewed my book The Voice of Feeling: Myth and Mythology in Keats s Major Poems in Indian Book Chronicle, Vol.XXIV, No.6, June 1999, pp.17-18; and Creative Forum, Vol.12, No.1-2, January-June 1999, pp.117-121. 3. Citation under Other Folktale Versions Not Specifically analyzed in the present study, page 14, Appendix B, Qissa Bibliography Major Works of my book Folktales of UP Tribes, Compiled by Columbia University, New York. http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00litlinks/marv_qissa/11andxb.pd f Accepted for Publication 1. Negotiations of Space in Jhumpa Lahiri s Unaccustomed Earth in MAJELL (Journal of the Department of English, MANUU) Vol.6 No1. 2. Demystifying the Zenana: Power Politics and Spatial Structures in Rokeya Sakhawat Hosain s Sultana s Dream in the forthcoming issue of Asiatic: IIUM Journal of English Language & Literature. Participation in Seminars, Symposia, Workshops etc 1. National Seminar on John Keats, Department of English, AMU (March 1997) Paper Topic: The Myth of the Goddess in Endymion. 2. National Seminar on Violence Against Women and the Girl Child, Centre for Women s Studies, AMU (April 1-2, 2003) Paper Topic: Self Effacement to Confidence: Two Case Studies. 3. National Seminar on Linguistics and New Theories of Literary Criticism. Department of Linguistics & Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore (January 6-8, 2004). Paper Topic: Narration, Focalization and Narrative Situation in Keats s Endymion. 4. Conference on Women and Development, Centre for Women s Studies, AMU (October 10-11, 2004) Paper Topic: Mapping A Feminist Genealogy: Emergence of The New Woman in English Poetry in Post-Independence India. 5. National Seminar on Contribution of Women to Sanskrit Literature, Women s College, AMU, (November 27-28, 2004).
7 Paper presented in the Contribution of Women to Arts, Social Science and Science segment. Paper Topic: The Heroine in Bharati Mukherjee s Wife: A Feminist Reclamation. 6. International Seminar on Globalization in the Asian Perspective, Iran Culture House, Delhi & JNU (March 4-5, 2005). Paper Topic: Globalization: Trends in Asian Literature in English. 7. National Seminar on Women and Education, Centre for Women s Studies, AMU, (August 29-31, 2005). Paper Topic: Women and Education: Literature as Mouthpiece. 8. National Seminar on Secular Values in Indian Literature, Department of Modern Indian Languages, AMU, (September 22-24, 2005). Paper Topic: Secular Values in Indian Women s Poetry in English. 9. International Seminar on W.H. Auden and his Contemporary Relevance, Department of English, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (September 14-15, 2006). Paper Topic: Narrative Voice, Psycho narration and Narrated Perception in Auden s Poetry. 10. International Seminar on Feminist Consciousness in South Asian Literature, Department of English and Modern European Languages, University of Lucknow, Lucknow (November 3-4, 2006). Paper Topic: Metaphor, Myth and Feminism in the Works of Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni 11. National Conference on Western Popular Literature and its Reception in India, Centre for Advanced Studies, Department of English, Jadavpur University, Kolkata (December 18-19, 2006). Paper Topic: The Mirror of Literature: Western Canons, Indian Interpretations 12. National Seminar on Marginality and Postcolonialism, Department of English and Modern European Languages, University of Lucknow, Lucknow. (October 17-18, 2007). Paper Topic: Tales of Wonder: A Comparative Study of Folktales of UP Tribes and European Fairy Tales 13. International Seminar on Reassessing Third World Feminism, Centre for Women s Studies, AMU, Aligarh (November 19-21, 2007).
