1996 - : Convener, National Seminar on Gurram Joshua and James Baldwin, ... “
Dialectic of Protest: James Baldwin's No Name in the Street” Revaluations,.
Prof. A. Karunaker Department of English University College of Arts & Social Sciences Osmania University Hyderabad – 500 007.
Education
M.A.: Osmania University, Hyderabad, 1987 Ph.D.: Dr. B.R. Ambedker University, Agra, 1996
Specialization . . .
American literature Indian Writing in English Translations
Administrative Experience . Vice-Principal, P.G. College Secunderabad, 2007 September-2010 September. . Student Advisor, University College for Women, Koti, Hyderabad, 1992-1993 . Student Advisor, Nizam College, 2005-2006 . Joint Director, Osmania University Centre for International Programs, 2012-
Place of Work .
Dr. A. Karunaker Professor of English Department of English University College of Arts & Social Sciences Osmania University, Hyderabad – 500 007.
Academic Experience Teaching Experience: 19 Years 6 Months at Osmania University Assistant Professor of English, Osmania University – 1992-2001 Associate Professor of English, Osmania University – 2001-2009 Professor of English, Osmania University - 2009 -
PhD on African American Literature – 1996 Research Guidance – Guided 4 Ph.D. and 4 M.Phil. Scholars ( on aspects of N.S. Momaday, Silko, James Welch, Bharati Mukherjee, Zora Neale Hurston, Maxine Hong Kingston, Kurtt Vonnegut Jr., Ursula K. Le. Guin, Isaac Asimov, Graeme Green and media studies, etc.) At present 6 Indian and 2 Foreign Scholars are working under me for their Ph.D’s. Professional Experience 2006-2008 - : Member, P.G. Board of studies, Department of English, Osmania University 2006-2008 - : Member, Departmental Committee, Department of English, osmania University 2006-2008 - : Member, M.Phil Research Committee, Department of English, Osmania University. 2006 : Coordinator, Train the Trainer Programme in English for Osmania and Kakatiya University, Degree College English Lecturers. 2007 : Coordinator, M.A. Engliah (CDE) Evaluation 2008 : Coordinator, M.A. English (CDE) Evaluation 1998-2002 : Executive Member, All India English Teachers Association (AIETS) 2002 : Member, City Grandalaya Samasta, Hyderabad. 2002 : External Member, Board of Studies, Department of English, Gulbarga University, Karnataka. 2006 : External Examiner, Ph.D. Viva-Voce, Veerabadra Singh Purvanchal, University, Jaunpur, U.P. 1996 : Convener, National Seminar on Gurram Joshua and James Baldwin, Nizam College, Hyderabad 2007 : Convener, National Seminar on Tribute to American Theatre Legends: Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams and August Wilson, PG. College, Secunderabad 2008 : Honorable Guest, National Seminar on Boyi Beemanna, P.G.College Secunderabad 2010-
: Convener, International Seminar on Contemporary British Literature (post 1990s), December 01-03, 2010.
2010-
: Member, Selection Committee for the recruitment of Jr. College & Degree College, English Lecturers. Public Service Commission, Government of Jammu and Kashmir
Visiting Professor – Some Major Lectures Delivered . Acharya Nagarjuna University, 2002: Native American Fiction, N.S. Momaday. . Academic Staff College, Osmania University, 2003: American Puritanism, Perry Miller. . American Studies Research Centre, O.U. Campus, 2002, Perry Miller and Sacovan Bercovitch . . Malla Reddy College of Engg. And Technology, Hyderabad, 2008, Chief Guest, Communication Skills, Personality Development and Etiquette.
Major Accomplishments A) Designed Courses/Curriculum . Founder Editor, Re-markings (a bi-annual Literary Journal) dedicated for Arts and Letter since 2001 onwards. An internationally acclaimed journal. . Member Editorial Board, Indian Journal of English Studies (IJES) 1998-2002. . Designed and edited B.A. Second Year Literature Book, PGRRCDE Osmania University, 2006. . Restructured Master Curriculum for the paper on American Literature, for O.U. 2006. . Structured and offered courses on Communication Skills and Remedial English for P.G. College, Secunderabad 2002-2008.B) Books Published . Contributed Ten Chapters to American Literature Course, PGRRCDE, OU. 2006. . Contributed a Chapter to ‘Building Competency: A Course in Reading and Writing English’. Prescribed 1st year English Further Reading Book for B.A.,B.Com. & B.Sc., Of all Universities of A.P. By the Common Core Committee of APSCHE.
