Assistant Professor
Department of English
PhD (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi)
Administrative Experience
Assistant Research Officer, Tribal Research and Development Institute, Madhya Pradesh
Worked as a research assistant for the Encyclopedia of Indian Poetics, Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi
Worked as a research assistant for the Encyclopedia of Hinduism, IHRF, Rishikesh (Published by Rupa Publication, New Delhi)
Cultural Theory/Cultural Studies
Cultural Theory/ Visual Culture
Department of English, Central University of Punjab
Tribal Research and Development Institute, Madhya Pradesh
Kamala Nehru College, University of Delhi
Research Papers
Raj, P. Visual Inequalities and Contemporary Visual Culture in India. SN Social Sciences. Upcoming, (Springer Nature, Scopus)
Raj, P. (2023). Revisiting Cultural Theory Through Baiga Dance-Songs. Society and Culture in South Asia, 10(1), 32-47. (Sage Publication, Scopus)
https://doi.org/10.1177/23938617231163981
Book Chapters
Raj, P. "Ethical and Aesthetic Dimensions in Bharata's Natyashastra" published by Creative Books, Delhi in a book entitled Ethics and Aesthetics Essays in Indian Literature Ed. by Seema Malik and Seema Kashyap ( ISBN-81-8043-081-2)
Tools/Tests
MA Dissertations:
Aiswarya Suresh: Ritualistic Performance and the Gendered Body: An Analysis of Sarpam Thullal Ritual in Kerala
Sajeet Mathai: The Invisibility of Gay Molestation and the Causes Responsible An Understanding Through Yaraana and Aligarh
Vaidehi Rajgopal: Erotic Capital in Women: An Analysis of Female Protagonists in the Malayalam Movies Kannezhuthi Pottum Thottu and 22 Female Kottayam
Anwesha Nanda: Modernisation of the Myth of Ahalya: A Study of Pratibha Ray’s Mahamoha and Koral Dasgupta’s Ahalya
AnnaF Kakkassery: Doctors During Pandemics: A Comparative Analysis Of The Effect Of Plagues And Pandemics On The Mental Health Of Doctors and the Responses of People Towards Doctors, By Examining The Plague By Albert Camus And The Covid-19 Pandemic
Rishabh Mallik: Journeying Through The Uncanny and Unhomely in Select Children’s Fiction
SHIFA P: The Conceptualisation of Jinn: A Reading of Jinn from Different Cultural Backgrounds Using Arabian Night, Alif Laila (1993-1997) and Aladdin (2019)
Ayushi Dash: Understanding Mothers As Villains In Contemporary Crime Thrillers: A Study Of Gillian Flynn’s Sharp Objects And Wendy Walker’s Emma
Vishnu Vijayan: The Past as Treasure and the Treasure as Past; A Cultural Analysis of Tumbbad and Anandabhadram
National
Paper titled Cultural Theory and Baiga Dance-Songs& presented at Motilal Nehru College (Eve.), University of Delhi at a UGC sponsored conference on Tribal Folk Dances of India:Contextualising Art & Culture from 24-25 August, 2017.
International
Paper entitled “Issues of Culture Mediated through Language: Analysing Shaileja Patel’s Dreaming in Gujarati (presented in the International Conference on “Reconncting Gujarati Diaspora with its Homeland: Contribution to its Development with a Focus on Building a Knowledge Society”, Patan, Gujarat, on 19.01.2009)
Paper entitled "Beauty /Utility: a Baiga Interpretation" (Presented in international conference organised at Mansfield College, University of Oxford, UK from 19-21 September 2011)
Paper titled 'Food for Sentiments: Culinary and Indian Aesthetic' presented at the University of Wroclaw, Poland in a three day conference on Perspectives on Food Aesthetics held from June 17-19, 2016.
Delivered invited lecture on ‘Orality in the Age of Technology’ in national conference organised by the Department of English MLSU, Udaipur, Rajasthan from 26-27.03. 2021
Participated as an expert in ‘Ghumantu Samuday: Vachik Parampara’ organised by Janjatiya Lok Kala Avam Boli Vikas Samsthan, Madhya Pradesh Sanskriti Parishad from october, 19-21, 2021 in Bhopal.
Delivered expert lecture on ‘Translation as a Dialectic Process’ in seminar organised by Guru Kashi Department of Languages, Talwandi Sabo on 31.03.2022
Delivered a lecture titled “Cultural Theory and Indigenous Reality: A Case of Baiga Dance Songs" as a resource person during the refresher course organised by The UGC Human Resource Development Centre, University of Mumbai from October 26, 2021.
Delivered an invited lecture on ‘Dialectic Nature of Rasa Theory’ at DAV College, Abohar, in an Indian Council of Philosophical Research sponsored seminar on Indian Philosophy on 20.06.2022.