8 Paper Topic: The Sexual and the Textual in the Short Stories of Ismat Chughtai. 14. National Seminar on Contribution of Contemporary Indian Literature on National Integration, Department of Modern Indian Languages, AMU, Aligarh (November,8-9,2008) Paper Topic: National Integration through Linguistic Association in Anita Deasai s In Custody. 15. National Seminar on Women in Modern and Political Thought (October 3-5, 2009), Centre for Women s Studies, AMU, Aligarh Paper Topic: Jhumpa Lahiri s Unaccustomed Earth: Mediations of Gender, Literature and Society 16 International Conference on Postcolonial Literatures and the Transnational, Department of English, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut (April, 7-9, 2010) Paper Topic: From My Lady s Chamber: Colonial White Women s Narratives 17.National Conference on Writings From the Margins, School of Humanities & Social Sciences Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida,, (March 23-24,2012) Paper Topic: Terror, Trauma and Torn Identities in Zaiba Malik,s We Are a Muslim, Please Editorial Boards Editor, Aligarh Muslim University Gazette Member, Editorial Board, AJES Member,Editorial Board,Femme, AMU Ladies Club Magazine Censor, Sultania, Magazine of BegumSultanJahan Hall,AMU Peer Reviewer AJES, Aligarh Journal of English Studies Journal of the Faculty of Arts Aligarh Magazine
9 Syllabus Designing Designed syllabus for the English Course, Faculty of Law, AMU, Aligarh Designed syllabi for Department of English, AMU,Aligarh Designed syllabi for Women s Studies, AMU, Aligarh Teacher Training Programmes As Participant 1. Orientation Programme, Academic Staff College, Aligarh Muslim University, December1988. 2. Teaching of English as Communication,Department of English,AMU. Sponsored by, May 16 to 18, 1995 As Resource Person Orientation Courses Conducted sessions on Gender Sensitization at Academic Staff College, AMU (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011,2012, 2013, 2014) Lectured in Orientation courses, English Component, (1990, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006) Resource Person at Orientation Programme for Teachers of B. A., B. Sc., B. Com. 1st yr. Comp. English, Dept of English. AMU, July 20 to 24, 2000.. Refresher Courses Coordinated Refresher on Post-colonialism for teachers of English at Academic Staff College, AMU (2009) Lectured in Refresher in English, Academic Staff College, AMU, Aligarh (2005, 2006, 2007,2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)
10 Lectured in Refresher in Women s Studies ( 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012,2013) Lectured in Refresher in English, Academic Staff College, University of Lucknow, Lucknow (2008) Lectured in Refresher in English, Academic Staff College, MANU, Hyderabad (2013) Workshops Workshop on Gender Awareness, Advance Centre of Women s Studies, Aligarh Muslim University, October 3,2013. Lectured on Gender Awareness: Reconstruction of Gender in the Contemporary World Membership of Academic Bodies: Life Member, IACLALS Life Member, IAWS Member, Board of Studies, CWS, AMU Co-opted member, Board of Studies, Department of Modern Indian Languages, AMU, Aligarh Appointed member of the Faculty of Arts under Statute 20(3)(V)/ (VI) of the Statutes of AMU,Reader Category, for two years, October 29,2007 onwards Administrative Responsibilities in Department of English Coordinator. Undergraduate Merit Scholarship Test, 2002 till date Coodinator, Undergraduate Sessionals 2002--2008 Coodinator, Postgraduate Sessionals 2013 till date Teacher-in Charge, Raleigh Literary Society 2013 till date Member, Admission Committee, 2002 till date Member, Allocation Committee2010 till date Member, Research Committee2010 2013 Details of Participation in Corporate Life of the University
11 1. I worked as Editor, Aligarh Muslim University Gazette from September 1, 2006 to September1,2008. This is a monthly journal brought out by the Publications Division, AMU. 2. I worked as Member-in-Charge, Publications Division, AMU September 1, 2006 toseptember1, 2008. 3.I worked as Provost, Begum Sultan Jahan Hall for Girls, AMU, from July28, 2008 to June20, 2009. I worked for a second term from June 24, 2009 to August 11,2011. 4. Member, CDC (Curriculum Development Committee), 2013.