English and Scottish Literature Research Events: Pablo Mukherjee In brief Date - 11 October 2024Venue - Project Room 1.06, 50 George SquareSpeaker - Professor Pablo Mukherjee (University of Oxford)Chair - Dr Sourit BhattacharyaTitle - The Many Futures of Postcolonial Climate Fiction About the speaker Professor Pablo Mukherjee's research involves four inter-related fields - colonial & postcolonial literatures, environmental humanities, world-literary studies, and Victorian studies.He is the author of five monographs - Crime Fiction and Empire (2003), Postcolonial Environments: Nature, Culture and Contemporary Indian Novel in English (2010), Natural Disasters and Victorian Imperial Culture (2013), (with WReC) Combined and Uneven Development: Towards a New Theory of World-Literature (2015), and Final Frontiers: Science Fiction and Techno-Science in Non-Aligned India (2020: Winner of Science Fiction Research Association’s Book Award 2021).He has also edited three collections of essays and anthologies, and written a wide range of articles in leading academic journals. He co-edits Palgrave Macmillan’s book series New Comparisons in World Literature. He is currently developing a project on anti-colonial world literatures, and working with colleagues at the New School of the Anthropocene (NSOTA, London) to develop the role of arts and humanities in popular understanding of climate change. He was elected Fellow of British Academy in 2022.About the events seriesEach year, English and Scottish Literature hosts a variety of exciting research events featuring a fantastic range of guest speakers and colleagues.Events are free and everyone is welcome. No booking is required.Are you interested in a PhD in English Literature?We offer two PhDs: one in English Literature; and one in Creative Writing. Our interdisciplinary environment brings together specialists in all periods and genres of literature and literary analysis. Working with colleagues elsewhere in the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC) and across the wider University of Edinburgh, we are also able to support research which crosses further boundaries between disciplines and/or languages. Find out more about PhD study in English Literature at Edinburgh Oct 11 2024 16.00 - 17.30 English and Scottish Literature Research Events: Pablo Mukherjee An in-person talk by Professor Pablo Mukherjee (University of Oxford) entitled 'The Many Futures of Postcolonial Climate Fiction'. Project Room 1.06 50 George Square University of Edinburgh EH8 9LH Find the venue: 50 George Square
English and Scottish Literature Research Events: Pablo Mukherjee In brief Date - 11 October 2024Venue - Project Room 1.06, 50 George SquareSpeaker - Professor Pablo Mukherjee (University of Oxford)Chair - Dr Sourit BhattacharyaTitle - The Many Futures of Postcolonial Climate Fiction About the speaker Professor Pablo Mukherjee's research involves four inter-related fields - colonial & postcolonial literatures, environmental humanities, world-literary studies, and Victorian studies.He is the author of five monographs - Crime Fiction and Empire (2003), Postcolonial Environments: Nature, Culture and Contemporary Indian Novel in English (2010), Natural Disasters and Victorian Imperial Culture (2013), (with WReC) Combined and Uneven Development: Towards a New Theory of World-Literature (2015), and Final Frontiers: Science Fiction and Techno-Science in Non-Aligned India (2020: Winner of Science Fiction Research Association’s Book Award 2021).He has also edited three collections of essays and anthologies, and written a wide range of articles in leading academic journals. He co-edits Palgrave Macmillan’s book series New Comparisons in World Literature. He is currently developing a project on anti-colonial world literatures, and working with colleagues at the New School of the Anthropocene (NSOTA, London) to develop the role of arts and humanities in popular understanding of climate change. He was elected Fellow of British Academy in 2022.About the events seriesEach year, English and Scottish Literature hosts a variety of exciting research events featuring a fantastic range of guest speakers and colleagues.Events are free and everyone is welcome. No booking is required.Are you interested in a PhD in English Literature?We offer two PhDs: one in English Literature; and one in Creative Writing. Our interdisciplinary environment brings together specialists in all periods and genres of literature and literary analysis. Working with colleagues elsewhere in the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC) and across the wider University of Edinburgh, we are also able to support research which crosses further boundaries between disciplines and/or languages. Find out more about PhD study in English Literature at Edinburgh Oct 11 2024 16.00 - 17.30 English and Scottish Literature Research Events: Pablo Mukherjee An in-person talk by Professor Pablo Mukherjee (University of Oxford) entitled 'The Many Futures of Postcolonial Climate Fiction'. Project Room 1.06 50 George Square University of Edinburgh EH8 9LH Find the venue: 50 George Square
Oct 11 2024 16.00 - 17.30 English and Scottish Literature Research Events: Pablo Mukherjee An in-person talk by Professor Pablo Mukherjee (University of Oxford) entitled 'The Many Futures of Postcolonial Climate Fiction'.