B) Books Published . Re-Markings (a bi-annual Literary Journal) 2002 onwards . Post War American Drama, Ed. 2006 . Second Year B.A. Literature Book ed. PGRRCDE O.U. 2006.
. Perspectives on Legends of American Theatre, Ed. 2009.
. Ethnic Literatures of America: Retrospective And Prospective,Ed.2010.
C) Postdoctoral Research . Dialectic of Protest in the writings of African American and Indian Dalit writer: A Comparative Study. 2008 Publications 1. “Class Struggle in Auden’s Poetry”. Journal of English Studies, Darbanga University, Vol. III, Summer 1994. 2. “Sons My Sons: The End of the American Dream” in the book on Indian Perspective on Post-War American Drama, 1996, Prestige Publishers, New Delhi. 3. “Dialectic of Protest: James Baldwin’s No Name in the Street” Revaluations, Vol.3. No.1, summer 1997. 4. “Perry Miller and Puritan Origins of America: Aritical Study” Re-Markings, Vol.1. No.2 September 2002 5. “The Politics of Race-Relations: A Critical Study of Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time” Indian Journal of English Studied, Vol. XXXIX, 2001-2002. 6. “Huxley and Rajnesh: A Study in Ideas” in the book on Aldous Huxley and Indian Indian Thought, 2001, Sterling, New Delhi. 7. “An Epistolary interview with Ethelbert Miller” Re-Markings, Vol.2. No.1. 2003. 8. “Desire under the Elms: O’Neill’s Dialogue with Puritanism” Re-Markings, Vol.3. No.2. 2004. 9. “Effect of the Environment on the Search for Self in Margaret Atwood’s Surfacing, Ernest Hemingway’s the Old and the Sea and Kesava Reddy’s He Conquered the Jungle”. Indian Journal of English Studies(IJES), Vol.XLIII. 2005-2006. 10. “Reflections on the American Dilemma: A study of James Baldwin’s The Price of the Ticket”. Osmania Journal of English Studies (OJES), Vol.I August 2006. 11. “W.H.Auden: Marxism and Class Struggle”. Osmania Journal of Arts(OJA), January-June 2007.
12. “Subversion and Resistance in the English Incarnation ofGurram Joshua’s Gabbilam Special Issue On Translation Studies, ICFAI Journal of English Studies,June 2009. 13. ‘All My Sons: Miller’s Dialogue with American Dream’, in a forthcoming book. 14. ‘Effective Communication: English language and Advertisement’, in a forthcoming Journal of OJES. 15. ‘Historiography and American Puritanism’ in a forthcoming journal of OJES. 16. ‘Cinematographic Adaptations of Novels: Distortions and Deviations’ , Kakatiya Journal of English Studies,Dept. of English, Kakatiya University,Warangal, Vol.27. 2007-08. 17. ‘Quest for Identity in Margaret Atwood’s Surfacing and Scott Momaday’s The House Made of Dawn Vol.8. No.1. March 2009. 18.
‘Historicism and American Puritanism’ Remarkings, March, 2012.
7 Book Reviews: 1.Basavanna-The Universal Light, Translated by Prof. C.R. Yerravintelimath,Journal of Literatures in English, Association of English Studies, Gulburga University, Gulburga, Vol.3. Issue 5&6, Jan-Dec 2010. Conferences and Seminars . 2011, 4-6 January, attended and chaired, International Seminar on “New Directions In English Studies: Cross-Cultural Perspectives” Organized by OUCIP, Dept. of English O.U. & Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas,USA. . 2010.Convener, International Seminar on Contemporary British Literature (post 1990), organized by Dept, of English in collaboration with British Council and coSponsored by UGC & APSCHE from December 01-02, 2010. Chaired one of session. . 2008, September 26-27 Convener, UGC Sponsored National Seminar on Ethnic Literatures in American Literature: Prospective and Retrospective; P.G. College, Secunderabad. . 2008, February 5 to 7, University of Nagpur: National Seminar on Understanding Multiculturism: Translation, Culture and Literature. Resource person and presented a paper on: Multiculturism and resistance in Joshua’s Gabbilam. . 2008, January 24-25, Co-Ordinator, P.G.College, Secunderabad: Orientation Prgramme
on Globalization and Diversity: Canadian Studies Centre, PGCS, OU. . 2007, January 4 – 6, Nizam College: Relocating Indian Theatre/Drama in English and in Translation. .
2007, March 23-24, Convener, P.G. College Secunderabad: APSCHE Sponsored National Seminar on Tribute to American Theatre Legends: Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller and August Wilson. Presented paper on: August Wilson’s Piano Lesson.
. 2006, February 8-9, Department of English Osmania University: National Seminar on Saul Bellow: What it means to be Human. Presented a paper on: Search for Self in Bellow’s Victim. . 2006, August 25-26, Department of English Osmania University: National Seminar on Voices and Visions: Early Indian English Poetry. . 2006, December 29-30, College of Engineering Osmania University: National Seminar on Changing Paradigms and Perceptions: Challenges of Contextualizing English Studies in the Gobal Era. Presented a paper on: Humanism in Joshua’s Gabbilam. . 2005, February 24-26, Canadian Studies Centre, PGCS: International Seminar on Society, Environment And Technology, Canada and India. Presented a paper on: Search for Self in Margaret Atwood’s Surfacing, Hemingway’s Old Man and the Sea And Kesava Reddy’s He Conquered the Jungle. . 2005, December 11-13, Department of English O.U. and IACLALA: Mulk Raj Anand and the Early Indian Novel In English. . 2005, January 15-16, Govt. P.G. College, Morena (M.P.) : Resource Person, Aspects of Common Wealth Literature: Challenges and Possibilities in 21st Century. Presented a paper on: Search for Self : A Critical study of Margaret Atwood’s Surfacing. . 2004, October 14-15, IACIS, O.U. : Effective (English) Language Management in SAARC Countries. . 2004, February 20-21, Department of English, P.G. College, Secunderabad: Perspectives on Common Wealth Literature. . 2001, January 27-29, 45th All India English Teachers Conference at Govt. Hamida (Autonomous) Arts and Commerce College, Bhopal: Presented a paper on: Perry Miller Puritan Ideology. . 2000, Oct-Nov, 23-10-2000 to 17-11-2000, Refresher Course at IACIS. Presented a paper on: Perry Miller and the Early Puritans of America. . 1999, December 27-29, All India English Teachers Conference at B.H.U Benaras.
Presented a paper on: Politics of Blacks: A Critical study of Baldwin’s No Body Knows My Name. . 1998, October 1-9, MELUS Conference at ASRC: Presented a paper on: Politics of Race Relations: A Critical study of Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time. . 1996, December 29-30, 42nd All India English Teachers Conference at North Gujarat University. Presented a paper on: Dialectic of Protest: James Baldwin’s No Name in the Street. . 1995, May 29-30, Religion in Literature Seminar at ASSRC. Presented a paper on: Desire Under the Elms: O’Neill’s Dialogue with Puritanism. . 1993, December 29-31, 41st All India English Teachers Conference at Osmania University. Presented a paper on: The Dialectic of Compassion in Bernard Malamud’s Novel the Assistant. . 1993, March 29-31, IAASC at Goa University. Presented a paper on: Arthur Miller’s All My Sons American Dream or Nightmare. . 1992, December 28-30, 40th All India English Teachers Conference at SKD University. Presented a paper on: Hope and Joy in the poems of Shelley with special reference to Ode to West Wind.
Fellowship of Professional Bodies/ Membership of Editorial Boards/Journals . Executive Member, All India English Teachers Association, 1999-2005. . Member Editorial Board, Indian Journal of English Studies, 1999-2005. . Editor, Re-Markings (a journal of Arts & Letters), 2001 onwards. . Book Selection Committee Member, Hyderabad Grandalaya Samiti, 1999-2000. . Member Departmental Committee, English Department, O.U. 2007 onwards . Member Research Committee, English Department, 2007 onwards. . Life Member, American Studies Research Centre, Osmania University. . Life Member, All India English Teachers Association. . Life Member, OGA.
Extra-Curricular Activities . Arts College, Osmania University, Cricket Captain, 1985-1986
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